Inside Yoga 235 (8/6/2018) Our impact on the world we inhabit has never been such an important subject, with last year’s realisation by the government that David Attenborough’s warning about plastics damaging our world needed heeding being just the tip of an iceberg we keep ignoring. One of my yoga teachers, Clive Sheridan, would frequently comment that we should try […]
more >Inside Yoga 234 (14/5/2018) Many of us want everything to be perfect, or I dare say, all of us want things to be perfect, but life isn’t like this. We strive and we aim for perfection but just feel unable to achieve it or if it happens it does not last. As we practice it becomes clear that yoga is […]
more >Inside Yoga 233 (30/4/2018) These days sharing our every experience and mood on the internet and social media has become the norm, and the persuasive effect of the crowd means that more and more people are sharing on social media (leaving aside the Facebook fallout). By contrast our yoga practice is meant to be personal and private. For those who […]
more >Inside Yoga 231 (16/4/2018) A long time ago, in a land when children’s programmes were only on for a few hours a day, there was a programme called Listen with Mother, which began with the question: “Are you sitting comfortably? Then I’ll begin…” The programme might have ended long ago, but the message is still relevant when it comes to […]
more >Inside Yoga 230 (9/4/2018) Maintaining a regular practice can be challenging because not only do we have things which get in the way, we have a mind that also gets in the way making excuses when none exist… so how do we do it? This is a brief guide to what to do, or how to approach your day. The […]
more >Inside Yoga 229 (19/3/2018) What is meditation? This is a simple question but the answer can appear complex, or devoid of explanation, the general perception of meditation is of something mystical and distant. This blog offers a simple explanation. In Matthieu Ricard’s book “Happiness” he writes, the “Tibetan word ‘gom’, which is usually translated as ‘meditation’, more precisely denotes ‘ […]
more >Inside Yoga 228 (12/3/2018) Yoga, as we know, helps us in so many ways, and now it appears that someone has decided to recommend yoga to those humans who don’t watch what their dogs do! Clearly the popularity of yoga is spreading as unfortunately is a bit of dog poo. I would like to add as a dog owner, my […]
more >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 […]
more >Inside Yoga 224 (29/1/2018) A recent scientific study has revealed that hot yoga (with temperatures about 40C) is no better to our health than yoga practised in normal or warm temperatures. A new study by the American Council on Exercise (ACE) suggests that while some may swear by it as being tough and good for weight loss this is not […]
more >Inside Yoga 223 (15/1/2018) It is only when everything is getting busy or we are close to the precipice and things are spinning out of control that we might get the thought “I need a simpler life”. The desire for a simpler way of living has been with us as long as we have been thinking about our existence. Why […]
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