Archive for the ‘Yoga’ Category
Truth Be Told – theme of the month blog by Hannah Rutland
Truth be told – Theme of the month with Hannah Whatever you are doing right now – stop. Pause. Take a moment to tune in with the sounds that you can hear around you. Perhaps there is the distant noise of moving traffic, or maybe a dishwasher is moving through a cycle in the next […]
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Guru month – yoga as activism by Keren
“What helped you survive?” Steinem asked Davis before an auditorium packed with remarkable women and social justice organizers. “What made feel capable of getting up every day and moving forward was the fact that there were so many other people involved in the struggle,” Davis responded. “This was not my struggle alone.” “I could only […]
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Theme of the month blog by Jo – Your inner Guru
A guru is a teacher, expert, guide, mentor, master – one who dispels the darkness and reveals the light to his or her followers or students. The guru is a long-standing and respected tradition in Hindu culture particularly, and therefore is very present in the roots of yoga. However, in recent times that light of […]
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Complainer Brain – theme of the month blog by Jo
You probably wouldn’t know it unless you spoke to me for more than about, say, 5 minutes, but I suffer from a particular affliction. As far as I know this wasn’t something I carried with me in my childhood years; it’s adult onset. It’s known as Complainer Brain. If you yourself suffer from Complainer Brain, […]
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Taking your life in your hands – April Blog by Jo
Where would we be without our hands? I still remember the night that, as a child, I awoke from a seemingly interminable and inescapable nightmare to find my mother at my bedside gently stroking my hair as I slept. Surfacing to that sensation instantly transformed my terror into a feeling of being completely protected, safe […]
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