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Peace & Love - where did we go wrong post the 60's

Woodstock & the time of peace & love….. I grew up with parents who had thrived in the sixties. My Mother desperately wanted to join the ranks of those at Woodstock not in a incense burning flower power way but in a folk singing, fighting for what you believe in, lets make society fare kind of vibe. She played Carol Carpenter, Joan Baez, Muddy Waters, Bob Dylan. The first album I knew pretty much all the words to was Hair! Yes ladies and gentlemen at 3 years old I could recite most of the words from Masturbation! My parents firmly believed in equality, working hard for your money, being generous when and where you can, sharing, giving out love and compassion, being part of a community. Amazing values to have as your rock and foundation. They still have these values. I still share them. Is this why I have taken the yoga path? No I don't think so. My parents are also firm believers in what you see if what you get. They are not religious, they are not believers, they

Body Confident

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Body Confident - not an easy task!  I used to associate being happy with having the perfect slim body but like many I did not fit into that mould. I was a large baby, child & teenager with a large mouth to boot! Being happy and confident with my body has not been an easy path. In fact it has been a veritable journey that really only started to find its “confident” conclusion very recently. As I have mentioned before in my blog text from ballet dancer (in my dreams) to Yogini my path to find my femininity has not been an easy one. It has been long, littered with pit falls, unhappy times and no confidence at all in my body. As a rather large child and then teenager I battled with a body I hated. It was fat, did not look at all like I wanted or like my friends, my hair was frizzy, I had spots from the age of 10, sticky out teeth and later a brace, I felt clumsy & all together not me! As I reached my late teens and early twenties I went through phases of starving myse

Yoga For Peace on the DDay Beaches

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D-Day Landings & Yoga Vibes I have just returned from an amazing weekend in Normandy where I had the honour to be a part of the Normandy Beach Yoga festival celebrating peace and union in a part of the world the has been witness, sufferer and survivor of the second world war. I was struck by the beauty of the beaches, the space and massive horizon and how each and every day the sandy beaches are wiped clean of all traces of human activity. The conflict and blood-shed of all those years ago disappeared into the sea with the never ending tides…. But the memories still live on. Photo by Isabelle Nègre The town of Courseulles where the beautiful Juno beach sits is in many ways a monument now to this war time period of our history. The Juno Beach Centre – a brilliant Canadian funded and created musuem – a fabulous place to go and experience all that the war did, meant and should lead to now – is nestled along the sea front just next to Courseulles.  Both the

Seeing yourself on TV -its a strange thing especially in HD

Seeing yourself on TV -its a strange thing especially in HD You know when you have come a long way when a TV programme calls you and asks you to go on and talk about your past. What did you do, why did you stop, how are you now… Its a strange thing to go over your past and look at photos of yourself as you were before and then as you are now. Its been pretty therapeutic actually turning a amazing chapter in my life with Christian and  now moving on…. And a radio station too wished to talk about my life and how I have gone over various challenges asking where I come from, what my key dates are, what do I feel is the meaning of life ... And its tied in with Springtime and a massive flu illness as if my body is getting rid of past issues not in a bad way but in a good tying up loose ends and leaving as they say in Mutant Message the spiral a little bigger and music behind me (well I hope so anyway). So I am embracing all life's challenges and the Springtime glory and am goi
Its the New Year…. and its almost February… Have I caught up after the festive season have I hell!!! It has just been so busy but such fun to start the year with so many things going on. In brief.. Yoga Classes - à fond! The girls…. working hard at school although Clémentine's dictée leaves something to be desired and Mélodie was doing so well at guitar and skiing but has now fractured her wrist grrrr Trips to Paris - one VERY hectic one Two Yoga Festivals - yep check under way Skiing season underway and yes the legs have had a good few outings now Running - back on track and a half marathon and trail race planned for later this year My Yoga Practice - trying to fit it in… Princesse the car starting to fight her cornet with the massive male cats around Yoga Retreats organised for 2015 - yes 6 of them Yoga Retreats for me booked - zero (need to sort that one!) Desnowing the drive - check Taxi driver skills getting very good Addiction to Netflix series yep on it!