A Way to Live Well

A Way to Live Well Emotion moves through your body. Watch what is moving, allow yourself to become moved by it. In persuit of balance

Taking on good habits is great, but sometimes addressing old habits is what is needed. If you’ve spent years pushing pas...
30/03/2026

Taking on good habits is great, but sometimes addressing old habits is what is needed.

If you’ve spent years pushing past your limits, overriding what your body needs, or simply not listening to your body, that becomes the habit.

These well worn paths become so habitual, we begin to think that is who we are.

My latest Substack explores the first step to building a new relationship with your body including a gentle practice you can weave into your day, morning and evening.
Sometimes you don’t need to be doing more. It’s about listening in.

…more recent research has begun to re-imagine hope as something collective, contextual, and dynamic. That it is shaped n...
02/02/2026

…more recent research has begun to re-imagine hope as something collective, contextual, and dynamic. That it is shaped not just by what “I” want or plan, but by meaning, relationship, and shared support.
This is the same message the Bhagavad Gita has been sharing all along…that hope stems from alignment with our values, community, and a deeper sense of meaning.

You can read the full article over on my substack.

Growing up on Inis Meáin came with many beautiful traditions including this one pictured above (2/2). On the first of Fe...
01/02/2026

Growing up on Inis Meáin came with many beautiful traditions including this one pictured above (2/2). On the first of February, Lá Fhéile Bríde (Bridget’s day) is celebrated. She was originally a Celtic goddess.

We would make a little doll out of straw, a stick for arms and a pillow case, and adorn her with a little outfit (my mum did this) to represent little Bríd or a Brídeog as she is called.

Bríd is patron of poets, midwives, and healers and she brings blessings to our homes at this time of year.
The cold of winter has not yet lifted, but the seeds of spring and inspiration are resting just beneath the surface. And this ritual is a reminder of this time when Bríd walks close to the human world.

…All the little girls of the island would go around in pairs from house to house bestowing a little blessing to the house.

Rituals help see us through in challenging times, not as distraction but as a way to bolster our inner world through the darkest days.

This is (still my best bud to this day) and me both looking as stoic as the land we were raised on. 😂

The interesting thing about memory is that we don’t remember the original event, we are remembering the last time we rem...
14/01/2026

The interesting thing about memory is that we don’t remember the original event, we are remembering the last time we remembered it.

That means memory is a living process shaped by our present moment current experience.

In yoga philosophy memory is smrti one of the five fluctuations of the mind as described by Patanjali.

You can read more in this weeks newsletter on my substack.

We will also be exploring the five fluctuations of the mind in class this week.

Standing at the threshold of 2026!At this time of year, I can feel a collective pull to stretch the mind toward an imagi...
01/01/2026

Standing at the threshold of 2026!

At this time of year, I can feel a collective pull to stretch the mind toward an imagined futures, make plans, intentions, and imagine possibilities.

That is ofcourse beautiful.

Yoga reminds us that those thresholds also exist within us, beckoning to be explored.

You can read more about the those inner thresholds through an exploration of the Koshas on my substack if you are curios.💚

Happy Solstice! We have turned the corner, travelled through the longest night and now we slowly travel back to light. B...
22/12/2025

Happy Solstice!

We have turned the corner, travelled through the longest night and now we slowly travel back to light.

But wait…we are still wintering, let the invitation be towards letting this be a creative incubation period, a time for deep rest and connecting with the wisest part of yourself.

You can read more about this in this weeks newsletter.

A lovely testimonial from Woven this year.💚I’ve taken all the feedback and I’m looking forward to seeing how this space ...
22/12/2025

A lovely testimonial from Woven this year.💚

I’ve taken all the feedback and I’m looking forward to seeing how this space expands in 2026.

As the year winds down, I’ve been reflecting a lot on the support that’s around me.What you don’t really see in what I s...
15/12/2025

As the year winds down, I’ve been reflecting a lot on the support that’s around me.
What you don’t really see in what I share online, and what I’m realising I probably should share more of, is the incredible people who hold me.
Friends. Family. My partner. Practitioners I go to for care and support. The ground.😊
That depth of support is what allows me to show up fully for the wonderful people I work with.
It’s also been a reminder to pause and notice where I feel supported in my own life, sometimes in obvious ways, sometimes in invisible ways.

I’d love to know… where are you finding support today?

You can read the full reflection in this weeks newsletter.

01/12/2025

We’re often told to “practice gratitude”…
But sometimes gratitude becomes a way of avoiding how we really feel.

This week in my newsletter, I’m exploring why gratitude isn’t always enough and how yoga invites us into practices that offer something deeper.

If you’d like the full newsletter you can sign up through the link in my bio.

Interestingly most of our everyday fears aren’t instinctual, we learned them.Beyond the obvious ways in which yoga asana...
17/11/2025

Interestingly most of our everyday fears aren’t instinctual, we learned them.

Beyond the obvious ways in which yoga asana helps in the physical sense…supporting the brain in exploring movement, uncertainty, balance and new challenges.

Yoga also invites us into svādhyāya (self-study).

Svādhyāya isn’t about analysing yourself into the ground, or trying to solve your emotions.
It’s learning to observe without becoming overwhelmed by the experience.
To notice the texture of fear in your body, where it lives, how it rises, what story it chooses that day. It’s a practice of becoming curious.

If you enjoy reading things like this. You can read the full email by joining my substack.

Someone said to me once, “you seem to think your feelings”. Believe it or not I used to think that was a compliment. I t...
05/11/2025

Someone said to me once, “you seem to think your feelings”.
Believe it or not I used to think that was a compliment. I thought being good at controlling your emotions and protecting your heart was an excellent skill.

And actually…it was… I was a pro at rationalising my emotions, shoving them down, escaping them whenever it suited me.
And the wild thing is, at some point I didn’t even know I was doing it.

So much of that was just not having the language to describe what was happening inside, and not having any kind of blueprint for what to do with those really challenging feelings, in order to be with them in my body.

What I’ve learned through this work is that interoceptive awareness which is this ability to sense and feel our inner world isn’t something that happens overnight. It’s slow. It’s layered. It actually takes a lot of time, support, and safety to integrate.

And that’s only one piece of the puzzle, but it’s one of the first and most foundational pieces.

So if you’re not where you want to be yet, that’s okay.
You’re not behind. You’re just in process.

02/11/2025

A part of healing is actually a process of remembering our own humanness.

The part of us that can turn inward, feel what’s happening, and respond with care and compassion.
Exploring and listening to the inner landscape is where real change begins.

This is your invitation to Woven, a four-week journey blending yoga, somatic practices to help you reconnect with your body’s natural intelligence.

Woven begins 6th of November 8-9pm Online, join our group of women as we explore what it means to feel at home in your own nervous system.
Join us via the link in bio or message me if you’d like to know more.

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