How pregnancy has changed the way I teach and practise yoga

My honest reflections on teaching and practising yoga whilst on the journey of pregnancy…

You don't have to choose

If you believed you could do anything that your heart desired, how would life be different?

Creativity, Truth, Inspiration, Insight, IdeasMelanie SkinnerJune 21, 2017Mel Skinner Yogaego, insight, inspiration, intuition, life changing, action, change, choice, ideasComment

Today, I wonder

This short blog offers a truthful glimmer into me, today. No hyperbole, no solutions, just a fragment of vulnerability.

Courage, InsightMelanie SkinnerMarch 16, 2017truth, insight, honesty, choice, darkness, faith, fear, heart, happiness, isolation Comments

The best is yet to come

How do you feel about 2017? How would you feel if you knew you had a unique purpose to be in this world? And how can restorative yoga and yoga nidra be part of radical action taking? Read on, dear ones!

Can 9 - 5 ever work?

There's a reason why you can't finish the to-do list despite spending longer and longer hours at your desk; we're simply not designed to be productive in this way. Want to know what to do about it? Warning: it involves change!

Insight, Courage, HappinessMelanie SkinnerNovember 14, 2016Mel Skinner Yogainspiration, life changing, office life, change, choice, yoga nidtraComment

The curse of doing too much

I'm cutting back on the amount of classes I teach in order to find more space. Sound like a luxury? For me, it's a necessity - and one that doesn't come without a good dose of courage.

Do you need restorative yoga?

For those people who still feel exhausted after an 8 (or 10) hour sleep, or after a weekend of "doing nothing", have you tried restorative yoga? Learning just one or two restorative yoga practices that you can practice at home could literally transform your life. Lying with your legs up against the wall doesn't take strength, balance or flexibility, yet this simple action can rejuvenate the body, bring life back to tired legs, and lift energy in a more sustainable way than a glass of wine or chocolate bar can.

Healing, Yoga, InsightMelanie SkinnerAugust 15, 2016Mel Skinner Yogarestorative yoga, rest, rest is radical, yoga, breath, yoga nidtra, pressure, choice, consequencesComment

Why the best is yet to come

We live in a time of overwhelming amounts of information. Learning to discern and sift through through all of it is an art most of us are still learning. But how it would be feel to take a step back from all that information? To take a moment to consider whether your beliefs about yourself and the world are being fed by what you read and who you talk to? How would it feel to tear up those stories and write some new ones? And how it would feel if, in those new stories, .you believed that the best was yet to come?