Thrive Yoga Blog

This Week's Class Notes... Another short video - this time it's exercises for your hands

This Week's Recipe...   Mushroom Risoniotto

This Week's Mother Nature's Magic...  Sowing Seeds

This Week's Musical Offering...  'For the Summer, or Forever' by Halftribe - another track for your Relaxation playlist     

This Week's Video...  Postcards of Kindness and Send a Smile - two projects to help bring a little joy to others

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This Week's Class Notes... A short video of some foot exercises to help with mobility if you're a bit more sedentary than usual right now

This Week's Recipes...   Onion Relish 

This Week's Mother Nature's Magic...  International Dawn Chorus Day

This Week's Musical Offering...  Morning Meditation by Yin Yoga Academy     

This Week's Video...  The Royal Horticultural Society's Top 3 Reasons To Garden For Your Wellbeing

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This Week's Class Notes... A short video of some shoulder stretches for those who are spending long hours working at a desk

This Week's Recipes...   Courgette, Petits Pois and Mint Velouté and Vegan Red Lentil Cottage Pie

This Week's Mother Nature's Magic... Delightful dandelions and the houseplants in my office

This Week's Musical Offering...  Sweet Lullaby by Deep Forest and Blank & Jones (Relax Mix) 

This Week's Video... Peaceful Ponies - some anxiety-reducing guided meditations with the horses of Mane Chance Sanctuary, Compton, nr Guildford

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This Week's Class Notes... Feeling the feelings you're feeling, and The Cave Meditation

This Week's Recipe...  Shiny Chocolate Cupcakes and Sauerkraut (separately, of course!)

This Week's Mother Nature's Magic... Houseplants For Free - in this video I show you how to divide and propagate your houseplants 

This Week's Musical Offering... 'The Great Bell Chant (The End of Suffering)' composed, arranged and produced by Gary Malkin and Michael Stillwater, chanted by Brother Phap Niem, read by the Buddhist monk, activist, author and revered teacher Thich Nhat Hanh  

This Week's Video... A recording of Friday's broadcast of 'Wild Mornings With Chris', a new daily Facebook Live programme from Chris Packham and Megan McCubbin, celebrating British wildlife

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This Week's Class Notes... The Parasympathetic Nervous System and How Yoga Helps To Balance It

This Week's Recipe...  Vegan Banana Pancakes 

This Week's Mother Nature's Magic... Fabulous Foliage and Leafy Loveliness in Your Home

This Week's Musical Offering... 'Om Sanctuary' by Jason D McKean 

This Week's Video... Simon's Cat and Mary's Dog to entertain you and bring a little smile

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This Week's Class Notes... The 5 Senses Meditation - a useful tool to help with anxiety

This Week's Recipe...  'Use It All Up' Soup and Vegan Banana Cake 

This Week's Mother Nature's Magic... What's Happening In The Garden Right Now

This Week's Musical Offering... 'Aad Guray' by Deva Premal

This Week's Video... 'Nature Is Speaking' a short thought-provoking film from Conservation International, narrated by Julia Roberts

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An Invocation for the New Year

Class Notes... Some lovely poems from Morgan Harper Nichols

Class Notes... Developing A Home Practice - some tips to help you roll out your mat at home

This Week's Recipe... Roasted Squash and Red Lentil Soup

This Week's Mother Nature's Magic... Make a Simple Bug Hotel

This Week's Musical Offering... 'Healing Indian Music' by TCO

And I'll Leave You With... 'If Dr Seuss Had Been a Yogi' a poem by Yoli Ramazzina

Class Notes... Hasta Bandha - the Foot Lock

This Week's Recipe... Minestrone Soup

This Week's Mother Nature's Magic... Birdsong Radio and Starling Murmurations

This Week's Musical Offering... 'Of Shadow and Light' by John Two-Hawks

And I'll Leave You With... Some preview photos from the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Exhibition

Class Notes... Pada Bandha - the Foot Lock

This Week's Recipe... Courgette Cake

This Week's Mother Nature's Magic... Gorgeous Glassworks at Kew Gardens

This Week's Musical Offering... Quiet by Paul Simon

And I'll Leave You With... Nature, a beautiful poem by an unknown author reminding us of our connection to the Earth

Class Notes... Uddiyana Bandha - the Upward Flying Lock

This Week's Recipe... Roasted Tomato and Spinach Dhal

This Week's Mother Nature's Magic... Amusing Animals at the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards

This Week's Musical Offering... Autumn Equinox by Cynthia Jordan

And I'll Leave You With... I Am The Song, a poem by Charles Causley