Inside Yoga 135 (8/6/2015) For many of us life can feel like a constant rush, with the pressure to keep up filling our days or, it can feel like a runaway train hurtling forward with us holding on hoping that we will last the journey. The pressure to manage can make us feel stretched to our limit, unsettled and stressed, […]
more >Inside Yoga 134 (12/5/15) A recent yoga magazine article has been heavily criticised for publishing an article that describes an ancient yogic technique which involves throwing up to empty the stomach of all contents. Yoga Magazine’s Dr Malik was responding to a reader’s question about Vyaghra Kriya, a purification technique called Tiger exercise in English. It is not the description […]
more >Inside Yoga 133 (27/4/2015) When I was new to Buddhism there was one lesson I heard that stood out: it stated: “if you can concentrate, focussing on the breath, with the mind still for one minute you are probably already a Buddha”. This statement highlights what most of us discover when meditating; that it is very hard to stay with […]
more >Inside Yoga 131 (9/3/15) I firmly believe that yoga can help everyone and anyone, whatever their health situation, it is just a case of tailoring the yoga to help their physical and emotional needs. Today I came across an interesting story about how Help for Heroes, a charity formed to help those who have been wounded in Britain’s current conflicts, […]
more >Inside Yoga 130 (2/3/15) Making yoga part of our daily routine can be the hardest aspect of practising yoga, because our busy lives juggling work, family and play make it very hard to find a space in our day for some yoga. Yet, it is possible and this is how. First of all, we make the decision that we want […]
more >Inside Yoga 127 (19/1/15) Recent scientific research has revealed that practising hatha yoga helps people aged over 55 improve their brain function. Scientists at the University of Illinois, USA, studied a group of 108 adults aged between 55 and 79 with 61 of them practising yoga three times a week over an eight-week period. The others met for the same […]
more >Inside Yoga 126 (12/1/15) New research has found that yoga could be as effective as cycling or brisk walking in reducing the risk of heart attack and stroke. This is not a surprise to yoga practitioners like myself who have discovered yoga’s benefits, but it is good to read that scientists have found the proof they need. The report’s experts […]
more >Inside Yoga 125 Last week a report into our health revealed that 50 per cent of women and 43 per cent of men regularly took prescription drugs. Dr Clare Gerada was quoted: “I think what we’re doing now… is over-treating and over-diagnosing”. How have we become such a drug dependent nation? It is a Western malaise, as a glance across […]
more >Inside Yoga 124 Have you ever wondered why we feel so low emotionally, so physically tired and so short of get up and go during winter? Perhaps it is because while the rest of nature has gone into either hibernation or inactivity, we continue to plough on with our 24/7 activities. Our ancestors didn’t live like we do now, as […]
more >Inside Yoga 120 (5/11/14) Back in the 1980s the Dalai Lama began working with cognitive scientists who were studying mindfulness meditation and Buddhist insights, and he welcomed this with open arms, but he probably did not imagine businesses and even the US military would one day want to harness some of those insights. Last week, the Dalai Lama attended a […]
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