Oldest yogis in the world

Category : Asanas (Postures), General advice, Philosophy 9th September 2013

Inside Yoga 83 (9/9/13) Ever wondered how some people keep going? As we get older and parts start to wear out it can feel like an uphill climb – to maintain the energy levels we had when younger. So here are a couple of video clips that shows us how yoga can help us keep going and defy the ageing […]

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Death can make us live

Category : General advice, Philosophy 15th July 2013

Inside Yoga 82 (15/7/13) “You are walking along with a different consciousness,” said Wilko Johnson. “You look at other people and think they are all living under that terrible threat of mortality. For me though, it is sorted out, and that sets me apart.” This is a fascinating comment from Dr Feelgood’s guitarist, Wilko Johnson, aged 66, who is suffering […]

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Building our confidence

Category : Asanas (Postures), General advice, Philosophy 8th July 2013

Inside Yoga 81 (8/7/13) Confidence, or to put it more precisely, the lack of confidence is a major obstacle for many of us seeking a better quality of life. It represents a barrier that perhaps holds us back from realising our potential or simply enjoying our life. Yoga can help redress this. Yoga represents a personal journey, as it is […]

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Living with restlessness

Category : Asanas (Postures), General advice, Philosophy 28th June 2013

Inside Yoga 80 (28/6/13) “I can’t seem to face up to the facts; I’m tense and nervous and I can’t relax; I can’t sleep ’cause my bed’s on fire; don’t touch me I’m a real live wire.” When I was a teenager this song by the Talking Heads, “Psycho Killer”, resonated with me so much that I thought that it […]

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Sabbatical from social media

Category : General advice, Philosophy 21st June 2013

Inside Yoga 79 (21/6/13) “I feel that I’m getting too dependent on phones, on Twitter,” said Neil Gaiman. “It’s a symbiotic relationship – that instant ability to find things out, to share. I want to see what happens when I take some time off.” Author Neil Gaiman announced last week, in the Guardian newspaper, that he will be taking a […]

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In simplicity we trust

Category : Asanas (Postures), General advice, Philosophy 10th June 2013

Inside Yoga 78 (10/6/13) Henry David Thoreau, author of Walden, wrote:  “As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.” Last week I was thinking about the idea of simplicity and how important it is to our well-being and quality of life. Yet […]

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Being here and not there

Category : Asanas (Postures), General advice, Philosophy 20th May 2013

Inside Yoga 77 (20/5/2013) “Are you stressed? Are you so busy getting to the future that the present is reduced to a means of getting there? Stress is caused by being “here” but wanting to be “there”, or being in the present but wanting to be in the future. It’s a split that tears you apart inside. To create and […]

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Enjoy the silence

Category : General advice, Philosophy 13th May 2013

Inside Yoga 76 (9/5/13) The Buddha taught: “When a (person) knows the solitude of silence, and feels the joy of quietness, he is then free from fear and he feels the joy of the dharma.” Silence is an important feature of life, but it is often squeezed out by our busy lifestyles, which seeks to claim every second of our […]

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Inhabiting ourselves through yoga

Category : Asanas (Postures), General advice, Philosophy 26th April 2013

Inside Yoga 75 (26/4/2013) I have been reading Coming To Our Senses by Jon Kabat-Zinn which is about “healing ourselves and the world through mindfulness”.  In it he has a short chapter about yoga, an overview, which I thought encapsulates the practice of yoga so well I want to share it. In his book, he says “yoga is one of […]

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Solution to restlessness

Category : Asanas (Postures), General advice, Philosophy 19th April 2013

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 […]

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