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Laura

  • 9 March 2020
  • by joadmin

I really love Jo’s gentle nature and vast knowledge of yoga. Her classes really make you take note of your body and what it needs. I always feel a little bit more like me when I leave a class with Jo.

Helen

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When life feels like a rollercoaster, how can we r When life feels like a rollercoaster, how can we regulate our emotions? We often see our emotions as being closely tied to who we are.  However, emotions are universal and arise when we release hormones in the body.  If our senses pick up on a threat, adrenalin is released – we feel a quickening of the breath and a tensing of the gut.  Emotions and thoughts are triggered.  When we release tension from the body through yoga we release endorphins – giving us a feeling of pleasure and wellbeing.  Thoughts and emotions start to dissolve or move to the periphery of our attention.   What we are left with is room for expansion – we feel lighter, more spacious, more centred. These experiences are magnified when we practice as a group - oxytocin (the ‘love drug’ which regulates our emotions) can flow.  There is a sense of ‘dropping in’ together, a sense of connection – not to any individual in particular, but to life in general and something larger than ourselves.  I have spaces available at my yoga afternoon next Saturday, 25th September, 2pm-5pm at Upper Beeding and Bramber Village Hall.  I’m happy to co-ordinate lifts from Hove for people who need them. To book, visit joshawyoga.com/events 🧡 yoga #vajrasatiyoga #yogalife #yogalove #yogaclassbrighton #yogaclasshove #yogaclasshangleton #yogateacherbrighton #yogateacherhove #yogajourney #yogapractice #yogaworkshop #wellbeing #yogastudent #yogapractitioner #yogaclasssteyning #yogaclassupperbeeding
Two more sleeps until The Space Open Day! Here ar Two more sleeps until The Space Open Day! Here are my boys and I busy delivering flyers last weekend. If you’re free anytime from 10am to 3pm on Saturday, why not pop your head round the door to find out more about what we have to offer, meet the team and enter our amazing prize draw: •Free Mummy MOT @osteosian •£50 Voucher towards a massage course @sussexschoolofnaturaltherapies •Free 45minute Reflexology treatment @taralavelle1 •Magnesium Spa Gift set @therapy_for_change_psych •360 Hair loss Shampoo and Conditioner @360_hair_clinic •3 yoga classes with @joshawyoga •Free acupuncture session with @sarahmatheson •Nutritionist initial consultation @laura.larman •1hr massage from @mindbody_massage •1/2 price Energy wellness evaluation and treatment @enerygywellness •Free 1:1 or couples counselling session @claudine •Free term of baby massage/yoga •5 class pass for @breathe_bend_believe_yoga evening yoga class •Free place on a Breath workshop with @thebreath_works ✨ #yoga #vajrasatiyoga #yogalife #yogalove #yogaclassbrighton #yogaclasshove #yogaclasshangleton #hangleton #yogateacherbrighton #yogateacherhove #yogajourney #yogapractice #wellbeing #the_space_hove
What happens when we practice yoga?  We start to What happens when we practice yoga?  We start to notice how we are – not just physically, but also energetically, mentally and emotionally. Because we’re all unique, we each engage differently with a physical sensation or an instruction/suggestion. We all experience life through the lens of our own conditioning. Our habits affect the way we move, the way we think, how we interpret how we feel. But despite our differences, when we practice yoga we all drop into a shared experience of letting go. There is nothing to fix. The goal is not to somehow craft a ‘new you’, but to strip away - layer by layer - our habits, the weight of our identity, our sense of being separate from the world around us. In the words of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras, we ‘still the fluctuations of the heart-mind’ and ‘rest in our essence nature’. These moments of connection can be fleeting. Other outcomes of our practice are more constant – maintaining a functional range of movement, calming the nervous system, releasing feel-good endorphins, improving circulation and releasing toxins. Yoga is best approached with ‘a beginner’s mind’…empty of expectation, as if we were coming to the mat for the first time. As we surrender to the experience our inner landscape begins to open up. “Practice yoga…all is coming.” Pattabhi Jois You’re welcome to join me for my next weekend yoga afternoon - Saturday, 25th September, 2pm to 5pm at Upper Beeding & Bramber Village Hall.       All details of classes and upcoming events are at joshawyoga.com Photo credit: Simon Godfrey #yoga #vajrasatiyoga #yogalife #yogalove #yogaclassbrighton #yogaclasshove #yogaclasshangleton #hangleton #yogateacherbrighton #yogateacherhove #yogajourney #yogapractice #yogaworkshop #wellbeing #yogastudent #yogapractitioner
How can we be grounded and yet feel light?  Roote How can we be grounded and yet feel light?  Rooted to the earth while finding an opening, a softness and lightness in the body that is reflected in our mental state.  Finding space…in the body, between movements, within the breath. I have a few spaces available at my half day retreat on Sunday 11th July (2pm – 6pm) at the beautiful Yoga by Nature (www.yogabynature.co.uk) in Bolney.  There’ll be asana (postures), pranayama (breathwork) and yoga nidra (yogic sleep)…as well as delicious tea and cake and time to walk in the beautiful Pickwell estate. You can book your space at joshawyoga.com/events Photo credit: Kazuend #yoga #vajrasatiyoga #yogalife #yogalove #yogaclassbrighton #yogaclasshove #yogaclasshangleton #hangleton #yogateacherbrighton #yogateacherhove #yogajourney #yogapractice #yogaworkshop #wellbeing #yogastudent #yogapractitioner #yogaathome #tree_of_life_centre_hove #the_space_hove #yogabynature_
We are all interconnected – this has come into s We are all interconnected – this has come into sharp focus for me during the pandemic.   Over the last year I’ve been expanding the web of people who support me, either directly or indirectly. It's a long list...through treatments from @James_Adatia Osteopath, amazing Cranio Sacral sessions with @margaritabennett, massage with the wonderful Eva (www.evolvetransform.co.uk), enrolling on online courses with @yoganidranetwork and @the.shift.network, listening to the words of great teachers such as @jimtarranyoga @khadinemorcomyoga and @john_stirk, and to inspiring podcasts from @kate_codrington.   And not forgetting conversations with some of the wise souls in my life including @taralavelle1, Tika from @yogabynature_ and Benita @psych_change - and others!   I sometimes find invisible hands supporting me when I surrender into my yoga practice.  These are actual real-life hands!  Thank you to all my guides and fellow travellers.  You support me so I’m able to support others. It’s all out there if you choose to look.  Have you considered expanding your web of support? #yoga #vajrasatiyoga #yogalife #yogalove #yogaclassbrighton #yogaclasshove #yogaclasshangleton #yogateacherbrighton #yogateacherhove #yogajourney #yogapractice #yogaworkshop #wellbeing #yogastudent #yogapractitioner #yogaathome #tree_of_life_centre_hove #the_space_hove
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