Inside Yoga 179 (3/10/2016) In recent weeks I have been writing about the types of yoga and explaining what yoga is. This week I will focus on one of the niyamas which asks us to take a look at our self. One of the five niyamas is called svadhyaya which translates as the study of the sacred scriptures and of […]
more >Inside Yoga 178 (26/9/2016) In last week’s article, ‘How many yogas are there’ I mentioned at the end some yogas which had not been covered in the article which focussed on explaining Hatha Yoga and Pantanjali’s sutras – this week I will explain some more. At the end of the last article I mentioned yogas called Raja, Karma, Jnana, and […]
more >Inside Yoga 177 (19/9/2016) These days you would think there are hundreds of types of yoga? A common question is, “what type of yoga do you teach”? An important question because it does look like there are so many different types or are they all the same but just labelled differently? In many ways it is the latter, it is […]
more >Inside Yoga 176 (12/9/2016) If you practice yoga it does not mean you have instantly fixed all those bad habits and tendencies, like a bad temper or a tendency to worry needlessly, but what the practice does offer is the techniques, confidence and ability to address these unwanted emotions and thoughts and either limit their negative impact or in some […]
more >Inside Yoga 175 (5/9/16) The summer is over and autumn is doing its very best to blow through and while this is going on some of us are gearing up for the new term: with holidays over and back to work being the order of the day. This is the moment when we might want to take stock of where […]
more >Inside Yoga 174 (18/7/2016) As the summer weather finally reveals its sultry self why not just pause for a moment…simply stare at the falling feather (pictured) for a few deep slow breaths. Sometimes this is all we need to do – to reduce our stress levels, to slow down just when we feel everything is speeding up or perhaps we […]
more >Inside Yoga 173 (11/6/2016) Do you have moments when you feel completely carefree or does this feeling of freedom feel like a distant memory, something that when we think about it, hasn’t happened for a long time, perhaps as far back as our teenage years? So what has gone wrong? Or is anything wrong? For many of us life can […]
more >Inside Yoga 172 (4/7/2016) Ever had the thought, “I am no good at meditation”, “my mind will not stop chatting”, or “I’m adrift in my day dreams” and many more thoughts? Well, if you have, you are doing the right thing! No one ever said practice of meditation and yoga is easy, yet, through trying your best to concentrate on […]
more >Inside Yoga 171 (27/6/2106) We often hear that we are living in challenging times and so forth, and most of us trundle along not really bothered or perhaps hoping someone else will deal with it, but over the last few days many of us have been left shocked and reeling (and some overjoyed). For many it all feels like someone […]
more >Inside Yoga 170 (20/6/2016) The summer solstice is today, Monday, June 20 at 10.43pm this evening (London time for those reading this elsewhere) which signifies the longest day of the year, with the added bonus of being a Strawberry Moon too, as today is also full moon. But was has this got to do with yoga? Yoga teaches us to […]
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