September’s Om Yoga magazine has a feature on a new book – One Minute Mindfulness by Simon Parke, which aims to help you live in the moment. Mindfulness is an awareness of present experience. With busy stressful lives – work, eat, sleep, repeat – sometimes we can lose touch with ourselves and not even realise … More One Minute Mindfulness: OM Yoga Magazine September
I’ve been in my new job for a month now – my, how that’s flown by! I’ve been so busy, trying to take everything in and do the best I can in a new role that I haven’t really taken any time to process where I’m at now, and my fitness has definitely taken a … More Revitalise Detox Yoga Retreat with Sally Parkes
I’m off on another Sally Parkes yoga retreat this weekend at Brooklands Barn in Arundel, West Sussex- I had an amazing time at the Relax and Restore retreat in March and can’t wait to hit the yoga mat, escape to the country and chill out again! I thought I’d share some of my essential items … More What to Pack for a Yoga Retreat in the UK
I’m pretty lucky with my new job. While the hours are long and the days are busy, working in the fitness industry I’m encouraged to take a full lunch- to go to fitness classes, to fit in a run and to eat healthily. I did this in my last job too, but definitely got some … More Yoga in the Workplace: Om Yoga Magazine July/Aug
Yoga is filled with hip openers, that have a multitude of benefits beyond general flexibility. Did you know that hip opening poses offer an effective form of stress management? When we are stressed we tend to carry that tension in our hips and pelvis, so by performing hip openers we allow our bodies to release … More Hip Opening Poses: Om Yoga Magazine May
If you follow me on Instagram then you may already have seen that the last few weeks have been particularly eventful. After my company started struggling, I ended up interviewing for my own job, then being made redundant, which has lead to worrying about money and the future- creating one tense and stressed out Beki! … More Savasana to Spa with Secret Urban Escape
2015 Top Yoga Retreats After my awesome weekend away in Seaford on Sally Parkes’ Relax and Restore Yoga Retreat I’ve been keeping my eye out for future trips. So I was really excited to see a whole feature on Yoga Retreats in the April edition of Om Yoga Magazine! Here’s a quick rundown of some … More 2015 Top Yoga Retreats : Om Yoga Magazine April (and Giveaway!)
For 6 weeks during January and February, every Monday I left work stressed and tired, and headed to a top floor yoga studio hidden away in Battersea. For 90minutes I stretched, relaxed and breathed my way through yoga poses designed to help with achey, tight runner’s muscles, and allowed my mind to reset too. I … More BELIEVE Yoga for Runners with Jasyoga
I’ve tried a few veg boxes in my time (Abel & Cole, Riverford, The Naked Grocer), and I love the fun of identifying strange looking vegetables, and then discovering and creating new meals! It brings a whole new enjoyment to eating, and it’s a great way to bring variety to your diet if you try and … More Asparagus: Om Yoga Magazine March
A couple of weekends back, I spent a lovely relaxing few days at Florence House in Seaford, on the Sussex coast. Along with Yoga and Pilates classes, there was tasty home-cooked vegetarian food, hours spent reading my Kindle, and plenty of walks along the clifftops and pebbled peach in the sunshine. My friend and I … More Sally Parkes Relax and Restore Yoga Retreat
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