VRKSASANA Tree Pose Standing tall and strong like a tree, growing upwards and rooting downwards. After practising three rounds of Sun Salutations A and B, come to the top of your mat with your feet hip-width apart. Bring your hands into Anjali Mudra/prayer position, press your thumbs into your heart Marma point, gaze forward, root…

Bernadette Petrie asks, is how we see ourselves really what others see? Have you ever considered if what you see in the mirror is different to what other people see? What if they see and experience a really beautiful essence shining through your avatar and it is your limiting beliefs about you that prevent you…

UTHITA TADASANA Extended Mountain Pose with Backbend Come to standing with your feet slightly apart, and make sure you feel stable. Standing tall and strong, feet grounded, arms by your sides, extend through the fingertips and the crown of the head. Gaze forward and take some deep breaths in and out of the nose. Lift…

For Bernadette Petrie, the island of Mallorca is a reminder of how wrong the mind can be, and she encourages us to discover our hidden limiting beliefs. Sometime ago I spent a week in Mallorca on a girl’s trip. I had been here once before with my husband when we were expecting our first child.…

MATSYASANAFish Pose Return to a seated position and move through a shoulder stand and plough pose, five deep breaths in each. Then come out of plough pose through shoulder stand and into fish pose. Take a deep inhale and as you exhale, engage your core, bring your hands on your mat and slowly start to…

Bernadette Petrie asks, can our history as invaders teach us to love, and forgive? In 2018, I was lucky enough to be part of a group staying in Villa Casa Fuzetta in Olhao, Portugal. As part of a food walking tour led by the amazing Joana from Eating Algarve, we learned about the history of…