Confidence & Competence: The Power of Self-respect

A wise woman once said: “Whenever I get stuck on something, I'm like, 'What would I do if I wasn't afraid? What would I write if I wasn't afraid? What would I say in this situation if I wasn't afraid?”

Phoebe Waller-Bridge is one of the most celebrated persons in the UK. She is cute, smart and brave.

“Nothing is slower than the true birth of a man,“ Marguerite Yourcenar wrote and I can really testify that.

My husband now tolerates my Netflix marathons. Thank God, there are not many shows I like, but if I do, I watch three series in three nights. I have no self-control. I am not patient. And I am terribly curious. That is why I am so slow in my process of rebirth. I get so easily distracted. That is why I chose to be a journalist! You are an expert for a day or a week, as long as you work on a piece. Then you move on.

Tonight I decided to write, but tomorrow I might get mesmerized by some other idea.

London, yoga, MindfulnessAleksandra Horwood16 April 2020Happy Stance Yoga TherapyComment

Success Stories or Encountering Failures and What Really Matters

The award-winning Outset Start-Up Experts inaugurated me as a success story, one of those people who turned their ideas into successful businesses. What an irony? I have never been in a worse situation in my life, seeing a failure shadow in the mirror and I am 49 years old and lived through war, divorces, abuse in the spiritual community, etc.

It was a good idea, a good start and a good foundation. But then, when everything was supposed to start rolling out as planned, La Vida Lockdown became our reality and six months of hard work evaporated in the covid19 polluted air.

How can I “offer a safe, supportive environment for the older generation to promote better health”, when all care homes, residential homes closed their doors and I cannot see or touch a single senior person?!

yoga, LondonAleksandra Horwood3 April 2020yoga, startup, business, success, covid19, corona, senior, longevity, LondonComment

In Memoriam

Listening to her words and watching her gentle face in this video (see link below) about her first trip to India and meeting BKS Iyengar in the early 70s and inviting him to Europe, it is breathtaking. She was outstanding.

yoga, community, LondonAleksandra Horwood19 November 2019Happy Stance Yoga Therapyyoga, iyengar, teacher, authority, passion

Community

If I want to help Walthamstow residents progress toward improved health and well-being, through the practice of yoga, breathing exercises and meditation, what we practice every Friday in Harmony Hall, I need to make sure this place stays alive!