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YOGA | MEDITATION | YOGA THERAPY

FREE RESOURCES

Below you will find a selection of my free resources to support you on your journey as a yoga teacher.

My goal is to make your planning easier and your teaching more impactful, so you can focus on what you love – guiding and inspiring your students. Enjoy these resources, and feel free to contact me if you need any support. 

YOGA CLASSES AND WORKSHOP IDEAS
Looking for inspiration? Get a free list of 50 yoga class and workshop ideas! Contact me here to send an email with your request, and I’ll be happy to share these ideas with you.

TEMPLATES FOR TEACHERS

  • Student Health Questionnaire Template

  • Risk Assessment Template

Need support with documentation? Contact me with your request, and I’ll send you one or both templates to help you streamline your practice.

RECOMMENDED READING

Yoga Foundations and Philosophy

  • The Heart of Yoga by T.K.V. Desikachar

  • Roots of Yoga by Mark Singleton and James Mallinson

  • Bhagavad Gita

  • Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (translated and commented by Sri Swami Satchidananda)

  • The Upanishads (introduced and translated by Eknath Easwaran)

  • Hatha Yoga Pradipika by Swami Muktibodhananda

  • Bringing Yoga to Life by Donna Farhi

  • Yoga FAQ by Richard Rosen

  • The Truth of Yoga by Daniel Simpson

Teaching and Practice

  • Yoga Mind, Body and Spirit by Donna Farhi

  • Teaching Yoga by Donna Farhi

  • Yoga Sequencing by Mark Stephens

  • Yoga Biomechanics by Jules Mitchell

Breathwork and Anatomy

  • The Breathing Book by Donna Farhi

Mind-Body Connection and Wellbeing

  • The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk

  • When the Body Says No by Gabor Maté

These resources cover yoga’s philosophy, anatomy, teaching techniques, and mental health insights, helping you enhance your personal practice and teaching skills.

A COLLECTION OF MY FAVOURITE SAVASANA POEMS

The Summer Day by Mary Oliver 

Who made the world? Who made the swan, and the black bear? Who made the grasshopper?

This grasshopper, I mean the one who has flung herself out of the grass, the one who is eating sugar out of my hand, who is moving her jaws back and forth instead of up and down – who is gazing around with her enormous and complicated eyes.

Now she lifts her pale forearms and thoroughly washes her face.

Now she snaps her wings open, and floats away.

I don't know exactly what a prayer is.

I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass, how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields, which is what I have been doing all day.

Tell me, what else should I have done?

Doesn't everything die at last, and too soon?

Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?

Wild Geese by Mary Oliver ​

You do not have to be good.

You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert repenting.

You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves.

Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.

Meanwhile, the world goes on.

Meanwhile, the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain are moving across the landscapes, over the prairies and the deep trees, the mountains and the rivers.

Meanwhile, the wild geese, high in the clean blue air, are heading home again.

Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination, calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting - over and over announcing your place in the family of things.

Walk slowly by Danna Faulds 

​It only takes a reminder to breathe, a moment to be still, and just like that, something in me settles, softens, makes space for imperfection.

The harsh voice of judgment drops to a whisper and I remember again that life isn’t a relay race; that we will all cross the finish line; that waking up to life is what we were born for.

As many times as I forget, catch myself charging forward

without even knowing where I’m going, that many times I can make the choice to stop, to breathe, and be, and walk slowly into the mystery.

​Let it go by Danna Faulds 

Let go of the ways you thought life
would unfold: the holding of plans
or dreams or expectations – Let it
all go. Save your strength to swim
with the tide. The choice to fight
what is here before you now will 
only result in struggle, fear, and 
desperate attempts to flee from
the very energy you long for. Let go.

 Let it all go and flow with the grace 
that washes through your days whether
you receive it gently or with all your
quills raised to defend against invaders.

 Take this on faith: the mind may never 
find the explanations that it seeks, but
you will move forward nonetheless.
Let go, and the wave’s crest will carry
you to unknown shores, beyond your
wildest dreams or destinations. Let it
all go and find the place of rest and
peace, and certain transformation.

​The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry

When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be, I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.

I come into the peace of wild things
who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief. I come into the presence of still water.

And I feel above me the day-blind stars
waiting with their light. For the time
I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.

Touched by an Angel by Maya Angelou 

We, unaccustomed to courage
exiles from delight
live coiled in shells of loneliness
until love leaves its high holy temple
and comes into our sight
to liberate us into life.

Love arrives
and in its train come ecstasies
old memories of pleasure
ancient histories of pain.
Yet if we are bold,
love strikes away the chains of fear
from our souls.

We are weaned from our timidity
In the flush of love's light
we dare be brave
And suddenly we see
that love costs all we are
and will ever be.
Yet it is only love
which sets us free.

  • Simon was an incredible mentor during my transition into teaching yoga and sound healing full-time. His support, industry knowledge, and guidance helped me find my voice, build confidence, and fully embrace my path. Simon really tailored the mentoring programme so that I was able to go at a pace that felt right and with a focus on the things that I shared with him were important for my journey. I’m so grateful for his encouragement and wisdom and would recommend him to any yoga teacher looking for someone to help them find their unique offerings.

    Hannah Rawlinson

  • The meditation workshop was the perfect escape and antidote to today's busy life. It was a great way to deepen my knowledge of meditation and try some new forms of meditation, and learn how to better practice meditation at home. I came away feeling refreshed, revived and absolutely centered"

    Talya S