Thrive Yoga Lifestyle Blog

This Week's Class Notes... Put some yoga props on your Christmas list... here are some recommendations

This Week's Recipe... Apple Crumble Energy Balls

This Week's Mother Nature's Magic... The trailer for an extraordinary film called 'My Octopus Teacher'

This Week's Musical Offering...  'Delicate' by Joey Fehrenbach - a rhythmic track that would be good to accompany Sun Salutations and flow sequences

This Week's Video... One Breath Around The World - a short film following freediver Guillaume Nery as he swims and glides through otherworldly oceans

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This Week's Class Notes... Staying grounded with the Five Senses Meditation... and a bit more about traction

This Week's Recipe... Indian Masala Carrots with Coconut Lentils

This Week's Mother Nature's Magic... Marvelling at swifts and swallows

This Week's Musical Offering...  'Duvet' by Niklas Paschbury - as its name suggests its a relaxing track

This Week's Video... a short film called 'All In The Mind' featuring some lovely words from a wise woman

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This Week's Class Notes... A bit about traction... and some lovely poems

This Week's Recipe... Deliciously Jammy Slow-Roasted Tomatoes

This Week's Mother Nature's Magic... Flowers from Flo's Flower Garden

This Week's Musical Offering...  'Re-turning' by Jennifer Berezan - a hypnotic and relaxing track that was recorded in an underground temple

This Week's Video... a short BBC video about how wild swimming helps people with mental health issues

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This Week's Class Notes... Why Do We Roll to the Right Side?

This Week's Recipe... Sticky Roasted Bananas

This Week's Mother Nature's Magic...  The story of Knepp and its rewilding project

This Week's Musical Offering...  'Quiet Meditation' by Hubbub

This Week's Video... 'What Yoga Does to Your Body and Brain'

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This Week's Class Notes... A beautiful blessing and another short video with some more exercises for your neck

This Week's Recipe... Vegan Scones

This Week's Mother Nature's Magic...  A bit about British Flowers Week

This Week's Musical Offering...  'Tiger Lotus' by Sound Ambassador 

This Week's Video...  A short BBC Ideas video about how to stay calm under pressure (us yogis know this already)

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This Week's Class Notes... A poem about letting go and a short video of some exercises for neck mobility

This Week's Recipe... Tabbouleh

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

This Week's Musical Offering...  'A New Day' by Laya Project 

This Week's Video...  Some important resources to help you learn about anti-racism

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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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