by Daphne | Nov 2, 2021 | Awareness, Body, Breath, Curiosity, Embodiment, Grounding, Mind, Nervous System, Other, Polyvagal Theory, Safe, Space, Touch, Yoga
Yesterday I taught a class at the Special Needs Foundation in Koh Samui. This facility helps to support kids and teenagers who are on the autism spectrum. When I started the class, this young Thai boy was slumped face-down on a yoga mat, he refused to make eye...
by Daphne | Nov 2, 2021 | Body, Brain, Breath, Connection, Consciousness, Feet, Mind, Spine, Yoga
There’s a piece of recent news depicting an Instagram yogi who suffered a stroke performing a Hollowback Handstand – an “advanced” pose requires the practitioner to extend spine and create a deep backbend, all the while holding the legs in mid-air. The...
by Daphne | Nov 2, 2021 | Body, Embodiment, Exploration, Homeostasis, Limbs, Mind, Other, Self, Somatic, Yoga
On 29 December 2018, I received a phone call that changed the world I knew forever. My father passed away, without warning… Everything around me crumbled in that instance. I felt my limbs went numb, and I stood frozen looking at the phone in...
by Daphne | Oct 31, 2021 | Awareness, Body, Connection, Curiosity, Embodiment, Exploration, Mind, Other, Safe, Self, Yoga
Contemporary yoga culture has to realise the fundamental disconnect between a relatively universal and modern intention that the practice should lead to self-awareness, self-responsibility, self-agency; and a teaching methodology that emerged in the early 20th Century...
