Thrive Yoga Blog

'52 @ 50' no 52... A Bee-keeping Demonstration at Albury Vineyard, Surrey

This Week's Recipe... Carrot and Coriander Soup

This Week's Mother Nature's Magic... Wildlife Photography by Jess Findlay

This Week's Musical Offering... Through the Summer Fields by Floating Lights

This Week's Video... Eckhart Tolle reminds us how to let go of worry and become more at ease

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'52 @ 50' no 51 - Adventures in Boston

This Week's Recipe... Holy Trinity Louisiana Gumbo 

This Week's Mother Nature's Magic... Botanical greetings cards painted by my niece

This Week's Musical Offering... 'Be More Kind' by Frank Turner

This Week's Video... Wise words from a young man living in the Arctic with 110 dogs!

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This Week's Class Notes... Alignment Tips for Side-Angle Pose (Parsvakonasana)

This Week's Recipe... Spring-Green Tart

This Week's Mother Nature's Magic... Making a bee bath and some extraordinarily fabulous tulips

This Week's Musical Offering... 'Sky Mantra' by Subway Bhaktis

This Week's Video... A Short Clip of Honey Bees Drinking

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This Week's Class Notes... An evocative poem called 'On A May Evening' by Lucy Burrow

This Week's Recipe... Vegan Lemon Cake

This Week's Mother Nature's Magic... My top 5 bee-friendly, long-flowering perennials to plant in your garden now

This Week's Musical Offering... 'Singtree' by Solar Quest

This Week's Video... 'Let Nature Sing' from the RSPB - a beautiful but sad reminder about the decline of our native birds, with some wonderful hand-puppetry

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This Week's Class Notes... Adjusting Your Alignment in Warrior 2 Pose

This Week's Recipe... Celeriac Soup

This Week's Mother Nature's Magic... Propagating Pothos Plants Part 2

This Week's Musical Offering... 'Cloudy Sunrays' by DJ Taz Rashid

This Week's Video... the new Nike advert - inspiring you to do what you want to do - even if it's crazy!

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This Week's Class Notes... The Anatomy of Your Ribcage (part 2)

This Week's Recipe...  Apple and Raspberry Bircher Muesli 

This Week's Mother Nature's Magic... Bee Flies - strange creatures in my garden!

This Week's Musical Offering... '20 Minutes' by Carbon Based Lifeforms

This Week's Video... Playing Out - a short BBC video about a project to get children playing outside

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This Week's Class Notes... The Anatomy of Your Ribcage (part 1)

This Week's Recipe...  West African Peanut Soup

This Week's Mother Nature's Magic... Ferns Unfurling

This Week's Musical Offering... Breathing Space by Sacred Earth, plus a guitar quartet playing 'Cuban Landscape with Rain'

This Week's Video... Brexit Yoga - to make you smile

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This Week's Class Notes... The Kleshas - 5 obstacles to living a peaceful and fulfilled life

This Week's Recipe... Carrot, Spring Onion and Poppy Seed Soup 

This Week's Mother Nature's Magic... Propagating Pothos Plants

This Week's Musical Offering... Lubbock Lullaby by Peter Phippen and David Roll

This Week's Video... Doga - inspiration for doing yoga with a canine friend

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An Article About The Benefits of Jumping To Prevent Bone Thinning

This Week's Recipe... Vegan Spaghetti Bolognese  

This Week's Musical Offering... Balasana by Bjorn Lynne

This Week's Video and Mother Nature's Magic combined... A beautiful 3 minute animation about the life of flowers

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Some poems about loving and living and slowing down

This Week's Recipe... Griddled Pineapple with Passion Fruit 

Mother Nature's Magic... Insects painted by my niece 

This Week's Musical Offering... Anahata by Alex Theory and Shiva Rea

This Week's Video... A very funny video of a couple trying Partner Yoga

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52 @ 50 no. 50... Learning to Crochet

Class Notes... The Meaning of 'Hatha' Yoga

This Week's Recipe... Lentil and Harissa Soup

Mother Nature's Magic... Snowdrops

This Week's Musical Offering... Ha-tha by Chinmaya Dunster

This Week's Video... Beautiful Snow Art by Simon Beck

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Class Notes... the significance of the number 108

Mother Nature's Magic... the Big Garden Birdwatch

This Week's Recipe... Parsnip, Leek & Coconut Gratin with Lentils and Wilted Greens

This Week's Musical Offering... Hari Om by Nisha Narsai

This Week's Video... a little piece of advice from Eckhart Tolle and Oprah Winfrey

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