Inside Yoga 74 (19/4/2013) Restless, according to the Oxford English Dictionary states, defines it is as being unable to rest as a result of anxiety or boredom; offering no physical or emotional rest; or involving constant activity. Most of us experience this at some point in our life while a few of us find that restlessness dominates our life. The […]
more >Inside Yoga 73 (5/4/13) How can freedom and control work together? It seems to be a contradiction, but if we are to free ourselves of negative mind states through meditation and yoga we need to exercise a level of control in what we do. For example, our breath is so important in so many ways. Primarily, it keeps us alive […]
more >Inside Yoga 72 (25/3/13) Most of will remember the stress of doing school exams, but how many of us were aware that mindfulness meditation would help us cope and even do better? Even today not many school pupils are aware of how meditation can help them, and for that matter, most teachers are not aware of how meditation can help […]
more >Inside Yoga 71 (15/3/13) An article in the Guardian newspaper this week reported that several recent studies have come to the same conclusion: at work, and in general, women are feeling the pressures of stress more than their male peers. One of the studies cited in the report is a 2008 study led by Yale’s Dr Tara Chaplin, whose research […]
more >Inside Yoga 68 (22/2/13) “All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts.” These words, from Shakespeare’s play As You Like It, were as relevant when it was first performed and as they are today… both in the way Shakespeare […]
more >Inside Yoga 67 (1/2/2013) As our modern way of living races ahead with its busy agenda, there is something that is being squeezed out – namely, silence. It is golden as the phrase goes, and to highlight its importance a church in Sussex released a CD of silence at the end of last year and its sales have rocketed. The […]
more >Inside Yoga 66 (22/1/13) Now that the dust has settled from my computer crash, it is perhaps safe to share an aspect of the experience. There I was just after the New Year ready to go – I had a New Year resolution to have everything in place and to get my business of teaching rolling again. Famous last words: […]
more >Inside Yoga 65 (14/1/2013) Well, I have to be honest and say that the festive season’s burn out, fatigue and ensuing laziness has got the better of me! Hence the absence of a new chapter of Inside Yoga for weeks, more than that, since late-November! My apologies. My new year’s resolution was to start with a new blogs, and so […]
more >Inside Yoga 64 (26/11/12) Last week I was reading a Sunday newspaper magazine article about amazing humans (“Meet the Superhumans”, Observer magazine 18/11/12) and I was fascinated by the story of 25-year-old free diver, Tom Sietas, from Hamburg, who can hold his breath for 22 minutes and 22 seconds – he is the current world record holder. What struck me […]
more >Inside Yoga 63 (12/11/12) Stress in our lives and at work can be a problem for many people. The problem Stress is a part of modern life, but does it need to have such a negative affect on our lives? Some sources, including the Health & Safety Executive, estimate that stress affects one in five of the working population – […]
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