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When Should We Take a Break From Asana Practice?
When should we take a break from asana practice is a question I am often asked. Yoga is wider than the physical only. So, practice...
Yoga Adjustments
Nb. This is me, I admit. All of us change over time with experience - as these photos show. My attitude towards adjustments has changed...
Yoga: Tradition or Freedom?
[Nb: picture shows a non traditional formulation of Ardha badha panda paschimatanasana. In this case I am working the thoracic area rather than pulling forward...
Ashtanga and Addiction
Am I addicted to my Yoga Practise, and is this a problem? We are all addicts. It’s the nature of life; we want the pleasurable,...
My Experience Learning to Eat For Health
I used to feel overwhelmed shopping in supermarkets. This is not to exaggerate; the experience of staring at aisles full of choices often meant I...
The Loneliness of the Long Term Mysore Practitioner
‘Less is more’. (Pierre Seghir, one of my first teachers, Crete) ‘The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man’s heart....
A Question of Yoga Diet
We started with a food-blog over 10 years ago. We called it ‘Yogi’s kitchen’. The recipes and pictures chronicled our new-found Veganism and exposure...
Is Stopping Students in Practice a Useful Teaching Technique?
This is the current style of teaching as it’s passed down from Mysore. Teachers trained here usually carry on this approach where sometimes the...
What We Can Learn From Reading The Ancient Greeks
Feelings + Reasoning = Happiness We’ve heard of Socrates, maybe, Plato and Aristotle, but we’re used to thinking of all this as not...
Tips for Downward Facing Dog
(Adho mukha svanasana) This is a posture you probably spend most time in throughout your whole practice. It’s fundamental then, that we get...
If It’s Not About Stretching, What is Yoga?
There's a myth going on now that stretching and being flexible is an unquestionable goal. Somewhere along the line, the ability to touch your toes,...
How To Avoid The Pitfalls of Guru Worship
The fact that we hurt each other is hardly surprising. That we are able to turn a blind eye to each other’s suffering, neither. Truly,...
