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”
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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”
Isometric contraction: working with the tensegrity of the body
Lots of fancy words in the title of this post, but what do they all mean? Tensegrity is a portmanteau (oo there’s another one – it means combination!) of tension and integrity. It’s what makes the body parts move in tandem with each other. The foot bone is connected to the leg bone, the legContinue reading “Isometric contraction: working with the tensegrity of the body”
Take Back You Power
This moon I am working on the third chakra:the Ego, straight up. The solar chakra is home to the ego self, which drives us forward. Sometimes it does not know what to do; it reverses, or takes short cuts, avoiding what is being presented to us, determined to go down a path of our ownContinue reading “Take Back You Power”
Feel The Body: Yogrrr
This moon I am focussing on the intersection between the second and third chakras. Our watery, emotional relationship with the Other comes into contact with our fiery, self serving ego. This lesson is all about embodiment boundaries and is particularly worthwhile for anyone who has ever felt like a door mat, or a people pleaser.Continue reading “Feel The Body: Yogrrr”
Abhinivesha: Fear of Death
When I first leaned to meditate, it wa s a profound experience. I learned to develop a new relationship with myself on a breath by breath basis. I would observe the inhale, and I learned that if I welcomed it with openess and kindness, I was able to create a positive, gentle attitude towards myselfContinue reading “Abhinivesha: Fear of Death”
Self and Other
This moon I am working purely on the second chakra, and find it quite fitting that the peak pose is Turtle. Meek, mild turtle that likes to introvert when things get difficult. Ironic that this is a pose associated with the second chakra as we work on our ability to connect with others. Perhaps forContinue reading “Self and Other”
Knowing the Self Through the 5 Klesas
अविद्यास्मितारगद्वेषाभिनिवेशाः क्लशाः avidyāsmitā-rāga-dveṣābhiniveśāḥ kleśāḥ PYS II.3 The kleśas are said to be the key obstacles to samadhi, bliss. If you can surmount these then you are good to go as an enlightened being. Ha! Easier said than done. There are quite a few lists, tips and tricks in the yoga sutras of Patanjali, and theContinue reading “Knowing the Self Through the 5 Klesas”
The World Is The River of God
In a state of enlightenment, acceptance is one of the dominant emotions, and it is no surprise that it is the emotion associated with the root chakra. Acceptance of what is, as it is, with nothing wrong at all, we see the world as perfect. I remember coming back from India one time, where IContinue reading “The World Is The River of God”
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”
Sarasvati Flow 