If you know, accept and appreciate yourself and your uniqueness, you will permit others to do so too. 

If you accept, value and appreciate the discovery of yourself you will encourage others to engage in self discovery too. 

If you recognise your need to be free to discover who you are you will allow others their freedom to do so too. 

When you realize you are the...

In the Yoga Sutras it is written that we should be practicing the physical yoga postures with  'sthira-sukham asanam—which means with steadiness and comfort. Steadiness and comfort refers to both mind and body states.

Sandra Anderson says it beautifully when she writes, "It is a state of being “seated” in ourselves, of the body being comforta...

Perhaps the meaning of travelling, of exploring, or of taking the 'road less travelled', isn’t about ‘finding yourself’.

Perhaps it’s about discovering different places, spaces and faces from which to ‘create yourself’ in a way which better reflects you, just as you are.

Perhaps when you left you felt lost, but im here to tell you, you probably won’t find a place...

There are many health benefits of a conscious and efficient breath pattern, and cultivation of calm, deep and steady breathing is a central theme of yoga practice.   

But ....

Calm, deep and steady breathing is not supposed to be something we do! Yet another thing on the never ending 'to do' list.  Instead It is something that should emerge/sp...

From the beginning the physical poses of yoga have been defined in relatively precise forms and by adhering to these we believe we will 'master' the physical form of yoga.

What has been forgotten/lost in some teachings is that it was also understood in the beginning that application of the process and precise instructions was to be based on 'each individual...

Going after a dream has a price, it may mean abandoning some of our wants and desires, it may make us go through hardships and pain, or it may lead us to disappointment and suffering.  But however costly it may be, it is never as high as the price paid by people who don’t go after their dreams and fully live their one wild and precious life.

So ask yourself now…

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As yoga teachers whenever we decide 'this is the right way' to do a yoga pose....

When we decide this way is the way, and every thing inside this alignment is right and everything this other way and outside this alignment is wrong, inevitably not only will some students struggle and never achieve the 'right' way, but some of these students will injure and hurt t...

Often I invite my students to bring their attention to their motivation for attending the class that day. In doing so you can bring intention and focus to your specific goals and tailor the group class in a way which resonates with your motivations, your needs and requirements.

I highlight the 5 main categories our motivations usually fall into, they include:

Bui...

Love and Kindness: A Week for Heart Opening Practices

The intention this week is especially for those who have loved and lost, or for those in need of bringing back a sense of joy, wonder and lightness of heart. If we invite our hearts to open a little wider (metaphorically) through yoga poses which open the chest, and then mentally hold this thought throughout...

Beauty and the Mud: A week to foster strength and resilience; A week to promote beauty and grace

This week I suggest making a dedication to the insights we can gain from observing how a lotus flower grows.

A lotus unlike many other flowers grows under water, in harsh, dirty and obstacle ridden conditions, however it grows strong and eventually emerges from the wa...