A quick guide to being one with Universe (Day 209)
I remember when I was around 25 driving to my birthday party. The night was balmy we had an old Citroen car, good friends, the wind in our hair. The classic coming of age driving scene. I remember this...
View ArticleSleep Like a Yogi (Day 204)
Last night at 12 am 3 am and 4am there were unidentified noises coming from our walls. Sort of like a rat building a nest or a dog shoveling dirt. Whatever the source the night was restless. I had cups...
View ArticleHurry Up and Slow Down (Day 198)
Winter is the Kapha season, in Ayurveda this is measured in slowness, conservation of energy and consumption of lots of fats and probably red wine. It is the time to slow down, pause and note the world...
View ArticleSome words to Live and Practice By (Day 190)
I love words. They are so loaded with meaning and grace. When I teach I use words to try to help students really feel what they are doing. Here is a list of my favourite to live your life by;...
View ArticleBhakti Bliss (Day 188)
When we love someone it is usually ego based. Even when it is new and heady we kind of expect something in return. We love to be loved back. We see the beauty in our mates for a while and then we...
View Article5 ways to Love like a Yogi (Day 186)
When I saw this photo of ‘love’ of a man for his fiance I wondered if that was a definition of love? He had a dress with 9,999 roses sewen onto it before he proposed. I’m not sure if a serious yoga...
View ArticleLiving the Lotus Life (Day 179)
Often when I finish teaching I use the phrase from JH Lasater’ May you live like the lotus, at home in the muddy water’. The lotus is an amazing flower both to look at and for what it symbolizes....
View ArticleBe an Action Taker
Do you feel “stuck in a rut?” Does it feel like nothing is going your way? Perhaps you’re feeling like your higher power is taking a poo-poo on you. Well guess, what? HARSH REALITY ALERT: That’s life...
View ArticleA Fine Romance (Day 169)
I’m not sure how long I have been going out with my mind, maybe around 45 years or so. It hasn’t been so much of a hot date, more of a blind date for that whole time. We don’t get on that well most of...
View ArticleSmall change Big change (Day 163)
When we move our body in a yoga class we are concerned with the gross overall body movements to get us from one pose to another. Once we are roughly in a pose we can start to change and form it by...
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