10 petal lotus flower (represents the pranas/life force energies in our lives) with a triangle (represents energy spreading). Manipura translates as “lustrous jewel”. Represented by the element of fire which regulates energy & vitality (fire in the belly) and colour yellow (sun). Location is 6 inches above the belly button. Linked to hips, liver, gallbladder, … Read more

Sacral Chakra (Svadhisthana) 6 petal lotus flower with a circle and a crescent moon which represents the cycle of life, death and rebirth. Svadhisthana translates as “dwelling place of the self”. Represented by the element of water and colour orange. Location is 3 inches below the belly button. Linked to hips, bladder, uterus/prostate, ovaries/testes (reproductive … Read more

Root Chakra (Muladhara) 4 petal lotus flower. Triangle represents the element of Earth. Location is base of the spine Linked to legs and feet (good solid foundation) Seed mantra – Lam Seat of the Kundalini (Kundalini Shakti sleeps here) Spins the slowest of all the main chakras Slow rate frequency creates a brilliant ruby red … Read more

Crystals & energy Everything is energy and everything vibrates.  Each type of matter (animal, plant, human, crystal etc) vibrates at a different frequency.  This is called a DOR (dominant Oscillatory rate). A crystals DOR is steady, calm, stable and resistant unlike a human’s DOR, which under stress, anxiety and dis-ease , can become extreme and … Read more

Anyone who has attended one of my yoga classes will know that I have an obsession with the pineal gland or the third eye.  I talk about it constantly and could talk forever on the subject – I find it fascinating.  Because I have this obsession with telling you all about the pineal gland and … Read more

The first question all hypnotherapists get asked by anyone interested in hypnotherapy is; “How does hypnotherapy work?”, followed by; “Will you make me bark like a dog?” and then, “Can you make me thin?”. As a hypnotherapist, I can only assume that the eye-roll I give in reply to these questions is similar to the … Read more

You’re stressed, depressed, worried, anxious (delete as applicable) and your GP has suggested meditation as a way to help your mental health.  Sounds like good advice, but what is it, how can it help and how do you do it? Let’s start with the basics…where did meditation come from? Meditation originated way, way back in … Read more

I’m sure you’ve all been to a yoga class at some point and the teacher has said something along the lines of; “My energy is all over the place today because it’s a full moon/new moon/super moon (delete as applicable)” and you’ve thought to yourself; “What has an astronomical body orbiting Earth, and the planets … Read more

You’ve started yoga and are loving the benefits it provides you mentally and physically.  In fact you were just starting to see the progress your yoga teacher said would come, and then ‘boom’, something unexpected comes along and gets in the way of your practice and you find you aren’t doing as much as you’d … Read more