Garden of Yoga

Sending you all some cosy Saturday afternoon vibes from Heart and Nagano 😻💗😻

Looking for a nurturing and cosy Winter activity?
Join our next Floating Sound Session!

✨ 3 - 4.30pm Saturday June 27 ✨
Just 3 spots left!!
🌱 Kelly from .studio and Jo collaborate for this unique event that will have you floating in an aerial hammock, bathed in a harmonic symphony of sound vibrations.

🌿 The calming sounds of Singing Bowls, chimes and gongs can inspire easeful meditation and deep relaxation.

🍃 Many people find the feeling of being cocooned in the aerial fabric, allows them to rest into a deep state of ease and peace.

🌺 We are delighted once again weave these beautiful techniques together into one immersive experience. No previous yoga, meditation or aerial yoga experience or flexibility is required. This would be a very gentle first time aerial experience. Jo will guide into into supported sitting and laying positions in the aerial hammock the primary goal is your comfort and relaxation.
Head to the link in my bio for bookings!

‘My favourite part is when I can fully let go and feel my practice. Let my body guide me to what it needs that day… I have noticed an incredible effect on my creativity, energy and ability to focus post-practice.’

Thank you .ceceliamarie for sharing about your experiences practicing aerial yoga and dance with MS in book Eight Limbs of Aerial Yoga!

This beautiful video shows Cecelia’s aerial dance practice but she also practices more restorative styles of aerial yoga. In my book she shares about the challenges of managing heat, adapting movements around differences between her left and right sides and pain flares - as well as the joy and deeper understanding of her body that this practice gives her!

‘What’s difficult about ‘overdoing it’ with MS is that some days are better than others for no good reason. It can feel frustrating at times when my body has a pseudo flare and I don’t feel like I pushed too hard. It’s times like that, where I’ve learned to meet my body with empathy instead of anger.’

There are many ways we can use the aerial hammock to help make the benefits of yoga more accessible to people working with MS including using it for balance support in standing poses, as a way to ‘bring the floor up’ in seated and laying down positions (like the chair in chair yoga), to give extra feedback to aid proprioception and as a soothing cocoon to facilitate rest and relaxation.

Thank you so much .ceceliamarie I really appreciate you sharing your practice and experiences with me!!

Eight limbs of Aerial Yoga is published by Singing Dragon and is available at all major retailers, or ask for it at your local independent bookstore!

Rita Mercer is our latest guest on The Flow Artists Podcast!
Rita is a holistic mindset coach and a licensed counselor with more than 10 years experience working in mental health and holistic wellness and over 20 years in Human Resources.
She’s also a mother, proud grandmother, college professor and host of the Daring Well Podcast (where I was a past guest).
Rita helps support organizations, teams, and individuals to develop mindset strategies for growth, achieve flow state, and reduce stress and burnout.
In her words ‘everyday I am surprised with new stories of survival and strength, loss and courage, brokenness and restoration. I am passionate about empowering individuals to Live Their Best Life’.
Rita brings so much wisdom and positive energy to this conversation - you can find The Flow Artists Podcast on all the usual pod apps or at podcast.flowartists.com we really hope you enjoy listening!

Thank you for a wonderful workshop today!!
🌱 The theme was Ayurveda in practice: Daily rituals for modern life and I’m feeling very inspired to put everything I’ve learned into action. I love how simple and accessible Indu made these self care practices and how she shared the science alongside the tradition - all with lots of love!
🌿 It was so lovely to meet Indu in person after speaking with her on The Flow Artists Podcast. Scroll through for a little sample of that episode and Indu also generously shares many of these practices (especially the yoga nidras) on her website and YouTube.

Join our next Floating Sound Session!!
✨ 3 - 4.30pm Saturday June 27 ✨
🌱 Kelly from .studio and Jo collaborate for this unique event that will have you floating in an aerial hammock, bathed in a harmonic symphony of sound vibrations.

🌿 The calming sounds of Singing Bowls, chimes and gongs can inspire easeful meditation and deep relaxation.

🍃 Many people find the feeling of being cocooned in the aerial fabric, allows them to rest into a deep state of ease and peace.

🌺 We are delighted once again weave these beautiful techniques together into one immersive experience. No previous yoga, meditation or aerial yoga experience or flexibility is required. This would be a very gentle first time aerial experience. Jo will guide into into supported sitting and laying positions in the aerial hammock the primary goal is your comfort and relaxation.
I'll pop the link in the comments 💕

Shout out to (aka FeetUp Freya!).
🌱 I really drew from Freya’s wisdom in the Reproductive Health and Inversion sections of my book Eight Limbs of Aerial Yoga!
🌿 Freya is a doctor of chiropractic, a mindfulness, meditation and yoga teacher, mother and fellow inversion lover!
🌺 She is the author of Wonder Full Women. Attune and Bloom. Eat, Move and Meditate With The Seasons. We connected over a great Flow Artists Podcast episode about her book - and then another episode focusing on inversions!
🍃 In my book I drew from my own knowledge, but I also always wanted to back it up with an evidence base, professional expertise or lived experience (if I was talking about something I hadn’t experienced personally) and Freya’s writing and podcast sharing was so helpful along the way!
Freya runs retreats, FeetUp classes, shares her meditations on Insight Timer and short practices on her feed
Thank you for everything you share Freya 💗

Thank you and for my amazing ‘I’m in my published author era’ top - I absolutely love it!!!
And look how perfectly the colour goes with my studio (and my book 🤩).
There’s a bit of a story here - Rosie also recently published a book, and custom made her the original ‘I’m in my published author era’ sweatshirt which she wore to class - and it definitely caught my eye!
I’m so delighted to have one of my own - thank you so much Rosie and Helen!!!
You’ll all be seeing a lot of of this cosy and colorful number in class, I love it so much 💖
Head to feed to find out more about her book Complementarianism, Gender and Evengelism and all the other cool things she does and to for more of ‘s designs.
And head to the link in my bio if you want to find out more about my book Eight limbs of Aerial Yoga 🙃

The cats were really putting on a show this morning!
Did they choreograph this?
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