Uncertainty is the technology of possibility. What a great sentence. Could doubt really be a place of discovery? The idea that NOT knowing is a super power to harness, not to fear or avoid. Uncertainty can show up as finances, the future or even simple daily events such as what we should eat or what…
A lot of us grew up thinking exercise had one job: shrink us. So of course it feels like a chore. Of course it’s easy to skip. If the only measure of success is a number on a scale or seeing visible change then any day without these “results” feels pointless and any discomfort feels…
Group Classes: The Meeting Point of Movement and Philosophy The online yoga space loves a dichotomy. Scroll long enough and you’ll notice the tension: on one end, group classes are dismissed as exclusionary or superficial, and on the other, there’s the idea that realyoga is found only in stillness, study or pure philosophy. I’ve seen…
Most of us have had that awful feeling where someone posts a photograph of us looking like a potato. You know the one, your face looks like a melted candle and now everyone’s seen it. Bit embarrassing. But imagine being Arjuna (main character of The Bhagavad Gita, yogas ancient philosophical guidance text) You’ve just had…
When ‘Trauma-Informed’ Becomes the New ‘Vino & Vinyasa’ IS trauma really a selling point for yoga? Interestingly, you don’t see this phrase in the Pilates space or in personal training, it seems to be very much the reserve of yoga teachers. Of course, there is a place for having awareness around trauma. In a one-to-one…
Hear me out. This could be a good, maybe great, component to your next event, retreat or corporate offering – that you probably aren’t offering right now. I remember back in the day hosting my first day retreat and they were so uncommon people were a bit unsure as to what it all even involved.…
Consistency is a word I feel a bit icky using in regards to yoga as it has so many toxic connotations of working hard, gruelling schedules and well, it sounds like a drag. However, consistency can be the key to that elusive feel good quality you probably started yoga for in the first place –…
LOOKING AT YOGA: Drishti Translated as sight, view, vision, gaze and more, Drishti is basically a focused gaze. In every yoga pose, there’s a spot we can choose to look at (like a finger, wall or toe) and it can change to where our body is accessible or comfortable, but it’s not really about the…
If yoga was dramatically anti ageing, something undeniably measurable and with guaranteed results for all, well, I’d be typing this from my retirement compound full of dogs with an ageing portrait of myself in the attic. However, there IS evidence that yoga in both its physical and philosophical forms does have some pretty positive impact…
Kirtan Kriya is a traditional meditation practice from Kundalini Yoga. It involves using the mantra (‘muntra’) “Sa Ta Na Ma” while touching the thumb to each fingertip in a sequence, but don’t lose interest just yet, you may be surprised at a modern application. There are lots of different types of meditation and landing on…