Inside Yoga 51 (20/3/12) We do it every day and every minute of our life, yet there are plenty of moments in our life when we are not in control of it, let alone aware of what it is doing. I am writing about the exhalation of our breath. It is a simple part of [...]
—moreNothing to do, nowhere to go
Inside Yoga 50 (5/3/2012) Meditation can really feel like hard work, yet we are told that it is relaxing and liberating. It is true that there are many positive feelings we can feel through meditating, but the truth is that most benefits come through some sort of labour and hard work. Meditation is no different. [...]
—moreBreaking free of time
Inside Yoga 49 (21/2/2012) Time holds court over our lives; it is an unrelenting pest which will not leave us alone nor do we feel that we can escape it – or can we? We arrange our daily lives based on the constraints of time, from the moment we wake up to the time we [...]
—moreDo we know how to breathe?
Inside Yoga 48 (4/2/2012) It’s a simple message and one that is repeated frequently in yoga’s teaching, yet it can be one of the hardest skills to learn and equally hard to maintain – I am speaking of breathing! We breathe every day; so why can it be so difficult to learn if it’s actually [...]
—moreCan yoga wreck your body?
Inside Yoga 47 (21/1/2012) On January 5, this year, the New York Times Magazine published an article titled “How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body”, which caused such a backlash within the yoga community that last weekend the Observer carried an article (“Health warning: from the plough to the lotus, yoga can damage your body” January [...]
—moreTime to think! Or not?
Inside Yoga 46 (16/1/2012) Time!? What is this “time” that we struggle with? We seem to be obsessed/puzzled/frustrated/confused (choose where appropriate) by time. We feel thwarted when there is not enough of it and relieved when you sense plenty of it. Yet, did we ever have a shortage or surplus of time? We act as [...]
—moreRestoring our energy in winter
Inside Yoga 45 (4/12/2011) For some of us, at this time of year there is a conflict taking place. This battle takes place within us, but has a lot to do with our environment and world around us. The source of the conflict lies in the way we live our modern lives ignoring our connection [...]
—moreOn the move with yoga
Inside Yoga 44 (5/11/2011) I recently sold my old house and bought a new house – and it’s true what they say about this process being so stressful! It didn’t look as if it would be before the whole moving games started, but once the dice was rolled the pressure mounted. First, there is the [...]
—moreLife in a queue
Inside Yoga 43 (20/9/11) There are many ways in which we can use what we learn in our formal yoga practice – the time spent on a yoga mat or meditation cushion – in our daily lives. While at work, at home, at the shops, travelling and so on, we can use bits and pieces [...]
—moreSentence looters and rioters to yoga
Inside Yoga 42 (11/9/11) During the summer in the UK some of our cities experienced riots and looting. The debates ever since have focussed on why this happened, and to some extent, many voices highlighted that many of the rioters were simply looters driven by greed and the desire to have certain goods. I have [...]
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