These sessions are online via the Zoom app (you will receive the zoom link in your confirmation email). Marc has 29 years of experience with helping people find real solutions to many of the common place conditions that arise in all kinds of body work and has been doing this online for over a decade now. It doesn't matter whether what you like to do is Yoga, Tai qigong or any body-mind practice (including sports and all forms of exercise) - If he can see how you move and breathe, he can help you unravel any complications that arise. Marc can then give you things that are specific to you to work with - in other words, with expert guidance, you get to have the empowering experience of working it out for yourself. Yoga teachers and other body workers looking for deeper understanding of how the human body can heal itself will also find great value and relevance from online sessions with Marc. If you would like to book a series of 1:1s you can get good discounts by buying a 1:1 package (look under "Members' Resources - Membership Options" - then scroll down to the 1:1 packages)

If you have a particular area of interest, and you are not sure whether Marc would be able to help, you can book an initial FREE 15 minute consultation with him online (via Zoom - you get the address in your confirmation email). If you want to go ahead and book your first 1-on-1 (either online, in Hove or in London), you can also book your first free consultation add-on here. Marc has 29 years of experience with helping people find real solutions to many of the common place conditions that arise in all kinds of body work. It doesn't matter whether what you like to do is Yoga, Tai qigong or any body-mind practice (including sports and all forms of exercise) - If he can see how you move and breathe, he can help you unravel any complications that arise. If you have a full session with him, he ca give you things that are specific to you to work with - in other words, with expert guidance, you get to have the empowering experience of working it out for yourself. Yoga teachers and other body workers looking for deeper understanding of how the human body can heal itself will also find great value and relevance from online sessions with Marc. Free consultations are limited to once per new customer. Silver members can book one of these every month to help support their practice development.

I have nearly 30 years of experience of helping people find real solutions to long-held common issues: from specific diagnosed conditions such as pain or stiffness in a particular part of your spine or a joint , fibromyalgia, sciatica and the like, to systematic dysfunctions such as chronic fatigue... Hands-on, I can manipulate and massage you back together in a way that will relieve your symptoms, and if you choose, I can give you some tips on how to prevent the issue from ever returning... Yoga teachers and other body workers that already have good somatic awareness but are looking for deeper understanding of how the human body can heal itself will also find great value and relevance from hands-on sessions with me. If you would like to book a series of 1:1s you can get good discounts by buying a 1:1 package (look under "Members' Resources - Membership Options" - then scroll down to the 1:1 packages)

On-demand Workshops - 2026 (most recent at the top) Get Gold or Platinum m'ship for access The 'purring breath' a more accurate description of the best kind of breath to involve yourself in during physical practice 7th March 2026 7th March 2026 Loving your neck part 2 .... this will show how the arms and shoulders become free and strong enough to help. 28th February 2026 28th February 2026 Giving the neck some love ...the rest of you will transform in the task 21st February 2026 21st February 2026 How the face breathes... ... to honour the spine and awaken its movement from the heart. 7th February 2026 7th February 2026 It's your body that does the imagining... .... so that you can let go and receive the experience 31st January 2026 31st January 2026 Subtle relationships .... ... to the space you occupy 24th January 2026 24th January 2026 Space in the middle.... ... And space between the throat & heart 17th January 2026 17th January 2026 Some practices to directly enliven the spine ....explorations of how the ribs and core can give you both the space to breathe and support you through your interactions with the world 10th January 2025 10th January 2025 Sorting the post christmas slump ...A specific breathing practice to awaken the spine 3rd Jan 2026 3rd Jan 2026 Click here for the list Previous Workshops Workshops before Jan 2026

Yoga Solutions classes Free access for all Premium members Membership options are here 2022 -'23 There is a link at the bottom of the page for previous classes A meditation to set you up well on a daily basis Meditation is a key practice that is mostly skipped over, simply because of how difficult it is to both still the mind and remain upright. Here I offer a practical way of introducing a daily chakra meditation to your life, together with practices that will not only cause the mind to centre and become still, but it will also set you up physically for a new way of being in the world... Continue Happy Hips! freeing up the Psoas and Illio-Psoas If the hips or lower back feel stiff, tight or painful in postures, the chances are that you habitually support yourself with a holding pattern of the psoas and/or illiopsoas muscles, and if you do that in an unbalanced way (if you are right- or left-footed), it leads to scoliotic holding patterns to compensate. Knowing this does nothing to help you, because trying to 'open' or 'stretch' these muscles will simply cause them to resist your efforts. The problem is that they are being given the job of supporting you whatever you are doing (including trying to stretch them). The solution is simple - take the job of support away from them by giving yourself other ways of supporting yourself. This will lead to an intense strengthening of muscles you probably don't even know you have (because they are currently not needed), but the good news is that this 'other way' can become effortless, because the muscles I am talking about are naturally take part in both support and breathing (IF you are not holding yourself up with the hips and spine). The first part will give you the direct experience of what it actually feels like to let go of the Psoas family of muscles, and what follows will develop the support you need to replace it - support that relates to the breath and the ground beneath you. Continue The ultimate guide to freeing up your neck There are two very unusual vertebrae in the neck that are related to expression and thought - and moreover whether you are free in these vertebrae or not is dependent on how you are interacting with the world! On this short Yoga solutions podcast, I explain what I mean by this as well as give you a direct physical exploration of how you can liberate natural movement between head and neck, and awaken the thoracic spine so that neck and shoulders no longer need to suffer from the job of holding you up all day... This is the full 1 hour exploration of this idea with practical guidance. Continue How the sacrum, pelvis & hips like to move Hips are quite a tricky thing to understand because what people understand as 'hips' depends on where they 'feel' them. Articulations of the hips involve how the thigh bones, pelvic bones, and the sacrum all move relative to each other. Tightness/difficulty in the hips is a result of holding patterns between these things (all permutations), which is always because of how you hold yourself up. Freedom in the hips relies on each component part of this intricate joint being free to move in the way 'it prefers' without any particular part of it being left responsible for catching and holding your weight. Here I take you through an exploration that should shine a light on your own sacro-illiac-hip holding patterns and give you a way of releasing them. Continue UNDERSTANDING THE BREATH IN POSTURE WORK Many teachers recognise the importance of the breath in posture work, yet breathing practices (aka pranayama), are mostly practiced 'separately' because it is considered as 'advanced' compared to posture work. However, if we are free to explore how the breath is naturally involved in active support whilst preparing for a posture, it makes complete sense of the pranayamas. And understanding the nature of the breath makes complete sense of postures! Continue Freeing up the Shoulders A regular question i get is about how to be free in the shoulders... but whenever I run workshops in new places with large groups of people, one of the things not asked is 'how to reach up with the arms during sun salute'... Yet absolutely everyone in the room is lifting their arms with their shoulders and neck when they come up... which is exactly what gives them the tight shoulders in the first place. I start with a 5 minute trick that will get you to understand how shoulders are supposed to move, and then take you into more depth so it can be applied to postures (reclining eagle & Triangle) Continue Sitting & Seated Forward Bends Sitting upright is really quite tricky for many people - and if so seated forward bends are even harder. Here I show you why and what you need to do differently if you want to 'get' seated postures. Continue Deconstructing Dog pose Dog pose is such a ubiquitous 'in between' posture in flows and the like that it is rare for people to spend any time finding out if there are better ways of doing it.. here I offer you a broken-down-into-parts approach, so you can feel how best to use your arms and legs so that the posture does what it is meant to do for you. Continue Tight hips in Triangle? Triangle (all versions from all traditions) is quite a difficult posture in terms of 'finding the yoga of it'. The bigger wider versions of it can only really be enjoyed and understood whist using a plethora of blocks and other supports - without which the practitioner is likely to strain and pull on their spines (wide angle triangle is notorious for 'causing' sacro-illiac distortions which can become devastating injuries). The clue that you're not doing a particularly useful version of triangle posture is when the front leg hip is holding on like crazy whilst you move yourself into and 'hold' the pose. Here I offer an approach to a modified version of the posture that might give you a direct somatic experience of what it's supposed to feel like (intense, but light and pleasurable) Continue How to cause REAL transformation I share something of my own story and a longterm healing of a mild scoliosis that felt to be the source of a plethora of postural issues that got me to begin my journey over 30 years ago. And how the process of discovery through practice and deep self-inquiry has led to an understanding of things based in reality rather than opinion and bias... and to a life where I get more comfortable, and in many ways younger in my body as I get older. I also share a little something at the end that shows how the breath is the vehicle for marrying up intention with the natural body in movement.... Continue The Chakras- for both believers & non-believers THE FIRST OF A SERIES OF 'YOGA SOLUTIONS' ... Developing a true somatic experience and practical understanding of what they actually are . Continue NECK & SHOULDERS - a permanent solution Many people get neck/shoulder stiffness or pain, and the reason is simply because we spend all day every day holding the head in space with those muscles... The head has an important role in you deciding where to move to in space, but here, I explain how the atlas, the very first vertebra of the neck, can be released so that the head's weight can always be given down through the axis of the spine, regardless of what you are doing, leaving your neck and shoulders free of any weight-bearing responsibility. I also give you something to practice, that will write this way of moving into your nervous system... If you ever suffer from stiff neck and shoulders (or just have a kind of tiredness that makes you want to be inactive all the time) this practice will make you feel free and light… Continue WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU LOWER BACK SEIZES UP... Many people end up hurting their lower backs through some kind of physical labour whilst being bent over - and I am no exception. I strained my lower back doing some DIY... and when I noticed my own fear reactions together with the 'normal' attempt to 'relax' so things didn't hurt, I realised that this standard response was doing me no good whatsoever. So I had a word with myself (I have solutions right?) and did some practice on the day of injury - following my own understanding and honouring of the notion that 'the body is intelligent' in order to unravel the issue. And it worked ! The next day I was back to DIY without any problems ... in fact the following day I was more balanced, and stronger than before the back-strain happened. So here I share both the thinking behind what I did together with the intention behind, and 'how to' details of, the simple practice of balancing on one foot in order to release the issue... You don't have to have a strained lower back to feel the benefits of following this, and if you do ever suffer from that, this will give you a get out of jail free card when it happens... Continue 'FLOW' and the breath... De-bunking the norm. There is a reason for the 'inhale up/exhale down' instruction that makes 'doing' yoga postures easier for the mind and body, giving the impression of 'flow'. However, that reason is more to do with habit and stress, than it is to do with the natural flow of a body and mind in harmony with each other in action. Lifting to breathe, and collapsing to release the breath is kind of how we do things when we are both stressed and tired, and practicing yoga in this way entrenches this behaviour into our movement. Here I guide you into an experiential understanding of how the breath itself can become the source of support and free movement, simply by adjusting your intent, at the specific moments of arrival and release of the breath... Continue Inner space & Inner support 'Inner space' is a description of a purely somatic experience that most people only have when resting and happy.... Here I give you a way of providing that for yourself directly, simply by using your hands for support. 'Inner support' is similarly a description of a somatic experience that will mean very different things to different people depending on what efforts and tensions they are accustomed to... So I also offer an approach to the same thing as above (as your starting point) to set things up so that the breath itself can give you the most natural inner support you can develop (through the breath), which in turn offers you a strength that leaves you free in your movements through space... Continue Postural Strategies & the breath We all have preferred ways of being upright, and our breath follows suit - OR we have preferred ways of breathing, and the way we become upright is determined by this. Most ways of becoming upright involve lifting with our spines (but definitely NOT the only way). Here I unpack this relationship to uprightness and breathing, and show you how you can use either (perfectly natural) pattern as a starting point to discover the 'yoga' of it... ie, how you can use the breath to discover a way of releasing into uprightness through an elongating spine, following a release of breath and tension.... Continue A DIY face-lift Self massage for the face, head and specifically the jaw ... jaw tension is often a source of difficulties in the neck and shoulders, and holding-patterns in the face often maintains unnecessary holding patterns in the body and breath... Do this once for a nice experience, do it daily for a week and change things for good. Continue THE MIND, THE CORE & LOOKING AFTER THE SPINE How to sidestep the biggest source of confusion in physical practice and avoid 'red herrings' in our attempt to understand yoga. Moving from the core and ribcage, in harmony with the breath to free up the spine Moving & expressing FROM the spine behind the heart, Resting THROUGH your central axis. Continue Moving from the Spine "Moving from the Spine" Most restrictions in the body can be simply dropped when you move from the spine ... with the spine at the central axis of everything you are doing. This is NOT the same as working to bend your spine this way and that - particularly if you are using your weight to do it. Here I try and explain exactly what I mean by 'moving from the spine' and give you a rather fun, simple (and kind of random) thing you can do to naturally awaken the spine, core and other 'breathing gear' in the way I mean... Continue The best way to use your limbs in practice... Most people's yoga practice is sourced in their teacher's instructions - following those instructions causes us to do things in quite unnatural ways. Here I offer a simple explanation of how the limbs most naturally support us, and invite you to apply that nature to your practice.... Continue True spinal extension how to 'open from the heart'... Most people have problems in backbends for the simple fact that they are relying on passive extension of lumbars and neck to achieve it ... this not only 'pinches' the spine in a less-than-useful way, but it actually prevents any movement from the upper spine happening. True spinal extension (backbending AND spine elongation in uprightness) originates from a direct reversal of the rounded part of the back (rather than trying to use your weight to lever extension into the spine)... and this in turn is essentially a natural function of the person expressing openness (rather than of someone trying the 'bend' their spine). The folowing shoud help you discover what I am talking about as a direct somatic experience... Continue Balances If you want to be able to balance, don't try and balance! Here I explain the reason for any difficulty you might have in 'balance postures' or the even more misleading instruction of 'holding balances'. And i show you exactly the small shift in perspective and understanding that should make things much simpler... Continue 'Gathering together' to create more space! There is a familiar principle in Scaravelli inspired yoga of 'gathering together ' before 'opening out'. It is an idea that makes zero sense to the 'stretch' camp of yoga, and is often misinterpreted by those familiar with it as a kind of 'contraction' so they enjoy 'opening out' after... Here I try and make practical sense of the thing... what you are actually trying to do AND why it works. Continue The limbs and your relationship with the world. The limbs, and how to find a supportive relationship to the world from the way you engage with it. Most of us are in a habitual and reactionary relationship with the world around us, that involves 'pushing away' or 'pulling in'. Both of these attitudes get hard-wired into our movement and are each equally debilitating for our energy and physical/emotional/mental health. Here I give you the idea with an example or two and show you how to shift this life-dimming paradigm directly through your practice. (Apologies for the echo 5 mins in - it was a feedback between the FBlive and my microphone... It stops v. soon after) Continue A very different Yoga Solutions A pranayama practice (breath retention) that can be used directly to shift state of mind, and to help deprogram ourselves out of unhelpful thought loops. Continue Deconstructing the humble forward bend Forward bending is something everyone can do to some degree or other, but how easy and comfortable forward bending is, depends entirely on how you got there. The simplest of postures offer the most value and content, IF you are prepared to genuinely let go of habit, in favour of exploration of what is both possible and natural... Here I offer you the reasons forward bending can be restrictive or uncomfortable for you, and give you a way of approaching the movement that should make total sense to your body... Continue Understanding back-bends UNDERSTANDING SPINAL EXTENSION Most of us do back-bending by habitually hyperextending the lumbars and/or neck. Doing so is not a particularly useful practice and can aggravate and exaggerate postural habits... Here I explain what needs to happen for you to extend your spine in a useful and pleasurable way. Continue Opening the Hips 'Hip opening postures' often have the opposite effect for people.... they try and stretch their hips open, and the outcome leaves them even tighter in the groins/psoas/adductors & lower back. Here I unravel the problem and show you what 'hip opening' actually feels like, so that you can carry a new relationship to your hips with you, that will ALLOW them to open. Continue Demystifying the body and the breath When you do things TO the body and the breath, you might develop control of how you move and breathe, but you will be exaggerating the separation between yourself and your body. And separation is at the source of any physical/emotional issue you are using your yoga to redress... Here I offer a clear and practical explanation of the difference between this, and relating to the world THROUGH your body and breath, which unites you with both. Follow my suggestions and feel the difference in yourself ... if you like the feeling, it will change your practice forever... If you have a few yoga years under your belt and would like to do my deep dive into pranayama course, go to https://www.acquaviva.yoga/the-sacred-breath-1 Continue How to let go of any issues around your lower back, hips neck and shoulders... All of these things are to do with how we hold our weight up ... Here I show you how to become light, by giving your weight to to ground instead of to your back and joints... Enjoy! Continue My go-to 15min practice Leg extensions - the way to do it that makes you want to do it all the time.... Continue Shoulders in dog pose (plus my thoughts on Astanga) Continue Bow pose/ Crescent pose How to liberate the upper spine for the true 'yoga' experience of these extension postures. Continue THE solution to tight hamstrings "The solution to tight hamstrings... When your hamstrings are tight, it is usually because they are overly involved with your support strategy. Here I explain what might cause this, and then offer a practice that is very likely to lead to a completely different somatic experience of opening out the legs, together with actually being able to let go of the habitual hamstring resistance, so they can be 'stretched' without the usual problems that go with attempting to do this." Continue The FEET! The best way to massage them, and how to do any kind of balance. Continue Click for Previous Yoga Solutions >

On-demand Workshops (most recent at the top) Access is FREE for Gold and Platinum members. Previous workshops (before April 2022) can be found by clicking the link at the bottom of the page Become a Gold/Platinum member for access Relating to space from within Another 'body-mapping' relationship that goes with natural whole-body function... 10th June 2023 Elbows from behind the chest, Knees from behind the navel All about the Solar Plexus I wasn't clear about what I wanted to share at the beginning of the workshop, so the first 15 mins or so was spent clarifying various things that people had picked up and wanted to re-experience (really good stuff - where the head is at, how to 'look out from your elbows :)', and other things... but then we got on to the Solar plexus and a deep dive into how the organs are supported in the right place when we centre from here... 3rd June 2023 Finding a grounded centre from which you can let go and fly All about the Neck This was a deep dive into the function of the atlas (first vertebra of the neck) and how our attention relates to how the head sits on the saddle of the atlas... if the head is to feel light, the rest of the body needs to be able to release down away from the head - A them you can apply to any posture. 27th May 2023 The Atlas - the way the head can always rest through the spine to the ground underneath you Understanding Hips & shoulders This was a particularly deep workshop, firstly exploring how hip and shoulder joints feel when the are free of 'bracing' against weight-carrying because of external support, followed by the activation of 'your breathing gear' to help you release space away from these girdles on the inside - leading to a direct relationship between the spine and whatever you wish to do in space with your hands and feet... 20th May 2023 The gateways to the spine A deep dive into hip opening... A deep and intense workshop that should change your felt-sense of the hips, and allow you to walk more naturally 13th May 2023 ... and how it translates into walking Breathing is a physical relationship to what you are doing.... The titles say it all... 6th May 2023 And releasing the breath gives you the opportunity to release into what you are doing. Relating to your support through the breath... I was on holiday and decided to put on a workshop from what I had been playing with in practice ... it felt entirely new, but when teaching it I realised it is simply a way of defining 'relationships to earth/relationships to space', as the things you do when breathe what you are doing - giving you an opportunity to let go into what you are doing, when you release the breath... 29th April 2023 Learning to release into what you are doing Inner Space, and Inner Strength This was a follow-on from the last Yoga Solutions session - exploring how the way we interact with external support gives us inner space, and how the breath can bring strength back to the centre without removing that space... lightness of being and freedom of movement through space is the result ... 15th April 2023 Practical ways to liberate inner space, and to trigger inner support Intent behind actions leads to your experience Here I explain the difference between 'doing TO' the body and engaging with the world THROUGH the body. Intent behind action leads to how the body responds. If we are clear that what we want is support from our outward actions, that leads to freedom and space within, then we also have the measure of what we are doing... 8th April 2023 Relationships to the world around us Postural strategies & the breath 2 This one continued on from the theme' i began on 'Yoga Solutions' (go watch it if you would like a shorter version of this theme) ... and I used the idea alongside some breath-retention practices to help everyone on screen with individual needs ... the instructions seemed to work for everyone. :-) 1st April 2023 How to take advantage of natural postural strategies The core, the ribs and the limbs An overview understanding of practice ... I end the session with a the face head and jaw massage that I have cut out and put on the blog for members 25th March 2023 The best way for you to interact with the ground beneath you and the space above and around you... A simple rule of thumb Practice can very easily be complicated by the way we 'look' at the body whilst practicing... here I explain how 'intent' is the real way that we organise the body's actions well, and offer a simple rule-of-thumb for your practice that can be your guide for an ever-improving experience of yourself. 18th March 2023 ... a way of staying clear in your intent during practice An ever deepening practice No words for this one ... too much content - just follow and you will have an evver-deepening experience 11th March 2023 Authenticity in movement I had no particular agenda on this one, but I started by sharing the practice I had done that morning - exploring uncontrived movement whilst maintaining a consistent quality of touch - and it led to a gentle and deep workshop that evoked the feeling of innocence in movement for myself and some of the others that attended. 4th March 2023 Developing the state of innocence. A workshop from first principles I had a couple of people on this workshop that were unfamiliar with working with me, so this was a good opportunity to get clear about the baseline principles, and the rule-of-thumb checklist of conditions that lead to the best experience and outcome. 25th February 2023 Discover the nature of your own body intelligence The breath as a sphere of support all around you I began with an overview explanation (in relatively pragmatic terms) of how and why the way we breath can determine whether we feel supported or not, and then guided a practice that gives you a direct somatic experience of it, followed by some posture work to explore how it works in action. 18th February 2023 A way of understanding ALL posture work A deep-dive into the hips I could call this 'part 3' of the theme I am currently on around the 'inwards/outwards' mode of practice. Here I actually start with the arms and shoulders, then move on to the legs and hips.... 11th February 2023 Finding ways of opening limbs that free up internal space A fourth dimension of practice (part 2) Continuing the theme that has arisen from the deep pranayama practice I have introduced, this workshop takes things into a physical practice that simplifies ALL posture work. 4th February 2022 Inwards/Outwards ... Where all directions meet for every point in the universe Inwards & Outwards - the hidden dimension. After an inspiration I had watching one of my quantum mechanics youtubes, I realised that the insane degree of complication involved in understanding such things could be resolved by simply adding another spacial dimension in the visualisation... and it was between inwards and outwards - and as always, I translated it into practice, and the outcome simplified everything for me (and for you if you follow this workshop) 28th January 2023 A single dimension of practice that unifies all other directions of engagement. From foundation principles to fullness of practice I had a newbie this week, which people always enjoy, because I get clear what principles I am basing my teaching on, together with a step-by-step building up of experience that allows you to understand it directly and somatically 21st January 2023 True Yoga in a nutshell Awakening primal movement through the breath Life body and mind all take a fair deal of managing just for maintenance. Body mind & soul should really be top priority. Here I share how to get down to the solution to all things, and at the end there is a meditation to give the soul what it needs. 14th January 2023 .... and a meditation to bring magic into your life The breath that surrounds you This workshop followed on from one of my more recent realisations... its actually the same as I have been teaching, only closer to its origin... Hard to explain in words, but I lead you in its practice. In many way I believe it becomes intuitively obvious and simple as you practice. 7th January 2023 A next level pranayama in practice New Year's Eve Special I had a fair number of new people on this one, so I began with appropriate intent behind practice, set up the rules-of-thumb for what we are trying to achieve, and led everyone through a few movements to explore. A Soul-enriching pranayama to end. 31st December 2022 Setting intent for practice AND for the year to come How the limbs and breath work together I begin gently and with subtlety in a seated twist to invite attention to drop into the place I like to work from, and then I take you into some familiar movements to try things out. 17th December 2022 Breaking down individual actions to put them back together harmoniously Forward bending Here I begin with reiterating, the baseline intent of liberating the spine from the job of carrying your weight, then guide you through some movements & postures that explore how your breathing gear (core/ribs/spine with the lungs at the centre) can move you comfortably into deep flexion, assisted by how you engage with support with your limbs. 10th Dec 2022 The core, the ribs, and how the limbs can help For the hips and sacrum... I began with an overview of my approach so that everyone was clear about what they were trying to achieve, followed by a workshop centred on being kind to the hips and sacrum. 26th November 2022 A way of thinking about the hips that triggers natural inner support, Reintegration from within A deep investigation into how the core and ribs work together in a unified way to allow movement sourced in support from the earth and freedom in space... Hard work, but worth it. 19th November 2022 Uniting the core , ribs and spine. A heart-opening workshop This workshop was a follow on from my yoga solutions exploration of 'natural spinal extension' 12th November 2022 wakening the use of the ribs for movement The limbs and the spine A broad-reaching workshop involving creating both inner space and inner support, naturally from the way we use our hands/feet, arms/legs. 5th November 2022 How the way you use your arms & legs can liberate the upper spine and sacrum. Through your joints in extension Same instructions - but relaxed extension is the outcome. 29th October 2022 Learning how to release the habitual bracing of the groins/psoas/lumbars and the head/neck/throat in an extending spine Awakening the upper spine This workshop was centred on arm movements that awaken the use of the true rib cage (top half) and upper thoracic spine. The purpose being to release the neck and shoulders... 15th October 2022 The deep responsive work of the rib cage and shoulders. Understanding the Breath part 2 In this second part, I explained the real meaning of 'the breath itself is designed to support you'; and guided the very small group in how to discover the natural responses that make this a possibility... 8th October 2022 The breath is how you are supported in space... Understanding the breath part 1 I began with a deep and clear overview of why I am so involved with the breath for all posture work... a MUST! 1st October 2022 A masterclass on the nature of breathing A guided experience into the wholeness of practice This workshop was after I had recovered from a particularly difficult episode of flu ... sometimes these difficulties bring a brand new sense of clarity once you have 'returned to yourself' 17th September 2022 All you need to understand the work - somatically A neck masterclass The title explains it - offering an ongoing solution to neck pain through developing a more direct relationship to everything around you from the spine. 3rd September 2022 Relating to support and space directly from the spine A general feel-good workshop Reclining, twisting, seated boat pose, and some standing... all the principles in a relatively casual flow. 20th August 2022 The ground, the breath and the space you occupy within and without The value of the retained breath This one began with a little bit of straight-forwards foot work in standing, followed by an explanation of why I practice breath retention.., The workshop that followed was fantastic. 13th August 2022 .... learning how to 'float' The diaphragm, and developing the natural support of the breath This was a rather clear workshop on the role of the breath in support, taking you , step-by-step, into how you can liberate the spine from the onerous task of lifting and carrying your weight... 23rd July 2022 A deeper understanding A mystery workshop :-) I took a while to post this one up, so I don't actually remember the content, although I do remember it being rather fabulous ... and at the end I share my very personally discovered daily morning pranayama ( life changing!) 9th July 2022 Try it to discover the content Support from your 'breathing gear' A small workshop that goes deep. Real solutions for difficult neck/shoulders, and a real way of opening the hips. The meditation/relaxation at the end was a deep direct exploration of how the chakras meet and link to each other within. 2nd July 2022 ... followed by a meditation on the chakras The infinite space within This was unusually deep, even for me! I began with a 'centering exercise' that set the tone of the workshop, and we went on to explore (one of the best) ways into shoulder stand, and how to discover and free up your hips, followed by one of the deepest meditation/relaxations I have ever led. (The relaxation will be up on 'the ultimate anti-stress' course soon - free for all premium members) 19th June 2022 Discovering the true meaning of 'being centred" Breathing solutions On this Yoga Solutions Workshop, knees, lower back, psoas tension, upper spine and neck issues were all covered, with practice based on following what happens when you let go of your weight to allow the breath to arrive - the solution for the part of the body attended to follows the release of the breath together with a trust of your earth. 11th June 2022 Some part of you needs to heal? ... The breath is the answer A Yoga Solutions full workshop This was a workshop with just a few people, so I thought I would do a ‘yoga solutions’ style workshop where I offered so practices that centred on bringing natural harmony and strength to each area of the body that the participants were interested in… 4th June 2022 Freedom at the centre of the body; Ankles, knees & hips; Neck shoulders & head A thoroughly enlightening workshop This workshop was after one of my ‘downloads’ that made sense of everything. And I believe I make practical sense of it all for the participants (in that I think my guidance takes you into a direct somatic experience of the advantages of unifying each of these planes of attention) 28th May 2022 Up & down, left & right, forwards & back, within and without. Support from within and without A content-rich workshop that dives deep into the deeper responses of the 'breathing gear', to the support that can be found from the earth and the space we occupy. 21st May 2022 The intelligence of the body's responses to support Rediscovering the strength of youth This workshop began with me explaining my emphasis on 'moving from the core', followed by an exploration of this principle in some simple movements. We also compared this with deriving support from the limbs, then married them together into a powerful workshop that should rejuvenate you! 14th May 2022 Moving from the core A relaxing opening for the hips This one was a shorter workshop because there were only a few participants and everyone was a bit tired! ... What evolved was a deeply relaxing start off practice with some deep exploration of potential freedoms in the hips with sensitive organisation of the 'breathing gear' within the pelvis. 7th May 2022 A short & gentle workshop The true power of the breath This workshop was with a few of my regulars that have been working with me for a while, so I was able to go deep into the reality of how exactly the breath can be the 'set up' for a brand new experience of support during its release. We started with child pose and moved through dog and reclining twists to build up the possibility of releasing the weight from the spine, and moved on to malasana (squat), finishing with an intense pranayama practice to work on the 'chakras' 30th April 2022 Liberation for the spine, chakras, hips, shoulders & neck.... A simple rule-of-thumb to transform any practice This was my first teaching after taking a personal retreat, over which time I re-discovered the value of 'putting yourself aside' in favour of direct exploration of 'what is'. The outcome was a return to one of my first-principle practices of 'equal touch', and a deep exploration of what happens when this is applied to every breath.... Exploring sun salute, reclining bridge and twists and a hip-freeing/strengthening exercise to re-invent tree pose... 23rd April 2022 Grounding is a function of the breath The breath and support (incl. headstand) This workshop began with a simple exploration of the difference between 'lifting' parts of the body and 'using the ground to release into space'... The way to 'use' the ground is to find a breathing relationship to it. The outcome is an awakening of the core and spine that offers a completely different experience of how the body can move... 9th April 2022 Awakening movement from the centre Click here for the list Previous Workshops All Workshops from March 2020-2022 Anchor 1

Meditation is a key practice that is mostly skipped over, simply because of how difficult it is to both still the mind and remain upright. Here I offer a practical way of introducing a daily chakra meditation to your life, together with practices that will not only cause the mind to centre and become still, but it will also set you up physically for a new way of being in the world...

If the hips or lower back feel stiff, tight or painful in postures, the chances are that you habitually support yourself with a holding pattern of the psoas and/or illiopsoas muscles, and if you do that in an unbalanced way (if you are right- or left-footed), it leads to scoliotic holding patterns to compensate. Knowing this does nothing to help you, because trying to 'open' or 'stretch' these muscles will simply cause them to resist your efforts. The problem is that they are being given the job of supporting you whatever you are doing (including trying to stretch them). The solution is simple - take the job of support away from them by giving yourself other ways of supporting yourself. This will lead to an intense strengthening of muscles you probably don't even know you have (because they are currently not needed), but the good news is that this 'other way' can become effortless, because the muscles I am talking about are naturally take part in both support and breathing (IF you are not holding yourself up with the hips and spine). The first part will give you the direct experience of what it actually feels like to let go of the Psoas family of muscles, and what follows will develop the support you need to replace it - support that relates to the breath and the ground beneath you.... Enjoy! Tap the like button for me and share it wherever you like. The full version with deeper exploration and appliction to standing is available for all premium members on the the 'Yoga Solutions' pages (linked in the members area)

There are two very unusual vertebrae in the neck that are related to expression and thought - and moreover whether you are free in these vertebrae or not is dependent on how you are interacting with the world! On this short Yoga solutions podcast, I explain what I mean by this as well as give you a direct physical exploration of how you can liberate natural movement between head and neck, and awaken the thoracic spine so that neck and shoulders no longer need to suffer from the job of holding you up all day... Enjoy! and click the like button if you find some benefit. The full hour-long class exploring this topic will be available for all premium members later on today on the 'Yoga Solutions' page. (You can browse memberships and their benefits on the side-tab on the member's area here)