Archive for the ‘Yoga Philosophy’ Category
Theme of the month November – Bhagavad Gita teachings
Theme of the month November – the teachings of the Bhagavad Gita It’s that time of the year again when a brand new group of teacher trainees have started with us in the studio and either ended their first weekend on a high or in despair about how much there is to learn…or a bit […]
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Theme of the month – Gratitude
Yesterday I went for coffee with my great Mum friend Sandra after the school run, we let the kids run wild around argal lake and we sipped a coffee outside in the Autumn sunshine. We chatted about the need to simplify things, that we live such blessed lives, have so much STUFF and how lucky […]
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Theme of the month – September – The path to enlightenment via Patanjali’s yoga sutras
Theme of the month September ~ The path to enlightenment via Patanjali’s yoga sutras Yama-niyama-āsana-prāṇāyāma-pratyāhāra-dhāraṇā-dhyāna-samādhayo‘ṣṭāvaṅgāni. Restraint, Observance, Seat, Breath Control, Sense Withdrawal, Concentration, Mediation and Ecstasy are the eight limbs of Yoga. Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras II.29 I remember being on retreat with Sharon Gannon and David Life (the couple who developed Jivamukti yoga and opened […]
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Theme of the month – balance
Many years ago when I worked for a mining company in Australia I used to find myself flown from Brisbane to Perth fairly regularly. One one trip, I was exploring the beaches of Freemantle and I came across this yoga studio http://www.fremantleyoga.com The next day I went along to the 6am class before work and […]
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Theme of the month – July – YOGA
Welcome to the theme of the month blog post for July and the theme for this month is…YOGA Say what? The theme of the month is yoga? isn’t it always yoga? Yoga means many different things to different people. The first question on my teacher training application form is ‘what does yoga mean to you?’ […]
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