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...Fingers 🌱P̥L̥ḀN̥T̥I̥N̥G̥ d̥i̥g̥g̥i̥n̥g̥ W̥E̥E̥D̥I̥N̥G̥...lovely to hear that your classes are keeping you strong, supple & pain free for all this lot....functional exercise that's the target. On top of calorie burning, gardening improves dexterity, strength, & functional movement & all that digging can improve bone density too.  Functional fitness exercises train your muscles to work together to help prepare you  for your daily tasks by simulating common movements you might do at home, at work or in the garden etc.  Some of you might know that in my final year of my Architecture Degree I specialised in Landscape.. sat at the drawing board was not my favourite part of the course!! Find out more about the benefits of gardening  in this article on the RHS site HERE. There are seven basic movements the human body can perform and really all other exercises are just variations of them.  These are: Pull, Push, Squat, Lunge, Hing...

...Lines Those of you who know me well will know I am super passionate about music & there is a history to that!  Not only is it another way to get creative with classes behind the lines, but it's super motivating, calming, destressing & can help you to really focus or let you slip into sleep, depending on the class. With the classes being online the most important thing is for you to hear me, so it has slipped into the background somewhat.  I wanted to make these available to you so you could play them at yours in & out of classes so here they are. Click on the link to find tunes to move you any & every way & enjoy! by Suzanne

...side! It's been a week or so since we finished our basic course on the ' Principles of Yoga Nidra'. We looked at breathing techniques, visualisation, sankalpas & more.  Many know this as 'Sleep Yoga' but through this connection with the brains alpha waves it can do so much more than help you get to sleep.  If you continue to work with it overtime all the other things you may have wanted to crack with fall into place - like cravings & more...it really is ' Yoga Magic' Thank you to for your lovely comments too...for me that's my sankalpa right there!

 ...& relax! It's not as easy as it first might sound just sitting there & thinking of nothing...in fact the truth is it's impossible! Your brain like a monkey swings from random thought to random thought & does it's best to keep your mind occupied on anything & everything, leaving some of you fraught with overload rather than calm & centred...so what is the answer? Here are some ways you can work to calm your mind and stop racing thoughts: Use cognitive distancing. Our mind usually worries about things it is convinced are true but, most of the time, are actually not true! Use a mantra! You can make up your own. Focus on the present & how your are feeling in the moment. Write things down. Breathe & concentrate on your breathing. Monkey mind  or  mind monkey ,   from Chinese xinyuan and Sino-Japanese shin'en 心猿 [lit. "heart-/mind-monkey"], is a Buddhist term meaning "unsettled; restless; capricious; whimsical; fanciful; inconsta...