Christine at Peachy YogaJul 8, 20201 minFood for thought...As you know, I am a plus size yoga teacher and CBT therapist. Over the years I have worked with many people who have struggled with...
Christine at Peachy YogaJul 6, 20202 minThe Best Medicine: Why we need to fire our inner critic and promote our inner childI love to laugh, anyone who knows me, knows I can be a bit intense, over sensitive but love proper 'feeling like you could throw up'...
Christine at Peachy YogaJun 29, 20201 minThe Observer and the Observances I love this reminder of the observances linked with true yoga. When yoga philosophy shows me the Yamas and Niyamas which are part of the...
Christine at Peachy YogaJun 23, 20202 minDucking and diving!I don't feel that I am alone in feeling that lockdown has impacted my mental health and wellness. As a CBT therapist and yoga teacher...
Christine at Peachy YogaJun 23, 20201 minLearning in LockdownLockdown has been a real challenge but also given me amazing opportunities. Today I received a Certificate that I am really chuffed...
Christine at Peachy YogaJun 21, 20201 minI'd Love It If We Made ItAs things start to return normal with the relaxation of some of the lockdown rules in Scotland, I am realising that even though I am 47...
Christine at Peachy YogaJun 3, 20202 minTogetherness As I start to write this I am also starting to worry about getting it wrong, no matter how well intentioned I am, the worlds emotions are...
Christine at Peachy YogaMay 20, 20203 minFinding My Feet...Sometimes when the migraines hit hard I can get very introspective. I analyse things too much and seem to unlearn all the things that...
Christine at Peachy YogaMay 20, 20203 minAhimsa and the Hard Road Home‘In the presence of one firmly established in non violence, all hostilities cease’ Sutra 2:35 Part of the Yamas of Patanjali invites us...
Christine at Peachy YogaMay 20, 20202 minOld Scars and SutrasI had always wondered what the point of the shapes of the Asana practice was about. Why are we pointing in that direction?, how does...
Christine at Peachy YogaMay 20, 20204 minDon't Stand So Close To Me...Over the last few months the earth has been rocked by the COVID 19 pandemic and many have had to focus on surviving… in Maslow’s...
Christine at Peachy YogaMay 20, 20204 minI'll Be ThereI grew up in a scheme in Glasgow… I didn’t know how poor we were really because it was just life as I knew it. I lived in a place that...
Christine at Peachy YogaMay 20, 20201 minAt first I was afraid...I really was petrified!!! Since starting teaching a few years ago I have been so surprised by how many people have approached or emailed...
Christine at Peachy YogaMay 19, 20201 minI've got my mind set on you!I would love to try yoga but I am too old for yoga! I’m not bendy enough! I’m too big! My knees are shot! I have a dodgy shoulder!...
Christine at Peachy YogaMay 19, 20201 minWhy Me, Why NotA wee bit of the training background for my yoga qualifications. The British Wheel of Yoga Training is Ofqual-regulated, Level 4 yoga...
Christine at Peachy YogaMay 19, 20202 minBack to the drawing board and mat!So this lockdown has brought with it a range of challenges! Having to pivot everything I do for work, the teaching college students, the...