the obstacles you face should give way to the vision you hold
I remember someone saying to me once: ‘The obstacles you face should give way to the vision you hold’. Bam! That’s powerful. If you ponder that for a moment, you might also realise how rarely that’s the case. Think of how many times you’ve heard someone hatch a plan (for their life, their business, their…
how to design an effective home practice
As a yoga student, there often comes a time when (having practiced in lots of studio classes) you become curious about developing your own home practice.
Yoga Sequencing Tips
As yoga teachers, how do we design great practices? To answer that question, we first need to explore what ‘great’ actually means. Does it refer to a fun practice? Do we gauge it by how we feel immediately after? Or, is a great practice one that contributes positively to our life?
The Journey From Understanding to Embodiment
A while back I was reading a book and it contained a series of business principles that were actually also just really great life principles. Something that the author said that I really loved was (and I’m paraphrasing here)… “You might hear these principles and think, actually, I already know that. But if…
how to turn self-doubt into self-trust during periods of change
Let’s talk about the relationship between growth and self-trust, particularly in those moments when you’re going for something in life that kind of stretches and inspires you, but maybe also scares you a little bit.
Personal responsibility has the power to change everything, but are you game?
One of the things that I really like about yoga is its orientation towards personal responsibility. This idea is that we are entirely responsible for the experiences we have. As an example, let’s say you attend a yoga class and you hate it, but the person next to you attends the same class and they…
mindset on the journey from self-doubt to self-trust
Change your mindset for self-trust Last year, I attended a course on mindset. The premise of the course was that you’d pick a goal, whatever was relevant for you, and every day for 90 days, you would do something towards that goal. The reason that I bring it up is that during the first group…
rising above it all with yoga’s tools for self inquiry
Tools for Self Inquiry in Uncertain Times There’s a lot going on in the world, and in the yoga world at the moment. In relation to that, I’ve been thinking about the importance of conversation. Particularly the nature of how conversation unfolds, and how we can use tools for self inquiry to remain empowered and…
on yoga nidra and the practice of trustful surrender
Our lives are extremely full of to-do lists, social activities, responsibilities, hopes for the future. And for most of these, we’re not open to the possibility of letting them go. We’re afraid of losing control. Because of this, when we step on to the yoga mat or meditation cushion, we tend to apply the same…
bhakti: walking the path of divine love
Let’s explore bhakti together, by first asking ourselves a few opening questions… What does the word ‘love’ mean to you? Is it something you have? Something you want? Something you are? Think of the love you have for your parents. Then look beyond. The real parent, says Tantra, is love. The Tantric tradition teaches…
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