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30 Days of FREE meditations

Do you meditate? Or do you struggle to find time/settle/or even engage with the idea?

In conversation with a dear friend the other day I recognised a familiar pattern: her neurodiversity makes it difficult for her to start and maintain practices, but because she knows it would be beneficial, she then gets stuck in loops of ‘failing’ to start/continue/focus and then feelings of self blame.

Sound familiar?

How about rather than ‘failing’ to start/maintain a formal meditation practice, bringing meditative awareness to little moments in your day. Start with something simple; like getting dressed.

* As you stand in front of your clothes to choose, tune in to how your body feels right now? What do you need: warmth, coolness, comfort, ease, practicality, joy…? This is tuning in to your body in the present moment.

* As you get dressed, notice how it is to move into your clothes. How the fabrics feel against your skin. More opportunities for embodied awareness and connection.

* You might even extend this to feelings of Metta (lovingkindness) and gratitude to the folk who made your clothes. Even deeper, this may inspire more awareness and compassion, could you practice ahimsa, non-harm, in the way you buy clothes; not supporting companies that abuse people or planet, buying less/more ethically? There’s a little moment of enlightenment for you right there.

The possibilities to connect to the present moment, yourself and others are right there in that daily activity. Meditation tick ??

If you’d like a little inspiration to get you into formal or informal meditation practices, Charlotte, Leah and myself have recorded 30 15-minute daily meditations for you over at charlottewattshealth which are FREE throughout August uaing code WH100 at checkout. That’s one a day, exploring what mindfulness might look like for you, how to connect to your breath, developing curiosity, beginner’s mind, not over identifying with our thoughts, being patient, experiencing without interpretation and fostering trust.

I would love to hear the ways you find to be more meditative in the everyday? Perfect for the school holidays!

Access 30 days of FREE daily meditations here and use CODE WH100 at checkout.

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Pride + Joy

Leo & Lou

I’m super-excited to be co-hosting a special afternoon retreat as part of Pride month this year, with Lou Thomas. Pride + Joy will be a restive opportunity for the LGBTQIA+ community and their friends and family, to slow down, connect, and rest with yoga and massage.

Venue: Hanover Community Centre
Date: 2-6pm Saturday 9th June 2024

Find out more and book here

We’re also being supported by the wonderful Bird & Blend teas, who are kindly providing us with delicious Chocolate Digestive tea for the afternoon.

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Transformation

art transforms us

An afternoon of yoga, meditation, self-massage and wild art journalling to transform your thinking, creativity and inner connectivity – perfect for this tie of year, when we are invited inwards to reimagine what we would like to manifest for spring and year ahead. With Moyra Scott and Leonie Taylor.
£45 per person.
Sunday February 26, 1-4pm at Energy For Life, 75 Sussex Street, Brighton BN2 0GQ. Including vegan snacks. All art and yoga equipment provided. Email to book now. No previous experience necessary, all bodies welcome.

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Welcome to 2023

Whether you’re starting the new year full of intentions, spark and energy or emerging reluctantly from hibernation, I’m looking forward to supporting you back in classes (all levels, all bodies welcome) and for therapeutic Thai massage from Wednesday 4 January.
See full class timetable for online and in-person classes and Email to book your next treatment.

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Free online yoga and meditation for the festive season

12 Days of Recovery & Rejuvenation – coming 23rd Dec 22 to 3rd Jan 23 from Charlotte Watts on Vimeo.

Would you like a month of yoga, somatic movement, meditations, yoga nidra, self massage classes, webinars on nutrition and health, including daily practises to support you through the festive season?
Check out our video intro above for a taster of what’s to come, then head to charlottewattshealth.com and use code CWH100 at checkout.

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Ayurveda for menopause

Indie Foolhea

Ayurveda is a vast and ancient science that provides a solid foundation to live well in all phases of life. In alignment with the seasons, elements and your unique makeup, we can find balance wherever we are.
Menopause is one of many changes that make up the female reproductive system across a lifetime. By looking at the history of your cycle, we can start to see what menopause may look like and adjust accordingly. This time is all about soothing symptoms and nourishing the body to help this transition flow more smoothly through nutrition, lifestyle, herbs and therapies.

On November 16, Indie Foolheea (she/her), will be joining our regular Yoga for Menopause session to talk about how Ayurveda can help you on your transformational journey through this life change.

Indie is a Yoga and meditation guide, Ayurvedic Lifestyle consultant and Therapist. Her work is informed by sharing from the roots of Yoga and Ayurveda to our lives now. She also creates spaces for people of the global majority to be seen, heard and to rest. She believes that self care and collective care are inherently linked and shares with this in mind.

Indie shares a variety of practices beyond asana including Pranayama, mantra, meditation, marmas and mudras. Whilst also starting her own Ayurvedic practice supporting people through nutrition, herbs, lifestyle and bodywork.

If you would like to join this or our regular sessions, every Wednesday, 7.30-9pm upstairs at the Hanover Community Centre, email.

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25% off book preorder

You can preorder my new book, Yoga and Somatis for Immune and Respiratory Health, co-authored with incredible yoga teacher and nutritionist, Charlotte Watts, and receive 25% discount using code LEONIE25PRE at checkout when you order from Singing Dragon

A fascinating deep dive into research from the worlds of neuroscience, epigenetics, psycho-neuro-immunology, polyvagal theory and more, through the lens of yoga and Ayurveda. Rich in game-changing information on our respiratory and immune systems – how they work, interrelate, and how we can improve whole-being function through movement, breath and meditative practises.

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Yoga for strength

Really excited to be restarting this weekly class at Boulder Brighton, from Tuesday September 6, 9.30-10.30am. In this playful, focussed class we will explore strength, stamina, mobility and flexibility to complement your climbing – although you don’t need to be a climber to come along. There will be the opportunity to work on particular areas, such as hip flexibility or core strength, as well as working with injuries.

Cost is on a sliding scale of £10, £5 or £0 according to your ability to pay, as both myself and the lovely management at BB are keen for this to be an accesible, community-building class. No previous experience or level of flexibility necessary.

Email me for more info or to book, or just drop in. Payment by BACS, cash or paypal

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Brighton Yoga Festival

Leo doing yoga in Ovingdean

Come and join me 5.50-6.35pm Saturday 23 June at Brighton Yoga Festival, St George’s Church, Kemptown. I’ll be in the Red Zone, sponsored by Infinity Foods and Brighton Natural Health Centre. As usual, I’ll be teaching an intuitive, expansive and joyful practise that empowers you to listen in to your body and breath with respect and kindness. Simply come along on the day, paying what you can, and enjoy a day of fabulously varied yoga classes.