The Space Between

Today is the autumn equinox. Day and night are equal. Summer hasn't entirely disappeared, but autumn is unmistakably arriving. The light has changed. The mornings feel different. We're no longer quite in one season, but we're not completely in the next either. It feels rather appropriate this yea... Read More

Yoga Is Not Enough

My husband Donald gave me this 24-minute video to watch, and I realised that most of what she talks about I've accidentally implemented. The video was by Vanja Moves, and it was called The One Rule That Changed My Life Forever. I'll put the link at the bottom because I really would like you to wa... Read More

How Do You Know If You’re Getting Better at Yoga?

When you first start yoga, I don't think it matters very much what kind of yoga you're doing. Hatha, Vinyasa, Iyengar, Ashtanga, Yin. These words don't mean much when you're still trying to work out which foot goes where, whether everyone else knows something you don't and why Downward Facing Dog... Read More

New Pens, New Routines

I have always loved September. There is something about it that feels much more like a new year than January ever does. January is dark and cold and comes immediately after you've eaten too much cheese. September arrives after summer with that familiar sense that it's time to get organised again.... Read More

Should Yoga Be Free of Politics?

I went to a yoga class when I was in Brighton where the teacher was wearing a T-shirt with a political slogan on it. I'm deliberately not going to tell you what it said. Because the minute I do, some of you will agree with it and some of you won't. We'll start discussing the cause rather than the... Read More

Somewhere Around Mile Forty

Somewhere Around Mile Forty"I think consistency is probably the most important thing in everything." That's what Hamish said somewhere around mile forty of a fifty-mile bike ride. A few miles earlier he'd been convinced he was dying. The ride was his birthday present to me. He isn't really a cycl... Read More

Running Up That Hill

I'll never forget the first time I watched my dad struggle to get out of a chair. I remember wondering, When did this start? Of course, it hadn't started that day. It had been happening almost invisibly for years. Strength disappearing a little at a time. Balance becoming less certain. I had simp... Read More

Pick Me, Pick Me | Why I Struggle with Social Media as a Yoga Teacher

I've been thinking a lot about social media lately. Not because I've suddenly decided it's all bad, or because I'm about to disappear from it altogether. But because I've become increasingly aware of the way it changes how I feel about my work. Before last week, I'd already written this blog. At ... Read More

The Suitcase of Shoes | What 13 Forgotten Pairs Taught Me About Want, Need and Happiness

I'm currently reading Less by Patrick Grant for my book club.It's an excellent book. Thoughtful, provocative and, as it turns out, terribly timed. We've just seriously decided to sell the house, which means every cupboard, drawer and forgotten corner is slowly being emptied. Donald disappeared up... Read More

The Lost Art of Doing Nothing

I spent part of my holiday sitting in a river. Which, now I write it down, sounds as though I'd fallen in. I hadn't. It was entirely deliberate. I wasn't swimming. I wasn't reading. I wasn't taking photographs. I wasn't talking. I wasn't even meditating. Just sitting. I found a patch of warm sand... Read More