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Therapeutic Yoga eases your everyday aches and pains. I can help you with your back, neck and should

Therapeutic Yoga to ease your current and chronic health concerns. Specialising in Back,Neck & Shoulder pain as well as mood disorders.

16/04/2026

Meet the **FeetUp Trainer** – the smartest way to unlock the benefits of Sirsasana without the fear, the neck pain, shoulders remain where they are supposed to.

Here’s why Headstand is the King, even with a little help from a wooden stool:

1️⃣ **Circulation:** Gravity assists venous return. Less swelling, better heart health.

2️⃣ **Clarity:** Increased blood flow to the brain = less brain fog, better decision making.

3️⃣ **Soft Belly:** Releases chronic tension in the diaphragm and massages the digestive organs.

**You do not need to be a gymnast to get the benefits.**

This is Reel 1 of 5. Drop a 🙃 if you’re ready to master the King.

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12/04/2026

Before there were microscopes, there was Grandma’s kitchen.

We think science happens in sterile labs. But look closer. Our grandmas never had PhDs, but they understood chemistry. They knew that heat denatures protein.
She understood fermentation—microbiology—just by keeping her sourdough starter alive for 50 years.

Science isn’t a place. It’s a way of looking at the world.

This is your reminder that science communication is about storytelling, not just white coats. Whether it’s baking bread (chemistry), canning tomatoes (preservation/pH), or sourdough starters (microbiology), the first scientists were the ones feeding their families.

Before the lab coat, there was the apron.

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09/04/2026

You just watched Part 1 (chair shoulder stand)
Now watch what happens next. Instead of kicking out or flopping down, I **slide** slowly off the chair.

Landing

Sliding down off the chair - butt lands on the bolster, knees bent, calves rest on the chair.

Rest here

Wiggle further off the bolster, land with the knees over the bolster – this keeps the lower back from arching or straining.

How this helps.
- Protects the lumbar spine during exit.
- Stimulates digestion and relieves bloating (abdominal pressure + release).
- Creates a seamless, safe flow from inversion to rest.

👇 Does your lower back ever hurt when you come out of inversions?

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07/04/2026

Stop cranking your neck in inversions.

This is Supported Shoulder Stand using a chair + a bolster.
The moment your head and shoulders sink into the bolster, gravity does the work for you.

👇 **Why this version works:**
Zero neck pressure** (The bolster takes the weight, not your cervical spine).
Calms the nervous system** (It’s an inversion + a restorative shape = magic for anxiety).
Drains lymphatic fluid
Softens the abdomen

Save this for your next “I need to unplug” moment.** 📌
**Share this with someone who says “I can’t do a shoulder stand.”** 🔁

Would you try this version or does the traditional one scare you?

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05/04/2026

Use the belt to ease tree pose!

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01/04/2026

What if hydration wasn’t a rule, but a conversation with ourselves? 💧

The “8 glasses a day” idea came from a 1945 guideline that included water in food—the nuance was lost along the way.
We actually have a beautifully simple thirst mechanism we can trust.

In yoga, drinking water during practice asks the body to briefly shift energy toward digestion.
Not wrong—just something to notice.

Even absorbing water takes a little energy. ATP is our body’s energy currency—like tiny rechargeable batteries that power every cell.
Using some of them for digestion during movement is simply something to be curious about.

Outside our mats, our digital habits have a quiet water footprint: AI data centers use fresh water for cooling.

Water bottles became symbols of health, but also of how hydration grew into a business.

There’s freedom in knowing we don’t need to sip constantly to be well.

A gentle invitation: 💧 Drink when you’re thirsty. 🧘‍♀️ During yoga, stay with your breath. 🌿 Trust your body—it’s been guiding you from the start.

Do you drink on a schedule, or when your body asks? 👇

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28/03/2026

Two belts.
Two positions.
One simple way to tackle both upper back tightness and lower back compression. 🙏

If you sit at a desk all day or struggle with rounded shoulders, your upper back rounds forward and your lower back bears the brunt.
Breathing quietly becomes shallow.

This two-belt mobility set up gives you:

📍 Standing → pulls the shoulders down and back, opening up the chest and improving posture correction in real time.

📍 Lying down → creates gentle lumbar traction, helping decompress your lower back and relieve pressure on the spine.

Whether you’re looking for low back pain relief, better shoulder mobility, or just a quick spinal decompression at home, this setup works with two belts with a buckle .

Try it out and let me know which position hits different for you. 👇

20/03/2026

Struggling with that constant tightness in your lower back?
What if the secret to relief wasn’t folding forward, but opening up?

Meet your new best friend: the Viparita Dandasana bench (also known as the Backbend Bench or Inverted Staff bench).

At first glance, a backbend might sound like the last thing you want to do when your back hurts. But when supported correctly, this shape is pure therapy. Here is how this prop helps us heal:

Lengthens the Spine, Relieves Compression:Instead of crunching the lumbar spine, the bench allows gravity to gently traction the back. It creates space between the vertebrae, taking pressure off compressed discs and tight muscles.

Opens the Front Body, Back pain is often a postural issue. When we hunch over desks all day, our chest and hip flexors shorten. This pose stretches the entire front body—from the quadriceps and hip flexors up through the belly and chest—counteracting modern curved posture and allowing the back to relax.

On the bench, the head and neck are fully supported. This allows the shoulder blades to slide down the back and lengthens the neck, releasing tension held in the cervical spine. It is a rare moment of surrender for the upper body.

Why All the Props?
There is no prize for struggling. Props like the bench aren’t cheating—they are tools that offer support while we heal.
You probably held your mothers hand or used a table to help you stand up, learn to walk. We don’t hold our mothers hand once we’ve learnt to walk.

Have you ever tried using a prop for a backbend? Drop a comment below! 👇

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19/03/2026

Struggling with that constant tightness in your lower back?
What if the secret to relief wasn’t folding forward, but opening up?

Meet your new best friend: The Viparita Dandasana bench (also known as the Backbender Bench)

At first glance, a backbend might sound like the last thing you want to do when your back hurts. But when supported correctly, this shape is pure therapy.

Here is how this prop helps us heal:

Lengthens the Spine, Relieves Compression:Instead of crunching the lumbar spine, the bench allows gravity to gently traction the back. It creates space between the vertebrae, taking pressure off compressed discs and tight muscles.

Opens the Front Body, Back pain is often a postural issue. When we hunch over desks all day, our chest and hip flexors shorten. This pose stretches the entire front body—from the quadriceps and hip flexors up through the belly and chest—counteracting modern curved posture and allowing the back to relax.

On the bench, the head and neck are fully supported. This allows the shoulder blades to slide down the back and lengthens the neck, releasing tension held in the cervical spine. It is a rare moment of surrender for the upper body.

Why All the Props?
There is no prize for struggling. Props like the bench aren’t cheating—they are tools that offer support while we heal.
You probably held your mothers hand or used a table to help you stand up, learn to walk. We don’t hold our mothers hand once we’ve learnt to walk.

Have you ever tried using a prop for a backbend? Drop a comment below! 👇

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17/03/2026

Two people. One 5kg weight, Two belts. Total release.

That’s all it takes to release months of neck tension.

This partner assisted stretching technique targets the trapezius and cervical spine using weighted traction so you don’t have to do anything but breathe. It’s nervous system regulation in real time.

✅ **Sternum lifts**
✅ **Cervical spine decompression**
✅ **Nervous system regulation**

You don’t need another stretch. You need someone to hold the weight for you.

Save this to try with someone you trust. 🤝

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15/03/2026

The prescription stops, but the real work begins - what happened next
Even after you recognise the pattern, even after you put down the substance, even after you roll out the mat for the first time-the discomfort doesn’t magically disappear.

In fact, for most, it gets louder.

The First Thing You Must Learn.

Get comfortable in the discomfort.

This is growth.

Slowly, imperceptibly at first.

The discomfort didn’t kill her. It taught her.

She learned that she could sit with a difficult emotion and watch it pass like a cloud. And most importantly, she learned that she was not broken.

Yoga Nidra: Rewired the Story

If you’ve never tried it, imagine lying down and being guided into a state between wakefulness and sleep. The body rests deeply while the consciousness remains slightly awake. It sounds simple.
It is profoundly transformative.

In Yoga Nidra, you’re invited to set an intention—a *sankalpa*—a simple, heartfelt resolve for how you want to be in the world.

Not how you have been.
Not what your past says about you.
Not the shame, the guilt, the mistakes.

How you want to be.

For someone trapped in the cycle of dependency, this is revolutionary. Because addiction thrives on shame. It keeps you tethered to who you were.

Almost a “reprogramming the operating system.” The old software—anxiety, self-doubt, the need to escape—gets updated. Not erased overnight, but slowly replaced with new neural pathways.

The common thread in healing is always,
Self-compassion.

You cannot hate yourself into healing. You cannot shame yourself into wholeness. The first step isn’t perfection—it’s presence.

Share your thoughts in the comments. You never know whose hand you’re holding by sharing your truth.

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13/11/2022

Breathe Better Live Better
Prana = life force
Ayama = to lengthen

Join us for this 90minute breath workshop on November 19th 2022

Venue :BGM Studios, 73 St John St, London, EC1M 4NJ

Time: 3:30 - 5:00om

Investment: £20

Your Host
Mala spent five years in India with her teachers diving deep into traditional Yoga and it’s practices.

She is a qualified Yoga Therapist, teaching clients on a 1-1 basis in her studio in London

What to Expect
The breath is for you, but not yours.

We will explore the role of breathing in easing the mind and healing your body.

You will learn that all the information you need is within and readily accessible if only we can find the stillness.

Evenness of breath equals evenness of mind🙏🏿

Bring your own mat If you have one!
And something to cover yourself (shawl or small blanket)
DM for booking details

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