Inside Yoga 296 (3/3/2020) At the heart of our yoga practice is our breathing, in fact, our breathing is integral to our health, and with these uncertain times with the outbreak of Coronavirus it is especially important to maintain our health and this starts with how we breathe. In yoga the concept of prana is vitally important: prana is the […]
Inside Yoga 226 (26/2/2018) At the heart of a yoga practice is our breathing, and this is not just because we need breathing to live, but how we breathe and pay attention is an important factor in yoga practice. Here is a recap of the breathing technique I taught over the last couple of weeks. I taught a mindfulness breathing […]
Inside Yoga 196 (6/3/2107) We have been doing it since the moment we were born, we need it to stay alive, but we treat it so badly that it is amazing it puts up with our behaviour. I am speaking of our breathing, which we forget frequently and get into such bad habits with that it is often a short […]
Inside Yoga 193 (13/2/2017) Practical pranayama guide Last week I taught three types of breathing exercises (pranayamas): here is a guide how to practice these techniques. Bhastrika (Bellows breath) This is one of the kriyas (purification exercises) so not technically a pranayama exercise. As the English name suggests it is designed to pump air, by vigorously breathing fast and deep […]
Inside Yoga 123 The most important solutions are often simple; the most effective remedies are sometimes natural; and the most profound messages straightforward. So in keeping with this theme, consider this: less stress is just one breath away. Stress hits us at any time and sometimes it can stick like glue to our whole being. Shaking it off and ridding […]
Inside Yoga 98 (3/2/14) Do you realise that the internet can take your breath away, but not in a healthy way? There is the expression ‘it only takes a minute’ to check something on the web, and as many of us know that minute can soon roll on into half hour, even hours, by which time we have discovered a […]
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 we breathe: if we […]
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 life yet it is one […]
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 a skill we have already […]
Inside Yoga 35 (29/4/2011) In TKV Desikachar’s book Heart of Yoga he states that “yoga is as much a practice involving breath as it is involving the body. The quality of our breath is extremely important because it expresses our inner feelings… The breath is the link between the inner and outer body. It is only by bringing body, breath […]
