Noelle Marie Yoga

Tears during yoga aren’t unusual. And it’s more than asana that may stir emotion. Breathwork, meditation, chanting, even the stillness of savasana can create space for something deeper to surface.

Traditional teachings describe energetic knots in the subtle body as “granthis”—places where experience may have been held, protected, or guarded. When yoga practices bring steady breath and attention to these areas, prana is said to move more freely, gently unwinding these knots.

When something long-held begins to move, the experience can feel tender, relieving, or even joyful. Tears (water from your eye ducts) are okay!
We’re curious—if a student, a friend, or you yourself begin to cry during yoga, how do you honor that moment?

Is there a particular pose or practice that tends to bring emotion to the surface for you?

Your insight may be exactly what someone else needs to hear.

And if something tender is moving through you right now, Yoga Nidra for Emotional Healing with Jeremy Wolf offers a steady, compassionate space to rest, soften, and simply be.

Tune in here: https://yogainternational.com/meditation/yoga-nidra-for-emotional-healing/

“Maybe you had to leave in order to miss a place; maybe you had to travel to figure out how beloved your starting point was.”
― Jodi Picoult

Lá Fhéile Phádraig Shona daoibh! ☘️ 🇮🇪
Happy Saint Patrick's Day to all!
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Everyone's Irish on Paddy's Day, a now global celebration from our small nation. 🇮🇪
A chance for the 80 million Irish diaspora around the globe to come together, connect, reflect and celebrate.
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I'm proud to be Irish every day and this is a day more than any other when I always find myself longing to be back on home sod. ☘️🇮🇪
For the tractor parades, the packed pubs, the craic, the ceol, the jigs and reels, the shamrock topped pints of Guinness, the daffodils sprouting, the stretch in the evenings, the bag of chips, the green ice cream, green pints of beer ... well green everything - forty shades of green! 💚
The friends, the family, mo bhaile.
The place I call home. 💚

I hope you're having an amazing Paddy's day wherever in the world you are! 💚

How are you celebrating Paddy's Day this year?! ☘

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"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."
— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Sometimes I say a similar affirmation when teaching and to myself:
"I have everything I need within myself."

But it's so nice to share special moments with special people in life too.
"When you share your light, you reflect the light of others."

Thanks to the awesome souls who came to celebrate and who made me feel so loved and helped me celebrate this milestone!

Two cakes for all the candles! 🎂🎂🤭🤣

Cheers for all the birthday wishes! 🍾🥂
40 years young!✌🏻

Let's see if life really begins now, because it's been pretty epic so far! 💚

Still learning, still growing - always! ✨

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Reminiscing on the last few months of life as I prepare to swing into my 40's on Friday! 🧚🏻‍♀️💃🏼🤭

"Life is like a camera.
Focus on what's important.
Capture the good times.
And if things don't work out,
just take another shot."
— Ziad K. Abdelnour

Note to self: remember to capture more moments with special people going forward because, as well as those pictured, there are soooo many more people not pictured who make my life better simply with their presence! ✌🏻
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I've been in Leith Edinburgh for just over 5 years and in the same flat the whole time. This is the longest I've lived in one place since I left my parents home for university at 18, I lived in Cork for 6 years but I moved around lots of different houses in that time, so soon Edinburgh and my flat here will be the most grounding experience of the same surroundings since I lived at home. I think my nervous system needed it! ❤️

I'm proud of the lovely wee life I've created here, the amazing connections I've made and continue to make. I do miss home a lot too, but it's only a short hop away! 🥲

These last few months have been challenging personally but my support network here and at home in Ireland are full of awesome people.
Well I chose them, so of course they are! 🤭

So grateful, always for continuing to get to spin around the sun on this beautiful big ball of rock! 💚🌎
Excited for the next four decades ... and more! ✨

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Excited for this on Saturday! ☺️

Excited about Gala Day Leith Festival We are looking forward to seeing you there for outdoor yoga, 10am with Alexandra Black Tidal Yoga Edinburgh and 11am with Noelle Marie Yoga - all classes at Tidal are £8 during Festival Week!