I’ve spent almost all of my adult life suffering with anxiety. I wouldn’t have been able to pinpoint it at the time, or even acknowledge that there was a problem, it just felt normal. Being in a crowd would lead to a panic attack. Taking a walk with my toddlers would be punctured with invasiveContinue reading “Overcoming Anxiety & Finding a Grounding Yoga Practice…”
Tag Archives: love
Bedtime Rituals…10 minute Yoga & Cultivating Gratitude for the Day…
It’s a ritual I began after my cancer diagnosis. Faced with the fear of dying I suddenly became overwhelmingly grateful for the life I had, albeit with a life threatening disease. I’m now approaching 2 years all clear, but the ritual of gratitude at the end of the day (and sometimes intermittently throughout the day)Continue reading “Bedtime Rituals…10 minute Yoga & Cultivating Gratitude for the Day…”
Spread the love:
Let’s Talk about Shame…
Shame lurks deep undercover, like a snake in the grass that you don’t know is there but step too close to that which it’s guarding and it’ll rise up with with all it’s got. ‘No closer’ it says as you look towards the deep undergrowth, ‘what I’m guarding is secret, it can’t be shared’… It’sContinue reading “Let’s Talk about Shame…”
Spread the love:
Distraction, Addiction & Avoiding Pain… Learning to be myself.
Hello, My name is Lauren and I am an addict. I am addicted to anything which enables me to avoid feeling my feelings. In order not to feel, I distract myself purposefully, even wilfully by being exceptionally busy. By saying ‘I can do that’ to anything that means I don’t have to think or feel,Continue reading “Distraction, Addiction & Avoiding Pain… Learning to be myself.”
Spread the love:
My Name is Lauren, I am a Recovering Bullshit Addict
A year ago I discovered I had cancer. It took six months for shock to pass (aside from the physical recovery from major surgery), and a following four months of crazily energetic distraction to finally acknowledge how much fear, grief, loss, trauma & pain my family and I have gone through. I am finally beginningContinue reading “My Name is Lauren, I am a Recovering Bullshit Addict”
Spread the love:
Rosemary & Walnut Buckwheat Loaf
Oh hi gluten free buckwheat loaf that takes just 45 mins in the oven. How are you, you gorgeous indulgent bread friend with benefits? Your herby lusciousness lures me to you… I drizzle you with olive oil and sink my teeth, sumptuously in to your soft nutty loafiness… Can you tell I haven’t had breadContinue reading “Rosemary & Walnut Buckwheat Loaf”
Spread the love:
An Afternoon with the Goddess Durga
“Warrior Goddess of Protection & Inner Strength” Date: 22nd April 2018 Time: 4.00-5.30pm Location: The Zen Den, Hersham Booking: £15 in advance Durga is the embodiment of the power of love, both gentle and fierce. Through storytelling, meditation, chant and gentle movement we will connect with the innate power of Durga within us. OnceContinue reading “An Afternoon with the Goddess Durga”
Spread the love:
Breathing, Biorhythms & the Bija Mantra – How Yoga Heals us…
I don’t know about you, but in the process of wanting to be well I’ve discovered just how disconnected from my sense of self I have been in the past. Noticing is always empowering, but it’s also frustrating. When you notice something about yourself which doesn’t conform to the picture you’d like or had subscribedContinue reading “Breathing, Biorhythms & the Bija Mantra – How Yoga Heals us…”
Spread the love:
Sweet & Sticky Fig & Pistachio Quinoa Porridge…& Eating Intuitively
“The weather outside is frightful, but the fire is so delightful…” This line generates a feeling of warmth within me… not just that it connects me to my own inner fire, or Agni as it’s known in Yoga. Tuning in to our own inner Agni can connect us to feelings of internal physical warmth, weContinue reading “Sweet & Sticky Fig & Pistachio Quinoa Porridge…& Eating Intuitively”
Spread the love:
Join us on Retreat…
Transform & Restore Friday 19th – Sunday 21st October 2018 Join Hannah & Lauren for a transformative autumnal weekend yoga retreat. Mirroring the season of letting go we will be working with meditation, chant, asana and sankalpa to release old habits and patterns which no longer serve us and to nurture and restore body, mindContinue reading “Join us on Retreat…”
