Inside Out - Dru Yoga Classes & Tuition

18/05/2026

I had a fabulous time on Saturday at the Yorkshire Wildlife Park in Doncaster, and just look at this fabulous Tiger, he was rolling and roaring and generally giving an awe inspiring display.

Further inspired by all your comments on Tiger posture last week, and all your sharings on why you like it, I have decided to work with Tiger for the next 40 days, which feels like a fair crack at it! I'll be keeping copious notes as I try to find some joy and ease in the posture and I'll report back at the end of June!

Anyone else want to commit to practising anything for 40 days :)

15/05/2026

FABULOUS FRIDAY'S TIP OF THE DAY: How to get the most from your asana practice. BOAT POSE

Hope you got chance to practice the half boat pose last week. This is an obvious tip, for whichever version you are doing, and so important to getting into a strong pose, and it's so often missed / difficult to do so we avoid it!

We want to remain lifted through the front of the body. Let your spine lengthen, and your sternum lift. Be mindful that you are not letting your back round.

This lift of the sternum should help you to feel strong...let me know!

14/05/2026

For our next VIP session, which is our "how to / technical" session, I'd like to look at the transition from Dog into Runner, that we do in our Sun Sequence. I know a lot of people find this a challenge, so thought it might be useful to break it down, and work on some moves to help.

Join me tomorrow, Friday May 15th, 5.45 - 6pm, for this FREE session, available to my VIP members, ie. you've signed up to a block of classes with me :)

14/05/2026

Can we talk about Tiger (vyagharasana) pose?!

I try, I really do, to like this posture...but I just can't get on with it!!

Tiger lovers, please tell me what it is that you love about the posture? What am I missing?

13/05/2026

Two opportunities to meditate with me this week 🙂

Join me in the morning for the Daily Dru Meditation (Thursday May 14th) at 8am, that's 15 minutes of stillness, all for free!

Followed by my regular fortnightly meditation group, on Friday (May 15th), 6.30 - 7.30pm.

In both groups my aim will be to leave you feeling calm and still, finding an oasis of peacefulness in a world that can seem anything but.

Hope you can join me!

13/05/2026

My mind is very busy, always has been, and I am very easily distracted ... every school report "If Isabel put the effort into her school work that she puts into talking and entertaining her class mates she'd be doing a lot better" ha ha!

Consequently the stillness I feel in meditation has been a hard won (but very worthwhile) battle!! One of the things that has really helped me is consistency and repitition. When I started out I was trying this meditation, then that meditation, swapping to visualisation, listening to different recordings etc. rarely staying with any practice for more than a couple of days. I always assumed I hadn't found the right meditaiton for me.

Enrolling on the Dru Yoga UK Meditation in the early 2000's, was the first step to finding out what meditation actually did work for me...

1. A simple practice, Shanti Prana Dru Meditation.
2. Repeat above practice, every day...for years.
3. Return to above practice if my mind is doing a merry little dance.

Repetition was key. I found this beautiful quote from German dancer and choreographer Pina Bausch which perfectly sums up my experience of repetition:

"Repetition is not repetition. The same action makes you feel something completely different by the end".

And that is absolutely my experience of the Dru foundation meditation.

Does this resonate with anyone else?

12/05/2026

TUESDAY TRIVIA
The supported shoulder stand, viparita Karani, is described in the 13th century Vivekamārtaṇḍa (verses 103–131), an early text on hatha yoga. Here, rather than being described as a physical posture, it is used as a pratyahara (sense withdrawal) practice, a way of bringing us into deep stillness and peacefulness.

12/05/2026

In case you didn't know I wrote a book ;) !

My book wouldn't have been published back in 2023 had it not been for the work I did with my writing coach Elora Nature. She helped me so much with structure and flow, whilst keeping me accountable in a gentle way that worked for me and my grasshopper mind.

Elora is running a FREE 2-day online training called Start Your Soul-Calling Book (For Real!). Thursday & Friday, May 21& 22, 8AM UK (Each session approx. 60-75 minutes.)

If you have a book in you, and you want to take it off the vision board and finally hold it in your hands, go register now!
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This book weaves together the different aspects and dimensions of you, including the parts that you might not have been willing to share with the world up to now.

11/05/2026

Thank you so much to my intrepid workshoppers on Saturday :) We were delving into a deep but very special minor chakra, Talu (also known as Lalana).

The discussion about the chakra was inspiring, supportive and just lovely to be sharing with like minded people :)

I can't wait for the next one - time to get back on my mat!

08/05/2026

FABULOUS FRIDAY'S TIP OF THE DAY: How to get the most from your asana practice. BOAT POSE

Moving onto this interesting sitting posture, a firm favourite for many of you I'm sure ;) Boat pose certainly reaches the parts other postures cannot reach!

The full posture requires strength and balance, and if we're not quite strong enough, it can put a bit of strain on the back, so let's start with a modified version.

Sit on your sit bones, knees bent, feet on the floor. You can rest your hands on the floor for support if needed. Leaning back a little and lifting your sternum, see if you can hold yourself steady and once you are ready lift your arms to shoulder height out in front. Relax your shoulders!

Practice all week and see if it makes a difference by next Friday!

07/05/2026

How gorgeous does this chard look, that someone gave me 🤩 Thank you 🤗

Ps. It tastes as delicious and fresh as it looks!