Anyone who has practiced yoga with me will know that I’m all about finding the fit that works for you. In yoga. In meditation. I used to be a stylist, (in the manic old days!) and I throw the same philosophy into teaching yoga and meditation as I did into fashion. The practice has to fit you well. It has to make you feel clear and vibrant, Grounded, focused and authentic. Mindfulness is a conscious discipline of bringing ourselves into moment to moment awareness. Whatever is, is. Just as it is. This might be looking really intently at the texture of your morning slice of toast and really seeing it, smelling it and observing it in all it’s toasti-ness. Or it might be allowing yourself to really sit with a headache and just be present in the components of the headache. Parking the wish for it to vanish. Taking the suggestion to swallow a pain killer out of your mind. Leaning into the sensations called Headache and really observing them, without negativity. Having a perspective of curiosity. Enquiring. This is

There are 2 good reasons to become an independent client. The first reason is because that's what Joseph Pilates expected of clients learning his method of Pilates called "Contrology". A client was to learn their specific exercises and then join a group of clients in an open workout. Clients were not herded together to do the same exercises, waiting upon every word being spoon feed by an instructor. On the contrary, clients had to remember, engage, repeat, feel and listen to their bodies as they moved through their indivualised programs. The benefit for both teacher and student is, that the instructor is not repeating the set up, where the arms and legs go every class. More importantly, the instructor is watching how the client is moving and gives corrections that deepen the clients engagement to their core. The clients is thinking and feeling their body actively not passively waiting what to be told to do. The second reason, is because research proves that when you take responsibility for your workouts and