Archive for the ‘Yoga’ Category
Theme of the month December – Lila, divine play
Last night, I was sat at my desk at 10pm, doing my business admin and desperately wishing I could just hop into bed to get back to my silly but amazing book – the Wrong Knickers. A must read for any woman around 35-45 who once lived in a city and almost destroyed themselves trying […]
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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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