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 [...]
Category Archives: Asanas (Postures)
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 [...]
Building our confidence
Inside Yoga 81 (8/7/13) Confidence, or to put it more precisely, the lack of confidence is a major obstacle for many of us seeking a better quality of life. It represents a barrier that perhaps holds us back from realising our potential or simply enjoying our life. Yoga can help redress this. Yoga represents a [...]
Living with restlessness
Inside Yoga 80 (28/6/13) “I can’t seem to face up to the facts; I’m tense and nervous and I can’t relax; I can’t sleep ’cause my bed’s on fire; don’t touch me I’m a real live wire.” When I was a teenager this song by the Talking Heads, “Psycho Killer”, resonated with me so much [...]
In simplicity we trust
Inside Yoga 78 (10/6/13) Henry David Thoreau, author of Walden, wrote: “As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.” Last week I was thinking about the idea of simplicity and how important it is to our well-being [...]
Being here and not there
Inside Yoga 77 (20/5/2013) “Are you stressed? Are you so busy getting to the future that the present is reduced to a means of getting there? Stress is caused by being “here” but wanting to be “there”, or being in the present but wanting to be in the future. It’s a split that tears you [...]
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