by Eve | Jun 27, 2017 | Breathing, Pranayama, Surgery, XHyster, Yoga practices
In the absence of internet information, I decided to create my own holistic way of dealing with my upcoming surgery.
I let people know what was happening so they could support me if they wished. I sent out e-mails to friends, family and some yoga students to say that the operation was scheduled and when, and would they please send healing energy. The simple fact that I was willing to be open and vulnerable helped eliminate any residual shame.
I started keeping a journal in which I could collect information on hysterectomies, and more importantly, write down questions and feelings as they arose.
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by Eve | Dec 17, 2013 | Dharana, Mindfulness Meditation, Pranayama, Pratyahara, Yoga practices, Yoga teaching
I love yoga and I love my yoga practice.
I often hear from people that they would like to be able to do home practice but somehow they never quite get there. Maybe this describes your experience. You might have bought all the yoga gear, dvd’s, YogaAnywhere practice cards, books, but ended cup only doing self-practice for a short time. […]
by Eve | Sep 15, 2013 | Dhyana, Mindfulness Meditation, Pranayama, Pratyahara, Wisdom, Yoga practices, Yoga teaching
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Have you ever notice how we humans get hypnotised by time. As we mature into being adults, it’s as though we develop an internal clock, something like an invisible heart pacemaker.
For instance, when I go for a 30 minute beach walk, I know pretty much to the second when the halfway point, 15 minutes, has gone by. […]
by Eve | May 30, 2013 | Audio, Dharana, Dhyana, Healing, Health, Pranayama, Pratyahara, Yoga practices, Yoga Therapy
Next week I’ll be teaching in the Byron Yoga Therapy Course which I’ve had the honour of doing for the last four years.
What is yoga therapy? In one sense it’s a contradiction in terms because the basis of Patanjali’s meditation yoga is that an individual is whole and complete and doesn’t needing ‘fixing’. […]
by Eve | May 5, 2013 | Dhyana, Pranayama, Yoga practices
In our household of six people, the average age is 66-2/3 yrs. […]
by Eve | Mar 22, 2013 | Dharana, Health, Mindfulness Meditation, Pranayama, Wisdom, Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
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Yesterday I wrote about how difficult I find it, at times, to pay attention. I’m finding the practice of mindfulness meditation gradually helping me improve my concentration.
Another aid for focussing the mind is the practice of pranayama – attention to the breath. Today I wanted to link back to Patanjali and his Sutra regarding pranayama. […]
by Eve | Feb 24, 2013 | Dharana, Pranayama, Yoga practices
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When I woke up in the dark today, and it was only 2:37am, I was hoping I would fall right back sleep. Instead I spent the next hour in the slipstream of my thoughts, not awake enough to still them and not sleepy enough to bypass them.
Finally, I did something I’ve never done before. […]
by Eve | Feb 19, 2013 | Philosophy, Pranayama, Wisdom, XSutras, Yoga Sequences, Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
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Yoga philosophy has a handy way to categorise elements of the material world. In Sanskrit there are three forces called gunas: tamas, which exhibits qualities of darkness, inertia, or heaviness; rajas, which equates with raw energy, passion, dynamism; and, sattva, which is defined as Being, clarity, or spiritual essence.
Objects can be characterised according to the above scheme, and so can human moods and personalities.
Think about it. At times you’ve probably felt yourself in a heavy mood, like a dark cloud is hanging over you (tamasic). […]
by Eve | Feb 8, 2013 | Dhyana, Healing, Health, Philosophy, Pranayama, Pratyahara, Wisdom, XSutras, Yoga practices, Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Yoga teaching
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Over the years I’ve developed a deep love and appreciation for yoga. Sometimes I joke and say that it’s the longest relationship I’ve ever had.
In the beginning I did yoga to help me lose weight after a pregnancy and to keep fit. I discovered I was good at doing the asanas so that gave me an ego boost and led me to do yoga teacher training. […]
by Eve | Nov 23, 2012 | Healing, Pranayama, Wisdom, XSutras, Yoga practices, Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
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The feeling of heaviness inhibits; the feeling of lightness confers great freedom… to make the changes and transformations that are indispensable to life.*
Here are a few things I’ve done at different times in my life to create the quality of lightness:
1. Emotional cleansing – you know those occasions when you bare your heart to a compassionate other and it enables you let go of guilt, negativity, judgment, righteousness and all those things that were weighing you down.
2. […]
by Eve | Nov 14, 2012 | Dharana, Dhyana, Pranayama, Wisdom, XSutras, Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
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In Hindu traditional society, a yoga practitioner is meant to vary the practices he does according to the stage of life he’s in. We modern yogis would do well to consider such a template for living, as it would help us cover the bases for optimum spiritual development.
The four stages are called ashrama* in Sanskrit, and they are: brahmacharya, grihastha, vanaprastha, and sannyasa.
The first stage includes youth/students from ages 8 to 25 years. This is when one is growing up and assimilating knowledge and values. […]
by Eve | Oct 14, 2012 | Dharana, Dhyana, Philosophy, Pranayama, Samadhi, Wisdom, XSutras, Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Yoga teaching
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I have been honest so far. Even though, I’m making the effort to present and understand the writing of the old sage, Patanjali, I’m dog paddling here, treading water, trying to stay afloat. […]
