I am excited to announce new classes on Mondays and Thursday at St Elizabeth Hall SP1 2SG. We will be starting with the root chakra on March 31st and work our way up the sushumna changing focus every new moon, We will work on each individual chakra, followed by the intersection with its adjacent chakra.Continue reading “New Classes”
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The Double Helix Reveals Itself
Last moonth, I was focussing purely on the first chakra. After a warm up of pawanmuktasana around the feet and legs, foot massage and basic poses, I moved into more demanding stretches and dynamic sun salutations. In the standing postures I began to notice how energy moves around the body in Spirals. I have alwaysContinue reading “The Double Helix Reveals Itself”
All Are One
7 – 1 The final in a series of fourteen practices, this moonth’s routine is all about activating sushumna nadi – from the tips of the toes to the crown of the head. Reclining hero and tiptoe fish help overcome fear of opening up your aura to the world… A few days ago, I wasContinue reading “All Are One”
Universal Consciousness and Bliss
The Yoga Upanishads describe five sheats, or five bodies: annamaya, pranamaya, manomaya, jnanamaya, and anandamaya. These equate to the food body, the energy body, the mind body, the wisdom body and the bliss body. Just like the chakras, the koshas (Sanskrit for sheath/body) are on a spectrum of subtlety. The lower the body (the earlierContinue reading “Universal Consciousness and Bliss”
Om and Om
April has raced by and I am bringing this blog to you rather late in the day. As we spend our final moonth on the sixth chakra and start to focus on the seventh, we begin to approach the sea of universal consciousness and bliss The primordial sound, Om, is a bridge between the worldContinue reading “Om and Om”
Sat-chit-ananda: Finding Truth, Consciousness, and Bliss in Gandha Bherundasana
The peak pose of this moonth’s routine is the advanced pose Gandha Bherundasana. It relies on core strength to enter and exit the pose, and is challenging even using the wall as support. The weight of the body is on the chest and chin with legs in a locust variation. The pose is a throatContinue reading “Sat-chit-ananda: Finding Truth, Consciousness, and Bliss in Gandha Bherundasana”
Love and light, between the heart and the crown
From the heart there radiate a hundred And one vital tracks. One of them rises To the crown of the head. This way leads To immortality, the others to death Kathe Upanishad [3.16] (1) This moonth I am working on the throat chakra. It is connected to the heart below and the ajna chakras above.Continue reading “Love and light, between the heart and the crown”
Loving Kindness
This moon is all about balancing the heart chakra, a classic yoga focus. If you;ve got things going on for you in your love life it will likely show up in your practice. Are you feeling hurt, or are you free to express your self? The body is a reflection of the mind, and whatContinue reading “Loving Kindness”
Enlightened Activism: Love Doing What You Do
Another moon, another theme! As the third ego merges into the fourth chakra, the heart, we begin to see a magical combination. When loving kindness influences all our actions we are said to be liberated, or enlightened. What is enlightenment? For me, it is freedom from pain thrugh a deeper appreciation of each moment. ContradictingContinue reading “Enlightened Activism: Love Doing What You Do”
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”
Sarasvati Flow 