Nov 12, 2017 | Healing, Humour, Wisdom, Yoga teaching |
I’m part of a yoga teachers practice group which meets monthly. We get together for a led-practice and then breakfast afterwards. It’s a mutual gathering. No one person is the boss of it. The person leading and venue of the group rotates each month. This...
Dec 2, 2013 | Age, Humour, Pleasure, Yoga practices |
Recent studies show that one of the best ways to stay mentally fit and enjoy a long life is to exercise regularly. Is a program of asana-based yoga enough to encourage optimum health? Well, that probably depends on whether a component of your practice is aerobic. I...
Nov 25, 2013 | Age, Humour, Mindfulness Meditation |
via pinterest Do you consider yourself forgetful? Have you misplaced valuable items and been too embarrassed to mention your lapses to others? Are you fearful that you are becoming increasingly forgetful with age? What about those words that are just on the tip of...
Nov 4, 2013 | Being a writer, Humour, Wisdom |
I really, really, really dislike the kinds of lists that tell us: 50 ways to be a better lover; 3 airtight arguments against eating meat; 5 most liberating yoga poses…. It’s too easy to write an article or post in this reductionist fashion, and maybe it...
Jul 21, 2013 | Humour, Wisdom |
indulgy.com via pinterest Do you make to-do lists? If you do, one item currently near the top of your list might be getting your tax information together so you can lodge this year’s return. That’s what’s going on in our household at the moment....
Jul 3, 2013 | Dharana, Dhyana, Humour, Wisdom, Yoga practices |
I did a meditation this morning to the voice recording of Jon Kabat-Zin in which I was able to practice accepting my busy mind. I know that meditation is supposed to be about stilling a chattering mind, but I think I’ve discovered a precondition to having a...
May 27, 2013 | Humour, Yoga practices |
ilovefunnypics.com via pinterest Years ago I saw a movie called “Something’s Got to Give”, starring Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton as seniors who were experiencing a bumpy road in dealing with the process of ageing. One of the sight gags that ran...
May 22, 2013 | Humour, Wisdom, Yoga practices |
(via Pinterest) Having just completed teaching one workshop, I’m now mentally preparing for teaching in the Yoga Therapy Intensive in Byron Bay. However, I’m following my own advice to the driven, stressed-out people who take up yoga to relax: chill a...
May 6, 2013 | Humour, Yoga practices |
My husband and I share the same office, a rather small one at that. Our desks face in different directions, but it’s easy for me to toss questions over my shoulder at him. Which I do often. Why is the Internet so slow? Is it slow for you, too? What network are...
Apr 28, 2013 | Humour, Nature, Wisdom |
How much is life passing us by because of our love affair with screens and devices? Probably more than we want to know, and it’s a question that Google can’t actually answer. The classic cartoon above, created by Micheal Leunig with great prescience, sums...
Apr 22, 2013 | Humour, Yoga practices |
At the optometrist today, I caught myself wanting to cheat. If I squinted I could just about see one line more on the eye chart, and that would have kept me at the same vision reading as 18 months ago. What is that kind of behaviour? In the end, I didn’t fudge...
Apr 21, 2013 | Gardening, Humour, Upper back & shoulders, Yoga Therapy |
I hear countless conversations, read articles and hear lectures about how yoga is not just a physical exercise system. We’ve all heard them. We’ve even said such things ourselves. Still, it’s a hard habit to break, that is, considering yoga as a way...
