Recognising our survival instinct

Category : Asanas (Postures), Featured, General advice, Philosophy 17th April 2017

Inside Yoga 201 (18/4/2017) None of us like feeling anxious, fearful, angry and stressed, and many of us beat ourselves up for being like this, but what might have escaped us while feeling low and bad is that these are normal thoughts and feelings… if we first understand human nature before finding a solution. Recently, I read Ruby Wax’s book […]

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Stopping restlessness

Category : Asanas (Postures), Featured, General advice, Philosophy 27th March 2017

Inside Yoga 199 (27/3/2017) After a walk or a visit to the garden my dog will come into the house and spend a few minutes walking to and fro, unable to stop and sit down, restless and not sure what he is supposed to do next. How many of us recognise this behaviour in ourselves? The restlessness I describe above […]

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Yoga is meditation

Category : Asanas (Postures), Featured, General advice, Philosophy 13th March 2017

Inside Yoga 197 (13/3/2017) It is time for a clarification! We often see the words written out or spoken: “yoga and meditation”. Worded this way, it gives the impression that these are two separate practices, but in fact, yoga is meditation – yoga and meditation are the same practice. I am guilty of doing writing or saying, yoga and meditation, […]

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A reminder to breathe

Category : Asanas (Postures), Featured, General advice, Philosophy 6th March 2017

Inside Yoga 196 (6/3/2107) We have been doing it since the moment we were born, we need it to stay alive, but we treat it so badly that it is amazing it puts up with our behaviour. I am speaking of our breathing, which we forget frequently and get into such bad habits with that it is often a short […]

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A reminder to breathe

Category : Asanas (Postures), Featured, General advice, Philosophy 6th March 2017

Inside Yoga 196 (6/3/2107) We have been doing it since the moment we were born, we need it to stay alive, but we treat it so badly that it is amazing it puts up with our behaviour. I am speaking of our breathing, which we forget frequently and get into such bad habits with that it is often a short […]

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A reminder to breathe

Category : Asanas (Postures), Featured, General advice, Philosophy 6th March 2017

Inside Yoga 196 (6/3/2107) We have been doing it since the moment we were born, we need it to stay alive, but we treat it so badly that it is amazing it puts up with our behaviour. I am speaking of our breathing, which we forget frequently and get into such bad habits with that it is often a short […]

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All in a body

Category : Asanas (Postures), Featured, General advice, Philosophy 20th February 2017

Inside Yoga 194 (20/2/2017) In yoga we are often asked to look within. We understand that looking within is part of the practice, that by looking inside we understand our soul, our spirit, or our mind, but what is not always appreciated is why such a focus on the body at the same time as the mind? The answer is […]

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Reflections of your self

Category : Asanas (Postures), Featured, General advice, Philosophy 23rd January 2017

Inside Yoga 191 (23/1/2017) We can run and we can hide but our thoughts will always catch up with us. Good or bad thoughts, this is how it can feel when meditating but this is a good reason to watch our thoughts and face them, like looking in the mirror we see ourselves, warts and all. Whether we are sitting […]

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How many yoga postures are there?

Category : Asanas (Postures), Featured, General advice, Philosophy 16th January 2017

Inside Yoga 190 (16/1/2017) How long is a piece of string? This could be a suitable answer to the question: how many yoga poses are there? Perhaps more importantly do we need really need to know how many yoga asanas exist? Does it have any bearing on our weekly practice? There will always be more to learn so the question […]

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Reasons to be still

Category : Asanas (Postures), Featured, General advice, Philosophy 9th January 2017

Inside Yoga 189 (9/1/2017) Do you feel like you are constantly on the move? Always on the go, from one task to the next, never finding the time to stop, our heads filled with everything all at once, juggling and rarely feeling on top of it all? Then when we do find the time to stop we are so unaccustomed […]

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