Posts tagged yoga tips
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 Books for your Christmas List
10 Books for your Christmas List

I’m a big fan of books. Any kind of book- fiction, non-fiction, hard back, paper back, kindle. I thought I’d share 10 books with you that I’ve loved over the past 12 months or so. There’s a variety, but they are all focused on yoga and mindfulness, and cover the breadth of my classes from pregnancy to meditation to menopause.

Whether you add them to your Christmas list, or are looking for a gift for a friend, you can find all of them (and lots more recommendations) on my https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/Breathingspaceyoga pages – if you buy from there you support local bookshops and also a little tiny commission comes to me. Otherwise they are available from most of your usual booksellers.

Let me know if you read any of them…

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Ten Years, Yoga Practice, Postnatal Yoga, Yoga for Menopause, Yoga for Pregnancy, Yoga Nidra, Yoga philosophy, Yoga TipsSarah Cloveryoga tips, Ten Years
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 Ten Minute Practices
10 Ten Minute Practices

In this blog post I continue to celebrate 10 years of teaching with 10 ten minute practices suitable for all (except pregnancy).

You can watch the 10 minute videos direct from the blog - great for beginners to get a feel for yoga movement and practice. Good for experienced yoga students to get ten minutes of breathing space in your day.

Do one or more of the practices to suit what your body needs. Enjoy!

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Ten Years, Yoga TipsSarah Cloveryoga tips, yoga class, Ten Years, yoga practice, yoga for menopause