Julia Daker at Calm Armour Yoga

13/01/2025

One of my favourite Mantras.

Wishing you and yours a happy new year. More Yoga, Better World. lokāḥ samastāḥ sukhino bhavantu is a Sanskrit mantra that loosely translates to "may all… | 11 comments on LinkedIn

17/11/2024

This time last year I was all set to hang up my leisure centre boots and head off into a different type of venue. But I had just started my hypnotherapy course and it seemed like a bad time. This year I have done it - I handed in my notice at Fife Leisure on Saturday and I am looking forward to growing my teaching in a different direction. I am clearing out my garden room so that I can host a new online Saturday morning, "come in your pajamas if you like", class. I'm also looking at venues in or near Kinross for a face to face class - on a Wednesday or Thursday night. Let me know if you are interested in coming along or if you know a good venue.

16/11/2024

If you feel stiff and achy perhaps the last thing you want to try is yoga. But as I often say to my customers, you do not need to be flexible when you start - but you may well find you become more flexible as you go on. When I went to my first yoga class I could not reach my toes, my heels were way off the ground when I was in downward dog and sitting in a cross legged position was true torture. But as I persevered, I realised that it did not matter, no one was looking at me. The others in the class were too engaged in their own practice. And class by class my body decided to give in. I was 47 when I qualified as a teacher, I have arthritis in my shoulder and neck but the lack of pain I experience is something I put down to yoga. The type of yoga I love is thoughtful and respectful of the body - and accessible for people of all yoga abilities. Whatever your age, body type or ability, find the right teacher that teaches the kind of yoga you want to do - and then enjoy it!

04/11/2024

"If you listen closely some morning, when the sun swells over the horizon and the world is still and still asleep. You might hear it, a faint noise so far inside your mind that it must come from somewhere, from light rushing to darkness, energy burning towards entropy, towards a peaceful solution. Burning brilliantly, spontaneously, in the middle of nowhere and you, too, must make a sound that is somewhat like it, though that, of course, you have no way of hearing at all." I love this poem by George Bradley. At this time of the year seeing the sunrise doesn't require getting up so early - we might see it on our way to work or when we go out to walk the dog. Each sunrise is different and the vastness of the sky reminds us that each day is full of possibility.

25/09/2024

It was so amazing to be asked along to Robert Allen today and engage in a bit of al-fresco yoga in the sun. It was lovely to meet the residents and team - thanks for a great session guys!