My name is Niamh and I began my yoga journey four years ago. While travelling in New York, I was introduced to the physical practice and immediately fell in love.
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Notes on injury and practice
Over a year ago, I fell off my bike and broke my wrist. Bad news for a yoga teacher. Typically, scaphoid breaks require surgery. I was ridiculously lucky that mine didn’t. I also wasn’t wearing a helmet (lesson learned), so things could’ve been a lot worse. I just had to suffer through wearing a cast […]
Interconnection: Where Yoga and Climate Action Meet
When I tell my yoga students that I studied sustainability science, or tell my classmates that I am a yoga teacher, no one is ever surprised. It seems very plausible that a hippy-dippy yoga teacher would be interested in the planet. And it seems very plausible that a hippy-dippy climate activist would practice yoga. But […]
A Year of Yoga in Lockdown
Well, it’s official. We’ve suffered through a year of this s***show. Sorry if that’s too aggressive an opening to a blogpost on a yoga website, but this year has been strange and I think we should acknowledge that. Of course, we need to remain adaptable. This year has definitely made me acutely aware of how […]