Wild Yoga. On the Moors.
The moors. Wildly abandoned yet full of life. Derelict cottages tell stories of wild lives once lived in these remote places. Now nature takes over. Flora grows wild and free. Fauna roams wild and free. Birds fly wild and free. The moors hold secrets. It’s a place for a wild life. I’m drawn to the moors. The spaciousness of the sky and beautifully desolate landscape opens my heart and mind to possibilities. The moors have a past. We all do. Here I can let go. There are no boundaries on the moors. No beginning, no ending, no sense of time. Ever changing. It’s wildly freeing. Liberating.
Dava Moor is a place we visit frequently for wild adventures, wild yoga, wild swimming and wild photography. Tom introduced Tim and I to Dava Moor. It feels like a natural habitat for Tim, a Trailhound born to run wild and free across the Lakeland Fells, and it feels like home for my soul. I feel a wild innocence on the moors, connected to beautiful nature, being wild and free. I return to myself, I return to innocence.
Be yourself, don’t hide. Just believe in destiny. Don’t care what people say. Just follow your own way. Don’t give up and use the chance, to return to innocence. That’s not the beginning of the end, that’s the return to yourself. The return to innocence.
I love watching Tom with his camera. The connection and unity between Tom, camera, place, subject and wild nature captivates and inspires me. Tom is an incredibly talented photographer and inspirational creative. Tom’s beautiful photographs capture wild innocence, wild heart, wild spirit, wild movement and wild soul. They tell a timeless story of a wild moment in time. Created with love, devotion, feeling and emotion.
One of Tom’s favourite wild yoga poses to practice on Dava Moor is Wild Warrior 3. A pose that requires incredible connection, balance and focus, just like his amazing photography.
Start in mountain pose, hands in prayer position at heart, Anjali Mudra.
Ground into the standing leg and as you inhale lift the other leg, bending at the knee.
When your knee is at hip height, on the exhale, extend the raised leg back as you tilt your upper body forward, balancing on the standing leg.
Energetically aim for a straight line from heel of raised leg to crown of head.
Engage your core for stability. Use your gaze to focus. Breath deep.
Feel the strength and balanced beauty of this powerful pose.
After a few deep breaths, change sides.
Notice how you feel.
Wild Warrior 3 builds strength, resilience and focus in the mind and body. It strengthens the legs, back and core, creates stability in the whole body, strengthens the small stabilising muscles in the feet and ankles, improves balance, stability, and coordination.
Don’t be afraid to be weak
Don’t be too proud to be strong
Just look into your heart my friend
That will be the return to yourself
The return to innocence.
Love your life
Being Wild and Free x
Be inspired by a collection of Tom’s Wild Yoga and Wild Swimming images in nature … beach, sea, forest, loch, lochan, mountain, landscape, moors. Create your own wild yoga, being wild and free in nature, and join the Wild Yoga movement.
šøšā¤ļø Pro photography and wild yoga by Thomas Salway at Studio 57 North
Wild River
Warm rays of the early morning sun create a welcoming path into the wild river.
Natureās wild gift
I feel the energy of the waves as they dance towards me. Wild. Powerful. Strong.
Wild Possibilities
How would it feel to open your wild heart to wild possibilities? To live a life of adventure, authenticity and freedom.
Wild Courage
Tim has brought so many beautiful teachings to my world. One of those being wild courage
Wild Yoga. Wild Dunes.
Sand dunes. A beautiful wild ecosystem providing a protective barrier to the inland, beyond the reach of the tides
Wild Path
Every wild path, every journey, every adventure leads us somewhere. To a place, a new chapter
Wild Swimming. With the Sheep.
I have fallen in love with wild swimming and how it makes me feel.
Wild Yoga. In Autumn.
Autumn, one of my favourite seasons in nature. We feel and see changes in the weather
Wild Yoga. With the Seal.
I stood on the sand of Findhorn Beach beside Tom and his camera. Looking out to the beautiful wild ocean
Wild Yoga. In the Landscape.
The landscape. Mountains, hills, lakes, lochs, lochans, ponds and the sea. Living elements of land cover
Wild Yoga. On the Moors.
The moors. Wildly abandoned yet full of life. Derelict cottages tell stories of wild lives once lived in these remote places.
Wild Swimming. In the Lochan.
Thereās a Lochan on Dava Moor that we met one bright and windy day.
Wild Yoga. At the Beach.
The beach signifies the rhythm of life. Continually changing. Evolving. A constant ebb and flow.
Wild Yoga. In the Forest
Being alone in nature while at the same time being surrounded by life. Connection. Unity. Wild yoga in the forest.
Wild Yoga. In the Sea.
The sound of the waves crashing against the shore, the smell of the saltwater, the vast expanse of the ocean.
Wild Yoga. In the Mountains.
The magnificent, majestic splendour of mountains. Wild, steep and jagged. Grounded in the earth and rising high to the sky.
Wild Yoga
Iāve always enjoyed practicing yoga alone, and love to practice yoga outdoors in nature. Yoga is deeply rooted in nature
