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 […]
more >Inside Yoga 194 (20/2/2017) In yoga we are often asked to look within. We understand that looking within is part of the practice, that by looking inside we understand our soul, our spirit, or our mind, but what is not always appreciated is why such a focus on the body at the same time as the mind? The answer is […]
more >Inside Yoga 191 (23/1/2017) We can run and we can hide but our thoughts will always catch up with us. Good or bad thoughts, this is how it can feel when meditating but this is a good reason to watch our thoughts and face them, like looking in the mirror we see ourselves, warts and all. Whether we are sitting […]
more >Inside Yoga 190 (16/1/2017) How long is a piece of string? This could be a suitable answer to the question: how many yoga poses are there? Perhaps more importantly do we need really need to know how many yoga asanas exist? Does it have any bearing on our weekly practice? There will always be more to learn so the question […]
more >Inside Yoga 189 (9/1/2017) Do you feel like you are constantly on the move? Always on the go, from one task to the next, never finding the time to stop, our heads filled with everything all at once, juggling and rarely feeling on top of it all? Then when we do find the time to stop we are so unaccustomed […]
more >Inside Yoga 186 (28/11/2016) Anyone who has travelled on London’s Underground network would have heard the announcement, “Mind the gap, mind the gap”. At first glance this might appear to have nothing to do with meditation, but when meditating we also mind the gap – between the thoughts. Although there are several types of meditation the principle aim is to […]
more >Inside Yoga 185 (28/11/2016) Learning meditation techniques can be easier than finding the time and patience to sit still long enough to practice meditation. Sitting in a class is easier because the teacher controls when you finish but try it at home and it is suddenly much harder. This is a short guide to finding your way into a personal […]
more >Inside Yoga 184 (21/11/16) How many of us find ourselves wanting more time, especially at the weekend? How about an extra day between Saturday and Sunday? Would that do it? But since we cannot conjure up an extra day, what can we do about this? I thought about this, because here I am on Sunday feeling exhausted and not ready […]
more >Inside Yoga 183 A school in Baltimore has replaced detention with meditation and yoga as a way of solving the school’s problems such as pupil violence and behaviour issues. Patterson High School principal Vance Benton says in a Guardian article, that this programme is intended to help students cope with the prevalence of death, violence, and turmoil in their lives. […]
more >Inside Yoga 181 (31/10/2016) At this time of the year, kids run around scaring their neighbours as part of Halloween. This celebration of all things scary is a sign that we do like to be spooked and scared, and this masochistic tendency of putting ourselves in the face of something scary is one of our ways of feeling alive. Yoga […]
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