Yoga in One Syllable

In the spirit of thinking less, I’ve been doing more. I’m not randomly filling my time with busy-ness rather I’ve begun a campaign of consciously and mindfully doing and acting. Doing more may seem to run counter to many spiritual philosophies – doesn’t yoga advocate retreating to the Himalayas and meditating in a cave? Yes. [...]

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I think too much. I’ve been told this quite a few times lately. My doctor told me that my brain was working too hard. The Ayurvedic doctor I see in India flatly suggested I stop thinking. And then, the jnana yogi we visited in India confirmed that a person can definitely think too much (although [...]

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Our Indian Yoga Tour for Summer 2011 is now well and truly over. We all had a lovely time and I hope to be able to share a little of the magic of India with you over the coming weeks. As I readjusted to life at home the other evening I took a walk through [...]

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Our mind is a great analytical machine, more sophisticated than any computer. But like the promises of “less stress” and “more free time” with which the computer age has lured us in, our mind, rather than streamlining our decisions, can often be caught making life a whole lot more complicated. Granted, our ability to analyse [...]

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As promised, details of the India 2011 Tour are now live and online. Plans have changed slightly, and our three-week tour now fits neatly into 16 days. Check out the unique South India travel package David and I have put together. And if you can, come along to Hazelbrook on September 4th for a chai!

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After a lot of planning and prodding (thanks to everyone for all their support and encouragement)  I’m excited to say that this week I’m launching a six week course in yogic thinking called The Yoga Brain. If you’ve been a regular reader of this blog, The Yoga Brain will shed more light on many of [...]

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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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‘Being present’ is a constant theme in many Eastern philosophies, and with good reason. Have you ever noticed that unhappiness actually arises from your memory of past experiences, or from the imaginings about your as-yet-undetermined future?

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Attachments. We’re all aware of the potential dangers of opening and downloading them. Some can be useful, others a mildly amusing waste of time, and the really obnoxious ones can infect your system with all manner of digital nasties. Now, I’m not the person to give you an update on computer security. But the concept [...]

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We can spend a lot of time, and money, chasing after “new”. New cars, houses, clothes, and, of course, experiences. A car with a DVD player to silence those back seat “are-we-there-yets“; a kitchen makeover filled with the latest stainless steel gadgetry; a month long holiday off-the-beaten track. Whatever the object of our desire, we’re [...]

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