notes & news
'notes & news' began in response to requests share writings, poetry, thoughts, philosophy, research, or inspirations woven into what I offer in conversation, classes, and workshops ... enjoy browsing
Spring cleaning, decluttering and clearing
With the support of the energy of spring all around us, we are invited to widen our vision, to open to the possibilities … for the new to come, we need to let go of the clutter. Just as our cupboards and wardrobes can get full and we can’t fit...
The Ruby Inside
When the unlimited source contracts into the form of an individual, into each of us, we as individuals experience ourselves as incomplete or imperfect, and therefore we yearn for whatever we think we need for completion. Rāga and is said to be the...
Spaciousness of Being
From the Kashmir Shaivite philosophy of yoga we are each seen as being unique expressions of the one, the divine, the source. As such we, as individuals, experience cloakings that have us feel limited and the tradition outlines 5 ways in which we...
Are we human-beings or human-doings?
Yoga philosophy offers the very useful concept of the Kanchukas. Kalā, one of the kanchukas is the cloak has us feeling as though we need to do more, or do something different or strive harder to be ok. As a reforming perfectionist and...
Expanding our sense of time
Gurupurnima happens every year on the full moon in July and is and a time to honour and celebrate the guru principle. The guru principle is anything that connects us with an experience of that which is bigger than our limited sense of ourselves....
Align, Connect, and be Uplifted … literally!
On Sunday I offered the Embodied Anatomy workshop and on Wednesday began a new Foundations of yoga course for beginners. One of the things I really hope to help us all recognise in these offerings and in our ongoing classes, is that we are unique...
honouring autumn’s growing darkness
We often see the darkness in negative terms, we think we want an endless summer … however it is in the darkness that we retreat, gather the harvest, and let go so we can prepare for next phase of growth. Yoga philosophy says that in the darkness...
Embodied Intelligence
The ease and joy of living our Embodied IntelligenceKookaburras have been consistently showing up for me in the last few years. The first very significant meeting was with a Kookaburra in the garden who I was able to be with for what felt like a...
Our choices matter
Genetics describes DNA sequencing, but the new field of epigenetics sees that genes can be turned on and off and are influenced by our environment and behaviours (inner and outer) and not only that, these changes can be passed on to future...
Change your shape, change your state
I find it a wondrous thing that our bones do not touch each other! We occupy the contained space created by compression and tension. Fascia adapts to how we use our bodies, if we sit for long periods our fascia forms tension patterns, if we spend a...
Integration
The last few years I’ve had an overarching word for the year. A couple of years ago it was EASE, last year it was CONTRIBUTION. This year it is INTEGRATION. Integration can be defined from a couple of angles, one is that integration is combining...
Alchemy of practice
I love a quote that I heard a long time ago … “Our practice meets us where we are and does not leave us where it found us.” … and I have found that universally my practice of yoga, meditation, pranayama leaves me in a more centred, comfortable,...