In this post, I discuss trauma, so please take care when reading. Teaching yoga in a way that supports people living with trauma is important to me. Trauma is broad. Many of us have experienced, or will experience, some form of trauma at some point in our lives. This may be through loss, injury, abuse, or many other experiences. Many people do not talk about their trauma, and in a setting such as a yoga class there is absolutely no obligation to disclose anything personal. Ho

This week, I discovered the Welsh word hiraeth. I was describing to Garden Room Counselling the deep sense of longing I felt after visiting the place where I grew up. I said I came back feeling homesick for somewhere that no longer exists. Jonathan smiled his kind smile and said, “The Welsh have a word for it—hiraeth.” Hiraeth describes a profound sense of nostalgia and emotional yearning for a lost way of life, a place, or a person. It felt like a lightbulb moment—finally ha

For some, yoga is a way of life — a staple part of their daily routine, a way of living. And for some, it isn’t. As a yoga teacher, I...