# Soul Conversations
> 30+ years of wisdom shared online and in-person with guided Yoga & Meditation practices, classes and support on your path to inner calm
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## Pages
- [Soul Conversations: Finding the Stillness Within](https://www.restrelaxrevive.co.uk/about.md) - Meet Linda Johnrose, and discover the different ways to walk this spiritual path together — from a single audio track, to Map 1, to personal 1-2-1 guidance.
- [Map 1 — Begin the R.E.A.L. Method](https://www.restrelaxrevive.co.uk/map-1.md) - Underneath all the noise, your calm and stillness are still there, inside you. Map 1 is the first step back to it.
- [Meditation practice is the bridge back to your own inner sanctuary](https://www.restrelaxrevive.co.uk/meditation.md) - Explore the foundations of meditation and the R.E.A.L. method. Access the collection of guided resources to help you build your daily rhythm.
- [Soul Support](https://www.restrelaxrevive.co.uk/soul-support.md) - A quiet digital sanctuary to help you return to Spirit in 2026. Learn the R.E.A.L. method, find your own sustainable rhythm, and step away from the noise of modern life.
- [The R.E.A.L. Method](https://www.restrelaxrevive.co.uk/the-r-e-a-l-method.md) - You aren't tired because you're working hard. You're tired because your energy is leaking out. The R.E.A.L. Method is a practice of returning home to yourself, at your own pace
- [A Free 30-Second Practice to Release the Tension You're Carrying](https://www.restrelaxrevive.co.uk/the-sensory-reset.md) - Click Subscribe below, choose the free option, and this practice is yours straight away — no cost.
- [Welcome to Soul Conversations](https://www.restrelaxrevive.co.uk/welcome-to-soul-conversations.md)
- [YOGA: The Path of the Fluid Body](https://www.restrelaxrevive.co.uk/yoga.md) - Yoga isn't just stretching - it's a way of quieting an overstimulated body and mind, so you can actually rest.

## Posts
- [The Ocean Within: Finding Your Sanctuary](https://www.restrelaxrevive.co.uk/the-ocean-within-finding-your-sanctuary.md) - Staying calm even when life gets rocky
- [30 second reset for you](https://www.restrelaxrevive.co.uk/30-second-reset-for-you.md) - If your shoulders have crept to your ears try this
- [Talk is Cheap (So Why Charge £5 to Comment?)](https://www.restrelaxrevive.co.uk/talk-is-cheap-so-why-charge-5-to-comment-2.md) - Real news: Map 1 of the R.E.A.L. Method is finished, and the Snug is open. Plus, the honest thinking behind why £5 gets you into the conversation here
- [The Field Near Glastonbury](https://www.restrelaxrevive.co.uk/the-field-near-glastonbury.md) - What 18 months of doom-scrolling, a dark night of the soul, and a field near Glastonbury taught me about where stillness actually lives.
- [Simple Living, High Thinking (And why "more" is making us miserable)](https://www.restrelaxrevive.co.uk/simple-living-high-thinking-and-why-more-is-making-us-miserable.md) - A 30-year perspective on why complexity is making us miserable — and the simple compass that's kept Linda steady since the 90s.
- [Rest, However Much Time You've Got](https://www.restrelaxrevive.co.uk/rest-however-much-time-youve-got.md) - Twenty-two years ago I recorded a relaxation CD in a proper studio, it sold out for charity. I found it again this week, and it still holds up.
- [A Year On From the Hospital Bed](https://www.restrelaxrevive.co.uk/a-year-on-from-the-hospital-bed.md) - This time last year I was in hospital, recovering from a burst appendix. This year, a broken-down van taught me something different about listening to warning signs.
- [A year later](https://www.restrelaxrevive.co.uk/a-year-later.md) - Same event, same photo, one year on. What changed wasn't what I did, it was what I let be enough.
- [Did you notice it wasn't me?](https://www.restrelaxrevive.co.uk/did-you-notice-it-wasnt-me.md) - I let AI help write my last post and didn't catch it's mistakes. Here's what I noticed when I finally read it back with a clear head.
- [A Year Without Numbing Out (And the Sudden Stop That Changed Everything)](https://www.restrelaxrevive.co.uk/a-year-without-numbing-out.md) - 365 days without alcohol, a burst appendix, and what happens when you stop chasing the noise to build a life and business from your centre.
- [When the Mud Mask Washes Off: Sustaining the Inner Anchor](https://www.restrelaxrevive.co.uk/mud-mask-inner-anchor.md) - What happens to your peace when the Spa day ends? Discover how to shift from temporary relaxation to a sustainable inner anchor.
- [🪏Deeply Rooted in the Wrong Things](https://www.restrelaxrevive.co.uk/deeply-rooted-in-the-wrong-things.md) - We often become deeply rooted in habits and expectations that drain our energy. Learn how to stop the performance, start the reset, and return to your inner sanctuary.
- [🛼🐾It seemed like a good idea at the time... 🦆🐕](https://www.restrelaxrevive.co.uk/it-seemed-like-a-good-idea.md) - From an 11-year-old roller-skating blunder involving local ducks and an express coach, to the over-committed calendars of adult life—how to find self-grace when things don't go to plan
- [The Art of the Simple Seat: Why Stability is Your First Act of Kindness](https://www.restrelaxrevive.co.uk/the-art-of-the-simple-seat.md) - We often treat rest as another task on the list, but true sanctuary starts with a simple act of kindness toward your own nervous system. Come sit with me—let's learn how to find the stillness that exists within.
- [Beyond "Death by Email": How to Reclaim Your Energy Refund ⚓](https://www.restrelaxrevive.co.uk/beyond-death-by-email-how-to-reclaim-your-energy-refund.md) - Stop letting your inbox (or the washbox) drag you down. Here are 3 simple physical anchors to help withdraw from outward busyness and claim an energy refund.
- [Does Non-Violence Start With Your Own Exhaustion ❓](https://www.restrelaxrevive.co.uk/does-non-violence-start-with-your-own-exhaustion.md) - Grace Over Groundhog Day. Ahimsa, is simply about self-kindness. Moving from "exhausted" to "supported" is a technical move as much as a spiritual one. When we align the body, we stop fighting gravity.
- [Midlife, Midweek, Mumblings](https://www.restrelaxrevive.co.uk/midlife-midweek-mumblings.md) - Zoom battles, refund cycles, and mouldy bread - oh my! If the 21st century has you feeling discombobulated, you aren’t alone. Join me as I trade 'Botwar' frustration for the R.E.A.L. method, moving energy inward to find my Inner Sanctuary.
- [The Fullness of Stillness: Redefining Value in the Quiet](https://www.restrelaxrevive.co.uk/the-fullness-of-stillness-redefining-value-in-the-quiet.md) - There is an illusion that busyness equals status, and that stillness is merely a waiting room for the next task.
- [A different kind of invitation...](https://www.restrelaxrevive.co.uk/a-different-kind-of-invitation.md) - I’ve spent much of my life helping others relax, but my recent recovery and journey with ME/CFS have taught me a deeper truth: we don't need more "to-do" lists. We need a way to redirect our energy flow inward, to the spine and the spiritual eye, away from the noise of the world. I am moving my foc…
- [Time is like cake](https://www.restrelaxrevive.co.uk/time-is-like-cake.md) - Love this from my Harvest app I'm really finding this true right now, you might notice it's a little quiet from me right now. Just as we were getting back into a rhythm after a family bereavement we were hit with the sudden passing of our family matriarch. At the moment days are long and full of ap…
- [I feel like chicken tonight](https://www.restrelaxrevive.co.uk/i-feel-like-chicken-tonight.md) - It's Friday night, I'm in Preston, there's only one place I should be. Eating chicken and rice at Gran Gran's. That's what Friday has meant for almost 28 years since I was welcomed into this wonderful family. Instead I'm laid on my bed, exhausted, mentally drained, emotionally spent. I was going to…
- [You are a great soul](https://www.restrelaxrevive.co.uk/you-are-a-great-soul.md) - Why I think you are a Great Soul and a short relaxation for you
- [Practising what I teach](https://www.restrelaxrevive.co.uk/practising-what-i-teach.md) - Work is paused, family first, staying grounded with meditation
- [From Chaos to Clarity](https://www.restrelaxrevive.co.uk/from-chaos-to-clarity.md) - I realise now that, whether I am on a yoga mat, meditating on a chair, cold water swimming in a mountain tarn, giving an AromaTouch treatment or filling doTERRA samples in the studio, every action is an opportunity to be a channel for the Master's teachings.
- [B̶e̶c̶k̶h̶a̶m̶ real news](https://www.restrelaxrevive.co.uk/beckham-real-news.md) - Beckham free zone this is REAL news
- [Maybe this is why you can't meditate](https://www.restrelaxrevive.co.uk/maybe-this-is-why-you-cant-meditate.md) - Aphantasia could be the reason you haven't been able to master meditation. This could be key to unlocking your ability to meditate in 2026
- [Help me, help you](https://www.restrelaxrevive.co.uk/help-me-help-you.md) - A truly personal 1-2-1 ongoing support
- [❓puɐʇspɐǝɥ ɐ op oʇ ǝʌɐɥ I oᗡ](https://www.restrelaxrevive.co.uk/puatspa-y-a-op-ot-ay-i-otha-most-definitely-not-no-headstands-o.md) - Do we need to practice headstands in our yoga classes in 2026?
- [My 2026 is going to be messy](https://www.restrelaxrevive.co.uk/my-2026-is-going-to-be-messy.md) - Can you help me by listening to me teach you everything yoga and meditation in 2026? Learn the techniques, practice together, get all your questions answered
- [A Christmas gift for you](https://www.restrelaxrevive.co.uk/a-christmas-gift-for-you.md) - A free relaxation for you to download. Take less than 15 minutes to create peace in your body and connect with your inner calm.
- [🍪 Cookies](https://www.restrelaxrevive.co.uk/cookies-2.md) - My gift to you - a basic cookie recipe and the opportunity to choose what you recieve in 2026
- [Is yoga self improvement ❓](https://www.restrelaxrevive.co.uk/is-yoga-self-improvement.md) - Will yoga improve our life when we practice it and will any improvement extend beyond the mat and chair into our family life, our worklife and all those roles that we live.
- [Annihilate or Recreate❓](https://www.restrelaxrevive.co.uk/annihilate-or-recreate.md) - This week I allowed someone to reduce me to tears. I let them get inside my head and project their insecurity onto me They caught me before my meditation (my phone tried to change that to medication but that's an altogether different blog) Lesson #1 Lesson number one is; Don't engage with the world…
- [Fly Pie or Flylady❓](https://www.restrelaxrevive.co.uk/fly-pie-or-flylady.md) - Sat at the hospital (not me this time!) pondering whether I need Dead Fly Pie or some Flylady inspiration. Have you had Fly Pie❓ It's an Old Dungeon Ghyll favourite, sustenance on the fells or post wander Those of you local to me might think of it as similar to Eccles cake or Chorley cake Currants…
- [What exactly am I offering you?](https://www.restrelaxrevive.co.uk/what-exactly-am-i-offering-you.md) - A conversation about what Soul Support actually offers — and an honest look at why I started it in the first place.
- [I got a real breath of fresh air this week ❄️](https://www.restrelaxrevive.co.uk/i-got-a-real-breath-of-fresh-air-this-week.md) - This week my wonderful hubby drove me up to 'my other home', the Langdale valley - if you have never been, I thoroughly recommend a trip. There truly is a reason the campsite is called GREAT Langdale. I should maybe clarify that we did not camp - not even in Campo. If you know my husband, you'll kn…
- [We create tension to relax❓](https://www.restrelaxrevive.co.uk/we-create-tension-to-relax.md) - The increased tension and awareness helps the body to relax on the subconscious level.
- [How to sit for Meditation](https://www.restrelaxrevive.co.uk/how-to-sit-for-meditation.md) - Grab a chair, give me the next 5 minutes and I will get you started meditating. No crossed legs, no chants, just you and a chair is all you need
- [What a week!](https://www.restrelaxrevive.co.uk/what-a-week.md) - I am still convalescing but..... I taught a couple of in person classes, it is great to be with people teaching in person - all be it I am having to sit in a chair and I can't actually join in, yet! I did have a little drive to the class at Cottam, and if I didn't have to reach down for the handbra…
- [Hong Sau](https://www.restrelaxrevive.co.uk/hong-sau.md) - "By the Hong-Sau technique, one can reach the point of relaxing even the heart, and thereby rising above its compulsion to outwardness." Paramhansa Yogananda
- [Yinidra - what is it?](https://www.restrelaxrevive.co.uk/yinidra-what-is-it.md) - That is me, supine in Campo practising my yoga nidra - everyone's favourite practice. The one that has kept some people coming back to my classes for over 20 years! Looking at that photo of me in the van has me thinking that one day that will be my body in a hearse on its way to a funeral – rather…
- [I finally did it](https://www.restrelaxrevive.co.uk/i-finally-did-it.md) - That is me pressing "GO LIVE" on my digital upload. A yoga class with me via your headphones/speakers. I have ummed and ahhed for years, I have tried so many different ideas and I have become overwhelmed and procrastinated. I guess convalesence from life saving surgery has it's uses! So what exactl…
- [Real Meditation for Real People](https://www.restrelaxrevive.co.uk/real-meditation-for-real-people.md) - So I'm gathering thoughts, reading through notes. Pulling it all together ready to deliver a 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗟 meditation method for 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗟 people living in the 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗟 world - well, those that resonate with me at this moment in time Using my ethos of resting from the world, relaxing body and mind to rev…
- [Yoga Nidra](https://www.restrelaxrevive.co.uk/yoga-nidra.md) - That lovely state where you have let go of all the cares and worries of the day and you are just about to drift into a wonderful dreamland.
- [What/Who is GOD?](https://www.restrelaxrevive.co.uk/what-who-is-god.md) - Well, if ever there was a word that produces an immediate emotional reaction in any of my classes, this would be it GOD A word that is used over and over in everyday life. If you do not see/hear one OMG per day, did you even engage in the outer world? It is one of the most familiar words in our voc…
- [What are the Energization Exercises?](https://www.restrelaxrevive.co.uk/what-are-the-energization-exercises.md) - Great question, but first, I will turn it back to you - What do you currently do to energize yourself? How do you recharge yourself? Do you have a daily routine that supports you physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually? Or... Do you try to run on empty too often? I now realise that for ye…
- [What is yoga?](https://www.restrelaxrevive.co.uk/what-is-yoga.md) - Yoga is not a religion, nor is it about goats or gin. It is an ancient, complex science aimed at raising consciousness. Let’s look at the real paths of yoga and what union truly means.
- [Classes at St Leonard's on a Monday](https://www.restrelaxrevive.co.uk/monday-at-st-leonards.md)
- [What is meditation?](https://www.restrelaxrevive.co.uk/what-is-meditation.md) - Not chanting, not lotus pose, not incense — just real meditation for real, ordinary lives. And yes, I'll mention God.
- [Not everything is as it seems](https://www.restrelaxrevive.co.uk/not-everything-is-as-it-seems.md) - That photo may lead you to believe that I am a fully competent, got it all together, blissed out yoga, relaxation and meditation teacher. Some days perhaps, BUT that's not my 24/7 reality. It was a professional photo shoot, I was totally out of my comfort zone having my photo taken. I have rarely s…
- [Beginning meditation](https://www.restrelaxrevive.co.uk/beginning-meditation.md) - Last night we began our new meditation for beginners group. So excited to share this time with others as we lead our souls home. Meditation isn't about learning to do something, it's more a remembering. Remembering who we are - eternal souls. I'm still learning how to use this blog site. So I'll ke…
- [Why am I doing this?](https://www.restrelaxrevive.co.uk/why-am-i-doing-this.md) - Great question, why am I starting a blog? It is an attempt to pull together 50+ years of my soul journey here on this earth. If you're reading this then it's likely I sent you a link or you already know me. For those that don't I am Linda Johnrose. I have been teaching yoga, relaxation and meditati…

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