Heart of Yoga

27/11/2022

18/05/2022

Winter is the perfect time to focus inward, nourish your mind, body and spirit 🤍

23/12/2021

Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and a safe and Happy New Year🙏💝

25/10/2021

Post-Trauma Growth

18/08/2021

WHEN YOUR HEAD HITS THE PILLOW TONIGHT

Remember the smiles of the day, the laughter, the little wins, the warm words…
And let everything else go.
Put the lessons learned in a file marked ‘done’ and give yourself a pat on the back for the things you got right.
Leave the stresses of tomorrow where they belong – tomorrow.
Leave the stresses of today where they belong too.

And let the night take away the heavy weight from your shoulders.
Let it go.
Let yourself be safe.
Let yourself be still.
Let yourself be at rest.

When your head hits the pillow tonight my friend, let sleep come and let your soul be.
You did enough today.
We are all just doing our best with no rule book, in a game with no referee and no half-time.
None of us are getting it right, we are all just winging it.
We are all just as scared, just as weary.

When your head hits the pillow tonight my friend,
close your eyes and remember,

you are worthy.

Donna Ashworth
Art by Laura Graves

From ‘to the women’ https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08LRGWY74/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_fabt1_OYLVFbX4YR91V

31/03/2021

In this week's podcast Shann reads a beautiful poem by Karen Andes, music by Ananga. I am a beautiful woman, with beauty that doesn’t wash off. I earned it, unearthed it, rescued it like a jewel in the dust, picked it up and made it shine. For years I did not see it, though I sensed it was there. ...

13/12/2020

12/08/2020

I wrote this list right after I hung up with my daughter who was extremely overwhelmed because she went to the wrong location for a doctors appointment. She was literally stress yelling on the phone and now MY heart is racing. Oh, and today is the day before she hops on a plane to head back to college.

Between doctors appointments, a COVID test, packing and trying to say goodbye to her friends, she is running out of time. But I don’t think that’s actually why she’s overwhelmed. I think she’s overwhelmed for the same reason you and I are-- the world is totally f*cked up at the moment, or at least it feels that way.

Are we going back to school? Is it safe to come out of quarantine? Will I get sick? Is my company going to continue remote work? Will I lose my job?

I don’t have the answers to any of these questions. No one does. There are so many unknowns right now. And that's why it is more important than EVER that you focus on the things that YOU can control TODAY.

You can control what time you get up. You can control whether you make your bed. You can control whether you move your body. You can control whether you move your mind, by journaling or meditating or praying. And you can control where you direct your focus and attention.

I pick ONE project a day that matters to me. Today’s project: try to get through the day with my daughter without tearing my hair out or saying something I regret (I’ve already blown that last one, and apologized 😉). I know better days are coming but for now, I’m doing the best I can to get through today.

19/07/2020

19/07/2020

23/12/2019

Merry Christmas to all, make your presence a present to your family and friends. 🙏💜

27/08/2019

Salute to the Sun, look at all these awesome benefits, a wonderful way to start your day, try it and feel the benefits.

09/08/2019

A little ‘creep’ is good for us, but not too much. As we stretch passively as we do in Yin yoga, we create elongation in the muscle fibre. Once this reaches its limit, the stretch expands into the surrounding connective tissue structures, which begin to lengthen or ‘creep’. Once we exit our pose, the tissues rebound back. BUT because the tissues have 'creeped' it’s important to exit our poses slowly, so that the tissues can rebound and have time to recover. Time and rest are required for full recovery. A counterpose can be beneficial in assisting recovery. Like anything we can also 'creep' too far.. so this is where our awareness of what is happening in our body is essential.. Too often we 'checkout' of the body in our Yin yoga practice. If we are alert to our inner workings and the effects of our 'creep' giving the body time to rest and recover, this should result in stronger, healthier connective tissue structures.
Like everything, Yin yoga is not for everyone.

10/07/2019

C O U N T D O W N.

WINTER PERFORANCE CAMP is almost here. Team VÅ has been getting pumped for the next 8 week training block.

When: July 13th - September 7th
Duration: 8 weeks
Focus: Performance - Overall Fitness Improvement and Strength Gain .

This training camp is designed to increase strength, musclular definition and burn fat. Don't wait for summer to get in shape, use this training block to secure your gains through winter and build a solid base moving into the warmer months.

The camp includes;
• Access to Training, Yoga & InfraRed Sauna
• 2 x performance testing days • 2 x Evolt 360 Body Scans
• Mindset workshop with strength & conditioning coach, power lifter referee, nutrition coach & the original Valhalla Athletic Yogi
• Nutritional GUIDELINES documentation
• Nutrition Workshop with head coach Dylan
• Valhalla Athletic binder for self tracking through the camp
• Mindset & Nutritional consults available
• $30 Nike Voucher from VÅ X Nike partnership .

PRICING
Solo - $350
Plus (2+) - $300pp

Click the link in our bio for our Fact Sheet and run down on the Camp, Registration & Payment.

Don't put it off any longer. Join Team VÅ and Let's Work!

Love team VÅ

21/06/2019

Happy International Yoga Day🙏💞💞

16/06/2019

Pursuing a quiet yoga revolution based in healing, J. Brown seeks to change the dialogue and direction of yoga practice in the West. Yoga teacher, writer, and podcaster J. Brown is leading the way in the Slow Yoga Revolution, advocating for more intimate, breath-centered, therapeutic yoga practices....