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YOGA BLOG
Dru Yoga teacher Isabel Carter started practising yoga regularly for more than 30 years, and has been teaching Dru Yoga and Meditation full time for nearly 25 years. She has been teaching others to be Dru Yoga teachers since 2006.
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Through these blog posts, Isabel shares her insights regarding diet and nutrition, exercise, yoga and meditation to help you keep your sparkle.
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Please enjoy, share and contribute her posts where you can.
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Natural Balance
Bring focus and clarity I had a fantastic time teaching my workshop on balance, last weekend. It proved to be a very popular and...
Jun 28, 20183 min read
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A life well lived
My Nan at 90 As many of you know, I recently lost my Nan. She was 93, had lived a good life and this was the first time she’d been in...
May 29, 20183 min read
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Dru Yoga to the rescue!
In the last of my festive posts, and just in case you overindulge during the festive period, I‘m going to explore how Dru Yoga can help...
Dec 21, 20173 min read
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Festive tummy tamers
I think we can all agree that food plays a big part in winter festivities! Not all of it being a festival for your digestive system...
Dec 14, 20173 min read
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Beat the winter bugs
In the second of my festive posts, I’m going to look at a few ways to support our Support digestion and the immune system immune systems....
Dec 7, 20173 min read
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Santa Claus is coming to town….
We’ve entered that most busy time of the year – the run up to Christmas. I love the Hilary practising her Warrior posture festive period...
Nov 30, 20174 min read
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New Beginnings
This is one of my favourite times of year, I like the colours and the cool, crisp, still energy of autumn (when it’s not raining!). I...
Sep 28, 20174 min read
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Why I love being a yoga student
I’ve recently been away, and one of my favourite things to do on holiday is attend Being taught is a real treat for me, and I’ve had some...
Sep 18, 20173 min read
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Yoga and Ayurveda – what to practice
Continuing with our brief exploration of Ayurveda, in this post I’d like to focus on my favourite bit – yoga for the doshas. In previous...
Aug 24, 20173 min read
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Give your dreams wings
I hope you’ve managed to dream a bit about 2017, and you’ve got some idea of how you’d like the new year to shape up. In this post I’m...
Jan 11, 20175 min read
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Dru Yoga to the rescue!
In the last of my festive posts, and just in case you overindulge during the festive period, I ‘m going to explore how Dru Yoga can help...
Dec 20, 20163 min read
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Make your tummy smile
I think we can all agree that food plays a big part in winter festivities! Not all of it being a festival for your digestive system...
Dec 14, 20163 min read
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Beat those winter bugs
Strong back bend In the second of my festive posts, I’m going to look at a few ways to support our immune systems. How many times have...
Dec 7, 20163 min read
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Dreaming of a stress free Christmas?
In the run up to Christmas, I thought it would be nice to post a blog each week on the theme of Preparing for Warrior keeping your...
Nov 30, 20164 min read
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Honouring our teachers
The joy of stillness Did you notice the beautiful full moon last night? If I’ve got my astronomy correct that was the biggest full moon...
Jul 20, 20164 min read
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Are your thoughts fit for public display?
Take time to connect with your heart, to think about what you really want Apologies for the delay since my last blog, I’ve had a lot of...
May 13, 20164 min read
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Breathe yourself healthy
Last time I introduced the yogic concept of the layers of our being. We started with the physical layer. I’m hoping that since my last...
Mar 9, 20164 min read
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A wander through the koshas – the physical layer
In my last blog I talked about the practice of physical yoga. I mentioned that according to yoga philosophy we have different layers of...
Feb 24, 20163 min read
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Harness the power of your mind
We are rising now to the Brow centre, Ajna, the 6th chakra in our exploration. All about having a clear purpose in life, ajna rests in...
Nov 9, 20153 min read
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Find the fire in your belly
We’ve moved up now, in our exploration of the chakras, to our 3rd chakra, the fire centre, Manipura. This chakra is linked to our solar...
Aug 11, 20153 min read
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