Grounding in difficult times

When we're living through unusual times it can be easy to get caught up in outside energies and potentially lose our heads. Yoga reminds us of the importance of grounding our experience so we are in touch with our own energy rather than being swept up by that of others. We can start this by…

Effort and Ease

Most things in yoga come down to a balancing act of finding the right amount of effort and the right amount of letting go. Too much effort and we find we're full of tension, straining to try and achieve something we're not necessarily ready for (possibly risking injury by over ambition); too much ease and…

The Importance of Stillness

In the modern world it can sometimes feel like there is precious little time to slow down or stop. We find ourselves in a very fast-paced world; we are bombarded by tasks, images, and noise most of the time. In order to deal with this we may distract ourselves in the least demanding ways possible…

New Year

Life is a succession of changes. One of the best ways to not get in the way of our own happiness is to be open to these changes. We can’t prevent change in life, what we can do is prevent our resistance to it. Letting go into the flow of things makes for a much…

Finding expansion

Yoga is as much about expanding our minds as working with our bodies. Often our narrow, fixed views of ourselves and others hold us back. We don't believe we can meditate, we don't think we'll ever be able to achieve that posture, we don't think that other person will ever change. These views do nothing…

Breath as the gateway

What makes yoga more than just exercise is the fundamental connection it utilises between body, breath and mind. The three are interlinked, anything that influences one influences the other two. This connection means we can use our breath to calm our mind and release tension in our bodies. Take a moment to sit and notice…