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Are you a stillness seeker?
Stillness, quietness, rest. In such a busy world, it can be challenging to find stillness, quietness or rest. You might find it hard to...
Alison Gough
Sep 30, 20221 min read
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A meditation for the Heart
This is a short, Traditional Chinese Medicine-inspired, meditation following the energy channels of the Heart and Small Intestine. You...
Alison Gough
Jul 7, 20221 min read
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Treat your side body and hips with this yin sequence
For me, there's nothing quite like lingering in a juicy side stretch to be able to feel more expansive and breathe a little more easily....
Alison Gough
Feb 3, 20222 min read
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Cosy meditation
It's that time of year, with the darker, longer nights and the colder weather, when cosiness is high on the agenda and I have the perfect...
Alison Gough
Oct 31, 20211 min read
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Feeling unsettled? Try this grounding meditation
It's not uncommon to feel unsettled or a little all over the place with the change in seasons, particularly if, like me, you find it...
Alison Gough
Oct 1, 20211 min read
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Be awake, aware and attentive with yin yoga
It can be easy to move through our yoga practice (and our lives!) without paying full attention, especially when our minds are busy and...
Alison Gough
Feb 28, 20211 min read
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Add some brightness to your day with yin yoga
Has winter got you feeling stifled and stagnant? Give this yin sequence a try and let it help you dust off dullness and bring some...
Alison Gough
Jan 3, 20212 min read
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Replenish your reserves - a yin yoga sequence for winter
Winter is the most yin of all the seasons. The shorter days and more hours of darkness help you to honour your body’s natural desire to...
Alison Gough
Dec 22, 20202 min read
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Rest your eyes and soothe your mind
Finding a focal point for your eyes during your yoga practice limits distraction, soothes your mind and helps you to develop a relaxed...
Alison Gough
Nov 20, 20202 min read
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Settle into Stillness
Stillness is one of the pillars of a yin yoga practice. I like to think about this as an absence of fidgeting while you’re holding a yin...
Alison Gough
Nov 8, 20202 min read
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The Stages of a Yoga Pose
When you practise yoga regularly, you’ll come to recognise that the poses have stages. Donna Farhi writes about these in her book...
Alison Gough
Sep 2, 20203 min read
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Yin Yoga - a practice of patience
As those of you who practise yin regularly will know, you can sometimes (or often!) feel hampered by a feeling of stiffness or tightness,...
Alison Gough
Aug 8, 20202 min read
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My favourite yin poses for rest and relaxation
Yin yoga includes softly held poses to nurture the body’s deeper and denser tissues, stimulate the flow of energy through the subtle body...
Alison Gough
Feb 17, 20202 min read
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Tips for motivation and inspiration
I recently posted about how, unusually for me, I’d been feeling a little demotivated and lacking in inspiration in my physical yoga...
Alison
May 8, 20192 min read
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The Chakras – Find Freedom in Your Flow
Beneath the physical is the body’s inner temple within which your life force travels along energetic pathways. One of these pathways runs...
Alison
Apr 22, 20192 min read
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How iRest® Yoga Nidra works
iRest is a modern adaptation of the ancient practice of yoga nidra (‘sleep of the yogi’). It’s not a physical yoga practice. There are no...
Alison
Apr 8, 20192 min read
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What's your favourite pose?
Last week, one of my students asked me what my favourite pose is. It’s something I’ve thought about numerous times before and every time...
Alison
Mar 22, 20192 min read
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Yin yoga - the mental and emotional landscape
As many of you will know, I’m a long time practitioner of yin yoga and, along with iRest® yoga nidra, it’s my teaching specialism. I was...
Alison
Dec 2, 20182 min read
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iRest® yoga nidra - what is it?
iRest® (short for integrative restoration) is a yoga nidra meditation practice based on ancient yogic teachings but adapted for modern...
Alison
Oct 31, 20182 min read
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Yin yoga specials - what are you waiting for?
If you’ve been wondering about my monthly yin yoga specials, here’s a little bit more about what to expect. You’ll be greeted with a warm...
Alison Gough
Aug 26, 20181 min read
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