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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Oct 2, 20132 min read

Yoga for a healthy Autumn

Autumn definitely seems to have arrived this morning, here at Inside Out HQ! So it felt timely to share with you some of the yoga we’ll...

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Sep 11, 20132 min read

New beginnings

Restorative yoga I know this is a busy time of year, everyone’s back to school, work or college, after lazy summer holidays and there...

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Aug 25, 20133 min read

Be inspired to be still

Enjoying some peace and quiet One of my favourite pictures in our Inside Out “Yoga on your holidays” competition (see our Facebook page...

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Aug 17, 20133 min read

“The men who made us thin”

Practicing warrior pose so that I can enjoy a bun later ! Have you been watching Jacques Peretti’s series “The men who made us thin” (or...

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Aug 5, 20132 min read

Top tips for a vibrant summer

Warrior pose on the beach As I’m writing this, it’s drizzling; the glorious sunshine of the last few weeks a distant memory…but I am...

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Jul 23, 20132 min read

Yoga for the summer

I hope you’ve all been enjoying the sunshine, and maybe you’ve even managed to get outside to do your yoga practise. Generally speaking...

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Jun 23, 20133 min read

Handling hay fever

It’s been a particularly bad couple of weeks for hay fever sufferers (of which I am one). It’s all down to the late (non-existent!)...

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Jun 3, 20133 min read

Moving into stillness

Practise stillness In my last post, I talked a little bit about meditation and I hope you’ve had the opportunity to experience just...

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May 7, 20132 min read

Are we human being or human doing?

Practising mindfulness It’s been a while since I last blogged. April was a busy month and this busy-ness has got me thinking! In and...

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Apr 3, 20132 min read

Spring is just around the corner…

Last year I posted a popular blog with yoga tips for a healthy spring, well I think Spring is just around the corner (I hope!), so...

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Mar 23, 20133 min read

Men! Your yoga class needs you! (Actually you need your yoga class!!)

I’m always pleased when I see positive media coverage of yoga and especially when it involves men. Ryan Giggs has been getting a lot of...

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Mar 6, 20133 min read

Do we give ourselves the time we need to heal?

I’ve been full of cold this week – cue much sympathy! Now I like to take to my bed when I’m feeling poorly. I appreciate that I am lucky...

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Feb 15, 20133 min read

How can Dru Yoga benefit me?

Practising Dru Yoga The beginning of the year is always a busy time for us at Inside Out. Following the excesses of Christmas many people...

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Jan 28, 20133 min read

Winter warmers

My last blog was all about yoga practises to keep you healthy this winter and I promised you some non yoga winter warmers for this blog –...

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Jan 16, 20133 min read

In the deep mid-winter…

Winter is a time of rest and consolidation – recovering from the autumn harvest and preparing for the energetic burst into spring. I...

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Jan 2, 20132 min read

Happy New Year

Tree posture helps us stay in balance Happy New Year! Hope you all stayed healthy and relaxed by following my last blog post! For my...

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Dec 23, 20123 min read

Wishing you all a merry Christmas and a peaceful New Year

For my final blog of the year, I thought I would leave you with my festive season survival kit – yoga focussed on keeping you healthy...

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Dec 11, 20123 min read

Benefit from some space in your life

Continuing my theme from last time, on making time for yourself, I thought I would look at some of the ways Dru Yoga can help us find...

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Nov 14, 20123 min read

Making time for yourself is not selfish!

We are rapidly approaching that silly, busy time of year again. Already my diary is starting to fill up (I am such a social butterfly!)...

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Oct 29, 20123 min read

Pukka Practices!

Pukka Ayurvedic products A couple of months ago the lovely people at Pukka Herbs asked me to “test drive” and then review, honestly,...

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