Nataraja Yoga

29/09/2026

My heart is full…

But I don’t want it to be!

That sounds weird, right? 😳

But in Taoism when the heart is full it has no room to breathe, to know how to respond, how to function fully. It’s occupied and burdened with experiences.

❤️ The key is to empty the heart - not to become void of love and compassion, but to create space to be at ease.

When we’re filled up with experiences - good and bad - sometimes we feel overwhelmed, even with a smile on our face things become difficult to navigate and we need to withdraw. Withdrawing is emptying the heart, rebalancing, revisiting how to respond, rather than react because our resources are running low.

⏯️ I talk about the heart-mind in my Elemental Yin training - a concept that treats emotional feeling and rational thinking as a single, unified faculty. The heart-mind uses all our senses, carrying impressions from all of our experiences.

So yes your heart might be full, but as the Tao Te Ching guides, empty the bowl and allow the vessel to be free to carry new goods.

Often, resting in quietness of Yin and emptying is good.

Enjoy a selection of pics since before I went to Sardinia - amazing Indian music night to my bestie, people and places on the magnificent Italian island, phenomenal food, day trips with my man, and the wedding of the century.

This vessel stayed home and emptied last night 😅🙏🏼

28/09/2026

Starting on Sunday at 10:30, I’ve a little non-course coming up at Senses Vesterbro… a five week dive into Qigong & Yin Yoga. You can drop in or join all five, no strings.

Each week we explore one of the Five Elements of the Wuxing, using inspiration from my Elemental Yin course…

Grab yourself a 5-clip pass here: https://www.senses.dk/medlemskab/

24/09/2026

𝗕𝗝𝗝𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 Festival 2026 wrapped up 💫

You think yoga creates community - try this…

Annual continuous friendships, development, and endless support.

I’ve learned SO MUCH about this practice, and therefore how to ACTUALLY apply my physiology and yoga asana knowledge to support it.

The skill and focus of the people who attend spans such a range, everyone is different - some compete, some take seminars, some bring friends and family, some are kids, some are seasoned professionals.

And Cal Jones - Hapus Yogi | Yoga & Philosophy and I teach yoga skills in-between all the jujitsu busy-ness.

Why do I enjoy this so much? Isn’t it just teaching athletes to stretch…?

Far from it.

Jujitsu (Japanese) has a long heritage as does yoga, a set of skills and philosophies that developed from C8th focused around manipulating an opponent’s energy. The practice involves core principles and life applications around mindset, determination, remaining calm under pressure, and so on…

FUNCTIONALLY, jujitsu athletes love yoga because it encourages flexibility, strength, and can help with balance and proprioception - useful for grappling, resisting take-downs, sh*****ng and upa (hip control), and controlled use of all limbs.

SUBTLY, yoga offers them guidance through breath control, nervous system regulation, finding relaxation and release creating better physical responses to explosive activity. If you can’t breathe and regulate when you’re in a hold, you’re out…

Being able to take my knowledge and directly IMPLEMENT it in another situation, for a different journey, is so damned cool.

This isn’t just another class with weekly regulars…

Our PURPOSE is to deliver tailored sessions, work with different bodies, it’s both planned and unexpected at the same time. Having to think, respond, and deliver according to who is in front of me, is the best development opportunity one could ask for.

From a power class testing reflexes and senses for postural control aiding balance and proprioception, to a soft release and restore class after a days training to relieve tension and support connective tissue health… We’ve got it all on our schedule.

And do the athletes love it…? I think so 🫣

Cheers to next year Sardinia 😘

07/09/2026

I love this piece from Taoist Grandmaster Mantak Chia, in conversation with Kris Deva North…. Touching on religion, energy, lineage, and things which in “yoga philosophy” could come under Brahmacharya 💞

A Modern Taoist Master

31/08/2026

🤡 Meme time 🤡

A photo of me 18 years ago, with abs and good hair 🏆

On the ‘inside’ I was in peak ‘survival mode’ - ten years or so out of drug addiction (which I dived into after a rotten childhood), and climbing out of alcohol addiction….

The processing, letting go of goals, mental health work, continuous grief, and hanging on as a human through this life when you’ve grown from trauma is exhausting.

But here we are.

I won’t purport to be any kind of life coach, but I get it.

What a ride 🎢 ❤️

So here’s a bunch of inspirational quotes and memes to explain the journey of realisation, self-love, and discovery of self-worth since this ab-tastic photo was taken….

Have a read - hope they help 😘