The "D" Word
…done your practice usually disappear by the time you finish your practice. Instead of the low-grade anxiety you experience from procrastinating, you get a feeling of accomplishment. This adds up…
…done your practice usually disappear by the time you finish your practice. Instead of the low-grade anxiety you experience from procrastinating, you get a feeling of accomplishment. This adds up…
…to come to the Shed and practice with me, but only one of them took me up on the offer. I guess when I heard myself talking up personal practice,…
…come together with one individual leading a yoga practice, and that that person would nominate the venue. Well, it’s happened. So far, we’ve met three times with an average of…
…of yoga, but even more so becoming part of a wholesome community. There has been a kind of evolution in my involvement with various communities. One of them was Werner…
…us would go on to influence our wider communities. I lost track of Amanda as she left Australia and based herself in Europe. Part of her journey was a long…
From dilemma to opportunity Perimenopause, menopause and post-menopause are life transitions that for many women are considered dilemmas. For example, I scrolled through Pinterest looking for an image. In the…
…just one thing at a time. For example, I went for a beach walk today and, at the same time, was listening through my head phones to an audiobook. As…
Angel Trumpets* In anticipation of teaching a workshop on “Yoga Teacher Burnout”, I’ve been examining the ways I tend to go over my limits. Without being too self-congratulatory, I’m not…
…An example of this is when we use the tool of “sankulpa” (or resolve) in yoga practice to manifest healing, happiness, or peace in our relationships with others or with…
…out what our minds are up to, feeling what’s going on in our bodies, examining what’s going on for us emotionally. Bija Bennett in Emotional Yoga: How the Body Can…
…of adjustment’ only comes from patient practice. A couple of years ago now, I wrote a book called “The Art of Adjustment”. It was created to help trainees enhance their…
…sums up the practice of yoga, too. If you stay in the practice over time, you’re not doing yoga so much as letting yoga shape you. It seems obvious that…