Author Archives: treelightyoga

In every single one of my yoga classes, I will say multiple times “listen to your body”, “make sure you are comfortable”, “don’t go further than what feels right”, and other sentences to that effect. The key message can be summed up as “Be kind to yourself.”  After all, one of the first principles ofContinue reading “The importance of being kind to yourself”

A couple of weeks ago, I thought I had lost my bank card. For a while now, I had got into the habit of carrying my bank card into one of the slots of my phone case. And recently, the card had started to slip out of the case and I had several times foundContinue reading “I thought I had lost my bank card…”

When I started yoga, I was probably the only person in the class who didn’t look forward to the relaxation. As far as I was concerned, I came to my yoga classes to get toned and stretched… and to relax as well, but somehow I didn’t see the point of the relaxation. It was aContinue reading “The Crocodile – or the art of letting go”

Are you responsible for your own happiness? Or does it depend on how things go around you? One of the hardest lessons I learned, when I started delving deeper into general psychology and yoga psychology, is that we are responsible for how we feel. Not our partner. Or our children. Or the traffic lights thatContinue reading “5 things happy people do in the morning”

I started having a regular yoga practice when I was a stay-at-home mum with our daughters and the income from my husband’s job was under threat. He had been told that his contract was not going to be renewed and he had to find something else fast. I couldn’t contribute financially, and my stress levelsContinue reading “5 benefits of a regular yoga practice”

Our mental health has been under serious pressure recently. The general situation with Covid has been very anxiety-provoking, and of course, many of us have been impacted directly by the pandemic with job losses, reduction in income and either catching Covid or having close ones getting ill.  No wonder that the medias keep reporting nowContinue reading “How yoga can affect your mental health”

I started yoga when I was 30. I had just become a mum and was suffering from severe anxiety.  I looked for a yoga class on the advice of my GP and, I was so desperate for my anxiety to get better that I overlooked all the reservations I had in my mind at theContinue reading “5 yoga myths that might be standing in your way”

Stress…  We are all familiar with it, but did you know that not all stress is bad. Stress enables our body to react fast and efficiently to challenging situations. As something stresses us, our body moves into fight-flight-freeze mode and enables us deal swiftly with whatever is in front of us. Think of a near-miss asContinue reading “5 yoga techniques to help you release stress”

Does this sound familiar? You have planned something, done it as well as you could, asked for feedback, changed a few things to make it just right, got some new feedback (this time all positive), made it that little bit better… and yet, you still find yourself wondering if it is good enough. Does thatContinue reading “It just has to be right!”

When it comes to stopping the worry cycle, breathing is one of the best tools ever. First of all, you’re always breathing, so you can easily use it to your advantage.  You just need to know how – and to think about it! A little note on that one. Try and practice the breathing techniquesContinue reading “4 breathing techniques to help you worry less”