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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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There’s more to yoga than postures
You’ve been asking me for more yoga philosophy in my blog posts, following my series on the Moving into Dancer, focussed on the now...
Aug 30, 20163 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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Work in Progress
The perfection of nature As I’m sure you all know, I’ve had a tricky time of it of late! I’d be lying if I told you that I had sailed...
Jun 22, 20164 min read
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Where your true self resides
Have you ever experienced moments in your life, however brief, when everything was just perfect, everything exactly where it should be,...
Jun 3, 20163 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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How do you feel right now?
Over the last couple of blogs we have been exploring the yogic philosophy of koshas, or layers o Yoga for calm f being. We started our...
Apr 7, 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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What is the point of yoga poses?
Flowing Tree Pose Recently I read this fantastic explanation of yoga postures or asana, in Deepak Chopra’s book “The seven spiritual laws...
Feb 11, 20164 min read
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Becoming the Flame
Dru Yoga Dance “Becoming the Flame” We had a wonderful afternoon recently at our Inside Out Yoga studio, of Dru Yoga Dance, with Annie...
Jan 20, 20164 min read
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Meditate your way to a glorious 2016
Happy New Year! This is a wonderful time of year. A fresh start, a clean slate; like starting a new school exercise book, full of promise...
Jan 4, 20163 min read
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Have yourself a very merry (and healthy!) Christmas
Strengthen hips, bottom and core muscle in Bridge For my final blog of the year, I thought I would leave you with my festive season...
Dec 17, 20153 min read
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Open up to the thousand petaled lotus
Here we are then, we’ve reached the top! Our 7th chakra. The crown, Sahasrara, which very poetically translates to “Thousand petaled...
Nov 23, 20153 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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Embrace the digital age – without the kicking and screaming!
I have to be honest, when it comes to technology I’m a Luddite, I can barely text 😉 I do though, Om-line training with Lucy recognise...
Oct 26, 20153 min read
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Speaking your truth
Balancing Vishuddi Chakra After working on our heart chakras we are ready to move up now to look at the 5th chakra, the throat centre. In...
Oct 19, 20153 min read
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What does your heart desire?
Continuing then on our journey through the major chakras, we’re moving up now to the heart chakra, anahata, situated in the centre of the...
Sep 20, 20153 min read
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Free Yoga Studio Open Day<br>Acanthus Golf Centre<br>Saturday 26th September 2015
Yoga at the Acanthus Yoga Studio To mark the opening of our new Yoga Studio at the Acanthus Golf Centre in Tingley near Leeds, we’re...
Aug 29, 20152 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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Still waters run deep
“Still waters run deep” is a phrase which for me sums up the second, or sacral chakra. Svadisthana, is all about emotions and...
Jul 19, 20153 min read
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