SandyM

  • Yoga For Surfers

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    Join me for a 5 week programme for surfers. Why only 5 weeks? In this period I will teach you the Surya Flow, which is an uplifting Dru Yoga sequence that encourages self worth, confidence, empowerment.

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  • The Benefits of Barefoot Walking

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    n an increasingly disconnected world, a simple yet profound practice is gaining renewed attention for its potential health benefits: walking barefoot. Shoes, however are often seen as a measure of class or social status, whereas only poor people or hippies walk around barefoot!

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  • Nitric Oxide, the nose breather’s best friend.

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    Before I started Buteyko Breathing I was completely unaware of the gas nitric oxide, which is a bit strange because this is such a vital gas in our bodies which we all should know about, in fact Dr. Nathan Bryan maintains NO is more important than Carbon Dioxide. As a Buteyko instructor you lean heavily…

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  • Offering Dru Yoga to Life Choices

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    I recently offered a 5 week yoga course to Life Choices in Cape Town, which is an NGO started by the Salesian Institute. Now run independently they provide skills training to youth in areas such as coding, the solar industry and sales. They also offer various forms of counselling and health services to communities. If…

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  • Learning about the control pause

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    The Control Pause, also known as comfortable Pause or BOLT score, is a measurement to determine our tolerance to carbon dioxide in our bloodstream. Why is this important? Well the brain monitors how much carbon dioxide is in the blood and when it reaches a certain point it tells the body to breathe. Of course…

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  • Just breathe…and exercise 

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    The Buteyko Method, which emphasises nasal breathing, breath control, and reduced breathing volume, aims to optimise oxygen delivery by balancing CO₂ levels in the blood. Seeing that during exercise more energy is required by the body the way that we breathe can affect how well we perform during exercise. Furthermore, better awareness of our breath…

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  • What Is Dru Yoga?

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    Dru Yoga is a gentle yet powerful form of yoga that focuses on flowing movements, breath and deep relaxation. Born from a blend of ancient yogic traditions and modern therapeutic insights, Dru Yoga is the kind of practice that asks, “What if yoga was less about pretzel shapes and more about emotional healing and energy…

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