Inside Yoga 169 (13/6/16) As you read this, breathe out, then breathe in deeply and then breathe out as slow as you can and as long as you can… That’s the first action of both yoga practice and meditation practice… just remember this when your mind looks for something more complex… simply breathe out. And keep repeating this process of […]
more >Inside Yoga 168 (23/5/16) There is a row brewing in India over the use of the word “Om” at the forthcoming International Yoga Day on June 21 with opposition political parties accusing the governing BJP party of having a Hindu agenda by forcing participants to chant “Om” at the event. The Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari’s wife Salma Ansari said […]
more >Inside Yoga 167 (16/5/2016) Last week I came across a comment by a yoga student who was complaining about his teacher, he was annoyed that he was not getting the best he could from his workout. It was these two last words that caught my eye, regardless of rights and wrongs about the class, all I had in my head […]
more >Inside Yoga 166 (9/5/2016) Sam Allardyce, Sunderland football club’s manager has revealed that he uses meditation to cope with the stress and pressure of his job, especially at this stage of the season with his team facing relegation from the Premier League. Reports in both his local newspaper, Shields Gazette, and the national press have reported that the 61-year-old manager […]
more >Inside Yoga 165 (2/5/2016) The two worlds of meditation and science are gradually drawing closer to each other, and many scientists now see the benefits of meditation. There are always two sides to a question, Australian ABC reported recently: what does science say about the centuries-old spiritual practice? And equally, what can the ancient Buddhist tradition teach neuroscientists about the […]
more >Inside yoga 164 (25/4/2016) These days meditation is generally accepted as being a practice which is good for us, because it helps us relax and it sharpens our awareness among other benefits. A study in California has now discovered that meditation reduces the age of our brain – it makes us younger! In fact, the study revealed that regular meditation […]
more >Inside Yoga 163 (28/3/2016) As the Christian world celebrates Easter this weekend, from Christ’s death to his resurrection it is worth considering what it means to be reborn? In both Buddhism and yoga there is lot of importance placed on how we live, how we die and how we are reborn. Most of us are aware of the belief in […]
more >Inside Yoga 162 (21/3/2016) Charlotte Walker has tried numerous things to control her bipolar disorder and recently found that yoga helped to balance her life. In an article on BBC website she describes how she started yoga again – having done some practice back in the 1990s – and although she found it hard physically she says that she feels […]
more >Inside Yoga 161 (14/3/2016) A yoga teacher in Calgary, Canada, teaches a class under the title “rage yoga”, which according to the teacher, Lyndsey Istace, started after she went through a difficult relationship breakup and felt so angry. The class looks like a yoga class you would expect to see until she encourages the students to do exercises like “screaming […]
more >Inside Yoga 160 (4/3/16) There are a lot of reasons why practicing yoga is a good idea, but now here’s one to add to the list – especially for the ecologically and ethically minded amongst us: practising yoga reduces our carbon footprint. India’s Ministry of Environment and Forests and Climate Change has produced a 21-page document about “Low Carbon Lifestyles”. […]
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