Simple exercises to engage and strengthen your core muscles Our core muscles are made up of the Transverse Abdominis, Pelvic floor muscles and Lumbar Multifidus (as well as general abdominal muscles). See more about the muscles further down this blog. If you place your fingers two inches in from your hip bones, and cough, you’ll […]
How Yoga can help prevent and reduce lower back pain There are a number of ways Yoga can help with easing back pain. Both on a physical and psychological level. It all comes down to what the back pain is, and how it was caused. In this blog, I specifically talk about non-specific lower back […]
Breathe Better We breathe without having to think about it. The function of breathing is part of the Autonomic nervous system (which also governs things like the heartbeat and digestive system). Even though breathing ‘just happens’, you can also control your breath if you want to override the system, so to speak. Using it to […]
You know YOU best Everybody’s body is different. We have a similar set up, key ways our body’s function, but generally, how we use that set up is different for each of us. For example, some people’s body proportions allow them to easily touch their toes, whether they have tight hamstrings or not. Some people […]
Often people say to me that ‘I can’t meditate, I can’t clear my mind’. Neither can I. I’m not sure anyone can; unless they’re living away from the busy modern world. The Mind is technically a processor. Always processing information from everything around you, anything that’s picked up through any of your senses. The busier […]
I don’t hide it. I’m not ashamed of it. If anything, I have talked about it more since teaching yoga than I ever have. My anxiety is the result of an attached emotion to a past life event that I can’t recall. It’s often triggered by stress, and became part of who I am. People […]
So you play in a band and thrash about on stage? Or you join in the fun in a mosh pit? Wall of death? So you’re thinking, “Really, yoga? and punk? And how can that really benefit me?” Well here are a few of the many benefits of yoga as a whole (asanas, breathing and […]
Rosh Abeysekera; The artist behind the creation of the peace and punk mandala for Bad Juju Yoga. The term ‘Peace & Punk’ might seem an odd one to most. An oxymoron even. But the two are inextricably linked; one word suggests positivity and internal serenity, while the other is a largely externalised attitude, like some […]
Yoga is YOUR practice, a practice to build self-awareness, a time to tune into your body and reflect. Unfortunately, this message sometimes gets lost in the plethora of information and images about yoga. Having a preconceived idea of what yoga is before starting a practice can make it a little off-putting. Below I share some […]
You’re standing in a dark room, drink in hand, staring towards the coloured lights on stage. A low hum ringing in your ears, the energy in the room is electric, the air warm and thick as it fills your lungs, sweat slowly trickles down the middle of your back, and then… it begins. Guitars screeching […]