Posts in Yoga and Wellbeing
10 Ways to Use a Blanket
10 Ways to Use a Blanket

This blog is about using a Blanket to support your yoga.  You can buy specific yoga blankets, but any firm blanket will work.

 BKS Iyengar was credited with popularising the use of yoga props through his school of yoga. Over the years many yoga props and supports have been developed to support the spectrum of yoga poses but you can’t go wrong with the basics. Simple yoga props include: belts, bricks, blocks, blankets, chairs, bolsters, cushions and using a wall.

A blanket can be a useful support for any yoga student. In this blog I share a few ideas on how to use your blanket to support you in ten common yoga poses.

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Yoga and Wellbeing, Yoga Practice, Yoga TipsSarah Cloveryoga tips, yoga class
N.O.U.R.I.S.H. yourself by creating a 'To Be' list
N.O.U.R.I.S.H. yourself by creating a 'To Be' list

Lots of us have ‘To Do’ lists – but do you have a ‘To Be’ list? 

I came across this idea recently and thought it was brilliant.  Ensuring that you have time to just ‘be’ is so important in our busy world.  It’s more important for our health and wellbeing than all the stuff we have ‘to do’.

 In this blog is a little inspiration to create your own ‘To be’ list, using the acronym N.O.U.R.I.S.H.

There’s also a PDF you can download to help you.

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Yoga and Wellbeing, Yoga Practice, Yoga TipsSarah Cloveryoga tips, yoga class, mental health, Meditation
10 Ways to Use a Belt
10 Ways to Use a Belt

This blog is about using a Yoga Belt.  You can buy specific yoga belts, but any soft, non stretchy, belt will work or even a long scarf.

 A belt can be a useful support for any yoga student to help you to support a yoga pose; find your way into a yoga pose more fully; and in restorative yoga, belts can be really helpful to help hold parts of the body so that the body can rest and enjoy the benefits of the pose without the effort of holding the pose

In this blog I share a few ideas on how to use your belt to support you in ten common yoga poses.

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Ten Years, Yoga and Wellbeing, Yoga Practice, Yoga TipsSarah Cloveryoga tips, yoga class, Ten Years
B.R.A.I.N.
B.R.A.I.N.

In this blog post I explain the acronym B.R.A.I.N.

It is a really useful tool to use when making choices, and is especially well known in the world of Pregnancy, Labour and Birth, when having to make choices can come quickly and without much warning. I’ve included a free B.R.A.I.N. card to print out to use at antenatal appointments, through labour, birth and postnatally.

B.R.A.I.N. can also be used by anyone for day to day, and more complex decisions. I invite you to have a read and see if this tool could be helpful for you.

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Yoga and Wellbeing, Yoga for Pregnancy, Yoga philosophy, Yoga TipsSarah CloverPregnancy Yoga, top tips, yoga tips
A Mindful Month
A Mindful Month

January, a new start. Welcome to the new year.

If you’ve read my blogs before, you know that I am not one for new years resolutions. Why add more pressure to your life?

Instead I like to think of intentions. Intentions feel more gentle, they offer less chance for failure if we don’t ‘stick’ to them like resolutions. Intentions are a way to offer some direction, but with space for curiosity and time to explore the journey we we make our way towards them.

This year I’ve created a ‘Mindful Month’ to start the year. A little prompt for each day to find a mindful moment to re-connect to yourself, to take a pause, to do something that brings you some joy and as a result will bring you into the present moment. More happiness, less stress.

Read the blog here and access your free download to stick on your fridge…


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Yoga and Wellbeing, Yoga PracticeSarah Cloveryoga tips, mental health, top tips
10 Ways to Use a Chair for Yoga
10 Ways to Use a Chair for Yoga

In this blog post I continue to celebrate 10 years of teaching with the first in a series of ‘Ten Ways to use...’

This blog is about using a chair. You can buy specific yoga chairs, but any sturdy dining room style chair without arms will work just as well.

In this blog I share a few ideas on how to use your chair to support you in ten common yoga poses.

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Ten Years, Yoga and Wellbeing, Yoga Practice, Yoga TipsSarah Cloveryoga tips, yoga class, Ten Years
10 Reasons to Try Yoga Nidra
10 Reasons to Try Yoga Nidra

Yoga nidra means ‘yogic sleep’. It is an effortless yoga relaxation and meditation practice that anyone can do, by themselves with an audio recording or with the guidance of a teacher in person.

Yoga nidra brings you to a deeply relaxed state of mind and body, whilst you are still awake. This is the state between sleep and wakefulness (called the hypnogogic state in psychology), where you float between consciousness and unconsciousness, being aware of the resting state of the body and mind as it is happening in the moment.

Yoga nidra has been shown to be effective in supporting and healing many areas of body and mind including stress, tension, anxiety, insomnia, pain, trauma, addiction and PTSD.

I have found yoga nidra to be one of the best ways to relax and release my body completely, and one of the easiest ways to enter the meditative space. It really is effortless.

In this blog I offer ten reasons why you should try yoga nidra, and a link to ten free yoga nidra practices on my website.

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Meditation, Ten Years, Yoga and Wellbeing, Yoga for Menopause, Yoga Nidra, Yoga Practice, Yoga Tips, Pregnancy YogaSarah CloverYoga Nidra, yoga tips, yoga practice, yoga for menopause, Pregnancy Yoga
10 Ways to Use a Yoga Brick
10 Ways to Use a Yoga Brick

In this blog post I continue to celebrate 10 years of teaching with the first in a series of ‘Ten Ways to use...’

This blog is about yoga bricks. After yoga mats, they are probably the most widely found yoga prop.

If you are new to yoga and got a yoga brick with your first yoga mat, you might have been wondering what it is for. If you are a more experienced yoga student you may be familiar with ways to use a brick in your practice.

In this blog I share a few ideas on how to use your brick for ten common yoga poses.

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Ten Years, Yoga and Wellbeing, Yoga Practice, Yoga TipsSarah Cloveryoga tips, yoga class, Ten Years