Recent Articles in Thrive Yoga Lifestyle Blog

This week on the blog...
52@50 no 28 - I'm learning to kayak and canoe
A bit about ... Should you work out while you're on holiday? An article by Peta Bee from the Times
This Week's Recipe... Blueberry Oat Cookies
This Week's Musical Offering... Lila by Thomas Barquee
This Week's Video... inspiration to try something new
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This week on the blog...
52@50 no 27 - Travelling alone in Austria part 2 plus my daughter's graduation
A bit about ... Strength of Mind - an excerpt from Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert on dealing with Fear
A bit about... Strength of Body - why doing strength training is so important and how to add it into your yoga practice
This Week's Recipe... Lemon and Prosecco Cocktail - it's a good 'un, I think you'll love it
This Week's Musical Offering... Transformation by Bahramji and Mashti - because who doesn't want some transformation in their life with a good funky rhythm?
This Week's Video... how one young man is helping elderly care-home residents expand their lives
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This week on the blog...
52@50 no 26 - Travelling Alone in Austria
This Week's Musical Offering... Bus Ride to Gulu by Pete Kuzma
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This week on the blog...
A bit about ... keeping up your yoga practice while you're on holiday
This Week's Recipe... pineapple ice lollies
This Week's Interesting Word... is peregrinate
This Week's Musical Offering... Wandering Sadhu by Desert Dwellers
This Week's Video... words of wisdom from Kid President - "Life is Like a Comic"
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This week on the blog...
A bit about ... doing yoga with children
This Week's Recipe... easy vegan mango ice-cream
This Week's Interesting Word... is novaturient
This Week's Musical Offering... Lullaby by Tina Malia - a lovely relaxing song with a mystical feel to it
This Week's Video... a short video made by some children asking other children what they like about yoga
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This week on the blog...
A bit about ... International Yoga Day
This Week's Recipe... Gazpacho - cool and colourful, this soup is perfect to eat in the hot weather
This Week's Interesting Word... is nelipot
This Week's Musical Offering... Yoga Dreaming by Soulfood - a favourite Savasana track
This Week's Video... a beautiful and inspiring sequence by an amazing yogi
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This week on the blog...
A bit more about ... Mudras 
This Week's Recipe... Pad Thai Salad - this is sooooooo delicious
This Week's Interesting Word... is coruscate
This Week's Musical Offering...  two tracks for you this week - one with a strong, funky rhythm and the other gentle and relaxing
This Week's Video... two videos too... both about photographers of yoga
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This week on the blog...
A bit about ... Mudras - the hand and finger positions we use in pranayama, meditation and yoga class
An amusing article about a man's first yoga class
This Week's Recipe... Chocolate Mint Leaves
This Week's Interesting Word... nemophilist
This Week's Musical Offering... a 50 minute track to accompany a slow stretch sequence with a long Savasana, or the latest class available to Thrive Yoga members which is a Yin Yoga sequence
This Week's Video... how complaining rewires your brain for negativity
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This week on the blog...
A bit about Yin Yoga... following my 5 day course last week, here's a description of this slow, gentle form of yoga so you know what to expect if you go to a Yin Yoga class
A  bit more about... more translations of Sanskrit words - Seva and Bodhisattva
This Week's Recipe... Red Pepper and Almond Dip (or Dressing)
This Week's Interesting Word... ataraxia
This Week's Musical Offering... the theme from the film Interstellar - perfect to accompany your Savasana or a slow stretch 
This Week's Video... Seva in action - one woman's work to reduce food waste
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This week on the blog...
A bit about... more translations of Sanskrit words - yoga postures
This Week's Recipe... Courgette 'meatballs'
This Week's Interesting Word... solivagant
This Week's Musical Offering... North East West South by the Hang Playing Hedge Monkeys
This Week's Video... 'The Bucket' a short video about just who comes to visit a bucket of water left out in the desert
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This week on the blog...
52@50 no. 25 - my 50th birthday!
A bit about... translations of Sanskrit words used in the breathing practices
This Week's Recipe... Hummus
This Week's Interesting Word... psithurism
This Week's Musical Offering... Pranafestation by Desert Dwellers - a strong, rhythmic track to accompany Sun Salutations or this week's video on the Thrive Yoga membership page
This Week's Video... Rob Brydon tells us just how many words and phrases that we use in everyday life actually come from the works of William Shakespeare
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This week on the blog...
A bit about...Yoga Nidra, otherwise known as Yogic Sleep
This Week's Recipe... Almond Butter and Banana Bagel
This Week's Advice From... the Moon
This Week's Musical Offering... Lady of the Moon by 2002 - a beautiful, relaxing, melodic track to accompany Shavasana or quiet contemplation
This Week's Video... A short BBC clip about a 98 year old grandmother who inspires others to practice yoga
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