Yoga with Ann

05/11/2025

EVEN A BAD DAY IS A DOORWAY TO GRACE
You don’t have to be peaceful or positive today.
You don’t have to "rise above it all".
You don’t have to spend the day in bliss or transcendence.
When the thoughts come,
"I’ve failed. I’m lazy. I’m wasting my life."
Don’t push them away.
Turn towards them. Smile at them.
Say, “Hello mind. Thanks for the suggestions.”
Let yourself feel down, bored, disconnected, hopeless.
You are human. You are allowed.
You don’t need to be perfect or enlightened.
There is no shame in opening
to the full spectrum of your experience.
Discover true meditation instead:
Bring awareness into the ache.
Let love flow into the cracks.
Saturate the doubt and the anxiety with compassion.
No fixing. No analysing. Just tender presence.
Talk to yourself as your dearest friend would.
"You are feeling overwhelmed today. That’s okay.
You are still loved. I am still here.
You are still beautiful. You are still whole."
This is what real spirituality looks like!
Not hovering above your pain.
But sitting beside it, with it.
Holding it. Breathing into it.
Breaking open to it.
The storm is not a mistake.
It is weather, and it passes.
It always does. It always has.
The sky does not need to fight the storm.
Be the sky. Be the opening for it all.
And discover:
Even a bad day
is a doorway to grace.
- Jeff Foster

EVEN A BAD DAY IS A DOORWAY TO GRACE

You don’t have to be peaceful or positive today.
You don’t have to "rise above it all".
You don’t have to spend the day in bliss or transcendence.

When the thoughts come,
"I’ve failed. I’m lazy. I’m wasting my life."
Don’t push them away.
Turn towards them. Smile at them.
Say, “Hello mind. Thanks for the suggestions.”

Let yourself feel down, bored, disconnected, hopeless.
You are human. You are allowed.
You don’t need to be perfect or enlightened.
There is no shame in opening
to the full spectrum of your experience.

Discover true meditation instead:
Bring awareness into the ache.
Let love flow into the cracks.
Saturate the doubt and the anxiety with compassion.
No fixing. No analysing. Just tender presence.

Talk to yourself as your dearest friend would.
"You are feeling overwhelmed today. That’s okay.
You are still loved. I am still here.
You are still beautiful. You are still whole."

This is what real spirituality looks like!
Not hovering above your pain.
But sitting beside it, with it.
Holding it. Breathing into it.
Breaking open to it.

The storm is not a mistake.
It is weather, and it passes.
It always does. It always has.

The sky does not need to fight the storm.

Be the sky. Be the opening for it all.
And discover:

Even a bad day
is a doorway to grace.

- Jeff Foster

27/10/2025

At last! at 'Sun Moon Yoga Retreats' we are in the process of fitting new kitchen units, fridge freezer and cooker, its took us a while to be able to do this! So whilst its happening, everything is upside down, so im sorry but I cant hold any events with all you lovelies until its all done, after which you will be invited to another lovely day retreat which will be soon! Love Yoga, Love Art 💖

At last! at 'Sun Moon Yoga Retreats' we are in the process of fitting new kitchen units, fridge freezer and cooker, it all takes time! So whilst this is happening, everything is upside down, so im sorry but I cant hold any events with all you lovelies until its all done, after which you will be invited to another lovely day retreat! Love Yoga, Love Art 💖

27/10/2025

At last! at 'Sun Moon Yoga Retreats' we are in the process of fitting new kitchen units, fridge freezer and cooker, it all takes time! So whilst this is happening, everything is upside down, so im sorry but I cant hold any events with all you lovelies until its all done, after which you will be invited to another lovely day retreat! Love Yoga, Love Art 💖

22/10/2025

My little reading at the beginning of our yoga classes today x

'Today I learned about a term called a 'glimmer' which is the opposite of a trigger
Glimmers are those moments in your day
That make you feel joy, happiness, peace
Once you train your brain to be on the look out for glimmers,
these tiny moments will appear more and more'
Mary Oliver

13/10/2025

Thank you to all you lovelies who came to yoga at Dyffryn Village Hall and The Church Hall, wonderful to share yoga with you all. If anyone else would like to join us feel free to come along. Love Yoga

29/09/2025

Thank you to all you lovelies who came to the Yoga & Art Day drawing on 'The Space In-between' Big thanks to Ann for making us a very tasty homemade courgette and lemon cake!
It was a joy to share yoga and art with you all. You made some beautiful artwork in response to listening to music whilst being guided around the space with eyes closed along with the colour that seeped in to your eyes once opened. Remember from Leonard Cohens song 'Anthem' and 'The Buddhist Parable' that there is no need to search for the Light because the Light already shines in us, it got in through our imperfections, and your imperfections are what make you so Special and Beautiful 💖 x

29/09/2025

27/09/2025

All ready for the Yoga & Art Day 'The Space Inbetween' happening tomorrow!

19/09/2025

So Love Leonard Cohen - his lyrics are pure poetry. Looking forward to talking about his song 'Anthem' in relation to a Buddhist Parable as part of our Yoga & Art Retreat Day 'The Space In-Between' at Sun Moon Yoga Retreats, Gelli, Dyffryn Ardudwy on Sunday 28th September 10.30am till 3.30pm ❤
Let me know if you would love to join us x
'There is a crack in everything, thats how the light gets in'

07/09/2025

So true x
"The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao."
The easiest way, I can put it, that makes sense to *me* is:
Once we put a name to something, we have defined it; labeled it, and in that process we have created an illusion of separation.
Then .... We attach* ourselves to "label" instead of what's true.
"When you don't name things any longer, you start seeing them." - Alan Watts