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Plan A, B, C to Z

A few weeks ago, like so many, I tested positive for covid 19. Thankfully symptoms were mild and with the support of family and friends I was able to rest and isolate as required and recovered pretty quickly. Having to self- isolate meant I was unable to visit with family in the way I hadContinue reading “Plan A, B, C to Z”

Smaller Spaces

I am currently away from home to visit family; and have been staying in a succession of short term holiday lets, B&B’s and travel hotels. My yoga has had to adapt to smaller spaces, without props and often without a yoga mat (I will share more on this soon). Practising this way has reminded meContinue reading “Smaller Spaces”

Dance!

It’s not my job anymore, and sometimes I forget how important it is. But I was recently reminded we must dance: often. With a partner, your friends, your kids, or my current favourite: alone. For a minute or all night long. With music, or to your own internal rhythm. It’s a primal human instinct. AndContinue reading “Dance!”

Keep on moving…

I have recently been less motivated to practice and meditate at home. I seem to have lost the discipline. But when I do manage to get on my mat, I wonder why I haven’t been doing so everyday. It’s as if I get in my own way, in my own head, and caught up inContinue reading “Keep on moving…”

Keep on Moving

Yesterday morning I walked the same route I always do to get to the yoga studio. But I kept noticing ladders; perhaps I was walking slower and taking in my surroundings more than usual, as HK streets are quiet on a Sunday morning? Maybe, but I like to think it was a message, a littleContinue reading “Keep on Moving”

Needing Yin and Yang

I’ve recently returned to teaching some hot yoga, I love the intensity of the hot room but for the health of my body (and mind) I have to remember to balance it out with something softer, like yin yoga. I think it goes hand in hand with a professional dance training: to have an affinityContinue reading “Needing Yin and Yang”

A Beginners Mind

In the Zen tradition, A Beginners Mind is open and without preconception. Adopting this approach can put a positive light on many things: perhaps learning a new skill or adapting to a new role at work, a maybe a relationship or parenting problem. Try and look at it through a beginner‘s eyes, without preconception. AtContinue reading “A Beginners Mind”

Enough Love

In Hong Kong we celebrated Mother’s day last Sunday. For those of us whose Mothers are no longer with us, it is often a poignant day, even as we celebrate with those that we ‘mother’. I was 33 weeks pregnant when I lost my mum to cancer 16 years ago, she was 55. I haveContinue reading “Enough Love”

Good Days and Bad

Much of the world is in some degree of social/physical isolation or lockdown. The situation is fluid and things are changing quickly, it is easy to feel unsteady and out of sorts. To ease that unsteadiness I’m trying to keep some kind of routine, for myself and the family. Having a structure to the day,Continue reading “Good Days and Bad”

This is day 8…

Of compulsory 2 week home quarantine with my youngest son. We are both feeling fine so far and have been surprisingly busy up to now: online school for him, some online courses for me, learning to teach virtual classes via online group meeting platforms, plenty of cooking, cleaning and sorting: an opportunity to tackle someContinue reading “This is day 8…”