Facing your fears

What does October mean for you? For me it's spooky season! Halloween is one of my favourite times of year. I get the impression trick-or-treating is quite a new thing in England, but I grew up in Scotland. Whatever Americans might like to imply, we invented trick-or-treating, or guising as it's k... Read More

Celebrating a year of Yoga for All

April 2023 marks 1 year since I started my Yoga for All class at the Linskill Centre in North Shields. Yay! Here's the story of how it started and how it has grown over the last 12 months. My Sunday class at The Yoga Station, Whitley Bay was doing well, but people kept asking for a mid-week class... Read More

6 things I've learned from doing RED January that also apply to yoga

So during January I've been running every day as part a campaign called RED January. It's all about getting active every day to boost mental health. "Good for you Sarah, but we're here for the yoga chat" I hear you say. Bear with me! You see I'm not a natural runner. I have asthma and I'm not bui... Read More

Reframing movement as a gift, not a punishment

In January lots of people pledge to take better care of themselves. Often that means doing more exercise, including starting or restarting yoga. If that is you, you are not alone - my classes have never been so busy! Obviously I already do a lot of yoga so I opt for running instead. This year I ... Read More

A guide to choosing the right kind of yoga for you

Hatha? Yin? Vinyasa? Iyengar? I know it's hard to get started when yoga classes have such unfamiliar names. One of the most common questions I get from students is about how to choose the right class. Hopefully this post will help you figure out how to choose a type of yoga that will suit you. Yo... Read More

£50 raised for North East Homeless

My classes are always pretty chill but for the week before Christmas I decided to offer an even more relaxing special class called Yule Yoga. It included restorative poses, passive stretches and closed with a long guided relaxation. Just the sort of nurturing experience that is an amazing reset f... Read More

Finding your own kind of peace

There is a lot of talk about peace at this time of year. What does peace mean to you? For some reason I can't think about 'peace' without my brain leaping to Peppa Pig and the 'Peace and Harmony' song...and then the fact that in our house it became 'Peas and Broccoli'....no? Just me then! Or mayb... Read More

Did you know that nurturing yourself helps nurture plants too?

Those of you who practice with me at the Yoga Station might have noticed that there is quite a lot going on at Whitley Bay Metro Station. But perhaps you don’t know about the connections between some of them. The Yoga Station is part of the Station Masters Centre, along with the Station Master's... Read More

Why I still think I’m a beginner after 30 years of yoga

Even though I have been practicing yoga since the 90s I certainly don’t consider myself ‘advanced’ - and it’s not just because I can’t do a headstand. It’s because one of the most important aspects of yoga for me is something called ‘beginner’s mind’. It means approaching the practice with curios... Read More

We can get to the mind through the body and the breath

Today is World Mental Health Day. I'm not sure it's right to say 'Happy Mental Health Day', but I do think raising awareness is important. Every day it becomes more acceptable to talk about mental health. More importantly, it's becoming more acceptable to talk about being personally affected by m... Read More