Category Archives: Stonemonkey studio
Back on the mat with Hamish Hendry
Recently a fellow yogi asked me if I could let her have a brief summary of the notes I took when Hamish Hendry came to run a workshop at Stonemonkey Studio recently – she had seen me scribbling away as … Continue reading
Yoga stories
The mind is a perverse beast sometimes… I have inexplicably decided that today, when I have been up since 2:30am doing a bat survey, then straight onto a two hour early-morning intensive yoga class, is the day to return to … Continue reading
Letting go with Hamish Hendry
Hellooo – I’m back! I’ve been rather distracted from the blog of late, mainly due to experiencing some fine summer weather at last, and the resultant lure of the great outdoors. It’s been a wonderful few weeks full of simple, … Continue reading
The nights are drawing in…
That’s it. It’s all downhill from here. We’ve had the longest day of summer, nights will be getting shorter and the next big thing on the calendar is Christmas, *sigh*… That’s what I would have said, had I got out … Continue reading
Reverse ageing
I’ve spent this beautiful sunny day in the basement of Stonemonkey Studio, doing a First Aid at Work course designed specifically for yoga teachers. I (obviously) learnt a number of new things, including the fact that not only have the proportions … Continue reading
Backbends and business cards
*Sigh* the penultimate day of my ten day five reasons to smile challenge. Will I miss it? Hmmm, I shall ponder this and let you know. But, whether I shall miss it or not, it’s been an interesting and very … Continue reading
Postal pick-me-ups
We all know it’s never going to be easy finding out that your ex has met someone else, especially when it’s by text on the celebratory evening of your birthday (yep, for real). However, little messages of support and hope come … Continue reading
Funny Valentine
I had honestly completely forgotten about Valentine’s Day until I opened my emails this morning and found I had an e-Valentine’s card. I am pretty convinced this came from a techno-savvy thoughtful friend/relative, but you never know, I may have a … Continue reading
A new slitherine chapter begins
So, it’s ‘all change’ again in beckymayhem world. Friday saw me packing up my belongings into two car loads and shifting digs for the eighteenth time this decade (I apologise to all those people whose address book’s ‘M’ page now resembles an ink … Continue reading
Local character
Yesterday was another ‘quiet’ day at the yoga office, aka Stonemonkey Studio – only the one person came this week – numbers are going down not up – eek! Still, again Digby kindly allowed me to use the café space, … Continue reading
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