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A new chapter: Mondays at The Portland Square Clinic
Portland Square Clinic, 27 Portland Square, BS2 8SA From Monday 31st March I’ll be working from The Portland Square Clinic,...
movingformsyoga
Mar 163 min read
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Wyld Grace Yoga & Walking Retreat in Dartmoor: May 30th -June 2nd 2025
Download Rumleigh Retreat PDF I am delighted to be co-creating a yoga and walking retreat at the magical Rumleigh Farm, in the Tamar...
movingformsyoga
Jan 123 min read
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Ease into 2025: A slow steady start... Spring Term starts 7 Jan
Not quite ready for the New Year? I don't think I'm quite there yet... perhaps that's because this time of mid-winter and hibernation and...
movingformsyoga
Jan 52 min read
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Why habits aren’t habits at all … and the great news when it comes to stopping unnecessary tension you might be causing yourself
Airports are wonderful places to people-watch. When you’re standing there watching your unmoving line as the speedy-boarders rush past,...
movingformsyoga
May 6, 20246 min read
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In a stepwise fashion: The joy of a step-by-step reasoned process
A new term of yoga starts this coming week! Join me Tuesday 16th April, 9-10am a Scout hut 6388, BS7 9BJ or Wednesday, 8-9pm 17th April...
movingformsyoga
Apr 13, 20246 min read
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What goes on in an Alexander Technique lesson - and why no one is going to tell you the ‘right’ way to sit
I’ve just had the pleasure of attending a current ITM Alexander Technique Teacher training course weekend. While there I had the joyful...
movingformsyoga
Mar 3, 20244 min read
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On the Alexander Technique and posture… embracing your well-made-ness and doing less as an alternative to ‘good posture.’
When I tell people I teach the Alexander Technique, there are a few standard responses. Here are two of my favourites… A) A blank...
movingformsyoga
Feb 12, 20245 min read
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How the Alexander Technique did NOT help me get over my fear of public speaking, BUT gave me a framework to do it anyway.
Do I like speaking in public? Not really. Do I do it anyway? Yes, I do. Why? Well, it’s part of my work for a start. Plus, speaking in...
movingformsyoga
Feb 4, 20246 min read
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Accomplishing the impossible (or just putting on your socks) How the Alexander Technique can help with good plans, bad plans and how to begin.
I’d like to tell you a story about the Alexander Technique… the Alexander Technique… and handstands! It’s a little illustration of how I...
movingformsyoga
Jan 29, 20244 min read
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Surrendering to flow
In this week's classes (Jan 16-17th) we move up through the body to the hips and pelvis where yogic understanding of energy centres in...
movingformsyoga
Jan 14, 20244 min read
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The ground beneath your feet: Finding connection
“This place where you are right now God circled on a map for you. Wherever your eyes and arms and heart can move - against the earth and...
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Jan 6, 20244 min read
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Learnings from Leslie Kaminoff yoga workshops... with an ITM Alexander Technique perspective
Who is Leslie Kaminoff? Leslie is a yoga educator with 40 years of experience in sharing yoga teachings inspired by T.V.K. Desikachar,...
movingformsyoga
Dec 23, 20236 min read
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The poise of the head in relation to the body in movement is the key to freedom and ease of motion
In the ITM Alexander Technique, ‘one thought’ is shared at the beginning of a students’ learning journey is this: “The poise of the head...
movingformsyoga
Nov 26, 20234 min read
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The significance of the central channel & “uncoiling the serpent” in yoga
In class this week, we’ll work through a practice to connect to the deep midline of the body – our core. When we use the term “core” in...
movingformsyoga
Nov 13, 20232 min read
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Following the "glimmers" to find your flow
This week we work through a flow for exploring movement and stability in our hips and look at how we can use our yoga practice as a way...
movingformsyoga
Nov 5, 20233 min read
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In the dark places of wisdom: What the stillness teaches
If you are anything like me, you’ll have spent your life sprinting away from darkness. Leaning towards dawn, summer, inspiration, the...
movingformsyoga
Oct 29, 20234 min read
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Just as much effort as you need and no more - How the Alexander Technique can help...
What would your life be like if, for every activity, you used just as much effort as you needed AND NO MORE! This is one of the ideas...
movingformsyoga
Oct 2, 20234 min read
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Playing with Fire: The ego as tool not tormentor
The area of our lower torso, from the pubic line to the base of the sternum and wrapping all the way around to our spine is often...
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Sep 18, 20232 min read
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Finding your flow: tools + resources + reading
Yoga is really just a part of my obsession with trying to understand what makes us humans tick. What’s it all about, why are we here,...
movingformsyoga
Sep 11, 20234 min read
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Joining Online Tuesday Mornings this Term? Here's what you need to know!
Hello onliners! Here are the links for the Autumn Term.
movingformsyoga
Aug 30, 20231 min read
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