In our non-stop, keep going, going busy, keep doing, doing, doing culture the fiery Sun Salutation is a firm favourite feature of many Yoga classes. However, we need balance. We need to be able to ‘get up and go’ but we also need to be able to ‘rest and digest’. We need the heat and dynamism of the sun salutation and we need the cool and calm of moon sequence.

This week I gave my first workshop - a series of five on Positive Thinking - as a Certified Heal Your Life® Facilitator. And this week J.Lo released a video talking about reinventing yourself at any age in which she praises the work of Louise Hay. She recommends reading Louise's multi-million best-seller 'You Can Heal Your Life'.

I’m featured in the latest, new-look St Luke’s Clifford House What’s On Magazine. On page five talking about the graceful power of Dru Yoga, alongside Martin Young who teaches Hatha Yoga at Clifford House on a Tuesday.

Working with EBR2 in several of my classes has made me reflect on my experiences of this signature Dru Yoga ‘energy block release’ sequence as both a student and as a trainee teacher. It’s been an interesting and enlightening journey. One that taught me a huge deal about resistance. 

It really saddens me to hear from far too many of my friends how increasingly difficult life seems to be for their teenage children. More and more research shows that teenagers nowadays are experiencing unprecedented and increasing levels of stress, anxiety and self-doubt. This new program is especially designed to help empower teens to build self-esteem, self-confidence, self-respect, and to find happiness in their lives, despite current issues and challenges they may be experiencing.

Dru Yoga celebrates its 40th birthday this year. In just four decades Dru has opened centres around the globe and become the 2nd largest yoga school in the UK. In this blog, I look back to the creation of Dru Yoga and the key steps on our remarkable journey from the Seventies to the present day, and beyond.

So many people seem to end the week on their knees. So tense and exhausted that they can't enjoy the weekend. That they're missing out on the joys in life. This special new mid-week Dru Yoga class will help you relax, unwind and sleep better.

Many yoga teachers use candles or incense to bring a sense of occasion and a special space for their teaching. (I suspect as many don’t for all sorts of reasons, because the venue won’t allow them, they don’t have time or can’t be bothered.)  I do it because I like candles. (Ask my mum, she was forever hiding matches from me when I was a child!) Well, OK there are other reasons.

I am really chuffed to have been asked by Luke's Clifford House to teach Dru Yoga to people affected by an illness that has no cure. Clifford House is something Sheffield should be hugely proud of. It is far more than a grand and welcoming old building with an impressive history. It is a wonderful resource with a bright future in bringing joy to many, many people across the city.