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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.
Through these blog posts, Isabel shares her insights regarding diet and nutrition, exercise, yoga and meditation to help you keep your sparkle.
Please enjoy, share and contribute her posts where you can.
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A lesson in letting go
In my last blog, I talked about some of the lessons I have learned whilst injured and in particular about the quality of acceptance. In...
Jun 2, 20153 min read
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Acceptance, acceptance, acceptance
As you know, I have recently had my arm in pot. I’ve been “lucky” (worked hard though!) and healed quickly. I have to be honest I could...
May 20, 20153 min read
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Move yourself out of back pain.
When I’m teaching I love my students to engage with me. I like to know how you’re getting on with the postures, so I check in a lot with...
May 5, 20153 min read
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All that we are is a result of what we have thought
In my 4th and final installment of my blogs on how yoga can help you manage your weight, I want to focus on the power of the mind and how...
Apr 14, 20154 min read
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Yoga to nourish your tummy
Here’s the third blog in my series about using yoga to help you maintain a healthy weight. This time I’m going to look at how our yoga...
Mar 19, 20154 min read
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Wrinkle free yoga
Happy New Year! I promised you last time that I would share some ancient yogic wisdom for staying wrinkle free and these ideas are Cow...
Jan 6, 20153 min read
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You’re as young as your spine.
Easing into sitting forward bend to help support the liver and pancreas There’s an old adage about aging, something on the lines of ...
Dec 4, 20143 min read
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Happy birthday to me ….
Happy Birthday to Me It’s my birthday today, hooray, I love birthdays! Yes, I know, a birthday marks another year passed, and I’m another...
Nov 20, 20143 min read
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Freedom from sciatic pain part 2
I hope you enjoyed practicing the stretches I gave you in my last blog and have found them beneficial – they really get into tight...
Oct 14, 20143 min read
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Freedom from sciatic pain : part 1
Eastern holistic therapies have long time advised that autumn is a time to pay extra attention to our backs and joints with Get your...
Sep 30, 20144 min read
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Bring your holiday feeling home
I hope that you have all had good summers and managed to get some relaxing time off work. A holiday, either staying at Seated spinal...
Aug 28, 20143 min read
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Open up to creativity
Is there a more creative time of year than spring? Take a walk outside to see what I mean. There’s new life, vibrant colours, optomistic...
May 5, 20143 min read
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A good spring clean
Really enjoyed Saturday’s Spring Clean workshop, it’s been a while since I’ve run a Saturday afternoon Getting ready for the next part of...
Apr 14, 20143 min read
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Bring strength and stability into your life
The mountain pose In the 3rd of my blogs about balance, I thought I would look at the importance of muscles to help us stay upright....
Feb 10, 20142 min read
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Balance – use it or lose it!
“Use it or lose it” is a great saying and never more true than when we think about our ability to balance. Watch children playing, they...
Jan 30, 20143 min read
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We want to help you sparkle!
Happy New Year! For my first post of the year I want to celebrate that wonderful feeling that comes with the new year…a fresh start, a...
Jan 2, 20143 min read
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Wishing you a very merry and healthy Christmas
Seated spinal twist – good for the kidneys & digestive system For my final blog of the year, I thought I would leave you with my festive...
Dec 23, 20133 min read
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Balancing acts
Balancing postures are one of my favourite groups of yoga postures to practice and I know many of you love them too. Balancing in tree...
Dec 3, 20133 min read
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Ouch! Cramp!
It’s the dead of night… one minute you’re sound asleep…the next you’re hopping around the bedroom in agony…you’ve got cramp…ouch…and you...
Nov 11, 20133 min read
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Stay tip top this autumn
Well, we are definitely into Autumn now. The clocks have gone back, the leaves are falling, there’s a cool nip in the air and I’m back in...
Oct 28, 20132 min read
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