As self-inquiry systems, Yoga and Ayurveda provide a multitude of self-care practices to enhance our life. Here are eight of my favourites: Massaging our Feet With 28 bones, 30 joints and more than 100 muscles, ligaments and tendons, our feet are phenomenal structures that provide stability, balance and support. Plus, the feet … Read more
Part 3 of a three-pronged approach to experiencing our potential and moving beyond limitations. Regardless of the direction we want to take, whether it’s starting a business or learning the tango, spending time with someone who knows the “dance” provides clarity and enhances our journey. If we want to reduce … Read more
Part 2 of a three-pronged approach to experiencing our potential and moving beyond limitations. Just as we become what we consume regarding food, we also become the experiences we consume – and that includes who we spend our time with. If we spend our valuable time with people who have … Read more
(Bite-Sized Yoga for Daily Inspiration page 98) If you have set a positive intention to manage your stress, improve your health, or develop a yoga practice, if you have committed to creating meaningful work and relationships only to find yourself sulking in more guilt and stress, then stop! Stop and … Read more
I have been asked this question many times over the years and I love it. For one, the moment we are aware that we are thinking, we are not the thought, we are the observer. Secondly, this acknowledgement of “what shall I think about” is the realization that we get … Read more
Yoga Asanas An asana (yoga postures) is a good seat for the mind and the body and a good seat is one that is both stable and easeful. We stabilize the mind in part through drishti (a steady and easeful focus for the eyes) and in part through breath. Not … Read more
Years ago, I was at a wedding where a wise redhead said in her speech “Life is a journey, not a guided tour”. She was not the first, nor the last person to have said this, however, it is her words that have stuck with me, through this always surprising … Read more
For the record, sometimes I spend the first 20 minutes before I write a blog post like this… Well, apparently, I am. Friends, I am a gossip. I grew up in a big family in a small town, so while I perhaps come by it honestly, truthfully it isn’t something … Read more
Have you ever been stuck? Not in a ditch, although philosophically that too is probably relevant…but in life. It can be a big stuck like career, relationship, or health stuck; or really it can be quite small like should I give up coffee, buy a new outfit, start a new … Read more
So, I had an aha moment while writing this blog. I have a love/hate relationship with pigeon pose, I see all the benefits, often crave it, but just as often kind of hate it. I always wondered why Eka Pada Rajakapotasana was … Read more
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