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Here is an embodied teaching—so you can really feel Tadasana. As I like to say in our sessions we need grow our asana from the inside. We stand, not as effort, but as arrival. Feet gently kiss the earth with the quiet confidence of stone that has known the knowledge for centuries.The mountain does not strain upward, it grows layer by layer and invites the sky to greet it. In Tadasana, we remember this. Becoming the Shape Our feet spread like roots in fertile soil, four corne

deva nāgarī — the script of the immortals —is the sacred vessel through which Sanskrita is written. Sanskrita itself is often called the mother of all languages, the quiet root from which English, German, Greek, Latin, Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, and so many others have grown out from over time.   In Sanskrita, each letter carries a precise sound—nothing more, nothing less. There is no hierarchy of letters, no capitals raised above the rest. Each sound stands equal, each vibration

Today I wondered why do yoga teacher trainings still insist that yoga can be understood through English translations and western thinking (completely made up)? Don’t get me wrong on my journey I have ‘done’ many many yoga teacher training’s and yes they have taught me some things. But, I believe now Yoga is as far from an academic discipline as you can possibly get. So surely it is time that folks stopped trying to fit a round peg into a square box.  Yoga is a living, oral tr

So recently (yes I have been a little slow to "wake up!" ) I have realised that our 'how to be human' manual is all around us, being blatently shown to us by mother nature. Hidden in plain sight you may say! If only we stopped, rested, and opened up all of our senses to allow the knowledge in, it is all being freely shown to us, all of the time, not in words but in the unfolding. Yoga is our wake up call, our waking up practice(s) quite literally to clear the field, clean awa

I have been involved in b ehavioural change all my working career pretty much and I have learnt a few things about how it works.  B ehavioural change is hard because our brains are pattern makers, and changing takes effort and quite a lot of it.  To begin with it is hard to do, it takes effort, but then we start to feel and see the effects that the change we have chosen has on our life, and then we want to do more of it.  So, the best thing to begin with is decide what we w

the seeds become the food - wether we like to eat it or not!

If we care to look, pagan traditions bring unexpected and magical meaning into our today's celebrations. Early pagan practices are actually at the root of many Christian and other religious traditions, including this season of Advent. Pagan communities, all over the world, set aside the weeks before the Winter Solstice as a time to honour the coming of the light. Interesting fact - The date of Christmas was officially designated during the fourth century as Dec. 25th - the da

As we say a fair bit in sessions with you all, we are better at repairing our bodies when we have our eyes closed as it allows our parasympathetic nervous system to become more dominant, but did you know when our body sends out the maintenance crew to do the deeper repairs? Yes, our bodies are on the clock too, and knowing the approximate times when your body is repairing parts can help you pinpoint when things are not in alignment . Obviously, these are guidelines and are ac

So we have noticed that it has been really dark at night over the last few weeks and we wondered why?   So on Thursday evening in our mat yoga class we wondered if it was because the moon is showing itself in the day rather than in the evening, as we all mentioned seeing the moon's beautiful face in the daytime recently, so at the moment at night not only are we missing the sunshine, but the night (sun reflecting) shine of the moon as is around the other side of the earth (wh

So the invitation this week to find ten beautiful reflective minutes in our lives this week and sit in our comfortable seat (asana) and think about all the things we do in our life that helps exude a state of relaxation from within.  One of the laws of this manifest universe is cause and effect, we plant seeds and then they grow, and we reap the benefit or detriment of what we have planted when it has grown, matured, flowered in our lives. So let us reflect on how often we ac

Happiness and freedom begins with the clear understanding of one prinicple.  Some things are within our control and some things are not... Epictetus The invitation this week is to think about all the things that is in our control and what is not. Get a big piece of paper, on one side write in control, and on the other what is not in control. Brain dump. Try to do this without too much filter or analysis, once you have filled the pages, or completely dry up, leave it and the

We are addicts. Yes you and me, all of us addicts. The realisation is the first step.  We are addicted to so so so many things. We are great at judging others for theirs without identifying our own  The biggest addiction is the mind, we are addicted to our mind and through it we are addicted to phones, alcohol, sex, drugs, prescription medications, gaming, exercise, laziness, grumpiness TV, food, stress, smoking, social media, gambling, work, sugar, ultra processed foods, sho

So why do we quarrel...Answers on a postcard please …   Because I…   ·      am running a pattern.  ·      fear something, but haven’t got the words to talk about it rationally. ·      hate the person. ·      feel threatened. ·      am sad. ·      am confused. ·      am angry. ·      never saw it coming. ·      am in denial. ·      do not feel loved. ·      am not in control. ·      want to blame someone/anyone, instead of admitting I am wrong. ·      can’t back down. ·      c