Yoga With Sacha

Hello Beautiful People,        How are you?         This week Ben (my husband) has been super busy doing renovations on our house while I've been busy looking after little Rafael 24/7.    Its got me thinking alot about the concept of (and reality of) identity. At the moment I can literally feel my identity shifting day by day, as each day brings new challenges and skills relating to motherhood and all the while the penny is really starting to drop that I can only hold down a minimal percentage  of the things that I used to do.      In yogic philosophy - especially Advaita philosophy the question 'who am I?' comes up a lot. The great sage Ramana Maharshi taught that enquiring into the true nature of the self was the fastest route to enlightenment. He believed that when we seek to find the unchanging part of ourselves we find that neither our body, our minds, our emotions or the many roles we play truly define u...

Hello Beautiful People :)    How are you?     Today is a special day for me ...well I suppose every day is a special day (!!) ...,but today is a little more special as it marks 10 weeks since little Rafael was born.   I write this feeling soo many feelings as there has been so much to learn and integrate since he came along. Every day is full of oh-so many inspiring moments and oh- so many mundane ones where time seems to slow down and speed up simultaneously and my limitations come crashing in to my awareness! Yoga is a huge part of what is keeping me sane(ish) at the moment and there seems to be many  a wonderful reminder to try my best, surrender,  and breathe.    Today is also special because it is my first attempt at releasing a new yoga video since the little one came along. Today I share with you  a 45 minute Heart Opening session, including footage taken during my most recent live cl...

Hello beautiful people,     I write this from the uk where I am back after quite a long time away. It is lovely to be around family and friends and I'm feeling rather pampered since a) I'm over 8 months pregnant now so no one is letting me do much of anything and b) with no guests to look after, no dogs for me to look after here and no endless renovations on my plate I have a lot more free time on my hands!     I'm very much looking forward to returning to lead the Sunday Mantra singing group I started in Hampton some years ago.     In the light of this I wanted to share a classic mantra that the Hampton Love Collective has sung right since the very beginning called: Anandamayi Ma.   Free Anandamayi Ma Meditation click HERE!   This is a beautiful traditional kirtan sung call and response style to fill your life with Divine Mother energy. This one honours motherhood in all its forms and the endless love and light we receive in the for...

Hello lovely people,  How are you? All done with a week on retreat- It has been such a pleasure and honour to work with this group. Some beautiful and gentle transformations took place and there has been soo much laughter and fun in the house :)    So for today's  FREE Friday session - I wanted to share another Mantra .  This one is a simple,  Sita Ram Mantra  that you can try to sing along with at home, or play behind your yoga practice or other meditative art.   Sita Ram Mantras are wonderful tools to help us connect to the love and the strength within us. The mantra symbolises the union of the different aspects of ourselves and is one that I come back to time and time again.   I hope you enjoy today's practice and that it supports you on your own creative and spiritual journey.   Mantra  Video Here: https://youtu.be/hQhdLSpPlts or Full Kirtan Album available Here: https://sachaheath.bandcamp.c...

Hello Beautiful One,  How are you?   This week I am running a yoga retreat and feeling so  grateful and happy  to be able to share the magic of yoga, mantra singing, meditation and massage with the lovely people who are here.    So for today's  FREE Friday session - I wanted to share another Mantra .  This one is a simple,  Saraswati Mantra  that you can try to sing along with at home, or play behind your yoga practice or other meditative art.   Saraswati Mantras are a nurturing and joyful practice that can help us to ignite our sense of creativity. She is the goddess of  creativity and also knowledge.    Maa Mantras also celebrate the themes of  Femininity and Motherhood  (whether this our own, has a Divine source,  or is simply a practice to recognise the amazing women in our lives)   I hope you enjoy today's practice and that it supports you on your own creative an...

Hello lovely people :)   How are you?   How are you coping with all the busy summer energy?    For myself, I don't know if it is the pregnancy, the puppies keeping me up at night or just the summer heat but getting out of bed is starting to feel like a real accomplishment! Today's session is a 12 minute (ish) Yoga sequence designed to help you wake up. It is suitable for anybody wanting a gentle transition into the day including pregnant women in any trimester.      See the video on the Yoga With Sacha Youtube Channel here:   Quick Yoga Wake Up Video :)       For Yoga Courses, Music, Retreats & more check out...   www.yogawithsacha.com

Hello there :)        How are you?   This week seems to have flown by! Visiting family has given many opportunities for having fun and learning this week...  always learning!    I have been giving lots of thought to how we communicate. Do we really know what we are saying most of the time?! Do we truly think about how our words effect others before we speak? It seems our speech can tell us very much about who we are and how we want others to see us... I think a blog post or video on the Buddhist practice of Mindful Speaking will come quite soon!     So for today's FREE Friday session- I wanted to share another Mantra fro. This one is a simple, traditional Shiva Mantra that you can try to sing along with at home, or play behind your yoga practice or other meditative art.    Shiva mantras are supposed to be good at helping us to let go of things that no longer serve us- habits, thought patterns, even un-...