Foot To Soul

In order to promote your self-development and self-help you can find Barbara's free downloads on this sidebar.
Also please scroll down for the latest workshop announcements.

Sitting disease is increasing - but so easy to prevent

Can you find a staircase nearby? Click the download to find out what regular stair climbing of five minutes or more a day can do for your holistic wellbeing - it is more than just exercise

"Your best posture is always your next":
After a year of experience working from home, some of us have developed more aches and pains, others have found some benefits and more time for themselves. It seems certain that this new way of work will continue to play an important role in most of our professional lives. The attached leaflet can help you to gain further insights into how you can set up your home work station to suit you. There is no such thing as one correct posture, we have to try to find what suits ourselves. And keep moving - with the times and with Life.

Tendons are notoriously tricky to treat once they have a problem. This leaflet explains what is good and not so helpful for tendons and what to try as self-help. Remember that you can also access direct physio advice or schedule a video consultation by e-mailing Barbara.

There is so much confusion about correct stretching that Barbara has decided to make her own leaflet. There is no wrong stretch, but you need to now how to stretch for each specific goal, 'how' is often more important than 'what' we do.

Chinese proverbs
When the wind of change blows, some build walls. Others learn how to make a windmill.

What the caterpillar calls the end, the rest of the world calls a

Mind too full? Spread your wings into the unknown and let your feet do the landing..

Why Yoga? That's Y. You will know that we were not able to have a proper Yoga class in the hall for a while. And it looks as if we still need to be a bit more patient until lockdown eases. You can find good Yoga tuition on many video channels. Keep going, but practice gently and with awareness, and please do not try headstand without a registered Yoga teacher.
I have decided not to offer Yoga over Zoom, as I feel there is already so much support out there, and it might give you a chance to try out something new. What I found extremely interesting are the videos given by Patrick McKeown about gentle breathing. You find him on you-tube.

So easy to learn. Want to know what's behind, please see here