Space for Integration
Sometimes we all need a little space, a little time, for integration. Life moves through us as we grow and evolve. Our unfolding happens in its own unique way and time. Life can feel full, rich [...]
Unfamiliar Terrain: Ways to Reclaim your Root and Embody your Vibrant Core Energy
There is power in the base of the body. There is potency in the pelvic bowl and its organs. There is aliveness in the sex organs and a strength in the legs that connects us to the earth. We live [...]
From Push-Pull to Meeting Life as it is.
When we experience a sense of push or pull within the system it generally feels uncomfortable. We might experience it at the physical level: as muscular tension, heaviness or contraction. We [...]
Shedding Skins: On Cycles and Transformation
This week @voodooloutattoo gifted me a whole skin that Damballah, a python, had shed. The skin feels alive with potent energy. What it symbolises is rich in teachings, too. Lou described how, [...]
The Power of Playfulness
Play is important. This summer in women’s yoga, we got tangled up, twisted, small and large, we chased each other and connected to ourselves, the group and the space around us through fun. [...]
Faces of the Sacred Feminine: Kali, Goddess of Fierce Grace
Flowers at the feet of the goddess. Kali is fierce. She’s the energy of destruction and creation. She is life as fierce grace: the chaos that brings us the lessons we need and cuts away all [...]
Why Explore Themes in Yoga and in Creative Practice?
Each week in my yoga classes, and each month in my Conscious Creativity Circle, we explore a theme. Over the coming weeks, I will share some of the insights and invitations from these [...]
Creative Practices for Spring Renewal – Guest Post by Artist and Yogi Louisa Clark
SPRING IS IN MANY WAYS THE MOST CREATIVE TIME IN NATURE. IT IS WHEN COLOUR RETURNS THROUGH GREEN BUDS ON TREES AND THE FIRST FLOWERS BLOOMING, WHEN MANY ANIMALS TAKE A FRESH BREATH AFTER [...]
Retreat: The Art of Making Space
Retreat: breathe release on the mat, the body unfurls muscles relax. Integrate no mind needed in gentle creative process. The subtle spaciousness that comes as we walk [...]
Movement and Creative Play: Freedom through Practice
Life is often busy. Our minds are often busy. Our emotions can be like the ever-changing waves of the sea. Somewhere in the midst of the busyness and shifting inner tides, we may sometimes seem [...]
