Lately, the yoga community has been debating the pros and cons of Bikram Chowdury’s proposal that Yoga should become an Olympic Sport. At first glance competition Yoga would seem to be missing the purpose, but is it as simple as that?
A year or two ago, I read an article about a woman who leaves her normal life for a few days each year to enter a retreat, for no other reason than to practice silence. She first tried this in her early 20’s, locking herself […]
The human mind loves patterns. We search for them in the things we see, our ears listen for them in music and the rhythm of waves on the beach. And, the mind itself generates them through our behaviour. Have you ever noticed that when life throws you a familiar situation you tend to repeat actions you did in the past?
Today I’m celebrating some exciting news: a paper I wrote about yoga and its potential to unite people and cultures from around the world, has been accepted for presentation at the 6th International Yoga Conference at Kaivalyadhama, India.
Being human means we’ve been blessed with a mind. Yoga helps the mind to work better, to see things more clearly, to concentrate more effectively, and to understand how things really work. How does yoga go about doing this?
I love the Yoga Sutras. They’re my constant companion. They straighten out my thinking and make me reflect on all the things I do and say – they’ve helped me make sense of this world and my place in it. My mission with this blog […]