A sore back need not be a life sentence. For many years people have been turning to yoga for relief from back pain. Often the cause of back pain is simply tightness in either the muscles of the back itself or in peripheral areas such as the legs and feet or the arms, neck and…
This meditation workshop is designed to help both complete beginners and seasoned meditators. The aim is to provide new insights into how we create problems and obstacles for ourselves when we sit to meditate, bring a fresh understanding of how yoga can help us become happier and healthier. and offer alternative and accessible approaches to…
We need to fall in love with our yoga practice. When we fall in love with someone there is no effort required to engage with our beloved. We don’t need to persuade, coerce or bribe ourselves. And being with the beloved connects us with that place inside ourselves where life feels sweet. So how can…
This video went viral when it came out and is probably going to bring tears to your eyes (it sure did mine!) It takes less than 5 minutes to watch but the impact will stay with you a lot longer. If you need a bit of inspiration watch this now! [youtube_sc url=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX9FSZJu448″]
Exploring the Chakra System in theory and practice We begin with a brief introductory discussion of the chakra system, explaining which parts of the body are governed by which chakras as well as the mental and emotional aspects of each chakra. This naturally leads to an exploration of how pain in the body may be…
Spiritual exercises such as yoga, meditation and religious rituals would like to be the answer. And often claim to be the way. But are they? Chances are, despite all your best efforts, you will have to admit you are still swimming along with the rest of us in an ocean of self doubt and…
This article of mine was published in The Yoga Lunchbox a few years back. Hope you enjoy it! ‘So many younger people are taking to yoga these days as opposed to the 80’s when I was cutting my teeth as a student and yoga was still considered way too esoteric for your average citizen. And what…
“I Release and my Heart is at Peace” When I first heard these words, spoken as a centering thought at the beginning of a meditation by Deepak Chopra, I was caught by their rhythm and the fact that they slotted together so well. I now realize that the strength of this little sentence lies in…
This amazing lady seems to have earned herself the title of ‘The World’s Oldest Yoga Teacher’. Now I’m not going to comment on that except to say I have no doubt that countries other that the USA would certainly be able to put up their own candidates. I would be far more comfortable with the…
I went to a 70th birthday party recently. My first. Looking around the room crowded with conservatively dressed, neatly coiffured strangers I wondered what I was doing there. Surely I had walked in on the wrong do. These people all looked old enough to be my parents. In fact my late grandmother came to…
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