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
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,...
A Pause
As the year comes to an end at the studio, things wrap up, schools break for the holidays the pace picks up and there is a lot of stress in the air. Taking the time to pause is invaluable. The Kanchukas in yoga philosophy are the cloaks obscuring...
Adaptability & Resilience
I spent the wild weather weekend in Melbourne at a workshop exploring “Movement Situations” to provoke and increase creative movement adaptability and resilience. It was all about inviting and developing tolerance to the unpredictable, inviting...
Leaping with Courage & Trust
As Sarah, my gifted and encouraging website goddess aka @Alined Design prods me to take the leap to launch the Aligned Living site I reflect on the story of hanuman the monkey God from the Indian Epic the Ramayana. He is said to be the son of the...
Devoted to presence
I returned home on Saturday from India. There were many temples in Mysore, not all with the same deity as the focus. The one near us was the Ganesha temple. Ganesh is the elephant headed God. I passed by the temple many times when the priests were...
strength of heart
I write this after having returned from a sudden trip to the United States where we spent last precious time with and witnessed the passing of our Aunt Ellen. Just the previous week I had delivered classes with the theme of strength of heart. Our...
Joy
The Greek word for joy is chairo which was described by the ancient Greeks as a ‘good mood of the soul’. They recognised that joy comes from internal factors, not from external ones. Contrary to what we are led to believe by advertisers, having...
Love
I am so inspired by the 'seeds' our Yoga from the Heart community cultivate and grow (see previous post) that they are informing my class planning this term as we move toward the spring equinox. So many wise teachers from varied traditions have...