Sarasvati Flow

purple sweet potato and chestnut curry

A super simple recipe with a rich, creamy nuttiness thanks to the chestnuts and spices. Purple sweet potato – chopped into cubes 2-3cm Broccoli – sliced into batons Chestnuts – in a jar, ready cooked Chickpeas Coconut milk – one can Spices – paprika, thyme, garam masala, salt and pepper Chop the potato and fryContinue reading “purple sweet potato and chestnut curry”

Time to Earth

I must say I enjoy practicing with the cycle ofthe moon. It’s the first quarter moon this bank holiday weekend, so I know I’m a quarter of the way through practicing the root chakra routine. This moonth, I am working on Bird of Paradise. Strictly speaking, Bird of Paradise could be taught in a sacralContinue reading “Time to Earth”

Practice What You Teach

After practicing and teaching (on and off) Jivamukti for over 8 years, I decided in 2020 to develop my own method that was slightly more accessible for the students I was teaching. I experimented with one approach and then another, until in the last year I have taken it to a whole new level, bringingContinue reading “Practice What You Teach”

Healing Ourselves to Heal the Planet

Unless you prefer to believe in the lost city of Atlantis, the world won’t one day end in a sublime implosion killing us all, instantly. Thanks to climate change, it is declining gradually, with areas here and there succumbing to floods, drought, storms, heatwaves, disease and starvation. In many areas there is a slow almostContinue reading “Healing Ourselves to Heal the Planet”

Shiva: Revisiting the Myth of Death and Rebirth

Shiva is one of India’s most famous gods. Part of the Hindu trinity of Brahma, the creator, Vishnu the preserver, and Shiva the destroyer, Shiva is god of death and rebirth. Shiva is the ruler of the third eye centre and meditation, associated with the crescent moon and sun, ‘ha’ and ‘tha’, he symbolises aContinue reading “Shiva: Revisiting the Myth of Death and Rebirth”

The Karmendriyas

Our hands, our feet, our mouth, our excretory organs and our reproductive organs, these are the karmendriyas, the five ‘organs of action’ through which we operate in this world. We reach for things with our hands, we step on things with our feet, we feel comfortable or attracted to things, or scared, through our gentials.Continue reading “The Karmendriyas”