It’s world autism month. So, as an autistic person myself, I thought I’d give some tips on how to make a difference to the autistic people you work with. They’re things anyone can do – but they could change someone’s path through life. Many autistic people have bad experiences at work. Their skills and abilities …
if some kinds of people find it harder to get to yoga than others, then it’s inequality
Community yoga is local, accessible, affordable. Inclusive rather than exclusive. Bottom-up rather than top-down.
Yoga Nidra is an amazing practice that has beneficial effects on multiple levels
I’ve been running a free, council funded community yoga class at the Compton Centre in Harehills, inner north east Leeds for the for over a year. So, when coronavirus social distancing came in someone in the class suggested we use Facebook to keep it going it seemed a good idea. Moving online might also get more …
It seems to me there are really some lessons to be learned after we get through this. It really is as if nature is teaching us a lesson.
I’ve started running specialist neurodiverse yoga sessions. The yoga is designed to be beneficial to autistic and other neurodiverse people. I am autistic myself and I have incorporated elements such as breath work and postures to aid with some of the issues and challenges people with neurological difference can face. The areas yoga can help …
It’s a wonderful thing to have a place to call home – specially when it’s a beautiful, airy sunlit room with view. From next week Bikebuddha yoga will be running a new Tuesday evening class in a bright, wooden-floored regular home with plenty of space and a great location. It will be a real treat …
There’s nothing like taking it easy on a Sunday morning. Modern life is stressful and busy and a moment of calm in all the madness can be a welcome tonic to the soul. Staying a bit longer in bed with the papers and a fry-up is most people’s idea of a Sunday treat. But the …
It was a character in Armistead Maupin’s classic story of San Francisco flower power Tales of the City who once said: “You can have a hot apartment, a hot lover, and a hot job, but you can’t have all three at the same time”. That’s a truism I think we could all do with examining …