Author Archives: Sophie Bickerdike

Children’s Bedtime Meditation

Close your eyes and let yourself totally relax. Make sure you are nice and comfy and your body is in a really cosy place, lying on your mat under a blanket, nicely stretched out. Totally calm and relaxed. You are now going to focus on relaxing your whole body. Relax your jaw, your chin,… yourContinue reading “Children’s Bedtime Meditation”

Welcome to our Health, Wealth and Self Channel!

A simple daily practise from our our Online Yoga Teacher Training.

40 Day Challenge – No 1

Our Kundalini Module begins this month and we begin by practising 40 days of exercises to create more base chakra energy. This energy is connected to the Chakra situated in the base of the spine. The Muladhara Chakra This is associated with the colour red, so wear something red or have something red near youContinue reading “40 Day Challenge – No 1”

Yesterday I turned off my phone and it felt good…

Incredible. This week facebook loses 1000000 users, fake news is everywhere, and I feel like I’m constantly being interrupted by social media, by news, by mails, by talk and incessant chatter and interest, and much as my basic human need is to talk to people, I need some space. I realise our minds (outside ofContinue reading “Yesterday I turned off my phone and it felt good…”

How To Respect Your Body

We all know it but we don’t do it….Vanda Scaravelli lived practising yoga until she was 91. A beautiful soul who devoted her life to yoga. She wrote:- “The way we live is destructive to the body; there is no respect towards its needs and demands. We destroy little by little, that precious, complex, vitalContinue reading “How To Respect Your Body”

It’s hip to be square…or triangular…or round

Here’s a little bit of fun from my friend Helen Lehan. Check out which shape you need today! 5 shape inspired confidence & self-care hacks for parents – that we can so easily pass onto our kids and help them feel great about themselves too.   Circles 🔘Surround yourself and your family with people who inspire,Continue reading “It’s hip to be square…or triangular…or round”