Category Archives: yoga

One final attempt…

If you’ve been hanging around with me here for a year or so you might remember my holiday last year to an island in the Philippines.  The holiday of a lifetime.  The one where I was going to lie in the … Continue reading

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A little imagination

‘Imagine you have dyed your pubic hair pink and you’re really proud of it and want to show it off.’ After wrenching myself out of bed, dislocating my shoulders to get into my sports bra and dragging myself to the … Continue reading

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A bit of overthinking

You know how sometimes we all overthink things?  I think I hit a new high (low?) this week at yoga. We had a different teacher to our usual one and this lady did a thingy at the end where she … Continue reading

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All in a bit of a muddle

A few weeks ago in yoga I finally thought to ask, when rolling on your back with my knees tucked in, if everyone have issues with their ‘edges’.  I get to a certain point and it gets a bit ouchy … Continue reading

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Bendy to (almost) broken

On Sunday afternoon, after 11 hours of yoga over the previous 48, I was feeling very stretched, bendy and relaxed.  Today (with an additional fitball class last night), I can barely move.  And I have another 1.5 hours of yoga this … Continue reading

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A little break and a little pep talk

I am so excited.  In a few hours I’ll be leaving for a short yoga retreat.  Am I jetting off to sunnier places?  Um no.  I’m going (according to Google maps) 18 minutes away from my house.  But that’s ok … Continue reading

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The unfatness plan revisited

Since I’ve been writing this blog, the unfatness plan has been through many iterations. I’ve been heavily involved in cycling (until that incident involving a lorry, which ended up with me being checked out at the vets), I had a … Continue reading

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A not entirely relaxing massage

Six days ago I arrived in Tacloban. It was a chaotic but brilliant few days, revisiting some of the people we worked with last year and being at Mama Pat’s 80th birthday. (Mama Pat was woken at midnight for her … Continue reading

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Round and round in circles

Things keep going around in all different sorts of circles at the moment.  Earlier this week I blogged about post it notes, the next day Facebook reminded me that exactly a year before I’d blogged about…post it notes (I’m thinking … Continue reading

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Lessons of the week

It’s been a long time since I’ve done one of these and as it’s only Tuesday I shouldn’t have many lessons, but it’s a been that kind of week already so: Don’t get so involved in explaining to your team … Continue reading

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