This month in class, we’re working with ‘Dhyana’. Dhyana is the 7th limb of Patanjali’s eight-step yoga system, and is described in the Yoga Sutras as ‘the continuous flow of consciousness towards one object’.
What Patanjali is really describing here is a state of meditation, or total absorption, in the present moment.
Read MoreIn modern yoga especially, we can get quite pose-orientated in our practice (try searching #posegoals on Instagram, for example).
We might be working towards a particular pose or action (touching your toes, anyone?!) – and whilst there isn’t anything wrong with this, what you will learn the more that you practice is this…
The thing that actually gets me on my mat is by reconnecting to the reasons why I practice…
Read MoreInspiration is an elusive animal…it comes and goes, seemingly as it pleases. It is closely linked to your motivation and whatever is going on in your life.
Some days, you feel on top of the world and ready, eager to step on your mat. Other days, you have to dig deep.
Don’t let life pass you by. You get to choose how you want to feel, how you want your day to flow, how you want your year to play out.
Read More‘Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity.’
Read MoreIn yoga, we talk about something called pratyahara which, in simple terms, means absorbing yourself fully into an activity like your yoga…
Read MoreIt’s not always easy to choose the positive. Sometimes, the negative story will win, and that’s ok. But over time, the more you remind yourself that you have the ability to choose what story you listen to, how you decide to see things, the more you will choose to see things differently.
Read MoreWe're not all having the same experience but we are in the same storm. Although we've found a new normal, this is definitely not normal. So we simply cannot expect ourselves to function as if it was.
Read MoreOften when we’re trying to start a new habit, we go all guns blazing and try to take on too many different changes at once. For some, that works. But for many of us, it becomes overwhelming and when life gets in the way, we drop the ball, get discouraged and end up giving in. Which leads to a lack of trust in our ability to achieve a goal and can stop us from even trying again in the future. Can you relate to that?
