Sian Toop – 200 Hour Certified Yoga Teacher
Ever on the hunt to find environmentally friendly alternatives, I decided to give ‘natural deodorant’ a try. Reader, I was skeptical. Let’s face it, as soon as we become aware of sweating as teenagers, we work in every way we can to prevent it. The damp patches, the smell and the discomfort. Would a natural…
As defined by Lisa Jeffs, ‘Self-sabotage is when we actively or passively take steps to prevent ourselves from reaching our goals.’ How many of you would consider that you are a ‘self-saboteur’? Not me. Nope. Definitely not. I always go after my goals. Or do I? Looking back, I think I had talked myself out…
Continue reading ➞ What Running Taught Me About Self-Sabotage
It will come as no surprise to pretty much anyone reading this that I have not been teaching many classes since March. I actually think I’ve taught about 8. Between the pandemic and the weather, teaching was just not on the cards. But, at the time of writing this, gyms and studios are starting to…
Continue reading ➞ Brightening Up Covid Classes with 3rd Rock
One thing I definitely learnt during lock down is; it’s OK not to be busy 100% of the day. September 2019 to March 2020 I juggled being a full time student and a full time yoga teacher, whilst dabbling in blogging, public speaking and program development. Not to mention attempting to add a social…
I was kindly gifted these amazing leaf wraps by BeeBee Wraps and I was so excited to try them out! I am usually rushing about between various places, university, teaching, work and 99.9% of the time have some sort of snack with me. I have been trying to reduce my use of plastic products, especially…
I am not a morning person. But I have found ways to make mornings more bearable. There has been a lot of chat about routines during the pandemic. They help us feel more organised and bring some semblance of structure into our strange days. I won’t be handing you a morning routine to follow in…
The perils of plastic, much like the material itself, are everywhere right now. Statistics from Surfers Against Sewage state that plastic pollution can now be found on every beach in the world, with microplastics even found embedded deep into Arctic ice. With the rate we use plastic increasing along with the population, approximately 8 million…
Continue reading ➞ Bamboo Straw Pocket Pack from The Friendly Panda
So, these are in no way a creation of my own, but whoever invented them, I am eternally grateful. I wanted to share with you my go-to, post-run breakfast at the moment. Mainly, because it is delicious! You Will Need: 1 Banana approx. 100g. 2 Eggs. 10g Milled Chia Seed Butter, Oil, Fry-Light (Something to…
So, what is an advanced ‘yogi’ - please enlighten me. Because, next year will be my tenth year of practise and fourth year of teaching and I would not consider myself advanced. I really, really, REALLY, hate classes that exclude based on ‘experience’. What I regard as ‘advanced’ yoga will be different to what you…
It took me until Week 5 of isolation to reach utter boredom. At first I didn’t really mind quarantine, I am a ridiculously busy person, juggling university, teaching yoga, blogging, gym, socialising - the list goes on! It was nice to have some guilt free down time. I had time to read books that weren’t…
