Nature Inspired Yoga

“When we honour the earth, we honour ourselves.”

~ L. M. WILDE ~

In this episode I combine two of my loves, Yoga and Nature as this week on June 21st it is International Day of Yoga. I teach nature inspired yoga and use nature as my inspiration because I believe that when we listen and tune into nature we can learn so much. Adopting a First Nations approach to nature, throughout the episode I refer to nature as “more than human” to give nature the respect it deserves and to move away from a human-centric way of thinking. Being more like the ‘more than human’ elements we see all around us can help us to develop strength, flexibility, resilience and peace of both mind and body.

Many yoga postures are inspired by animals or plants – and today I’m going to talk about a few of my favourite nature inspired yoga postures. I also tie in some environmental and conservation issues around our ‘more than human’ friends so we can learn how to respect and support nature.

We are all interconnected and what we do influences everyone and everything.