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W I L D H E A R T
"In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir This last week has reconnected me to my wild heart, has woken...
Sophia Howard
Feb 237 min read
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E X P O S E D
May you find jewels of joy within the darkness I wrote this intention for a friend recently and it only occurred to me this week, whilst...
Sophia Howard
Jan 147 min read
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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...
Sophia Howard
Oct 29, 20247 min read
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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...
Sophia Howard
Sep 1, 20245 min read
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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....
Sophia Howard
Jun 2, 20245 min read
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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...
Sophia Howard
May 21, 20243 min read
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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...
Sophia Howard
Apr 20, 20243 min read
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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...
Sophia Howard
Jan 7, 20246 min read
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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...
Sophia Howard
Nov 4, 20237 min read
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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,...
Sophia Howard
Sep 10, 20235 min read
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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...
Sophia Howard
Aug 24, 20232 min read
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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...
Sophia Howard
Jul 20, 20234 min read
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Wisdom in Silence
Barn Owls symbolise wisdom, patience and intuition. Placing ourselves in stillness, or in silence, provides us with opportunities to be...
Sophia Howard
Jun 12, 20231 min read
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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...
Sophia Howard
Jun 10, 20236 min read
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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,...
Sophia Howard
Apr 15, 20235 min read
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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.” ―...
Sophia Howard
Feb 18, 20235 min read
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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...
Sophia Howard
Jan 1, 20235 min read
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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...
Sophia Howard
Dec 15, 20224 min read
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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...
Sophia Howard
Oct 31, 20224 min read
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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...
Sophia Howard
Sep 9, 20224 min read
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