Make time to improve your quality of life

Luckily the penny dropped right away with me that yoga was something I needed to prioritise. That this is what I needed to do to improve pretty much every aspect of my life. I immediately felt less stressed and tired. Literally by the end of my first 20 minute practice I felt like a weight had lifted from my body, from my mind and from my sense of wellbeing. I knew I needed to keep doing this regularly to top up these effects and I've never looked back.

​What else do you put in your calendar that helps you feel better, find more space and freedom in body and mind, and helps everyone around you?
 
I practise yoga every morning before I come down and breakfast with the kids for exactly this reason. It enables me to bring more vitality and a better mood to the table, which helps my day, their day, and get us off to a good start. They are teens so they need all the good vibes they can get or it can be a rocky ride.

  Finding the right practise, the right level of effort and ease, the right intensity and relaxation is hard to find these days. There is a lot of power yoga that is fast and vigorous, heated to intensify the experience, skipping through poses with barely a chance to catch your breath.
 
But there is also what we offer at YogaSpace ... there is a quietness to what we teach, it is challenging but gentle, understated but highly effective and brilliantly accessible. It can take getting used to but brings all the benefits that yoga has to offer.
 
Add slow breath and focus to any posture and you'll discover a new way to practise. 
 
It can take time to get it to feel familiar, to get comfortable and to learn the skills of effective practise, but that is why it is called practise. The penny might not drop right away, it might not feel like the workout you thought you needed, but you'll soon find your way with it. 
 
Along with our group classes that we offer, there are some in-depth workshops coming up that will help kick start and develop your practise in a way that only small group guidance can.