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I AM AWAY ON HOLIDAY

lisa July 16th, 2008

I am away from the 17/07/08 - 31/07/08 back in Tobago doing yoga and laughing a lot in the sunshine.
If you are interested in booking on the retreat at Florence house I will send booking forms when I return. The centre has lots of room and I am sure we can accomodate everyone. Please don’t worry if you don’t hear from me before the 01/08/08.

My next Sunday session at Syncronicity is the 7th September and lunch time classes start again from that week.

Lots of love to Clare, can’t wait to hear about your wedding, trust your all loved up right now.

Lots of love Lisa

NEW CLASSES, WORKSHOPS AND UPDATES

lisa February 12th, 2008

I AM RUNNING A RETREAT AT FLORENCE HOUSE AUGUST 29TH - 31ST £285
Please contact me for more details
http://www.florencehouse.co.uk/

Arrh when the sun is shinning life is so wonderful. The quality of time becomes easier, everyone seems happier. The days are longer and we have more energy.
Be mindful in how your spending your energy. See it as something precious and make it an expression of how you feel. We can easily take our world for granted. There is a beauty that can be found in the ordinary day to day. The day to day normality and routine become special when we perform our duties with total involvement and with love. There is a richness in the quality of our normal life that is much greater than any financial reward that we might be striving for.
The practice of yoga can be difficult life often can be difficult. In the yoga Sutras, Patangali lists fear and doubt as obstacles in our path. We often doubt our ability to achieve or we fear the chance of failure. These feelings limit us and prevent movement be it in a yoga asana or in general day to day life. These obstacles can be eliminated when the mind is brought to a single focus (Chapter 1 vs:32 and v:33). The mind becomes clear and serene when the qualities of the heart are cultivated.

Let the beat of your heart be the rhythm to your life.

LUNCH TIME CLASSES AT SYNCRONICITY
MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY 1-2.15 ALL LEVELS WELCOME
CLASSES ARE DROP IN AND COST £10

WORKSHOPS AT SYNCRONICITY

SUNDAY MORNING SESSIONS
That leave a smile in your mind.

18TH MAY 15TH JUNE 13TH JULY 7TH SEPTEMBER
11-00 - 1.00
£20
Please let me know in advance if you are attending.

I am currently having problems with the calendar page. Please contact me direct for class info.
This page will soon be showing have an e-book for pregnancy - lots of advice for the safe practice of yoga during pregnancy, inspiring words from women and help to stay strong in mind and body during this transient time. Should be complete by summer.

YOGA IN ITALY

(See holidays). Places are limited and bookings are being taken now.
Reserve you place soon.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Reinforce today who you are.
What makes you the person that you are - your uniqueness.
Be a creative person - be different because we are all different.
We live under a blanket of bland sameness. All of us living the same way, wearing the same clothes, reading the same books, looking at the same internet sites. talking about the same stresses.

DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT TODAY

WORK IS LOVE MADE VISIBLE’ - KHALIL GIBRAN The Prophet

Have a look at this man. Bernie Prior says he is “realised” this seems to mean he has “got” that we humans are in fact not separate but actually all one. Check him out http://www.bernieprior.org Full of inspiring articles.

POD CAST No:1

lisa January 31st, 2008

POD CASTING OF CLASSES

The idea behind the pod cast is to offer the opportunity to return to a class or catch up with a session that you may have missed. Also to assist in a self practice at home or to take on holiday.
This class is from a general class for students who are familiar with fluid yoga postures done in sequence. It is not for beginners, but those with general a good level fitness and an open attitude will be ok.

The recordings are spontaneous and have personal reference’s either to students, adjustments or comments on the energy within the group.
Because the recordings are live the sound quality will vary. All background music that you may hear is compilation of music from Cds of Shiva Rea. These can be purchased through my web site.

Start by getting comfortable in savasana and follow the class.
Always practice yoga on an empty stomach.

This is an initial try out. Please feed back comments

If you have problems downloading the podcast using Internet Explorer for Windows try using right-click and then Save Target As from the pop-up menu. See also podcast help

 
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Pod-casting help

lisa January 18th, 2008

Bend It Like Lisa is offering yoga classes as downloadable audio files from early 2008. Here is some information and advice to those who are new to using audio on their computers or over the internet. Continue Reading »

Massage available after classes

lisa October 24th, 2007

I have just had a fantastic deep tissue massage from Mary after my post natal baby class. Great relief after carrying little babies around.
Mary will be available to give massage after class on Tuesday mornings at Earlsfield Rd
Please book through Mary directly on 07974121077
£65 for 1 hour
£90 for 90 mins

CREATING CLARITY

lisa October 16th, 2007

I am always amazed by what the universe provides. In a forced day off waiting for the boiler man to come and fix my heating I came across this article. Sometimes we find ourselves in a muddle, a muddle being a place of uncertainty. I like what the author says about people making choices made out of fear. Read on if your in a muddle.
Creating Clarity Continue Reading »

Women’s water works

lisa October 16th, 2007

Many students have been asking about the problems associated with the pelvic floor, no need to go into detail on the site as I recommended a book to students which is on my site in the books section. Having found out about downloading this book for free my previous link no longer has this facility. I have found another site though where you can get the book much cheaper than on amazon.
http://www.acegraphics.com.au/product/book/bk130
If you google women’s water works there are lots of products, help and exercises to be found.

Gypsy Masala

lisa October 11th, 2007

Gypsy Masala - a story of dreams is one of my favorite quick reads. It’s a take on many hindu stories and follows the path of a family in transit. Anyone who has been on a retreat with me will be familiar with Chapter 12 which I often read out to groups in the closing meditation. It teaches us about hopes and dreams and guides us in following out hearts desire.

WHAT’S LIFE WITHOUT LOVE

lisa September 26th, 2007

During a recent yoga session a student complains of a burning sensation in her leg and asks if this is normal? After defining the sense of burning and the reason why she felt pain. I ask the class “has anyone heard of the term burning with desire, burning with passion”. Other phrases like feel the heat, and go for the burn come to mind. When we are in need of comfort heat is soothing, often when we have pain heat is applied. We also apply pressure to the body when we need to heal for example to rub the skin after a fall.

When we breath we bring oxygen into the body and that intensifies the heat and we begin to burn brightly from within. We become radiant and glowing. these words are often associated with what we define as beauty. We all have an inner light that can shine through. Continue Reading »

WELCOME TO MY SITE

lisa September 14th, 2007

Welcome to my site and many thanks to Arup for designing it and having it operational whist it wasn’t complete. Makes me think of karma, action in non action. That in life sometimes we think nothing is happening when in fact we are constantly moving and changing. The wise yogi knows when to act and when not to act.

I want to use the site to share with my students the stories and developments that come from classes. It’s a place where you can find the references to any quotes that I might use and or add your own feed back. Also on the site is much of the music that I use in classes and books that have inspired me.

I will also be pod casting yoga sessions for you to download if you miss any sessions.

Now we are all returning to regular practice after the summer or rather August break. Some of us were in Italy which was as beautiful as last year. Lots of great food and inspired company. Time to reflect and take stock of life. Many thanks to Santi for leading us through a discussion of truth and reality. Both thought provoking and very funny at times when we look at what we see as our own truth and others perception of that truth. The words of Krishnamurti will always give me hope.

I am trying to organise 2 separate weeks in Italy next year. It would be nice to go in the spring time, but for now I can confirm that I am booking 7 days from the 16th August, Prices to confirm but if you want to return put that date in your book.
More details will be on the site soon.

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