A Journey Through the Layers of the Heart
‘Heart opening’, a little like ‘letting go’, always sounds so gentle and effortless like a rose unfurling its petals on a warm summer’s...
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Carly Chandler-Morris
May 21, 20213 min read
Why I do what I do
From addiction to obsession Before I discovered yoga I was in survival mode. I went from work to sleep to work and from addiction to...
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Carly Chandler-Morris
May 10, 20215 min read
Overcoming my fear of speaking
The Shy Child Sent to Stagecoach I wasn't a naturally expressive person in the sense that as a child I was incredibly, painfully shy and...
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Carly Chandler-Morris
Jun 1, 20207 min read
Namaste?
I wanted to address cultural appropriation and my thoughts on honouring the traditions of yoga. This is a subject that is complicated and co
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Carly Chandler-Morris
May 3, 20205 min read
Yoga and obsession
I started yoga at 17 because I was obsessed with exercise and the Power Yoga VHS I used pushed me hard and kept me out of my body. I exerci
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Carly Chandler-Morris
Mar 8, 20206 min read
What happens when I say period in class and why I keep doing it anyway…
What happens when I say period in class and why I keep doing it anyway… I came away from my Well Woman Yoga Therapy training empowered to...
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Carly Chandler-Morris
Mar 8, 20202 min read
Autonomy and freedom
Depending on my environment, who is around me and what is happening I can show up gregarious, defiant and rebellious or muted, meek and...
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Carly Chandler-Morris
Feb 25, 20203 min read
Untethering the mind and drifting into stillness
Thinking is becoming a lost art, not just worrying, planning, remembering, judging and all of the usual mind fluctuations we cram into the b
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Carly Chandler-Morris
Jan 20, 20203 min read
Lessons from my pelvis in yoga practice
A female pelvis is structurally more predisposed to instability so it’s super important to know how to take care of them in our practice....
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Carly Chandler-Morris
Aug 19, 20192 min read
Wild woman yoga!
As a women’s yoga teacher with a love of all things lunar I often get pigeonholed into the calm, quiet and restful category. I have also to
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Carly Chandler-Morris
Aug 6, 20192 min read
Choosing radical acceptance of self and others
All that you admire in others is that which you already are
All that you reject in others is that which you reject in yourself
These are wo
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Carly Chandler-Morris
May 30, 20193 min read
Lives ruled by time
Recently I was thinking about how time rules almost the entirety of our lives. An alarm to wake up at a particular time, taking waking temps
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Carly Chandler-Morris
Aug 6, 20183 min read
Coming to know and name my emotional shut down response... (Wednesday Adams)
I used to think that I was unable to feel emotions. I would be right in the middle of a fight with a loved one and be counting the...
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Carly Chandler-Morris
Jul 19, 20182 min read
When women come together in the forest magic happens
Back from our Women's Nature & Yoga Retreat in Cornwall last week and 4 days later I still don't truly have words for the experience of...
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Carly Chandler-Morris
Jul 1, 20185 min read
Learning the joys of shutting up...
When I was 25 I read a book called ‘Eastern Body Western Mind’ by Anodea Judith, a recommended reading for my Yoga Teacher Training...
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Carly Chandler-Morris
Jun 11, 20181 min read
All things are illuminated in the desert...
Yesterday was a real challenge. I was feeling hardened, cold, stuck, rigid and shut down. Deeply engrained coping strategies that were...
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Carly Chandler-Morris
Apr 28, 20184 min read
Wildness as a Problem to be Solved
As a society we are afraid of wildness and the wildness from which we came is now regarded as an obstacle to be overcome and a problem to...
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Carly Chandler-Morris
Apr 25, 20182 min read
Mirrored Expectations
‘What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another.’ ~ Gandhi We can...
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Carly Chandler-Morris
Apr 24, 20182 min read
Healing from Hopelessness
The Earth is suffering and we are suffering too and sometimes the magnitude of the problem can feel overwhelming. When in the depths of...
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Carly Chandler-Morris
Nov 12, 20162 min read
Futility is an Incredibly Powerful Sedative
Futility is an incredibly powerful sedative and something we can feel when decisions are made unjustly. Sometimes we need to be reminded...
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