Weight loss, diet and stress

I was talking to someone recently about weight loss – they were concerned that no matter how hard they exercised and dieted they were putting weight on not loosing it.  Body image was becoming a concern for them as they crept up two dress sizes. As usual I make...

International Yoga Day

As well as being Fathers Day, Sunday 21 June was also the Summer Solstice and International Yoga Day.The latter, International Yoga Day, has been well covered in the media. It arises from a United Nations Declaration at the behest of the Indian Prime Minister,...

Words. Non Violence. Truth.

Over the past few days, two things have recurred in my thinking. Two things with a common root of words – what we say, how it is heard.First, the story in the news of a 13 year old girl committing suicide after a row with her parents about chores. I followed news...

Book: Intelligent Yoga – Peter Blackaby

This book has been on my reading list for a little while, and it finally reached the top whilst on holiday.    Sometimes there appears to be a gulf between the physical and energetic practice of yoga, between tradition and contempary, between lineage and...

Namaste and Om

Two phrases heard in class that sometimes confuse! What does Namaste mean? We use Namaste as a greeting and mark of respect, most commonly at the end of a class, sometimes at the start or on welcoming someone in. The literal translation is “I bow to you”, a more...
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