Olive Tree Yoga Dalham

05/01/2025

A great big happy new year to you! Get ready to enjoy your yoga in 2025 🪷🧘🏽‍♀️Yoga Basics and Yoga Flow are available to book on the website! Get ready for enhanced wellbeing, improved strength and calming breath work.

05/01/2025

29/12/2022

Welcome in 2023 with a chance to Nourish, Articulate and restore🧘‍♀️🧘🧘‍♂️

26/04/2022

GOOD MORNING YOGA EVERY FRIDAY THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER 🌞🧘🏽‍♀️

04/01/2022

NEW CLASSES 🧘🏼‍♀️🌞 Please book via the link in bio.

29/12/2021

NAMASTE AND WELCOME BACK 🧘🏻‍♀️

I am so excited to welcome you to the new home of Olive Tree Yoga ✨

Olive Tree Yoga has moved and after months of renovation is back with a brand new, fully equipped studio opening for classes on the 20th January 2022.

The classes available are now bookable online. I am offering:

🙏🏼 Yoga for Beginners
🙏🏼 Yoga Fusion
🙏🏼 Yoga Basics
🙏🏼 Private 1:1

To book, please follow the link -
https://www.olivetreeyoga.net.

16/11/2021

28/09/2021

Health chiefs want companies of all sizes and in all industries to train managers so they are able to spot signs of stress and help affected workers and 'foster good relationships' with employees.

19/02/2021

The term ‘hip opening’ is used a lot in yoga, but no one ever talks about what it is that we are attempting to open! What most people associate with this term is external rotation of the hip joint. Therefore the ‘hip opener’ category includes Warrior 1, Cobbler’s Pose, Pigeon Pose and Easy Pose, to name just a few. So many yoga asanas involve external hip rotation!

But what about internal rotation? Compared with ‘hip openers’ how many asana can you think of that utilise our full range of internal hip rotation?

External rotation is an important movement of the hip and many students have a limited range of movement here, but all of the other movements of the hip are just as important to focus on. In my experience most students tend to complain of ‘tightness’ in each direction of their hip movement but ways to explore our full range of active internal rotation of the hip joint, for example, is often missing from many asana sequences. So, let’s try to focus equally on all hip movements, including adding in some targeted strengthening work, and we’ll be on the way to healthier and happier hip joints.

T-minus 29 days until my book is published where I explore lots of different ways to improve the overall health of our hip joints.

For more info and to preorder head to https://doctor-yogi.com/books

09/11/2020

The intervertebral disc is a cartilaginous and articulating structure between the vertebral bodies of the vertebrae. Intervertebral discs have the dual role of providing the primary support for the vertebral column while possessing enough elasticity to permit the required mobility of the spine. The discs accounts for 25% to 30% of the overall height of the spine. We are tallest first thing in the morning when the discs are their most plump, and we slowly become shorter during the day as the discs subtly flatten under our body weight (Botsford et al 1994).

These discs are made up of a central, gelatinous nucleus pulposus that is surrounded by a tough but elastic annulus fibrosis. Collagen fibers continue from the annulus into the adjacent tissues, which ties this structure to each vertebral body at its rim, to the anterior and posterior longitudinal ligaments, and to the cartilaginous endplates superiorly and inferiorly. This is why the discs cannot “slip” irrespective of this really unhelpful terminology that is often used! The nucleus pulposus is a self-contained, pliable gelatinous structure that is approximately 88% water in a healthy young disc. It is essentially a hydraulic system that provides support and separates the vertebrae, absorbs shock, permits transient compression, and allows for movement (Roberts et al 2006).

At birth, the intervertebral disc has some vascular supply within both the cartilage end plates and the anulus fibrosus, but these vessels soon recede, leaving the disc with little direct blood supply in the healthy adult (Roberts et al 2006).

References:
Botsford, D., Esses, S. and Ogilvie-Harris, D. (1994) ‘In Vivo Diurnal Variation in Intervertebral Disc Volume and Morphology.’ Spine 19, 8, 935–940.

Roberts, S., Evans, H., Trivedi, J. and Menage, J. (2006) ‘History and pathology of the human intervertebral disc.’ J Bone Joint Surg Am 88, suppl 2, 10–4.

22/10/2020

A&P Fact of the Day: Day 4 - Gut Microbome

The human gastrointestinal tract harbours a complex and dynamic population of microorganisms known as the gut microbiota. The genetic content of the microbial communities in our gut outnumbers our genetic content by approximately 100-fold (Ley, Peterson and Gordon 2006).

In a review by Carabotti et al (2015) the authors conclude that strong evidence suggests that gut microbiota has an important role in bidirectional interactions between the gut and the nervous system. It interacts with CNS by regulating brain chemistry and influencing neuro-endocrine systems associated with stress response, anxiety and memory function.

A study by Lurie et al (2015) reported that one course of antibiotics can increase the risk of major depression by 24% and anxiety disorders by 17%. The study found that two courses of antibiotics in a one-year period increased the risk of major depression by 52% and anxiety disorders by 44%.

22/08/2020

21/08/2020

Look at the differences between a typical younger child’s hand (left) and a typical older child's hand (right). I have parents asking regularly why their preschool aged child isn’t able to write yet. This is why! Their hands (and brains) are still developing and are not fully formed. So what should they be doing to support this? PLAY!! Playdough, colouring, cutting, gluing, playing outside, digging in dirt, sensory play, dress up play, science experiments, beading, puzzles, throwing balls, etc. All of these things help their hands develop. When they are physically ready to write, they will! No need to rush them, they will show you when they are ready!

16/08/2020

Tight hamstrings and weak hip flexors are the cause of many people's lower back problems and body stiffness, but it's also the area that many people overlook when stretching.

04/07/2020

Keep your practice going over the summer

04/07/2020

Monday mornings and evenings throughout the summer🧘🏼‍♀️☀️🤗

12/02/2020

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2ntR2hB4QtldQwHdJXjvGkR/is-yoga-as-good-for-me-as-aerobic-exercise

We test the effects of gentle yoga on blood pressure and mental health

29/10/2019

The life-sized doll named Emma has a permanently hunched back, varicose veins, red eyes and a protruding stomach.