Archive for the ‘Yoga’ Category
Theme of the month – January 2021 – The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
NOW is the time for yoga… In thinking about a theme for this month I have kept returning again and again to the very first of Patanjali’s yoga sutras writer around 2000 years ago (or thereabouts) 1.1 ATHA YOGANUSASANAM – NOW begins the study of Yoga or how I have always read it, NOW is […]
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Theme of the month – Karma Yoga – November 2020
We often think of karma as an eye for an eye type of thing – ie you do something bad and something bad will happen to you. I think the fact that the likes of Donald Trump and Boris Johnson are still in power and thriving are proof that the universe doesn’t work quite that […]
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Theme of the month – My yoga is better than your yoga
Yoga means union. Literally, the word yoga translates as ‘to yolk’. Often this is translated as a union between body, mind and breath or a union between us and God or a union between us and all living creatures. Either way, the union of yoga would imply to me that everyone is welcome to the […]
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Shelter in place – theme of the month blog
The theme of the month this month at the virtual studio is…YOU DO YOU In other words, whatever feels right as you navigate this new world we all find ourselves in. Today I was speaking to a good friend of mine in San Francisco and there they have just had the ‘shelter in place’ order […]
ReadLive streaming and temporary closure – March 2020
Dear FYS community Please take the time to read below, three important points: 1) Reduced schedule this week 2) Streaming classes starting this week 3) Temporary closure We’ve spent the weekend agonising over what to do with the studio in light of current events. We’ve had to think about our obligation to all our teachers […]
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