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 […]
more >Inside Yoga 222 (8/1/2017) Well-being is very popular today, but how good are we at looking after ourselves and importantly how good are we at looking after everything and everyone around us? Our yoga practice starts with our self and extends to everything in our life, including the planet we inhabit… read on. At the heart of yoga, according to […]
more >Inside Yoga 221 (2/1/2018) We are back to the beginning again. The start of another year is usually filled with resolutions to “start as we mean to go on”, to make changes, and to improve XYZ; or, in other words we use the New Year as a chance to improve our quality of life. But is the start of the […]
more >Inside Yoga 220 (18/12/2017) With Christmas approaching I decided to post a festive blog and had a browse of cyberspace to see if there is anything out there. Top of the list was a blog posted in Huffington Post suggesting that Santa needs to practice yoga! The reasoning is straightforward and makes sense: Santa has a tough job carrying heavy […]
more >Inside Yoga 219 (11/12/2017) This famous slogan, “Keep calm and carry on” helped the population of Britain keep going during the Second World War, and it continues to be used as a reminder or a sales gimmick, and it also has relevance when it comes to yoga practice. One of the key points about practice is how we respond to […]
more >Inside Yoga 218 (4/12/2017) I was tidying up my office clutter and I came across a note book in which I had written down some extracts from books I had read several years ago which at the time struck a chord with me; so I thought I would share them with you. “Why do we hear so little about patience […]
more >Inside Yoga 217 (20/11/2017) We are told to concentrate and focus when practising, keeping a meditative awareness yet as many of us will have noticed sleepiness gets in the way, preventing us and troubling us when all we want to do is practice yoga. But is sleepiness the problem? The simple answer is no, being sleepy is not a problem […]
more >Inside Yoga 216 (13/11/2017) Yoga can be many things to many people, it can offer a good stretch, it can be one time we relax, and it can make us feel so much better, yet none of these will be found or achieved without the task being set to become absorbed in yoga. Being absorbed in something is an activity […]
more >Inside Yoga 215 (6/11/17) We might feel life is very complicated some of the time, or perhaps most of the time, and there are times when it’s us who make it complicated when it need not be. While looking for answers we make our route to the solution complex, strained and difficult. The truth is often simpler and easier. When […]
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