Diary of a Yogic Mummy

A have just found out that some friends of mine lost their beautiful daughter louise to a drugs related accident and Vicky her Mum was sent this beautiful poem that I wanted to share with you all.....hold on tight to those you love : by Taos Pueblo Hold on to what is goodeven if it is a handful of earth,Hold on to what you believeeven if it is a tree which stands by itself,Hold on to what you must doeven if it is a long way from here,Hold on to my handeven when I have gone away from you.

oooff well a big sigh of relief as things start to at least sort themselves out if not calm down! Filming, web site development, dvd revamps, a yoga retreat, getting the gites ready and life has generally taken up masses of our time hence living in the moment and with the girls as opposed to online! As many know I am not the one to spend hours online even if it might look like that and infact I am about to go outside and enjoy the few rays of sun that the uk has offered in the last few days very shortly! Life has certainly been very busy but the girls have been and continue to flourish with the shared parenting responsibilities - thank god my husband is very involved - the two homes and schools and the various yoga activties that seemlessly happen around them. If I have a tip to any of you it would be don't hide your yoga practise away from your kids as the more you practise around them the easier it becomes. My girls are so used to me practising early in the morning as they come d...

How can week's get any busier? A brilliant week weather wise with some amazing outings off piste at the Col Perce with my husband and then out for a snow shoe to the Monal, skiing with my friend Shelley just back from Nepal and the usual teaching, running around after the children, preparing a workshop given on Saturday flowwing with the Shakti and generally trying to keep up with my own practise - thanks to Marc Holzman for his great online classes for inspration and Lara Baumann for her Kapha style class to energise my troops after the full moon and for the last 5 weeks of season. The girls also big thanks for there ever present smiles and Christian for picking up the pieces when things fall apart.... as they always do. As Pema Chodron says - we canot solve all the problems as things inevitably fall aart then come together again then fall apart that's just what happens the trick is to find the space to let this happen and for joy, grief, laughter, pain and the miriad of emoti...

So I've decided as life is sooooo busy at the moment and I need to try and preserve some time for my own practise and some of course for my children (and husband) that I will only make an entry a week on this site.... so this week has been a real test of patience and calm as I have rollarcoasted from being very ill with flu at the weekend to my DVDs messing up to becoming a major taxi driver for the girls and up and down the moutain for work and general house stuff and then my car radiator decided to leak and so it is now sick too at the garage and so ..... yes deep breath, practise some detachment and enjoy the world around us! So the fog it now lifting from these many events and quite literally outside so for a couple of hours I am going out for a ski before I head down the moutain to collect my now mended car......have an amazing weekend - I'm going climbing, skiing, swimming and of course am practising yoga and teaching - so a quiet one then! namaste

so the last day of the month and my new regiimee of getting up at 6am and practising before the day has started is going well. I am far freer for the kids during the day and for work and classes of course too - stiffer in the morning but such a wonderful atmosphere....the girls came and joined in this morning - Melodie chanting om and Clementine sitting on me in the extended forward bend. Great start to a great day - sun shining, cold, fresh snow....lots of great phone calls and meetings.....things are finally slotting into place! Namaste

Early start for my new routine - meditation and yoga practise between 6 and 8 in the morning - it is such a wonderful time. The house is quiet, the snow had fallen last night and it always creates a special atmosphere with the street lights outside and the mountain scape around. Melodie cam and gave me a morning kiss as I was in warrior 2 pose and Clementine came and sat on me as I was about to go into halasana. After the practise comes some fresh air so once Melodie left for school and Clementine for childminder I went out for a run in the fresh snow and chilly air and saw the most amazing fox run up the bank of the mountainside. For one brief moment our eyes crossed and a connection was made - magic! Enjoy your day and make a connection wherever you are! Namaste

So this weekend was a real catch up weekend - cathc up with sleep, yoga practise and the girls - who were great. Melodie skied like a little godess down the slopes of Val and Tignes and was great company on the lifts and Clementine joined in with a yoga practise when she woke up sleepy head on saturday afternoon. Not so bright on Sunday with her cold coming back but Melodie has taken to giving me kisses all the time including during my practise which far nicer than shouts and whines so I'm cool with this! Yoga practise with melodie even on Sunday afternoon before heading out to teach my beginners and yin passionates! Namaste

So another full day with a lovely couple of hours spent with melodie on the balcony in the sunshine explaining about our projects to sponsor children and their education around the world....a child in Haiti, a little girl in Bylakuppe, India aand our wonderful Pennies for Peace campaign headed by Greg Mortenson to build schools in Afganistan and Pakistan. Things started to get a little on top of melater - just too many things happening at the moment - so I went to my room and did a great online practise with Elena Brower and created space and release thank god! Melodie did her own version of kids yoga in the lounge and then we all had a go at crow pose! Clementine then joined Pap for a couple of warriors whilst Melodie helped me with the rissoto - a family affair....

Great Ashtanga practise this morning with the magnificant mountains and the sunshine as a backdrop and Clementine aged 2 and a half crawling underneath all the standing poses! She then went off for a ski (yes a ski) with her Papa and I went off for a ski with a friend in the blazing sunshine. Melodie aged 7 enjoyed her first ski race today and had a great time in Ste Foy....now off to teach my beautiful students in Val d'Isere with some Sringara Rasa to celebrate Vasant Pachami and the first signs of Spring - well maybe not up here.....namaste

Early start to practise this morning but well worth it to see the sky turn blue over the snowy mountain peaks and to have Clementine do the Lion and row the boat with me - great way to start your day three lion breaths with your tongue out - life can only be good after that! Cross country skiing with the school this afternoon in the blazing sunshine of Tignes after my class this morning and teaching again tonight - full but fun packed day! Namaste and sleep well all....