Working with a coach or healer, yoga or meditation teacher, is most successful when there you have a natural rapport with them. The aim of the blog is to provide valuable insights and also to give you a feel for Joanne’s style.
- T: 020 3952 8552
- E: jo@joannesumner.com
- © 2016 Joanne Sumner
- Cookie & Privacy Policy
- Terms of website use
Considerations and Learnings from my Meditation retreat
/in Blog, Emotional Energy, Retreats /by Silvia PinkDuring our meditation retreat during the Mothering Sunday’s weekend in the Vale of Evesham, Jo said: “The capacity to love myself is the direct cap on how much I can love someone else”. The biggest discovery for me was the realisation and acceptance that learning to love myself is fundamental to being able to give […]
What happens at a yoga and meditation retreat
/in Blog, Emotional Energy, Retreats /by Silvia PinkI recently came back from the Yoga and Meditation Retreat which I held on 29th – 31st March 2019 at The Guildhouse, in the Vale of Evesham. The impressions and memories are so fresh that I would like to show you through some of the attendees’ words what is like to participate in one of […]
Yoga For Sleep
/in Emotional Energy /by Silvia PinkAs you might know, I’ve been running Yoga classes in Ealing for 10 years now and today I’d like to share with you some very simple tips on “Yoga for Sleep”. In my previous article, I shared some tips for a good night’s sleep and today I’m starting a series of posts aimed at really helping you get […]
How to become your own inner coach and banish the inner critic for good
/in Emotional Energy /by Silvia PinkThe overwhelming majority of athletes have coaches – in fact, we remark on the few who don’t. More and more executives have coaches and mentors to help improve performance. Businesses of all sizes are employing coaches to help create and execute plans that succeed. We have relationship coaches, life coaches, spiritual coaches, money coaches, visibility […]
Tips for a good night’s sleep
/in Emotional Energy /by Silvia PinkGetting enough sleep is a perennial problem for some, and I sympathise. I’ve had two stress-related periods of exceptionally poor sleep in my life, and as a result, I began to dig deep into the science to help myself and others get a better night’s sleep. Here is what I found. Tips for a good […]
Body Confidence: why it is so important in business
/in Blog, Entrepreneurial Mindset /by Jo SumnerYour body confidence is your tool for making your mark in the world. Minds and hearts alone won’t do it – we have to have a body to act through. Think about it… we need eyes to see, ears to hear, a voice to speak with, hands to create, and help us to relate. We […]
Cleansing relaxation script
/in Emotional Energy /by Jo SumnerThis relaxation script is based on a cleansing practice in yoga. It works with the different layers of the human energy field. Within yoga, the physical body is seen just as the densest part of your being. The other component parts are: The energy body emotional body mental body and the bliss body or spiritual body. And […]
Giving and receiving: wrap-up session of “Feel Good With Jo”
/in Blog, Emotional Energy /by Jo SumnerThis is the last of this current series of Feel Good With Jo, your Friday guide to leading a happy and healthy life. These are my thoughts on how to look after yourself and manage the busy stressful lives that we all seem to lead. What I’d like to talk about is getting a balance […]
A Simple Beginner Yoga Sequence
/in Emotional Energy /by Jo SumnerFor this simple beginner yoga sequence, begin by resting in this position for 5 minutes. Lie down on your back with knees bent, feet close to your buttocks.
How to feel more confident and powerful – more you!
/in Emotional Energy /by Jo SumnerToday we will talk about how to feel more confident, more powerful, centred and whole. In the last two meditation classes, we have been exploring the concept of “magnetising yourself”. It helped us focus on how to make life more fun and manageable. We leave parts of ourselves in the activities and emotions of our day. […]
The power of a 90 day plan to help you reach your business goals
/in Blog, Entrepreneurial Mindset /by Jo SumnerYou will never reach your business goals if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks. Winston Churchill. Welcome to a new year! I hope last year was excellent for you, but even if it wasn’t we get to use the new year as an opportunity to start over and my job is to […]
Emotional resilience and self containment
/in Blog, Emotional Energy /by Jo SumnerIn our yoga classes in Ealing, this week we’ve been discussing the idea of emotional resilience and self-containment. What it means to be able to contain our energy, our thoughts, our emotions, our actions. So, we can look after ourselves and we look after the people around us. What does it mean to contain oneself? Colloquially […]