Blue Lotus Yoga with Jill Amison

Blue Lotus Yoga with Jill Amison Yoga Living. Living Yoga. For real women, real lives & soulful seasons

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Yoga, Meditation and Relaxation for EVERY body.

What gets me through on the hard days…⚡️Yes, even a yoga teacher has hard days.⚡️Holding space for others doesn’t mean I...
25/03/2026

What gets me through on the hard days…

⚡️Yes, even a yoga teacher has hard days.⚡️
Holding space for others doesn’t mean I’ve mastered life… it means I’m learning (always!)how to meet it.
The messy, the beautiful, the uncomfortable, the real.

I feel it all — the stress, the heartbreak, the disappointment, the lethargy, the flashes of anger.
But over time, through this yogic path, I’ve gathered tools that gently bring me back home to myself.

Here are a few of my anchors when life feels heavy…

✨ Yoga — not to “fix” anything, but to feel, to soften, to come back into my body
✨ Meditation — creating space for me to hold steady in the storm
✨ Daily rituals — especially a walk in nature, rain or shine… a reminder that everything moves, everything changes
✨ Cooking something nourishing — slowing down, stirring with intention, feeding more than just my body
✨ Simplicity — stripping things back to what really matters….health, wellbeing and loved ones.

And then… the unexpected medicine…

💃 A full-on kitchen disco — music blasting, zero grace, zero care… just pure release (music for this post defo fave dancing tune!)
😂 Voice noting a friend mid-meltdown — unfiltered, honest, and always ending in laughter

Because healing isn’t about being perfectly calm…
It’s about knowing how to come back to yourself, again and again.

What are your go-to’s on the hard days? 🌿

Strong isn’t just about the burn… it’s about the journey 🔥The resistance.The mind chatter.The moment you want to quit……a...
20/03/2026

Strong isn’t just about the burn… it’s about the journey 🔥

The resistance.
The mind chatter.
The moment you want to quit…
…and the quiet power that rises when you don’t.

We move. We shake. We doubt. We laugh.
And then… we land.

Back in the body.
Back in the breath.
Back in ourselves.

That’s the real work. That’s the magic. ✨

If you know… you KNOW 👀
And if you don’t—maybe it’s time to find out 😉

DM me to step into your Strong era 💙

Ostara blessings to you 🌸✨Today we stand at the threshold. The Spring Equinox — where light and dark meet in perfect bal...
20/03/2026

Ostara blessings to you 🌸✨

Today we stand at the threshold. The Spring Equinox — where light and dark meet in perfect balance — and the Sun moves into Aries at 14:45, igniting the spark of a brand new astrological year.

This is a cosmic reset.
A moment to exhale the old cycle and inhale fresh possibility.

Aries energy arrives like a flame — bold, initiating, alive with courage. It asks: What are you ready to begin?
After the watery release of Pisces season, we now rise, clearer and more embodied, ready to move.

Ostara is the ancient Germanic goddess of spring and dawn, with the name believed to originate from the word for “east,” symbolising the rising light and new beginnings

In Celtic mythology, Ostara marks the return of fertility, growth and the awakening of the Earth. The land stirs, seeds begin to root, and life re-emerges after the stillness of winter. It is a sacred reminder that nothing is ever truly dormant — only preparing.

Just as nature finds its rhythm again, so do we.

In true Blue Lotus energy, this is your invitation to honour both the yin and the yang:
🌿 the quiet integration of what has passed
🔥 the intentional ignition of what is to come

Balance before action. Presence before projection.

Take a moment today to ground, breathe, and ask yourself:
What am I ready to plant? What am I ready to become?

Let your intentions be rooted, not rushed.
Let them rise from truth, not urgency.

Drop your spring intention below or write it somewhere sacred to you 🌱
Speak it. Feel it. Begin it.

This is your season to bloom.

🌱✨

19/03/2026

✨ A threshold moment… ✨

Today’s New Moon in Pisces marks the closing of the astrological year… a soft exhale… a dissolving… a letting go.

And as the Sun prepares to move into Aries, we stand at the edge of something new — a spark of beginning, a quiet ignition of what’s to come.

Right here… in this in-between…
we begin Navaratri.

Nine nights.
Nine forms of the Goddess.
Nine steps on the path from darkness to light.

The story of Durga reminds us of the victory of light over darkness — not just out there in the world, but within ourselves.

Each night invites us to move through something…
to release… to refine… to remember…

🌺 Grounding
🌺 Devotion
🌺 Courage
🌺 Creative power
🌺 Compassion
🌺 Strength
🌺 Transformation
🌺 Renewal
🌺 Wisdom

This is why this moment is so powerful.

A seasonal shift.
A spiritual reset.
A return to self.

This meditation is an invitation to walk the journey of the nine nights within your own body… to honour both the ending and the beginning… the Sacred Shakti within.

✨ What are you ready to release?
✨ What are you ready to rise into?

Let this be your ritual.

18/03/2026

Spring has entered the chat 🌱☀️

First warm-ish morning of the year today and I’m OUT 🌿 moving, breathing, waking it all up.
There’s just something different about training outside… fresh air in the lungs, sunlight on the skin, nervous system softening while the body fires up 🔥

Today’s flow:
• Free park workout (because nature is the best gym)
• Green juice glow-up: kiwi 🥝 apple 🍏 cucumber 🥒
→ hydration, digestion, skin, energy… yes please

It’s not just exercise — it’s a reset. A reminder that we’re meant to move with the rhythms of the seasons, not against them.

If you’ve been feeling stuck, heavy, or sluggish through winter… this is your sign. Step outside. Keep it simple. Let it feel good.

Spring energy is finally here — come meet it 💚

Sometimes we don’t need a full life overhaul… just a few supportive rhythms to bring us back to ourselves.This 7-day res...
16/03/2026

Sometimes we don’t need a full life overhaul… just a few supportive rhythms to bring us back to ourselves.

This 7-day reset is about simple, nourishing habits that help the body settle, the mind clear and the nervous system soften.

Think hydration, movement, fresh air, colourful foods and moments of stillness.

Nothing extreme.
Nothing perfect.
Just small daily acts of care.

Your future self will thank you.

🌿 Which one will you start with this week?





Today we celebrate all the many ways that mothering energy exists in the world.Mother’s Day can be beautiful, tender, co...
15/03/2026

Today we celebrate all the many ways that mothering energy exists in the world.

Mother’s Day can be beautiful, tender, complicated, joyful — sometimes all at once.

I was never blessed with the gift of becoming a mother in the traditional sense, but over the years I’ve come to recognise that nurturing and caretaking can take many different forms.

I feel it in the love I have for my incredible niece and nephew — and now their own little ones. I feel it in the space I hold for my wonderful yoga community each week. In the quiet moments of listening, supporting, guiding and simply being present.

Mothering isn’t only defined by bloodline. It lives in the women who show up with open hearts — the aunties, teachers, friends, mentors and caretakers who nurture because it is simply part of who they are.

So today we honour the mothers who raised us, the women who guided us, those whose mothers are no longer here, those longing to become mothers, and those whose path with motherhood has been tender or complex.

However this day meets you, may you feel the quiet strength of that nurturing energy within you and around you.

Because the heart that nurtures, holds space and offers love is a mothering heart — in every sense of the word. 🤍

Nurture

Spring is approaching, and with the Spring Equinox just over a week away, nature begins its gentle shift into renewal. 🌸...
11/03/2026

Spring is approaching, and with the Spring Equinox just over a week away, nature begins its gentle shift into renewal. 🌸

This seasonal turning point is a beautiful invitation to pause and ask:

✨ What feels aligned in my life right now?
✨ What feels ready to change?
✨ What do I want to nurture in the months ahead?

A spring reset doesn’t need to be dramatic.
Often the most powerful shifts come from the smallest changes — clearing a space, setting a simple intention, or choosing progress over pressure.

Swipe through for 5 gentle ways to prepare for your own spring reset.

🌿 Then tell me in the comments:
What is one intention you’re carrying into this new season?

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Empowering you to transform your self-doubt into courage and unlock your potential & power with myths, ritual and sacred practice.

I started practising Yoga in a community class out in the wilds of Canada, where I had gone to live a simple outdoors life with my first great love. I found it such a grounding and nourishing practise that, when my beloved was diagnosed with terminal cancer, I shared the basic techniques that I had learnt for relaxation and pain management with him - and, despite his initial scepticism, they proved to be a great help to both of us.

It was during this time that I really began to discover the practise of yoga as a way to heal, as opposed to being merely a form of 'keep-fit'. Sadly, in 2001, he passed, and in the year that followed I used Yoga, in conjunction with immersing in nature, as a tool for my own personal healing.

It was in 2002 that I felt called to take the first of my many Teacher Trainings. Since that time I have had the privilege of studying with many inspirational teachers, including Shiva Rea, Tias Little, Doug Keller, Mukunda Stiles, Julie Gudmestad and Donna Fahri. In the last 8 years I have studied with Sianna Sherman and am a graduate of the first intake of her 300 Hour Rasa Yoga Advanced Teacher Training course.