Yoga

Yoga has been around for ages, I mean ages, yet Yin Yoga is a kind of new version of this very old discipline and art. Yin yoga combines Mindfulness, Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Hatha Yoga shapes & principles together into a blend of exquisite healing deliciousness. What’s not to love! But the real reason we love it so much is the way it makes us feel.
Yin yoga taught well will leave you feeling like you have just had a really good massage, but why?
Fascia is the connective tissue that covers all of us, yes all of us, muscles, tendons, ligaments, organs, cells; it is similar to a watery container cover that can get tangled up and tight during our day to day habitual life. When we practice Yin Yoga, we unravel and lengthen the fascia through long holds and relaxation, and it’s this unraveling of the fascia that makes us feel amazing. 

Fascia responds to long holds, and in yin yoga, we can hold poses from 1 minute to 8 minutes! During this time our nervous system relaxes, our fascia releases its creases and catches and the result is us feeling incredible, we feel renewed and restored. Throughout a Yin Class, we can also get out of our endless monkey thinking heads and really settle into our bodies. It doesn’t happen all the time, but with practice, we can feel grateful for the moments that it does. 
Take some time to slow down and rest whether it be in a yin yoga class or just taking an earlier night from time to time. 
I wish you unraveled Fascia 🙂 
Helena x 

  Sometimes we need a little something new and being a yogini Henna is a great safe and fun way to feel pretty.

BUT – there is henna and there is henna – find a safe and non toxic henna to use or better still get a pro to do it for you 🙂

I recommend Henna by Khuram – she is amazing and really lovely as well! Makes a great pamper party or afternoon with      friends.  Check out her site here:

http://www.hennabykhuram.co.uk/

Are you able to notice your minds chatter before you react to it?Избавление от «петли планирования»
Are you able to sit on the outside and watch whats going on on the inside?
These are questions that are often raised when people get more and more interested in the practice of ‘yoga’. Once the journey of Asana begins at some later stage there becomes a need for more peace and tranquillity that leads to the beauty of sitting in silence – better known as meditation.
Sitting in silence for 5, 10 – 20 minutes or more a day can enhance more ability to stop reacting and begin responding.
Why don’t you try it. Set yourself up with a space that is constantly there, i.e. a yoga block to sit on or a cushion or even a folded blanket that you can just grab and have available in the same spot everyday. Don’t even try and plan a time to start with just sit when you have time for as long as you have time for.
I often find that the more pressure you put on yourself – i.e. I must sit for 15 mins everyday at 6.30am, then the less likely it is to happen – give yourself some freedom to sit when you can and have some time.
Maybe have some nice things around, i.e. candle, photo of a chosen guru or something beautiful (sunset), use meditation music if you like (or not!), and maybe a crystal or incense – these aren’t at all essential and if it causes stress thinking about arranging that then LEAVE it!
Just sit when you can for a wee while! Find some peace within the chatter and natter of the mind. Focus on your breath, […]