Lisa Askem Yoga Teacher
Sleep Solutions - Sleep classes work and this is how I do it.
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Sleep Solutions - Sleep classes work and this is how I do it.

I thought I would share with you an edited version of my evaluation of a recent community project that I ran in Streatham. Funded by Streatham Action. 

Offering up to 3 classes a week from April to the end of July 2024

The classes were held weekly day time session at Gracefield Gardens GP...

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Bedtime Stories and how they impact on how we go to sleep, or not.

Blog for September news letter

How do you go to sleep?

A big part of my sleep classes is simply talking with the participants about sleep. How we sleep and how to improve it. We often want a quick fix to a problem, a bit like a sticking plaster, and it’s no easy journey delving into the...

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How to Wake Up.

Meet my client Paulus, I turned up to teach him and he was very excited to share with me how this new book has changed how he wakes up. I asked if I could record him repeating his enthusiasm as its always better to hear a recommendation first hand. As a teacher I always think that we work better...

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Too Busy to Sleep? Mindful ideas to help un-busy yourself.

Something that often crops up in my sleep classes is the problems with being over committed and busy. Some people might call this ‘living a full life’ and there is nothing wrong with this at all. In fact isn’t it a desired to be doing a lot more of what we enjoy and being happy...

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Honour your past to be better in your present.

I read somewhere that said that our past is the mother of our present. 

This reminds me of when I worked with new mothers in their pre and post natal stage. Usually around three months into having had a baby there is a longing for normality and perhaps for a time that has now passed. I would...

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PAIN - making life a drag.

Pain….Making life a drag.

Six months ago  I decided to reduce my teaching hours and try to get more rest. I was having a lot of back pain which was impacting on my energy.  However as much as I liked this time doing less the pain lingered and a few weeks ago I felt the urgent...

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Find Peace within yourself.

Many of us are reeling from the distressing news which is a combined force of man made intentional destruction and nature responding to circumstance. All of which is out of our control.

How do we cope?

We can start with a breath, a deep breath and extend the out breath. To breath in again and...

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Caring and Sharing in my Community.

 

This autumn I have begun teaching my community how to improve their relationship with sleep. I received a grant through Streatham Action and am part of a group of local residents helping our community to feel better. The message of the funding is by the community and for the community.

I...

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A New Start

It has taken me a while to get here, I really didn’t know where to start. How to access public funds to run free classes in the community. 

I saw a flyer looking for local people to provide health and well-being within the community and thought, thats me. 

After making an enquiry...

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Are the yoga texts relevant or is yoga just shapes on the mat?

Since the early 2000’s a yoga industry has boomed. Yoga is everywhere. 

I am not going to do a book review, but I will share some of my thoughts after attending an event with the author Daniel Simpson to talk about his book, The truth of yoga. Along with a small group of yoga teachers...

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Moving on, Mindfully.

A lovely student of mine has packed up, and sold from her home of 30 years and has moved to Scotland. Choosing to rent for a few weeks in an air b+b and taking time to adjust and make decisions.

Having had the experience of the big down size myself and selling my family home I understand about...

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KEEP GOING - tips and inspiration post January.

 We are getting to the end of January and I am wondering how those new year habits have been going. 

Dry January and Veganuary are just two that seems to be now an accepted norm. 

Everyone knows I love good habits and am all for giving it a go and the tweaking to accommodate our...

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