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Oct 297 min read

Releasing and Returning - H O M E

Water journeys from ocean to raincloud to stream then back to sea, being able to embrace eternal recurrence is the ultimate expression of...

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Sophia Howard

Sep 15 min read

G L O W

Every morning the sun rises with a golden glow to reveal the ineffable magnificence of life.- Debasish Mridha. Late summer-early Autumn...

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Jun 25 min read

F U L L N E S S

The flower of life blooms in love and radiates love all around - Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Our lives are full but are we living fully....

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May 213 min read

A Garden of Yoga

I've spoken a lot in class about how setting an intention (sankalpa) is akin to planting physical seeds in the earth. When planting a...

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Apr 203 min read

Root to Rise

You expected to be sad in the fall. Part of you died each year when the leaves fell from the trees and their branches were bare against...

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Jan 76 min read

I N T U I T I O N

So here we are, Mid Winter, and the start of the new calendar year. How do you feel about New Year? Is ‘how you feel’ about New Year...

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Nov 4, 20237 min read

S Y N E R G Y

Over the last few days there has been a large spider on her web where I sit for my morning meditation…(or morning rumination!) The first...

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Sep 10, 20235 min read

P A U S E (p - AWE - se)

Late summer, early autumn is a time of transition, the pause between inhale and exhale. And there is the wind: slowly gathering strength,...

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Aug 24, 20232 min read

SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER (SAD)

Have you noticed a subtle shift in the air over the last few weeks? The evenings a little cooler, a little darker and a certain feeling...

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Jul 20, 20234 min read

SWEETNESS

I was stopped in my tracks by Honeysuckle last week, in fact so much so that I made my first plant essence with it. This summer term we...

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Jun 12, 20231 min read

Wisdom in Silence

Barn Owls symbolise wisdom, patience and intuition. Placing ourselves in stillness, or in silence, provides us with opportunities to be...

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Sophia Howard

Jun 10, 20236 min read

A U T H E N T I C I T Y

This beautiful rose is the real deal, it looks real, it smells real, and it reliably buds, blooms and dies back with the rhythm of the...

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Sophia Howard

Apr 15, 20235 min read

S A N K A L P A

Does a yoga class have to mean anything? We can go through our day or through a yoga practice meaninglessly and still go to bed happy,...

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Feb 18, 20235 min read

R A D I A N C E & V I T A L I T Y

“The path isn't a straight line; it’s a spiral. You continually come back to things you thought you understood and see deeper truths.” ―...

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Jan 1, 20235 min read

P A T I E N C E

"One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life." -- Chinese Proverb It's interesting...

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Dec 15, 20224 min read

W I N T E R

“What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.” John Steinbeck It's the time of year when we're all...

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Oct 31, 20224 min read

N O U R I S H

Do you remember how it feels to be nourished? Depleted is the opposite of nourished, do you know how it feels to be depleted? Do you...

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Sep 9, 20224 min read

G R A C E

G R A C E What does that word conjure in your mind? It has so many different connotations. Divine grace, graceful, gracious, saving...

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Jul 10, 20226 min read

A C T I O N

Does it feel 'right'? This is a question I've been asking myself a lot recently. Pausing to enquire how a practice, thought, situation or...

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Jun 7, 20226 min read

SHRADDHA (faith)

Shraddha Literally means to hold or rest in a pure heart. The state of being that results from a heart filled with light or wisdom I have...

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