Being human
and life's little mysteries

Dear Diary : July Edition (lockdown day 112) July is a month known for independence….of the American people from the British monarchy in...

Choose any given day on a street corner in a bustling city, and you will see bodies in motion.  All around, sirens scream, motors throb,...

There has never been a time when the earth has been more inhabited. People, plastic bottles, car parts, computers and chemical byproducts...

Tasya vachakah pranavah Always chant OM; God is OM, supreme music -Patanjali Living and working in London means that all around, there...

I feel as if I may have cheated a little bit on my “yoga” challenge yesterday as I decided to use my Transformational Breath session with...

In meditation we learn to ‘tune in’ to the sensations of the breath, body and mind. Through observation of thought activity we can...

I’m going to need a new liver. Some of you may know about my personal history with illness, and if you follow my blog you may have even...

As I looked over the weekend’s schedule on Thursday evening preparing for the days ahead, I realized the enormity of the training that I...

Monday, September 3, my Autumn class schedule is will change slightly, and be as follows: Monday, 6:30-7:45pm, The Life Centre, Islington...

1-4pm Sunday, July 22nd at Indaba Yoga Studio Explore vinyasa krama through the sound of live music. Deepen into postures based on...

www.indabayoga.com Tomorrow is the Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year. It is a wonderful time to take pause and recognise the...

The significance of the number 108 is robust, but in brief, the individual numbers 1, 0, and 8 represent one thing, nothing, and...

“…for people just waiting. Waiting for a train to go or a bus to come, or a plane to go or the mail to come, or the rain to go or the...

YS 1.12 abhyasa vairagyam tat nirodhah. Our thought patterns (chitta vrittis) are quieted by practicing detachment. Emotion is something...

Years later, as a yoga teacher, I know too many yoga teachers and therapists who are stressed, becoming increasingly busy with the small...

om ity ekaksharam Brahma / vyaharan mam anusmaran yah prayati tyajan deham / sa yati paramam gatim (BG VIII.13) If one can remember...

Daily life in a big city can sometimes feel somewhere between a race, a juggling act and balancing on a high wire. The cacophony of...

CLASS SCHEDULE(see below for restorative class dates at Indaba) PREBOOK: WORKSHOP MARCH 4 Aversion to Inversions at Indaba Yoga Studio...

On Wednesday afternoon I found myself at St. Mary’s hospital in the presence of 35 GPs teaching them a class on yoga, meditation and...

For most of us, daily life can be a rush from start to finish; getting from point A to B, focusing on completing tasks, and in general...