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By Cate Valentine: ‘Aren’t Hot 26 teachers usually thinner?’ a student asked me while I was setting up to teach. I answered her truthfully: compared to how I looked when I joined YogaVenue I am thinner! But more importantly I am happier and healthier than I was when I first walked through the doors. If I were questioned directly about my body or my weight five years ago it would have destroyed me. Now I am grateful to the student who posed the question because it has helped me recognise that I am a different person now. Read More
By Caroline Gozzi: Many people struggle to see the benefits of the ageing process, but with age comes more understanding and (I hope) more wisdom and knowledge. Women enter a new phase of our lives as we move into our 40s, and we are likely to start to experience a shift in our hormones. Being in my 40s, I’ve definitely felt this shift and over the last couple of years I’ve tried to understand more about the changes, their impact and how best to respond. Read More
By Katie Phelps: As the days begin to get longer, leaves unfurl and the sunshine grows warmer, I’ve started to feel a low hum of springtime energy. It’s definitely more muted this year, dampened by the exhaustion we’ve all felt after living with our nervous systems on high alert for a year. But like this primal response to stress, the pull of spring, the desire for lightness and clarity seem similarly hard-wired; almost despite ourselves we start clearing out clutter, opening windows wider, organising our sock drawers...or at least recognising the desire to do those things. Read More
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