Writing by our Principal, Jessica
Topics
Yinspire News
- January 2025 Beginners Courses at Yinspire Brading 12th December 2024
- Christmas and New Year at Yinspire 3rd December 2024
- All About Pilates – and Try a Class for Free 26th October 2024
- All About Vinyasa Yoga – and Try a Class for Free 28th September 2024
- September 2024 Schedule Released 20th August 2024
- September 2024 preview at Yinspire 2nd August 2024
- Saturday Mornings with Jessica are Back for 2023 27th October 2022
- Welcome to Yinspire Yoga Therapy LLP 29th April 2022
- Yinspire Statement on Conspiracy Theories and Anti-Vaccination Sentiment within Yoga 18th February 2021
- Talk about Yoga. Dear reader, I just did. 14th October 2015
Yoga Practice
- Yoga and Injury – Is it Safe to Practice Yoga when Injured? Will it Help? 19th January 2024
- Is Stretching Good for Us? 5th January 2024
- Our Health and Our Nervous System – And How Yoga Therapy Fits In 8th December 2023
- Yoga Ancient and Modern 24th November 2023
- Can I do Yoga by Myself or Do I Need to Come to a Class? 10th November 2023
- The BioPsychoSocial Approach to Health 27th October 2023
- Will a Yoga Class Help When I’m Injured? 13th October 2023
- Yoga & Yoga Therapy for Everyone 29th September 2023
- Calm – Taking Time Out for Ourselves 15th September 2023
- Yoga Therapy and Joint Replacements 1st September 2023
- Yoga for Everyone. I can’t do Yoga! You Can! 18th August 2023
- Yoga Every Day (or so) – Taking Yoga Home 29th July 2022
- Yoga, Arthritis and Joint Replacements 22nd July 2022
- Yoga Therapy for Injury and Rehabilitation 1st July 2022
- Taking care of your Spine with Yoga 24th June 2022
- Yoga Therapy for Digestive Health 10th June 2022
- Taking care of Your Knees with Yoga 27th May 2022
- Yoga Therapy for Pain Conditions 13th May 2022
- Stress – Using Yoga to Help 29th April 2022
- Yoga Therapy for Back Pain 15th April 2022
- The What and Why of Restorative Yoga 1st April 2022
- Yoga Therapy for Stress, Anxiety, Depression and Low Confidence 18th March 2022
- The What and Why of Yin Yoga 4th March 2022
- How Yoga Therapy and Yoga Differ 18th February 2022
- Looking to the Horizon 4th January 2021
- Yoga Therapy – Whats It All About 8th July 2019
- Chakra Meditation 10th March 2018
- Don’t Get Stressed About It! Stress And How Yoga Can Help 3rd October 2017
- Yoga and IBS 20th October 2015
- Is Yoga Exercise? I’m not clear? 21st September 2015
- Weight loss, diet and stress 20th July 2015
Thoughts on Yoga
- Yoga, Yoga Therapy and Cancer 30th June 2023
- Clarifying Yin Yoga 18th April 2019
- Metta 9th June 2017
- Awareness of Non Awareness 19th April 2017
- Anatomy of an Ex Friendship 11th April 2017
- New Year Thoughts – Setting a Sankalpa 1st January 2017
- Solstice thoughts 21st December 2016
- We are all Donald 9th November 2016
- Post Brexit: a word on tolerance 29th June 2016
- In Defence of Yin Yoga 6th May 2016
- Advent thoughts 23rd December 2015
- Action and reaction – taking control of our future 27th August 2015
- Yoga and Christianity 13th August 2015
- Guru Purnima 31st July 2015
- Perfect 31st July 2015
- International Yoga Day 21st June 2015
- Words. Non Violence. Truth. 6th June 2015
- Namaste and Om 15th May 2015
- A long stretch 9th May 2015
- Body v Mind, Mind v Body 3rd May 2015
- Yoga and Backs – a Personal Reflection 27th April 2015
Research, Science and Theory
- Six Distinct Subtypes of Depression, Anxiety Identified Via Brain Imaging 1st July 2024
- Opoid Pain Relief for Back and Neck Pain 7th July 2023
- Yoga, Yoga Therapy and Cancer 30th June 2023
- Antidepressants and Chronic Pain 10th May 2023
- Even Mild COVID Is Hard on the Brain 9th March 2023
- Psychological Effects of Yoga and Physical Therapy on Low-Back Pain and Disability 23rd August 2022
- Yogic Breathing Affects Cerebrospinal Fluid Dynamics During Breathing Practice 22nd July 2022
- Stress Vulnerability Model – Zubin et al 1977 22nd November 2021
- Can Yoga Therapy Help IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome)? 7th October 2021
- Research: A Single-Session Pain Management Skills Class Benefits Patients With Chronic Low-Back Pain 24th September 2021
- The Molecular Signature of Mind Body Interventions 10th September 2021
- Beneficial Role of Yoga for Weight Loss 20th August 2021
- Depression – Some Alternative Thoughts 13th August 2021
- Research: Effects of yogic breath regulation: A narrative review of scientific evidence 5th August 2021
- NIH: Study Provides New Insights Into Changes in Brain Function in Fibromyalgia 16th October 2020
- Chronic Pain and Cognitive Impairment 8th October 2020
- What Has Neuroimaging Taught Us on the Neurobiology of Yoga? A Review 7th October 2020
- Yoga for Pain Relief 2nd October 2020
- Individualized Yoga Therapy in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Anxiety 31st July 2020
- Yoga for Health (eBook) – National Centre for Complementary and Integrative Health 24th July 2020
- Research: Heart rate variability is associated with amygdala functional connectivity with MPFC across younger and older adults 19th July 2020
- Research: Yoga-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation After Acute Myocardial Infarction 3rd July 2020
- Research: A qualitative study of LoveYourBrain Yoga 29th June 2020
- Research: Meditation and Yoga Practices as Potential Adjunctive Treatment for Coronavirus 26th June 2020
- Research: Meditation and yoga practice are associated with smaller right amygdala volume the Rotterdam study 22nd June 2020
- White Paper: Yoga Therapy and Pain-How Yoga Therapy Serves in Comprehensive Integrative Pain Management, and How It Can Do More 12th June 2020
- Relaxation Response and Coherent Breathing – A Review 9th March 2020
- Reading on Restorative Yoga 8th March 2020
- International Journal of Yoga Therapy 2019 28th January 2020
- Yoga practice in the UK: a cross-sectional survey of motivation, health benefits and behaviours 21st January 2020
- Yoga Therapy and Cancer Care 14th November 2019
- How Does Yoga Relieve Chronic Pain? 8th March 2019
- Coherent Breathing 28th March 2018
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Yoga as Remedial Therapy 19th February 2018
Reading
I devour books on yoga – here are some of the books I’ve read, and reviewed, recently:
- Reading – Yoga Therapy for Diabetes – Evan Soroka (2021) 16th June 2023
- Reading – UnDo IT! – Dean and Anne Ornish (2019) 9th August 2022
- Reading – Unwinding Anxiety – Dr Judson Brewer (2021) 29th July 2022
- Reading – The Clot Thickens – Dr Malcolm Kendrick (2021) 1st July 2022
- Reading – The Four Agreements – Don Miquel Ruiz (1997) 25th March 2022
- Reading: The Happy Brain – Dean Burnett (2018) 18th February 2022
- Reading – Restoring Prana – Robin L Rothenberg – 2020 11th February 2022
- Reading – We Are Our Brains – Dick Swaab 2014 28th January 2022
- Reading – Zen Wisdom for Christians – Christopher Collingwood (2019) 7th January 2022
- Reading – How to be Human – Ruby Wax (2018) 10th December 2021
- Reading – The Five Longings – David Richo (2017) 26th November 2021
- Reading – Buddhism for Busy People – David Michie (2008) 12th November 2021
- Reading – Inner Treasures by Swami Chidvilasananda (1995) 29th October 2021
- Reading: Yoga for Diabetes- Rachel Zinman (2017) 15th October 2021
- Reading – The Path – Professor Michael Puett and Christine Gross-Loh (2017) 24th September 2021
- Reading: The Sleeping Beauties – Suzanne O’Sullivan (2021) 14th September 2021
- Reading: Quantum Healing – Deepak Chopra (2015 revision) 3rd September 2021
- Reading: Everything You Need to Know To Feel Good – Candace Pert (2006) 6th August 2021
- Reading – A Mind of Its Own – Cordelia Fine (2005) 2nd July 2021
- Reading: Radical Acceptance – Tara Brach (2003) 11th June 2021
- Reading: Mindsight – Daniel Siegel – 2010 19th March 2021
- Reading: The Brain – The Story of You – David Eagleman (2015) 5th March 2021
- Book: Night School – Richard Wiseman (2014) 19th February 2021
- Book – The Goddess Pose – Michelle Goldberg (2015) 22nd January 2021
- Book: The Subtle Body – The Story of Yoga in America – Stefanie Syman 2010 8th January 2021
- Book – The Science of Meditation – Coleman and Davidson (2017) 27th November 2020
- Book – Do Your Om Thing – Rebecca Pacheco (2015) 20th November 2020
- Book – Healing Yoga for Neck and Shoulder Pain – Carol Krucoff (2010) 13th November 2020
- Book: Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art – James Nestor (2020) 6th November 2020
- Book: Trauma-Sensitive Yoga – Dagmar Härle (2017) 30th October 2020
- Book: Ayurveda for Yoga Teachers and Students – Siva Raakhi Mohan (2019) 23rd October 2020
- Book: Physical Intelligence: The Science of Thinking Without Thinking – Scott Grafton (2020) 16th October 2020
- Book: Yoga Therapy for Digestive Health – Charlotte Watts (2018) 9th October 2020
- Book: Principles and Themes in Yoga Therapy – James Foulkes (2017) 2nd October 2020
- Book: Relax into Yoga for Chronic Pain – Jim Carson (2020) 25th September 2020
- Book: The Other Side of Silence: A Psychiatrist’s Memoir of Depression – Linda Gask (2015) 11th September 2020
- Book: Yoga as Medicine: The Yogic Prescription for Health and Healing – Dr Timothy McCall (2007) 5th September 2020
- Book: Yoga Therapy for Fear – Beth Spindler (2018) 4th September 2020
- Book: Welcome to the Microbiome – DeSalle and Perkins (2015) 14th August 2020
- Book: The Changing Mind – A Neuroscientists Guide to Ageing Well – Daniel Levitin (2020) 7th August 2020
- Book: Ayurvedic Yoga Therapy – Mukunda Stiles (2007) 29th July 2020
- Book: Life Lessons from a Brain Surgeon – Dr Rahul Jandial 2019 10th July 2020
- Book: Paths Between Head and Heart – Oliver Robinson 2018 26th June 2020
- Book: Roots of Yoga – Mallinson & Singleton (2017) 6th June 2020
- Book: Practical Yoga Nidra – Scott Moore (2019) 29th May 2020
- Book: Yoga for Mental Health – Mason & Birch (editors) (2018) 22nd May 2020
- Book: The Body – A Guide for Occupants – Bill Bryson (2019) 15th May 2020
- Book: The Complete Guide to Yin Yoga – Bernie Clark (2019 – Revised Edition) 1st May 2020
- Book: Body Mot – Various Authors via Dorling Kindersley (2020) 17th April 2020
- Book: Before You Know It – The Unconscious Reasons We Do What We Do – John Bargh (2017) 9th April 2020
- Book – Unthinkable: An Extraordinary Journey Through the World’s Strangest Brains: Helen Thomson 2018 20th March 2020
- Book: Saving My Neck: A Doctor’s East/West Journey Through Cancer – Dr Timothy McCall MD (2019) 13th March 2020
- Reading on Restorative Yoga 8th March 2020
- Book – Practice And All Is Coming – Matthew Remski (2019) 14th February 2020
- Book – The Power of Now – Eckhart Tolle – 1997 7th February 2020
- Book: The Science of Yoga – Ann Swanson (2019) 31st January 2020
- Book – The Art of Rest – Claudia Hammond (2019) 24th January 2020
- Book: The Polyvagal Theory in Therapy: Engaging the Rhythm of Regulation – Deborah Dana (2018) 29th November 2019
- Book – Notes on a Nervous Planet – Matt Haig (2019) 15th November 2019
- Book: 21st Century Yoga: Culture, Politics, and Practice – Horton and Harvey (2012) 1st November 2019
- Book: Presence – Amy Cuddy (2015) 18th October 2019
- Book: Yoga Body – Mark Singleton (2010) 27th September 2019
- Book: The Yoga Tradition – Georg Feuerstein (Third Edition, 2008) 13th September 2019
- Book: How Emotions are Made: The Secret Life of The Brain – Lisa Feldman Barrett (2017) 3rd September 2019
- Book: The Big Fat Surprise – Nina Teicholz 9th August 2019
- Book: Kundalini Rising – Various Authors 26th July 2019
- Book: Stalking Wild Psoas: Embedding your Core Intelligence – Liz Kotch 12th July 2019
- Book: When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress – Gabor Maté 28th June 2019
- Book: Your Spine Your Yoga – Bernie Clark 13th June 2019
- Book: Too Many Pills – James Le Fanu 4th June 2019
- Book: Keep your Joints Young – Sarah Key 26th April 2019
- Book: Younger for Longer – Dr Duncan Carmichael 12th April 2019
- Book: Stalking God – Anjali Kumar 29th March 2019
- Book: A Beginners Guide To Loosing Your Mind – Emily Reynolds 15th March 2019
- Book: Happiness – Your Route Map to Inner Joy – Cope, Whittaker and Bason-Wood 1st March 2019
- Book: A Statin Nation – Dr Malcolm Kendrick 21st February 2019
- Book: Yoga Therapy for Arthritis – Dr Steffany Moonaz & Erin Byron 15th February 2019
- Book: Lost and Found – Jules Montague 1st February 2019
- Book: 10% Human – Alanna Collen 18th January 2019
- Book: The Breathing Book – Donna Farhi 11th January 2019
- Book: All That Remains – a Life in Death – Sue Black 4th January 2019
- Book: You Can Heal Your Life – Louise Hay 21st December 2018
- Book: Lies My Doctor Told Me, Medical Myths That Can Harm Your Health – Ken Berry 14th December 2018
- Book: The Great Cholesterol Con: Dr Malcolm Kendrick 7th December 2018
- Book: The Healing Power of the Breath – Richard Brown & Patricia Gerbarg 30th November 2018
- Book: Brainstorm – Detective Stories from the World of Neurology – Suzanne O’Sullivan 23rd November 2018
- Book: The Disordered Mind – What Unusual Brains Tell Us About Ourselves- Eric R Kandel 16th November 2018
- Book: Why We Sleep – The New Science of Sleep and Dreams – Matthew Walker 9th November 2018
- Book: Doctoring Data – Dr Malcolm Kendrick 2nd November 2018
- Book: Attached – Amir Levine and Rachel Heller 26th October 2018
- Book: Sod 70 – The Guide To Living Well – Muir Gray 19th October 2018
- Book: Everything You Know About the Human Body is Wrong – Matt Brown 12th October 2018
- Book: The Distracted Mind – Adam Gazzaley and Larry D Rosen 5th October 2018
- Book: Chair Yoga – Kristin McGee 28th September 2018
- Book: How to Eat, Move and Be Healthy – Paul Chek 21st September 2018
- Book: Wellmania – Misadventures in the Search for Wellness – Brigid Delaney 14th September 2018
- Book: Learning To Breath – Rachael Newham 7th September 2018
- Book: Life Long Yoga – Sage Rountree and Alexandra Desiato 31st August 2018
- Book: The Brains Way of Healing – Norman Doidge 29th August 2018
- Book: Crooked: Outwitting the Back Pain Industry and Getting on the Road to Recovery – Cathryn Jakobson Ramin 24th August 2018
- Book: The Brain That Changes Itself – Norman Doige 21st August 2018
- Book: Restorative Yoga Therapy – Leeann Carey 17th August 2018
- Book: The Wisdom of Yoga – Stephen Cope 10th August 2018
- Book: In Shock – Dr Rana Awdish 3rd August 2018
- Book: Help for the Helper – Babette Rothschild 27th July 2018
- Book: Anatomy of Breathing – Blandine Calais-Germain 21st July 2018
- Book: Beat Your Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Seven Simple Steps – Paul Jenner 14th July 2018
- Book: Charge and the Energy Body – Anodea Judith 7th July 2018
- Book: Complications – Atul Gawande 30th June 2018
- Book: The Mindful Way Through Depression – Williams, Teasdale, Segal and Kabat-Zinn 23rd June 2018
- Book: Descartes Error – Antonio Damasio 15th June 2018
- Book: Treat Your Own Back – Robin McKenzie 28th May 2018
- Book: The Emperor of all Maladies: A Biography of Cancer – Siddhartha Mukherjee 22nd May 2018
- Book: The Subtle Body – Cyndi Dale 15th May 2018
- Book: Why You Eat What You Eat: The Science Behind Our Relationship with Food – Rachel Herz 8th May 2018
- Book: The Chakra Project – Georgia Coleridge 30th April 2018
- Book: Wheels of Life – Anodea Judith 23rd April 2018
- Book: Do No Harm – Henry Marsh 14th April 2018
- Book: Yoga For Healthy Ageing – Baxter Bell & Nina Zolotow 9th April 2018
- Book: Your Brain on Yoga – Sat Bihr Singh Khalsa 28th March 2018
- Book: The Mind Manual – Andy Gibson 21st March 2018
- Book: Fascia in Sport and Movement – Robert Schleip 14th March 2018
- Book: Boundaries – Jennie Miller & Victoria Lambert 7th March 2018
- Book: Stretching With Ease for a Pain Free Back – Linda Minarik 28th February 2018
- Book: Pure White and Deadly – John Yudkin 20th February 2018
- Book: Gulp – Mary Roach 13th February 2018
- Book: Gut – Giulia Enders 6th February 2018
- Book: Science of Flexibility – Michael Alter 30th January 2018
- Book – Stress Proof – Mithu Storoni 16th January 2018
- Book: The Evolution of Biomechanics – Stephen Braybrook 9th January 2018
- Book: Heart: The Inside Story of our Body’s Most Important Organ – Johannes Hinrich von Borstel 19th December 2017
- Book: The Bhagavad Gita (translation Eknath Easwaran) 12th December 2017
- Book: Into the Magic Shop – James Doty 5th December 2017
- Book: Muscles and Meridians – The Manipulation of Shape – Phillip Beach 28th November 2017
- Book: The New Science of Breath – Stephen Elliott 23rd November 2017
- Book: Core of the Yoga Sutras – BKS Iyengar 14th November 2017
- Book: Gender Medicine – Marek Glezerman 10th November 2017
- Book: The Mind Gut Connection – Emeran Mayer 7th November 2017
- Book: The Ecology of the Soul – Aidan Walker 3rd November 2017
- Book: Acu Yoga – Michael Reed Gach 31st October 2017
- Book: And Breath – Rebecca Dennis 24th October 2017
- Book: The Healing Power of the Breath – Brown & Gerbarg 17th October 2017
- Book: Cure: A Journey Into the Science of Mind over Body – Jo Marchant 10th October 2017
- Book: Big Fit Girl – Louise Green 26th September 2017
- Book: A Day in the Life of the Brain: The Neuroscience of Consciousness – Susan Greenfield 19th September 2017
- Book: Molecules of Emotion – Candace Pert 12th September 2017
- Book: The Plastic Mind – Sharon Begley 5th September 2017
- Book: Sleep Better – The Science and The Myths – Graham Law and Shane Pascoe 29th August 2017
- Book: When Breath Becomes Air – Paul Kalanithi (Dcd) 21st August 2017
- Book: Freedom in Exile – Autobiography of the Dalai Lama 14th August 2017
- Book: the Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down – Haemin Sunim 7th August 2017
- Book: Waking Up – Searching for Spirituality Without Religion – Sam Harris 12th July 2017
- Book: The Brain – Michael O’Shea 5th July 2017
- Book: The Sleep Revolution – Arianna Huffington 28th June 2017
- Book: Yoga FAQ – Richard Rosen 14th June 2017
- Book: The Telomere Effect – Blackburn & Epel 5th June 2017
- Book: The Modern Yoga Bible – Christina Brown 16th May 2017
- Book: The Stress Test – Ian Robertson 11th April 2017
- Book: 10% Happier – Dan Harris 4th April 2017
- Book: Buddhism – A Concise Introduction – Huston Smith and Philip Novak 29th March 2017
- Book: The Relaxation Response – Herbert Benson 22nd March 2017
- Book: Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers – Robert M. Sapolsky 13th March 2017
- Book: The Body Keeps the Score: Mind, Brain and Body in the Transformation of Trauma – Bessel van der Kolk 6th March 2017
- Book: Chinese Medicine – The Web That Has No Weaver – Ted Kaptchuk 13th February 2017
- Book: Adrenal Fatigue – James Wilson 30th January 2017
- Book: Yoga: Fascia, Anatomy and Movement – Joanne Avison 5th January 2017
- Book: The Magical year – Danu Forest 20th December 2016
- Book: Insight Yoga – Sarah Powers 19th December 2016
- Book: After Buddhism – Stephen Batchelor 3rd December 2016
- Book: The Universe in Your Hand – Christophe Galfard 20th November 2016
- Book: Mindful Moments – Louise Adams 4th November 2016
- Book: Yoga Reminder – A G Monaghan 16th October 2016
- Book: An Empath: The Highly Sensitive Person’s Guide to Energy, Emotions & Relationships – Alex Myles 8th October 2016
- Book: Fierce Medicine: Breakthrough Practices to Heal the Body and Ignite the Spirit – Ana Forrest 18th September 2016
- Book: Back to Life – How to Unlock your Pathway to Recover when Back Pain Persists – David Rogers & Grahame Brown 8th September 2016
- Book: Yoga for a Happy Back: A Teacher’s Guide to Spinal Health through Yoga Therapy – Rachel Krentzman 1st September 2016
- Book: Yoga of the Subtle Body – Tias Little 16th August 2016
- Book: Turning the Mind into an Ally – Sakyong Mipham 9th August 2016
- Book: Holistic Anatomy – Pip Waller 18th July 2016
- Book: The Breath – Vessantara 20th June 2016
- Book: Running with the Mind of Meditation – Sakyong Mipham 31st May 2016
- Book: Too Simple for Words, Reflections on Non Duality – Graham Stew 29th May 2016
- Book: Your Body, Your Yoga: Bernie Clark 28th May 2016
- Book: Reasons to Stay Alive – Matt Haig 27th May 2016
- Book: Mindfulness Guide for the Frazzled – Ruby Wax 26th May 2016
- Book: It’s all all Your Head, True Stories of Imaginary Illness – Suzanne O’Sullivan 21st May 2016
- Book: Yin Yoga – Ulrica Norberg 31st March 2016
- Book: Mind Change – Susan Greenfield 19th March 2016
- Book: Yin Yoga – Olivia Summers 4th March 2016
- Book: Adventures in Being Human – Gavin Francis 28th February 2016
- Book: Chakra Yoga – Anodea Judith 15th February 2016
- Book: The Diet Myth:The Real Science Behind What We Eat – Tim Spector 5th February 2016
- Book: Being Mortal – Atul Gawande 21st January 2016
- Book: God is Not a Christian – Desmond Tutu 5th January 2016
- Book: Behavioural Economics Saved My Dog – Dan Ariely 21st December 2015
- Books: Light on Yoga and Light on Pranayama – BKS Iyengar 18th December 2015
- Book: Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms: Journeys into the Disappearing Religions of the Middle East – Charles Russell 14th December 2015
- Books: Full Catastrophe Living and Wherever You are There You Go – Jon Kabat-Zinn 19th November 2015
- Book: The Poetry of Kabir 30th October 2015
- Book: How to do Restorative Yoga – Michael Hetherington 21st October 2015
- Book: Energy Medicine – The Scientific Basis – James Oschman 8th October 2015
- Book: Yoga For Emotional Balance – Bo Forbes 1st October 2015
- Book: Yoga Girl – Rachel Brathen 17th September 2015
- Book: Yamas & Niyamas: Exploring Yoga’s Ethical Practice – Deborah Adele 10th September 2015
- Book: The Spark in the Machine – Daniel Keown 3rd September 2015
- Book: Autobiography of a Yogi – Paramahansa Yogananda 23rd August 2015
- Book: Theories of the Chakras: Bridge to Higher Consciousness – Hiroshi Motoyama 29th July 2015
- Book: Serenity Yin yoga – Magdalena Macweld 28th July 2015
- Book: The Reluctant Yogi – Carla McKay 26th July 2015
- Book: Intelligent Yoga – Peter Blackaby 31st May 2015
