Yoga in One Syllable

Yoga was ‘discovered’ by ancient sages in the Indus Valley. The knowledge they garnered was recorded in incredible detail and, interestingly enough, the more science investigates the claims of these philosophers the greater the correlation between their ancient wisdom and recent ‘scientific discoveries’. The sages postulated that everything that occurs in the world can teach [...]

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I hope you’ll forgive me a moment of nostalgia, but I’ve had a very old Bjork song floating around in my head for the last week, and it won’t rest until I give it due attention. The song in question, or the fragment of it that keeps coming to my lips, goes “there’s mo-o-ore to [...]

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There is an often observed oddity in the world –when you decide to change something about yourself the world sets out to test your new found resolution. Somehow it conspires to throw additional challenges to your journey, making it even more difficult to honour your commitment to try and follow new paths. We can look [...]

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As humans, we have a strange dichotomy existing in our minds. Part of us loves the familiarity of the known – the comfort of routine- and yet some other part of us finds it tedious and loathsome. Equally, while part of us craves new experiences and finds anticipation in the possibilities of the unknown, another [...]

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Last post I talked about focusing on the breath as a way to stay in the present moment. This technique works well because we are working with ourselves, observing our own experience and determining how we will respond to whatever comes our way. But you’ve probably noticed that however we decide to run our lives, [...]

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