Choose Movement

08/01/2026

When we name an experience we create space around it.🍂

Instead of being swept away, we become the one who notices.

Simply label the place your mind wanders to … thinking, planning, remembering, hearing… and then return into presence.

✨The practice of labelling helps us to create space between our thoughts so we can have more control over our mind and our spiralling thoughts.

✨The continual return to presence strengthens our concentration and focus and willingness to be with whatever arises.

Many people think they can’t meditate because they have a constant stream of thoughts, this is totally normal. The mind thinks. 🍃

Meditation is a practice that strengthens with repetition. Like exercising … it takes more than one gym session to get strong.

There is no ‘bad’ meditation 🧘🏻‍♀️ the practice is to bring kindness and gentleness to whatever arises. To hold everything in awareness and allow yourself to notice and feel.

Mindfulness is intimacy with all things- Jon Kabet-Zinn

07/01/2026

Moments of Mindfulness ✨

Your body feels before your mind thinks.

Connecting with body sensations is a deeply grounding and calming practice. 🌿

Slowly scan through your body from head to toe noticing body sensations as your attention flows down.

Allow everything to be as it is, no judgement, no thinking, no trying to change.🪷

Notice what you feel, breathe with it and stay present.

Be kind to yourself, care for your body and calm your mind.💫

06/01/2026

Moments of Mindfulness ✨

Use your breath as an anchor to the present moment.

For just 2 minutes sit still and allow the mind to settle.

No need to control the breath or change it, just notice it.

The concentration bringing you into THIS moment … fully present.

Comment below - what do you notice when you become still? Thoughts? Sensations? Feelings? Body sensations?

There is no wrong way, no wrong answer… mindfulness is a practice of allowing whatever arises without judgement. 💕

05/01/2026

All back to normal from today.

Check out the latest newsletter for class times, mindfulness session and current offerings✨

I hope the new year has begun gently for you and that you’ve had some space to rest, reset, and reconnect. I’m looking forward to welcoming you back—classes resume this Monday, and I can’t wait to move, stretch, strengthen and breathe together again.

24/12/2025

Let’s put it all together 🎄✨

Merry Christmas Everyone!! 🎁❄️

Have a wonderful time over the next few days…

…And keeep moving ☃️🌟

23/12/2025

On the twenty third day of Christmas stretch out your legs.🎄

High heels, poor footwear, not enough movement, too much of certain movements can all cause tight calf muscles. ✨

Tight calf muscles can lead to foot and knee problems. Including plantar fasciitis, achilles tendinitis, foot pain and even hip and back pain. 🎁

✨Take a comfortable stride forward
✨Make sure you can flatten your back heel to the floor
✨Check your hips and feet are pointing straight forward and not twisted or turned out
✨Align the front knee in line with the front ankle
✨Actively push the floor with the back heel and straighten through the knee
✨Adjust your stride if needed - wider for more, closer for less.

❄️☃️

22/12/2025

All that wrapping and shopping takes its toll on your shoulders. Try this to ease shoulder pain and tension.

🎄Keep your arms lengthening, shoulders relaxed
🎄Get a full flex in your wrists, and long fingers
🎄Raise your arms to to the side alternately
🎄You may feel a nerve stretch which is a tingling sensation in the arms
🎄You don’t need to lift the arms high just to feel the stretch

This gentle, dynamic exercise can help to free trapped nerves, enhance blood flow, and restore function in the arm/shoulder, making it great for recovery and mobility. ✨

21/12/2025

Laying leg stretch 🎄✨

This exercise is great because you get a good stretch without straining your back.

❄️Lay down and lengthen your spine
❄️Straighten one leg up to the ceiling
❄️You will probably need to bend your knee , you can use a band if you have one
❄️Flex your foot and push your foot high to feel the stretch
❄️Pay attention to your pelvis and notice if it is tilting, try to stay neutral
❄️Notice the stretch in your leg

Hamstring muscles are often tight, this gives them a great stretch. You’ll also feel your calf muscles lengthening which is an added bonus.

🎄☃️🎅

20/12/2025

On the 20th day of Christmas lay on your front and lift your chest and shoulders. This exercise will improve your posture and improve your spine flexibility.

✨Lay on your front
✨Place your hands wider than your shoulders
✨Lift your chest
✨Keep your shoulders down and chest open
✨Don’t push on your hands
✨Move through a natural range of movement, don’t force it
✨Activate your core muscles to support your back
✨Look up or down whatever feels best

It’s important to mobilise your back and your joints through a full range of movement otherwise it’s likely you’ll lose mobility as you age. Just a few simple exercises daily or weekly will help keep you moving and improve your strength and mobility.

19/12/2025

Ankle flexibility and calf strength is really important for balance and stability.

✨Activate your core and leg muscles
✨Keep your spine tall and in neutral alignment
✨Push into the ball of your foot as you rise, no rolling out
✨Play around with height and foot position

So easy to do throughout the day when you have a moment. Super beneficial for your foot, leg and whole body!

🎄🎅❄️

18/12/2025

On the 18th day of Christmas 🎄 we are stretching our hips.

You can do this stretch as you wait for the kettle to boil or any time you have a spare few moments. It’s a great way to reverse hours sat at your desk or driving.

✨Take a small step forward
✨Push your hips forward, make sure your get a tilt in your pelvis
✨Keep your chest open, look up, maybe lift your back heel
✨Notice where the stretch is and comment below 👇

17/12/2025

Lay down with me and lift your legs ✨🎄

✨Get your leg to fully straighten
✨Try to feel your thigh muscles tighten
✨Keep your hips on the floor with even pressure
✨Activate your core muscles and feel your glutes

Let your exercise time be a mindful connection to your body. Fully focus on what you are doing and notice areas of sensations, stretch, aches, being fully present for however your body responds.

There is a place to push it and force it and go for it with exercise. There is also a place to take it gently, ease into it and notice the subtle sensations. This is where you can be more conscious of your body which is key to improving posture and balance and overcoming unconscious habits and poor patterns. ❄️

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