Moving into Term 2 with Optimism The last few weeks of school holidays have been blessed with sunshine, peace and spaciousness, between cloudy wet days. While some families have been able to travel and see loved ones, others have  been doing a  week, or more, of isolation. Life is still more unpredictable than it was remembered. When everything is different, from how each breath feels in the chest and how the body feels after Covid, to days forced indoors by rain, our beaches eroded by dirty waters..not to mention the costs of living rising in 2022 while those of us running small businesses come to terms with clients travelling, isolating and managing recovery..we need to connect more deeply. Disturbances can happen on any level of our human existence. Inside the body, as tight muscles and digestion and sleep issues, inside our breath as sighing or shallow breathing, inside our minds as anxiety and unease and in our…

Every little bit of support we can give to someone makes a real difference. Even when we receive something ourselves too. Presently in the world, our collective worry, sadness and fatigue make peace and quiet elusive. Some days we don't feel comfortable or ok. The burden of feelings can be like haze.. we wait for it to clear yet then another challenge comes along, as heavy and thick as the last. Have you been feeling that you need more time to rest, more alone time. That you will make time for yoga when things settle down? The paradox of coming to a yoga class is that it is whilst in the presence of others we reach a state of being deeply connected to ourselves. Despite there being six or ten other people in the room. Actually its the magic of co-regulation, the dynamic process by which our nervous system starts to…