Inside Yoga 91 (2/12/13) Numbers!!! They are everywhere – some say the universe runs through numbers and as many of your will have noticed a yoga practice, a Buddhist practice and for that matter, most spiritual practices are littered with numerical references. For those who never liked Maths, this fact may just pass them by, [...]
Category Archives: Philosophy
Facing death with eyes wide open
Inside Yoga 90 (25/11/13) Facing our own mortality can be one of the biggest challenges life can throw at us – and this can be especially true when we find ourselves suffering from an incurable illness with death fast approaching as our only a certainty. Having been a fan since my teenage years, when I [...]
Madness in a modern world
Inside Yoga 89 (18/11/13) In the 1990s I was spending quite a bit of time in Dharamsala, in northern India, a small town which is the seat of the Tibetan Government in Exile, and the Dalai Lama’s home since he fled Tibet in 1959. It is a congested little settlement with Tibetans, Indians and foreigners [...]
Are we what we eat?
Inside Yoga 88 (11/11/13) Food is a major feature of our lives: it provides the fuel we need, it nourishes us and helps us stay healthy – well, not necessarily, as food can also be a source of torment or unhealthy comfort, which leads to either under or over eating – and unhealthy eating. I [...]
Is it all about winning?
Inside Yoga 87 (4/11/13) My young daughter is approaching four years old and recently we noticed that she has started starting saying “I am a winner” and this is said with all the excitement one would expect, if not a touch of victory over others! We, her parents, looked at each other and asked where [...]
Every breath we take
Inside Yoga 86 (28/10/13) The ancient yogis believed that when we are born we are allocated a finite number of breaths, which meant when we had used this all up, we would die. Even though this is a hard fact to prove let alone believe, there is an air of truth in this. Think about [...]
How tired is now?
Inside Yoga 85 (21/9/13) “Life is one long process of getting tired,” said the iconoclastic Victorian-era English author, Samuel Butler. David Johansen, American singer, best known as a member of protopunk band The New York Dolls, said “I’ve been tired since I was 15.” And actress and singer, Britt Ekland, is quoted as saying, “The [...]
Over worked and under pressure
Inside Yoga 84 (16/9/13) Under pressure? That’s what Queen sang many years ago. Last month it was reported 21-year-old intern Moritz Erhardt died while working at an investment bank in the City of London. Reports suggested he had worked for three days and nights in the run-up to his death without sleeping. This news, predictably, [...]
Oldest yogis in the world
Inside Yoga 83 (9/9/13) Ever wondered how some people keep going? As we get older and parts start to wear out it can feel like an uphill climb – to maintain the energy levels we had when younger. So here are a couple of video clips that shows us how yoga can help us keep [...]
Death can make us live
Inside Yoga 82 (15/7/13) “You are walking along with a different consciousness,” said Wilko Johnson. “You look at other people and think they are all living under that terrible threat of mortality. For me though, it is sorted out, and that sets me apart.” This is a fascinating comment from Dr Feelgood’s guitarist, Wilko Johnson, [...]
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