Inside Yoga 241 (17/9/2018) Bob Geldof was not the first person to say he didn’t like Mondays, though possibly the first who had a hit song with the title! Yet, why do so many of us dislike Mondays? Or, more to the point, should we be giving this unwelcome thought so much space and time to put us in either […]
more >Inside Yoga 240 (10/9/2018) After the summer break I have gradually got back into the rhythm of work, or have I? I am teaching again and that has got off to a good start, but I have not written a blog for a month and the inspired moment seems to elude me – or rather those moments came when I […]
more >Inside Yoga 239 (31/7/18) Here’s an interesting about one man’s battle with chronic pain, and how he found that meditation helped to reduce his pain levels. Henri Astier suffers from Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome, also known as Chronic non-bacterial prostatitis, and it is interesting article which shows how the mind is such a big factor in how we respond to […]
more >Inside Yoga 238 (16/7/2018) According to research by Southampton University “neither yoga nor meditation quiet the ego; instead, they boost self-enhancement.” This research might appear to blow the lid on the credibility of yoga but like many things in life this is not as straight forward as it appears. Yoga is a practice which guides us and teaches us how […]
more >Inside Yoga 236 (25/6/2018) According to news reports last week the rise in addiction to online activities has become a medical problem with medical bodies such as the NHS providing support for this, and this problem is not going away but getting worse. Computers and the internet was once seen as wonderful inventions which were going radically improve our lives, […]
more >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 232 (23/4/2018) Today I spent a while thinking, “what shall I write about for my blog?” Time passed, ideas came and went, but nothing felt appropriate, but then it struck me, why am I trying to fill the space? So today’s message is this: look at the blank space pictured and clear your mind for just a minute […]
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 ‘ […]
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