by admin | Nov 18, 2020 | Meditation, Yoga Wisdom
Bhastrika or Kapalabhati – what’s the difference? Long before the West began to obsess with the physical practice of yoga, pranayama (breath work) was an integral part of any yoga practice. The Sage Patanjali described pranayama as one of the 8 limbs of yoga. An...
by admin | Sep 15, 2020 | Meditation, Yoga Wisdom
As a stand-alone practice of yoga… pranayama allows you to either energise or soothe internal energies found within the Nadis. Yoga texts as far back as the 6th century BC describe the Nadis (little rivers) as energy channels found in the body. Similar to the...
by admin | Sep 14, 2020 | Meditation, Yoga Wisdom
Feeling directionless at times in some areas of your life is not unusual. We don’t always have it all together. We all have our own unique way of viewing the world, but often our views are muddied by habitual behaviour, thoughts, emotions. Some of which are very...
by admin | Jan 5, 2020 | Meditation, Yoga Wisdom
Crystals that heal chakra imbalances by simply hanging around your neck. Colour therapy that claims to ‘open’ your chakras in a few sessions. These days, much of what you hear about chakras revolves around external forces. Although these external forces can add...
by admin | May 2, 2016 | Meditation, Yoga Wisdom
Recently I’ve been reflecting on the first Niyama outlined in Patanjali’s yoga sutras. The Niyama’s are the second limb of yoga, and the five precepts of this limb provide guidance on areas where we can practice self-restraint to assist our yoga practice. Saucha – the...
by admin | Oct 9, 2014 | Meditation, Yoga Wisdom
Maybe you’ve seen them; the folks, with the glowing skin, shiny hair, radiating calm and vitality. Annoyingly serene, you secretly have the desire to strangle them but deep below are keen to find out their secret. Their whole demeanor denies their age. So rather than...
