I've always found with yoga that an interesting thing happens when you think too much. Often it means I 'can't' do what it is I want to do. I remember really first finding this out with bakasana, or crow pose. It looked like a crazy impossible pose requiring untold strength and balance. The fear of falling forward onto my face was palpable. I tried and tried, getting my knees as high up under my arms as possible, leaning forward, but never being able to lift more than one foo

I was lucky enough this week to be away with a friend to celebrate her 40th. We went to to Alps to places I’d only ever heard tell of in winter ski tales... before going we chatted about canyoning, paragliding, high wire trails, but it all felt rather abstract these big adrenaline challenges. Before I had my children I was an adventurer, my heart sang with excitement at skydiving, glacier climbing, getting lost in Hanoi, a myriad of bigger and smaller adventures which spun my