Jun 27, 2017 | Breathing, Pranayama, Surgery, Yoga practices |
(While I’m enjoying visiting friends in Northern California, I decided to re-purpose my all time most popular blog post for Yoga Suits Her. I hope you enjoy reading or re-reading it and maybe even sharing it.) Bad News/Good News If you were told that you...
Sep 15, 2014 | Breathing, Pranayama, Surgery, Yoga practices |
If you were told that you needed to have a hysterectomy, would you consider yourself lucky? Not likely. Life, The Universe, whatever you want to call it has handed me plenty of dilemmas, especially as I get older. I’ve discovered that, with the right mind set,...
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...
Sep 15, 2013 | Dhyana, Mindfulness Meditation, Pranayama, Pratyahara, Wisdom, Yoga practices, Yoga teaching |
via pinterest 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...
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...
May 5, 2013 | Dhyana, Pranayama, Yoga practices |
In our household of six people, the average age is 66-2/3 yrs. I’d like to say that we’re all completely healthy and free from any complaints, but that’s not the case. I’d like to say that 60 is the new 50, but, hey, really? At this time, we...
Mar 22, 2013 | Dharana, Health, Mindfulness Meditation, Pranayama, Wisdom, Yoga Sutras of Patanjali |
Source: flickr.com via Jessica on Pinterest 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...
Feb 24, 2013 | Dharana, Pranayama, Yoga practices |
Source: taboragallery.com via Kaye on Pinterest 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...
Feb 19, 2013 | Philosophy, Pranayama, Wisdom, Yoga Sequences, Yoga Sutras of Patanjali |
Source: dailydoseofstuf.tumblr.com via Michael on Pinterest 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,...
Feb 8, 2013 | Dhyana, Healing, Health, Philosophy, Pranayama, Pratyahara, Wisdom, Yoga practices, Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Yoga teaching |
Source: carkart.com via Carkart.com on Pinterest 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...
Nov 23, 2012 | Healing, Pranayama, Wisdom, Yoga practices, Yoga Sutras of Patanjali |
Source: cokonrads.de via Amanda on Pinterest 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...
Nov 14, 2012 | Dharana, Dhyana, Pranayama, Wisdom, Yoga Sutras of Patanjali |
Source: gizmag.com via Ginger on Pinterest 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...
