We are often told to “get in touch with our emotions”.  Whether it is because others want to justify their emotional state or we should release some old childhood scars or unleash so-called ‘buried’ emotions.  Getting in touch with our emotions is often seen as a good, if not therapeutic or cathartic process.  Allow me […]

“Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space lies our freedom and our power to choose our response. In those choices lies our growth and our happiness.” Have you found yourself in a situation where some little auto-pilot in your brain took over, determining what you said, how you reacted and how […]

When I started practicing yoga, I was convinced that, while there were some benefits to strength and flexibility, it was still important to retain my running and cycling regime to keep my cardiovascular health up to scratch.  So, I kept running and running and running and was starting to get a bit annoyed that my […]

We like to label and categorise things: male, female, young, old, overweight, underweight, fit, out-of-shape … the list goes on.  And so it is in yoga:  We have classes for ‘beginners’ and ‘advanced’ students.  But what does it really mean?  And do these labels mean the same thing for all students, studios and teachers?  Are […]

  We all know that fitting in a yoga class at a particular time, duration and location can be challenging.  Similarly, if we are traveling for work or pleasure our yoga practice can get short-changed.  While it is all too easy to just let the practice slip, developing a home practice can help you make […]