Being human
and life's little mysteries

In the quest for yoga, the union of the temporal self and loving awareness, there is continual negotiation. The mind pulls us towards...

Being in the hospital going on six weeks can sometimes feel like a marathoner at the twenty-second mile. “The wall”, as it’s called in...

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

In an act of self-preservation, I followed my destiny and ended up at Alaric’s home studio for a second week in a row, breaking my own...

Today I headed to Archway for my daily dose of yoga. It had been nearly two years since I attended a class at Alaric’s home studio; for...

As today became a skeleton of what it promised to be in my diary due to the ongoing nanny saga, I spent the majority of my time on the...

It has only been two days since I was released from the hospital, but I’m already easing myself back into life in London. Yesterday, I...

For anyone interested in yoga, skeptical about its transformative nature, or unclear on the factual benefits, this book is a must read....

Movement is life. Without movement life is unthinkable. Moshe Feldenkrais The breath is sometimes referred to as the life force, as it...

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...

I went to class today at the Life Centre, where Mark Hill was covering for Kathy Roberts. A class heavy on pranayama, we practiced...

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...

Hatha yoga comes from the words Ha, meaning sun, and Tha, meaning moon, and concerns two important and vital aspects of the physical body...

Pranayama is the fourth limb of the Astanga yoga system described in the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, and means breath or energy restraint...