Thrive Yoga Blog

Class Notes... Pada Bandha - the Foot Lock

This Week's Recipe... Courgette Cake

This Week's Mother Nature's Magic... Gorgeous Glassworks at Kew Gardens

This Week's Musical Offering... Quiet by Paul Simon

And I'll Leave You With... Nature, a beautiful poem by an unknown author reminding us of our connection to the Earth

Class Notes... Uddiyana Bandha - the Upward Flying Lock

This Week's Recipe... Roasted Tomato and Spinach Dhal

This Week's Mother Nature's Magic... Amusing Animals at the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards

This Week's Musical Offering... Autumn Equinox by Cynthia Jordan

And I'll Leave You With... I Am The Song, a poem by Charles Causley

Class Notes... A Bit More About Bandhas - this week the Throat Lock

This Week's Recipe... Blackberry Crumble Cakes

This Week's Mother Nature's Magic... Annual Seeds to Sow in Your Garden Now

This Week's Musical Offering... Tuva by Garth Stevenson

And I'll Leave You With... something to do this coming weekend - Heritage Open Days

Class Notes... A Bit About Mula Bandha (the root lock)

This Week's Recipe... Easy, Garlicky Roasted Tomatoes

This Week's Mother Nature's Magic... A Visit to Plant Passion Flower Farm

This Week's Musical Offering... Bandha by Namaste

And I'll Leave You With... Janik and Arnaut's Snake Dance circa 1954

Class Notes... Why We Bring Our Hands Together in Prayer Position in Yoga Class

This Week's Recipe... Courgette Soup

This Week's Mother Nature's Magic... Grey Seals 

This Week's Musical Offering... Namaste by Maneesh de Moor 

And I'll Leave You With... a bit about 'In Real Life' an exhibition by Olafur Eliasson at Tate Modern

Class Notes... Rediscovering My Back Arch

This Week's Recipe... Butternut Squash, Mushroom and Spinach Warm Salad

This Week's Mother Nature's Magic... Take part in The Big Butterfly Count

This Week's Musical Offering... Summer Fields by Rudy Adrian

And I'll Leave You With... a bit about the OM Yoga Show in London in October, and a fun way to get there

Class Notes... The Five Elements in Yoga

This Week's Recipe... Baked Beets with Coriander, Mint and Pistachios

This Week's Mother Nature's Magic... Rivers and Bowls of Flowers 

This Week's Musical Offering... End of Sky by Hang Massive

This Week's Video... The trailer for the upcoming BBC series 'Seven Worlds One Planet'

Class Notes... Saluting The Sun and The Moon

'52 @ 50' no 52... A list of my 53(!) explorations

This Week's Recipe... Vegan Toffee Apple Cake

This Week's Mother Nature's Magic... Butterflies and Moths to see in June

This Week's Musical Offering... 'Full Moon' by Ludovico Einaudi and 'Surya Namaskar' by Michael Mandrell and Benjy Wertheimer

This Week's Video... Learn the sequence to the Moon Salutation (Chandra Namaskar) with me in this short video

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'52 @ 50' no 52... A Bee-keeping Demonstration at Albury Vineyard, Surrey

This Week's Recipe... Carrot and Coriander Soup

This Week's Mother Nature's Magic... Wildlife Photography by Jess Findlay

This Week's Musical Offering... Through the Summer Fields by Floating Lights

This Week's Video... Eckhart Tolle reminds us how to let go of worry and become more at ease

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'52 @ 50' no 51 - Adventures in Boston

This Week's Recipe... Holy Trinity Louisiana Gumbo 

This Week's Mother Nature's Magic... Botanical greetings cards painted by my niece

This Week's Musical Offering... 'Be More Kind' by Frank Turner

This Week's Video... Wise words from a young man living in the Arctic with 110 dogs!

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This Week's Class Notes... Alignment Tips for Side-Angle Pose (Parsvakonasana)

This Week's Recipe... Spring-Green Tart

This Week's Mother Nature's Magic... Making a bee bath and some extraordinarily fabulous tulips

This Week's Musical Offering... 'Sky Mantra' by Subway Bhaktis

This Week's Video... A Short Clip of Honey Bees Drinking

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This Week's Class Notes... An evocative poem called 'On A May Evening' by Lucy Burrow

This Week's Recipe... Vegan Lemon Cake

This Week's Mother Nature's Magic... My top 5 bee-friendly, long-flowering perennials to plant in your garden now

This Week's Musical Offering... 'Singtree' by Solar Quest

This Week's Video... 'Let Nature Sing' from the RSPB - a beautiful but sad reminder about the decline of our native birds, with some wonderful hand-puppetry

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