Recent Articles in Thrive Yoga Lifestyle Blog

This week on the blog...
52 @ 50 no. 38 - enjoying a solo weekend yoga retreat
A Bit About... The Great British Bee Count - take part in Friends of the Earth's survey on the health of our bees
A Bit About... British Flowers Week - promoting home-grown cut flowers
This Week's 5-Pose-Flow... a standing sequence for strength, stability and flexibility
This Week's Recipe... Energy Boost Bars
This Week's Musical Offering... Jai Ma by Sacred Earth
This Week's Video... a funny sketch from Michael McIntyre about the 3 ways to deal with bees and wasps
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This week on the blog...
52 @ 50 no. 37 - Running in the Gothenburg Half Marathon
A Bit About... The Wildlife Trusts' 30 Days Wild Challenge
This Week's 5-Pose-Flow... a sequence featuring some standing poses
This Week's Recipe... Portobello Mushroom 'Steaks'
This Week's Musical Offering... Limitation by East Forest
This Week's Video... inspiration to keep moving as we age
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This week on the blog...
Two poems about wild spaces and peaceful places
This Week's 5-Pose-Flow... a sequence featuring a modified variation of Wild Thing (Camatkarasana)
This Week's Recipe... Pea and Mint Pasta
This Week's Musical Offering... Kali Durgai by Sangit Om, plus an attempt to explain the meaning of the mantra
This Week's Video... Where the Wild Things Play - a short film about adventurous women doing the things they love to do
A Bit About... Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2018
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This week on the blog...
52 @ 50 no. 36 ... Bundle Dyeing - dyeing fabric the natural way with flower petals
A Bit About... National Gardening Week
This Week's 5-Pose-Flow... forward bend, backbend, neutral and rest - a sequence for your spine
This Week's Recipe... Moroccan Vegetable Tagine
This Week's Musical Offering... Bhaj Man Mere by Nirinjan Kaur - a relaxing mantra track for your Savasana
This Week's Video... is Prince Ea again, this time explaining the difference between happiness and gratitude
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This week on the blog...
A Bit About... Your Core Muscles
This Week's 5-Pose-Flow... a balancing sequence for you to practice
This Week's Recipe... Butternut Squash Hummus
This Week's Musical Offering... Sleep by Eric Whitacre and The Virtual Choir
This Week's Video... a TED Talk by Eric Whitacre about how The Virtual Choir came into being
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This week on the blog...
A Bit About... Your Rectus Abdominis
This Week's 5-Pose-Flow... a Restorative sequence in Legs Up The Wall Pose (Viparita Karani)
This Week's Recipe... Spanish Chickpea and Almond Stew
This Week's Musical Offering... Karuna Canyon by Drala
This Week's Video... my sister's kitten - he's sooooo cute!
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This week on the blog...
A Bit About... Your Transverse Abdominals
Boys to Zen - an article from the Evening Standard magazine about why more men are doing yoga
This Week's 5-Pose-Flow... this short sequence for you to practise at home includes Downward Facing Dog, Warrior 2 pose and Pigeon pose
This Week's Recipe... Poached Pears in Red Wine
This Week's Musical Offering... Nuvole Bianche by Ludovico Einaudi
This Week's Video... a reminder to pause and breath, with a smile, from poet, rapper and motivator Prince Ea
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This week on the blog...
52 @ 50 no. 35 ... The Marsden March - fun and fundraising with unicorns
A Bit About... Your Oblique muscles - what they do and where to find them
This Week's 5-Pose-Flow... this short sequence for you to practise at home includes two balances and a twist
This Week's Recipe... Date and Pumpkin Seed Granola
This Week's Musical Offering... Walking Through by Kaya Project
This Week's Video... from International Women's Day, this video shows what children think of unequal pay
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This week on the blog...
A Bit About... my recent yoga retreat in Goa, India
This Week's 5-Pose-Flow... a short sequence for you to practise at home
This Week's Recipe... Vegan Peanut Butter Cookies
This Week's Musical Offering... Goa Sunset by Karunesh
This Week's Video... Piper - a lovely short Pixar animated film 
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This week on the blog...
A 5-Pose-Flow... a short sequence for you to practise at home 
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This week on the blog...
I have a story for you - a computer love story
A 5-Pose-Flow... a short sequence for you to practise at home 
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This week on the blog...
A Bit About...Yoga Poses That Are Named After Animals
This Week's 5-Pose-Flow... a short sequence for you to practise at home
This Week's Recipe... A healthier variation of Chocolate Mousse - just 5 ingredients and it's so easy to make
This Week's Musical Offering... a lovely chant sung by Deva Premal - may all beings be happy and free
This Week's Video... animals doing yoga to make you smile
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