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NEVER TOO LATE TO START FROM SCRATCH!

Yogipmin — Sun, 18 Jun 2023 16:34:47 +0000

25 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH WALKED INTO MY FIRST BIKRAM YOGA CLASS. Before Bikram Yoga’ nothing (aside from Darren 😉 ) grabbed my attention the way it did and I ...

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Yoga for sale…

Yogipmin — Thu, 06 Jan 2022 09:18:40 +0000

And so continues the commodification of Yoga. Those who think Yoga isn’t for sale are mistaken. Clearly it is and it is getting all ‘wrapped up’ in the global brands. ...

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Year End 2021

Yogipmin — Wed, 22 Dec 2021 11:38:13 +0000

BIG THANKS~ to YOU we’d like to send As another freaky year heads towards its end We hope that YOU at least ENJOYed The ‘Yoga Year’ that you employed At ...

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IF YOU LET SOMEONE STEAL YOUR ‘STILLNESS’ YOU ARE THE LOSER

Yogipmin — Wed, 08 Sep 2021 08:16:47 +0000

If we were a ‘book’ 🙂 ‘Yoga Matters’ would be the ‘title’ and ‘In Pursuit of Stillness’ would be our ‘subtitle’. Our title conveys who we are but our subtitle ...

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YM Fully 10 ! Poem

Yogipmin — Sun, 25 Jul 2021 11:08:19 +0000

Yes Our Yoga School turn 10 this year, So we wrote a POEM {its how we CHEER!} Seems like yesterday we were only 9 🙂 , How we despair at the flying ...

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10 YEARS OF YM

Yogipmin — Sun, 27 Jun 2021 16:57:37 +0000

~YM@10~ 19th July 2021 will be 3650 days, aprox 5000 (FIVE THOUSAND) classes and lots of ‘stuff’ has happened since YM opened its doors. WHAT DOES 10YRS RUNNING YOUR OWN ...

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THANK YOU

Yogipmin — Sat, 08 May 2021 09:13:33 +0000

On a ‘day to day’ basis for Darren & I Yoga ‘Union’ also means ~connecting with the people and society who want to connect with us as well as making ...

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12/4/21 Guidance & Protocols Still With Us

Yogipmin — Sat, 10 Apr 2021 18:21:19 +0000

So. 12/4/21. ‘GUIDANCE’ IS STILL WITH US. Risk Assessments, Mitigation Plans and Protocols are STILL WITH US and Gov’t still expects us to promote: …“PHYSICAL DISTANCING AND CLEANLINESS… AT THE ...

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Momoyoga Users Please Read

Yogipmin — Mon, 29 Mar 2021 10:21:25 +0000

***IMPORTANT READ FOR ALL MOMOYOGA USERS*** Momoyoga (‘MY’) is settling in really well as a new employee 🙂 It is here to stay! Everyone learns in different ways and paces ...

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We Love Momoyoga (‘MY’)

Yogipmin — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 14:15:03 +0000

Let me tell you a little story of life for us before MY. Pre cv we were ticking along with our text/booking system, enjoying it even, keeping the connect with ...

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REOPENING 15th MARCH 2021

Yogipmin — Fri, 05 Mar 2021 16:21:19 +0000

Dear YM Practitioner We are so very happy to advise that after our forced closure we will be re-opening Monday 15/3/21 and ready to go! Please be reassured all credits ...

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FIRST TO CLOSE LAST TO OPEN. WHY?

Yogipmin — Thu, 18 Feb 2021 10:37:13 +0000

https://www.itv.com/…/jersey-business-leaders-say-open… WE SEE NO SIGNS of our ‘sectors reopening constantly being under review’. Jersey gov’t are way too quiet about our sector. Say it out loud folks: the trade off ...

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Insta Yogi Vs. Yoga

Yogipmin — Sat, 16 Jan 2021 17:51:23 +0000

With all the insta glam superimposed over Yogasana it would be easy perhaps for some to get confused about what one is seeking when they take up the practice. Some ...

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TIME TO DUST

Yogipmin — Mon, 28 Dec 2020 12:11:46 +0000

“So Lyra and her daemon turned away from the world they were born in and looked toward the sun and walked into the sky” ~ Philip Pullman If you know ‘His ...

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December 2020

Yogipmin — Thu, 03 Dec 2020 19:16:45 +0000

Blessed YM Yogi Friends, This year had so much to distract, the whole planet in on the ‘confusion’; no one exempt from the negative pandemic effect either physically, mentally, emotionally, ...

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LIGHT ON BOOKING… 2020

Yogipmin — Sun, 01 Nov 2020 12:35:34 +0000

With immediate effect ~NO MORE VERBAL BOOKINGS OR CHECKING BOOKINGS AFTER CLASSES in reception~ Our booking system is seriously broken folks; A system that served us for 9 years pre-covid ...

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YM Loves ‘Left’ :) ~ left property statistics

Yogipmin — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 11:56:13 +0000

Our Left Property is sooo tidy these days I almost miss it’s chaos! almost… FREQUENTLY left: water bottles (hundreds over the years; cannot be kept too long for hygiene reasons) ...

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SWEATIQUETTE…

Yogipmin — Mon, 14 Sep 2020 21:54:16 +0000

Please respect the need for ‘Sweatiquettes’… we are a tiny studio… one instructor on hand per class to do EVERYTHING… We do not have the resources to hire a team ...

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Light On… Credits 2020

Yogipmin — Mon, 14 Sep 2020 09:13:17 +0000

Dear YM Bikram Yogis, Ever so grateful to practitioners for welcoming YM back on 12th June. Happy to be with you all every day. ‘Pure generosity’ invested in credits whilst ...

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CONTAGION ‘MITIGATION’ PLAN

Yogipmin — Fri, 05 Jun 2020 09:43:15 +0000

****scroll down to see 26/8/21 ‘Stage 7’ update**** We are so happy and excited to be able to WELCOME YOU BACK to our little Yoga school. To help you feel ...

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~WORRIES OF A LOCKED IN BIKRAM YOGI INSTRUCTOR~

Yogipmin — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 09:57:12 +0000

15/4/2020 ~ My teaching skills are disappearing! Whilst the ‘Dialogue’ is ever present fundamental structure of our classes I NEVER know what I am going to say from one class ...

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LOCK DOWN. DAY 1 OF 83.

Yogipmin — Mon, 30 Mar 2020 14:14:48 +0000

Nobody could have planned for this (although Bill Gates said in 2015 we should have; the documentary at the end of ‘28 days later’ said we should have 😉 ). ...

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Bikram Choudhury Netflix Documentary

Yogipmin — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 09:49:48 +0000

~For Clarity~ and because one of our beloved practitioners asked … Thank you for asking. You/your question deserve a proper response. The time available before/after class is short and never best utilized talking ...

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Know Your Unconscious Mind (‘UM’)

Yogipmin — Wed, 13 Nov 2019 09:25:32 +0000

My UM has been ‘triggered’ 🙂 and I am researching as I am writing folks and some if this is new to me but very interesting. I share it with ...

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Bikram Yoga and its extractions…

Yogipmin — Sun, 10 Nov 2019 18:36:34 +0000

Bikram Yoga classes are 90 minutes. (As a matter of interest Sivananda classes are 90 minutes. Iyengar classes are 90 minutes). There IS no ‘quick fix all’ and 90 minutes ...

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WHY I ‘WRITE’

Yogipmin — Thu, 17 Oct 2019 13:13:03 +0000

Dear Yogi, I’ve been writing my Yoga essays since about 2 months after we started working with You lovely Yogis! When we were planning to open it never dawned on ...

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WE DID IT !!!

Yogipmin — Tue, 18 Jun 2019 16:09:36 +0000

THE SINGING BOWL WILL BE SINGING AGAIN ~ FRIDAY 21ST JUNE ~ We have been in an interesting position of late; we have had to hand certain things over ‘emotionally’; ...

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You are the driver…

Yogipmin — Mon, 17 Jun 2019 07:21:30 +0000

Dear Practitioners Having received a parking ticket at Langford Friday evening for forgetting to display ‘time arrived’ (ouch!) it got me thinking on the whole parking and driving to Yoga ...

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getting back to that sacred space

Yogipmin — Sun, 09 Jun 2019 14:08:29 +0000

Excitement is starting to build… We will be starting back with our FULL SCHEDULE ~ YES! Bikram Yoga EVERYDAY! Sometimes TWICE! Because Bikram practitioners deserve to be able to practice ...

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PLEASE HELP US. PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN WATER…

Yogipmin — Sat, 11 May 2019 18:13:35 +0000

There is only one solution to single use plastic: GOVERNMENT PLEASE BAN THEM. wouldn’t that just make all of our lives simpler? In the meantime waiting for that kind of ...

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Joists. mmmmm. JOYsts… :)

Yogipmin — Tue, 23 Apr 2019 06:40:51 +0000

We mustn’t overlook the JOYsts in our lives!! Soon we won’t see them but we won’t have to; its enough to know they will always be there! Our new Joysts ...

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Studio Update Feb19

Yogipmin — Sun, 24 Feb 2019 18:16:28 +0000

Dear YM Yogis ~ We thought we would share a few photos (as WE ALL KNOW from our practice there is nothing like a good visual 🙂 !) It is ...

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Light on… YM credits :)

Yogipmin — Thu, 24 Jan 2019 13:11:35 +0000

Hello YM Bikram Yogis We realized when one of our super kind practitioners (there are so many) came the other night very generously wanting to pay cash, even though they ...

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Christmas 2018

Yogipmin — Sat, 22 Dec 2018 10:22:51 +0000

Hello. It is that time of year again. You know. The pause and reflect. It has been a ‘bit of a year’ for us personally, spiritually and professionally. I truly ...

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How we will roll at Langford…

Yogipmin — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 10:01:55 +0000

Dear YM Bikram Yogi Family You have been patient and so kind to us at this difficult time and we thank you from the bottom of our hearts. But we ...

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Yogipmin — Sun, 16 Dec 2018 13:42:25 +0000

All our ‘real life’ lessons, no matter the guise they come in, when we reflect on them, and we always do, they are Yogic lessons and ultimately they all inform ...

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Yogipmin — Sat, 15 Dec 2018 16:37:24 +0000

Without a doubt this week has been up there with one of the worst type of weeks a couple could have. Until yesterday we thought we had lost everything in ...

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Yogipmin — Mon, 10 Dec 2018 17:08:48 +0000

WE ARE SO GRATEFUL nobody was hurt. A number of different scenarios have played out in our heads about how this could have turned out believe us and all of ...

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THIS is the problem with Bikram Yoga

Yogipmin — Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:36:40 +0000

LOL. ApPARently! There is someone out there subtly trying to undermine Bikram Yoga most likely in the hopes of building their own empire on any ruins they create! Yeah, I ...

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~ YOGA and the MATTERS of KEEPING OUR DOORS OPEN ~

Yogipmin — Sat, 01 Sep 2018 16:37:39 +0000

YM as a business is clearly operating on a micro level. Set up to propagate Bikram Yoga and ensure a consistent and guaranteed place of practice by 2 lovers of ...

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Seriously!!!

Yogipmin — Sun, 08 Jul 2018 11:26:12 +0000

1 in every 10 people in Jersey is a Yoga Instructor. OK. I am clearly jesting; but it does feel like that the last couple of years as Darren and ...

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Good Things Come in 3s !!!

Yogipmin — Sun, 17 Jun 2018 16:26:38 +0000

3 THINGS CANNOT BE HIDDEN! Is it THE SUN, THE MOON and NEW BEGINNINGS??? OR is it INTERNATIONAL YOGA DAY ~and~ SUMMER SOLSTICE ~and~ FREE YM! Yes! OF COURSE on the ...

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Mad Mat Matters II

Yogipmin — Wed, 09 May 2018 18:10:24 +0000

Meandering through a dept store in London this was sticking out (see pic) from a pile of mats and it drew my attention. It made me laugh ~ Yes! there ...

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That’s not MY yoga alliance…

Yogipmin — Mon, 15 Jan 2018 17:19:58 +0000

This is a slight meandering from my blog ‘Choosing a Yoga Instructor’; read this one in conjunction with that one 🙂 … {updated 2020} YOU HAVE GOT TO get past ...

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choosing a Yoga instructor

Yogipmin — Sun, 14 Jan 2018 12:52:34 +0000

“so there it is work it out for yourself, BE SELECTIVE, be OBJECTIVE… be an asset to the collective, as you know you gotta get a life” ~ Jazzy B You ...

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Driving-Tips-4-Us-Yogis

Yogipmin — Sun, 10 Sep 2017 12:18:56 +0000

WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL if you’d factor this IN When PLANNING your next TRIP TO YM So you actually make it to CLASS ON TIME ‘Driving-Tips’ is so Yogis dodge ...

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There BE seventeen (17) ways we GIVE BACK at YM

Yogipmin — Sun, 04 Jun 2017 16:03:34 +0000

🙂 read on for how to attain a FREE praxis … We have an increase in the number of people presenting in reception believing their first class at YM is ...

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Trees for Life

Yogipmin — Sun, 05 Feb 2017 12:40:02 +0000

It has long been on our mind that we need to do something to offset any negative imprint the running of our lovely studio may have on the environment. It ...

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~ WE ARE GLAD & GRATEFUL~

Yogipmin — Sat, 31 Dec 2016 10:42:19 +0000

THANK YOU to ALL who have kept us company this year. Our longer term practitioners hold glad space in our hearts but more have joined that space this year than ...

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Responsibility; the Road Less Travelled

Yogipmin — Tue, 04 Oct 2016 20:19:01 +0000

BIKRAM YOGA IS, amongst many other things, about strength, flexibility, balance and stamina which contribute HUGEly to one’s overall health and fitness. This is a challenging beginning Yoga class and ...

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~ YOGA and the MATTERS of ETIQUETTE

Yogipmin — Wed, 21 Sep 2016 13:55:31 +0000

This is another tricky but necessary post to write because some of the issues highlighted are completely avoidable if one preps for first class by reading the information on the ...

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~ YOGA and the MATTER of TERMS ~

Yogipmin — Wed, 21 Sep 2016 13:48:55 +0000

This is a TRICKY post to write because we know that the idea of ‘TERMS’ attaching to a Yoga practice for some appear to conflict with a fantasy of what ...

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A Purple Violet Magenta Rain

yogimin — Mon, 15 Feb 2016 22:49:46 +0000

We Love Our New Logo. We’ve had it a while and we just couldn’t sit on it anymore. It’s the week leading up to St Valentine’s day and we just ...

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The Night Before Yogi Christmas

Yogipmin — Tue, 01 Dec 2015 13:57:19 +0000

A’fore the night b’fore Christmas, I have something to say! I’ve been thinking of things that might lighten your day Just now! It has struck me ~ You don’t need ...

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Please ‘take me home’ poem

Yogipmin — Fri, 30 Jan 2015 13:05:12 +0000

Am feeling unwanted; left at YM a long time Whilst I like it here (it sure is sublime) 🙂 I didn’t leave you, YOU LEFT ME You’ve been searching everywhere ...

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How We Roll

Yogipmin — Fri, 24 Jan 2014 21:59:47 +0000

YM IS A DEDICATED YOGA STUDIO on Rue De Funchal teaching the Bikram method; this means there are no other activities in the space that are not compatible with the activity ...

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WAIVER & RELEASE

Yogipmin — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 13:05:27 +0000

PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL PLEASE COPY TEXT AND PASTE THIS TO A SHEET so you can print sign and return this page to Yoga Matters (“YM”) OR we have copies at ...

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DISCLAIMER

Yogipmin — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 12:22:41 +0000

Before commencing any exercise for the first time it is advisable to consult your GP who will be able to advise on the type of activities suitable to your fitness ...

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