Soft-starts, wintering and your time to shine
I first started using the term “soft-start” on our winter yoga retreat last January. The weekend started 6pm Friday welcome class. Knowing most of the participants were coming from work or a days’ travelling, I suggested a soft start to allow a more gradual transition from office / packing / driving mode, to switching off […]
Black Friday Woes, Colour Friday Wins
Black Friday Woes, Colour Friday Wins I love a bargain, but I hate the pressure of time ltd offers, the FOMO, the mass panic buying. I want to save money and I love a special offer. But I hate the consumerism and commercialism and the ethos of Black Friday. Black Friday has us spending more […]
Adventures in vans
Adventures in vans I’ve just returned from an incredible adventure – touring around Spain and France with my family in a motorhome for 3 weeks. Motorhomes aren’t new to me. I grew up in a van family – it was our livelihood and our lifestyle. The story goes that as a young, newly married couple, […]
On being perfect, or just being done
One of the maxims I live and work by is this: “Done is better than perfect”. It has got me started (and finished) on many an occasion. It really came into play when the pandemic hit and we moved our in-person business online within a matter of days. We knew it wasn’t perfect – it […]
How getting up earlier can change your life
My day used to begin with chaos. Chasing kids. Grown ups shouting. Kids crying. Looking for things. Rushing breakfast. Dishes left in the sink. Rushing out the door feeling harassed. My introduction to early mornings was basically insomnia. When I had a lot of work on or things that were stopping me sleeping I started […]
Me, my phone and a digital detox
Why I have gave up social media for a week Last week I gave up Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp for 7 days. There is loads of evidence out there for why and how phones and social media are hurting us and pretty much everyone I know wants to cut down their phone usage. We all have […]
A year of Sandwickhill Studios
It’s our one year anniversary… ish. It has resonance in truth but but it’s all a bit blurry as Covid prevented any big official openings (although we had planned for end of April), and in truth it actually prevented us completely finishing for some time after. We did, however, have our brand launch party on […]
Cheating on yoga with Pilates!
I was into yoga before I started Pilates so I guess you could say yoga was my first adult love, after dance. Yoga is for everyone, but many people who are naturally flexible (and often hyper mobile) are drawn to yoga because it gives us a sense of winning – we can already touch our […]
Lockdown Posture
I don’t know about you but I think my posture has seriously deteriorated over the last year. Lockdown has had so many implications and I think this is one that hasn’t been recognised fully yet. I already spent too much time sitting at a desk before lockdown but since then my work has moved entirely […]
Musings on the welcome smell of sweat
I feel like I’ve missed a big chunk of exciting happenings on this blog! After all the build up and excitement and waiting over the past year (s) I’ve completely failed to announce that we were finally able to open our doors. My last blog update was lamenting the fact that we had not been given […]
