I feel grateful, content and strong : Fire reflection

I started this Fire term feeling the best I have in ages. After my first proper break in running the studio (12 years!) I took 10 days away and didn’t take my laptop with me for the first time. Sounds crazy right! But running a business is no joke. It can really take its toll … Read more

Fire : Clarity, Inspiration, Action

In term 1 we started with the Earth, building a solid foundation of simplicity and stability. This is so that everything else we start to work on in the year will have fertile earth from which to grow. Having this foundation will vastly improve our chance of success. What is success though? Our yoga practice … Read more

I feel grounded, happy and healthy : Earth reflection

Reflecting back on how I felt at the start of the year and how I feel now – I feel like a different person! I feel more like myself that I have in years! By the end of last year I was so worn out, dare I say burnt out, after many years of living … Read more

Earth : calm, grounded, steady

Our elements program is a journey of self-discovery through the power of embodied yoga practice, nourishing breath work, powerful meditation, working with nature’s rhythm and exploratory self-study. We are about progress not perfection. Starting before we are ready and maintaining momentum even when it’s challenging. Finding time for ourselves every week because we are our … Read more

You are a badass : keep going

Ashtanga yoga Townsville you are a badass

You know what I wanted to tell you today? That I think you are doing an amazing job. If you are here on my blog, it means you’ve wanted yoga in your life and reading this now means care about your life and how your actions impact those around you. You want to feel good … Read more

Turning 40 and the year of no sh!t

turning forty and the year of no sh!t

After my extended trip away to India I came home with a real sense of wanting to keep things super simple and in alignment with what really mattered to me most. India has a way of reminding me that I really don’t need much at all to be happy – the less stuff I have … Read more

Be brave, be gentle, be yourself

Live and Breathe Yoga Townsville

Being brave is to live with spirit and to do everything we do with our whole heart, even if there is a possibility that it won’t work out the way we intend.  This is another one of our core values at Live and Breathe Yoga and we are always amazed and constantly inspired by the … Read more

Desperately seeking sanity

Desperately seeking sanity with ashtanga yoga

What is spirituality anyway? I never really knew what being ‘spiritual’ meant.  I still struggle with it.  I have practiced yoga now for over 14 years and I feel like I have only scratched the surface. And just when I thought I was making a little progress, we became parents and wow did that throw … Read more

When fear turns into joy

The fear of missing out (FOMO). This is what I’ve been experiencing lately and as I read this post from Sarah Wilson on the Joy of Missing out  last week, it couldn’t have come at a better time for me and I’ve come to realise that it’s been a good thing. Since Elsie was born, I … Read more