Ayurveda and Yoga, your own constitution and the three modes of nature.
The nature of studying with many international Yoga teachers, often means travel and journeys to coincide with where their schedule brings them. Thankfully I’ve always enjoyed this aspect of my continual broadening and deepening of yoga knowledge and have gotten to travel to some great locations over the years. This year has been no exception and […]
Barefoot revolutions and evolutions.
Over the years and especially with the practice of Yoga I’ve become more aware of anything that causes discomfort, this is a basic premise in Yoga, the movement from dukkha, discomfort to sukha, comfort. I had noticed over recent years that even though I was usually wearing quality walking shoes, just how confining to my feet they felt. Since I was young […]
Meditation and the natural state.
We decided to spend part of the May Bank Holiday exploring some ideas and themes for the weekend retreat that we’re going to be delivering in a few months times. As it’s going to be in a beautiful location where the mountains flow down to meet the sea, we figured that general area would be […]
Flexibility of body, flexibility of mind.
Most people will recognise that yoga practice, confers not just physical freedoms, but mental and emotional freedom too. The essence of this is being able to choose the response or reactions of the mind and emotions, as opposed to these happening spontaneously. If we have learned to respond to a particular stimulus in one way, […]
Trusting life's processes.
In the Krishnamacharaya tradition of hatha yoga practice, the fundamental foundation of practice is the breath, everything else is built around this. The breath initiates asana (physical movement and posture,) , it leads to pratyahara(sense withdrawal), to Dharana (concentration),to Dhyana (meditation), to yoga. Quite often people remark that until they undertake a yoga practice they […]
Finding your freedom.
One of the qualities of the yogi and yogini is their ability to lift themselves and others up. Just a few weeks ago in class, someone mentioned it was “blue Monday” which is apparently the statistically most depressing day of the year, where people find themselves stuck between the excesses of Christmas and the next […]
Each moment is new.
At the start of January our focus, shifts to the promise of the New Year, which leads to new years resolutions, plans for betterment, lifestyle changes. Our new year marks the perceived start point in the cycle of the seasons, this cycle being just one of many that exist in all of life, each day is a […]
Long nights and Pratyahara
The last week has seen the clocks change, as Britain and Ireland adopt daylight saving and it certainly feels like we’ve transitioned from summer to winter. This change is not just external, we ourselves are obviously deeply effected, not only are our activities changed by this, so is our sense of perception […]
Instant Yoga.
Yoga is union, to enter into union first one finds connection with the other, from connection two become one, this unity is harmony, harmony feels good, it feels right, find harmony with where you are, with every detail of this moment. This is perfection in this moment. Perfection, the sacred, the divine, all that is […]
Happy New Year!
At this time of the year, much attention goes towards new years resolutions and changes of habit, no doubt Christmas excesses, the awareness of the depths of winter and lack of light,remind us of the need to be symbolically reborn. Yoga recognises that this process of birth and rebirth, that is very visible in a […]