One sunny afternoon, I was playing a ball game in the garden with Aliya (7) and Marcel (9) when, suddenly, Aliya threw the ball at Marcel and it hit him hard in the chest. Rage rose in him within seconds, and he was just about to attack Aliya. He screamed and ran towards her like […]

I was watching videos of yoga teachers doing incredible things with their bodies last night, and I became tense. The thoughts started spinning in my head: “I can’t do those poses.” “Is it still ok for me to be a yoga teacher?” “There are so many yoga teachers who are better than me.” And then…

For the last two months I have been putting all my energy and attention into starting BodyAwake® Yoga in Derby. After a year of the teaching certification program, I felt a strong urge not to wait, but to start sharing this beautiful work of Dr Sue Morter and the Morter Institute with others. It’s thanks

It’s nine in the evening. The boys have just come back from their chess club, which they love. I can see that Marcel (9 years old) is not himself. I’m curious, because he usually comes back from these classes beaming from ear to ear. I ask the children to go upstairs together and slowly get

We went to the lake in the afternoon. The weather was beautiful—sunny and calm, without a breath of wind. We could already feel spring in the air! We spent a long time skimming stones across the water, and when we finished playing, Aliya (6 yo) asked me: “Mum, are you a child or an adult?”