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Reclaiming the Crone | Womb Wisdom Beyond Menopause

Ancient Wisdom for Modern Women – How the doshas dance through your cycle, and how to care for each phase with tenderness.

Ayurveda & the Menstrual Cycle

Ancient Wisdom for Modern Women – How the doshas dance through your cycle, and how to care for each phase with tenderness.

A Free Yoga Nidra for if you Wake Up at Night

Waking up in the middle of the night with an overactive brain can be anxiety-inducing. This is where Yoga Nidra – “yogic sleep” – can be a wonderful ally. Here we offer you a free recording with Melanie Cooper to help guide you gently back into slumber

yoga for a 28 day cycle

There’s a quiet power in showing up for yourself each day. Unrolling your mat. Taking that first deep breath. Moving your body with presence.

But what if there were days when showing up looked different?

Softer. Slower. More inward.

The real reason my classes started filling up again

The quiet worry we don’t always talk about: When you check the sign-up list and feel your stomach drop. You plan, you prep, you care, but no one signs up and your spark fades. (It’s not just the low numbers. It’s how they mess with your confidence.

Pranayama as an essential daily support system

This article explains the benefit of this practice and how important and transformative as well as supportive Pranayama can be.  

Yoga Nidra and awareness of opposites

The practice of Yoga Nidra often starts with taking time to “arrive in the space” and then moving on to incorporate holding opposites within our awareness. The student may be encouraged to experience or imagine the body as hot then cold for example or first heavy and then light. But what is the purpose of this and how does this help us?

Introducing Charli Van Ness

An interview with lead teacher trainer Charli Van Ness on how she become interested in yoga, how it helped her in life and how will she supports others to improve their practice.

Benefits of 300 hrs Level 2 training

5 Benefits of expanding your Level 1 Teacher Training

Our 300-hour training is for teachers who have already completed their level 1 (200hour) training and offers a plethora of benefits as a working yoga teacher.

yoga teacher training benefits

Five Unexpected Reasons to do a Yoga Teacher Training

There are a plethora of reasons people join our 200-hour yoga teacher training. Here, in our view, are five of unexpected benefits to doing a teacher training course at the Shala.

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