Retreat Arrival Day : 5 Grounding Rituals to Land Softly

  You’ve made it!  After your early start, flight, transfers and a blur of anticipation, you’ve finally arrived at your retreat. It’s completely natural to want to jump straight in  – but the transition from everyday life into the retreat itself has it’s own journey – and it’s worth giving yourself time to prepare for… Read more »

We Don’t Talk About This Enough

  If you’re struggling with yoga & are about to give up or, have already given up – I’d love you to know this Just because we’ve got a body we assume we’re going to be able to do everything we want with it but, there’s one thing we’re not so good at …  … Read more »

I Still Need to Remind Myself of This …

    About a year ago, I sent out a newsletter about how overwhelmed I felt when I looked at my calendar for the week ahead & saw so many commitments, I thought I’d taken on too much. If I cancelled anything I knew I’d be letting others down so I took a deep breath… Read more »

6 Steps to The Perfect @home Mini Retreat

    It’s not always possible to get away for a long retreat so, if you’re short of time but REALLY need a retreat right now, we’ve got 6 simple steps to help you to create your very own @home mini retreat.   With our 10+ years experience of creating retreats in Spain,   we… Read more »

How to hold on to that retreat feeling when you’re home

  I think we can all agree, that going on a yoga retreat is one of the best gifts you can give yourself.   There’s the excitement & anticipation before you set off and that wonderful feeling during the retreat as you spend the days resting & reflecting, reconnecting with your body, exploring new places… Read more »

5 Tips to help you stay Healthy & Vibrant in Autumn

    With the Summer Equinox just around the corner signaling the arrival of Autumn, now is the time to begin to introduce some new habits into our days to help us balance with the natural rhythms of nature.    Ayurveda – the sister science to yoga – considers Autumn as the period between the… Read more »

What is a Yogi?

      What is a Yogi? I’ve been thinking about this lately as someone recently told me that I didn’t strike them as a ‘typical’ yoga teacher.   Initially their comment hurt a little but then it got me thinking about well, how would you expect a typical yoga teacher to be like?   … Read more »

Is online Yoga OK?

      Remember when we didn’t know what online yoga was?   Thanks to technology, we’re able to practice yoga at home anytime we want – which is great – but! ….    Now working from home is the norm … Spending even more time in front of a screen to practice Yoga /… Read more »

Benefits of a Retreat

    If you’ve never been on a retreat you may be wondering what the benefits of A retreat are?     Apart from the obvious that someone else will be taking care of all the tiresome details leaving you free to relax, you might be wondering why else you should book yourself a retreat?… Read more »

Does Yoga Build Strength?

      It’s very common to believe that the only way to build muscle strength is to use weights, resistance bands or weight assisted machines.    And of course, this is true – these methods do increase muscle strength.   However, the strength of our muscles & bones can also be improved with the combination… Read more »