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A Simple Beginner Yoga Sequence
/in Free yoga sequences, Tonight in Class /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! – Tonight in Class
/in Blog, Tonight in Class /by Jo SumnerIn the last two classes, we have been exploring the concept of “magnetising yourself”, how to feel more confident, more powerful, centred and whole. And to make life more fun and manageable. We leave parts of ourselves in the activities and emotions of our day so that by the end of the day we are […]
You will never reach your business goals if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.
/in Blog, Business Magic /by Jo SumnerToday share this Business Magic speech about reaching your business goals with you. 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 help you master your 2018 ninety days […]
Emotional resilience and self containment – Tonight in Class
/in Blog, Tonight in Class /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. Welcome to the start of a new blog […]
Stunning art by client and colleague Clare Haxby
/in Blog, General News /by Jo SumnerIt is my pleasure to direct you to this fantastic interview by Creative Founders with one of my wonderful clients and colleagues, Clare Haxby. I have one of her Buddha prints hanging in my home so it is the first thing I see when I walk in. Please do enjoy the read and the art. http://www.creativefounders.com/clare-haxby-artist-interview/
Getting the most out of your holiday
/in Blog, Healing Vibes /by Jo SumnerRecently I added my two pennies’ worth to the Hayes and Jarvis Expert Guide on The Four Pillars to Get the Most Out of Your Holiday. Take a look here ~ my tips are on the Communication page of the report.
2017: The zen of January
/in Blog, Healing Vibes /by Jo SumnerIt’s that time of year when everyone is making their new year resolutions, or proclaiming how they won’t be or don’t believe in making new year resolutions – and it can get a bit sanctimonious on both sides! So how about this?
Money mindset: what if abundance comes first?
/in Blog, Business Magic, Healing Vibes /by Jo SumnerA couple of years ago, I spent some time reading A Source of Miracles, by Kathleen McGowan, and I found her take on abundance very interesting. The part of her question that arrested my attention was “what if abundance came first and deserving second?”
Being resourceful, creative and whole: what if we are all naturally like that?
/in Blog, Business Magic, Healing Vibes /by Jo SumnerWhen I was training as a coach, we were invited to see our clients as naturally being resourceful, creative and whole. Whatever the client might feel, whatever evidence of stuckness, we were to regard the person as a whole; as capable of finding their own solution; as endlessly creative and able to generate new possibilities […]
Suffering a dose of pessimism? Want to learn to be more optimistic?
/in Blog, Healing Vibes /by Jo SumnerIt’s a golden oldie in the positive psychology world, but I still swear by Dr Martin Seligman’s process for learning to think optimistically (check out his book Learned Optimism). The founding idea is that pessimism is escapable if you know how.
What’s in a mindset?
/in Blog, Business Magic, Healing Vibes /by Jo SumnerMindset is one of those terms that people bandy about but what actually is it and why should we care? A mindset is an established set of attitudes. Or: A fxed mental attitude or disposition that predetermines a person’s responses to and interpretations of situations.