Being human
and life's little mysteries

Why yes, aged-Genexers huddled into a little self-protective fetal position, it is. Self-isolation, Day 04, 05, 06, 07. It’s all...

Self Isolation Day 3. Today started exceedingly badly. My son was told he would be taken out of school a day early to mitigate the risk...

Today was my first full day at home, leaving the house only to deposit my son to his (unbelievably) still open school. While one foot has...

Of all the places one would expect to find oneself after proclaiming to the world the self-isolation is inevitable, here I am waiting in...

Hello Friends, We are living through extra-ordinary times. Unprecedented times. Times that maybe even will give rise to social...

entropy. dissonance. chaos. These are words we normally associate with times of tension and lack of clarity, and they may even resonate...

How many times have you heard that all it takes to be happy is a full heart and goodwill, and then things go so wrong that you want to...

It is said that chanting is the fastest way to yoga. This form of devotional yoga and the ancient mantras have the ability to yolk us to...

Asana + Insight : Seeing the forest through the trees March 20 at Indaba Yoga Studio 2:30-5pm This extended class will shine a lens on...

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

For a reason I cannot recall, I refused to go on the site visit with my parents and sister, and they wound up leaving me in the car on my...

The word ‘interbeing’ has been used by the Vietnamese Buddhist Monk Thich Nhat Hanh to describe our fundamental connectedness with all...

…but the real winning is in having the courage to get wet. Bhagavan Das once told me ‘Life is messy, you’ve got to roll your sleeves up...

The autumn time of year is a delight for witnessing change. Down here in Surrey, the chestnuts are opening up for the taking; fungi of...

Memory (Smrti) is the calling up or retaining of past experiences. The Yoga Sūtras of Patanjali The reasons for holding a secret – a kept...

A childhood memory: It’s 3am, pitch black and freezing outside. A few of us huddle together in my aunt’s barn, blankets around our...

Ōm Namo Bhagavatē Vāsudevāya Invocation to Vāsudevaya, the one replete with all Divine virtues, the granter of liberation. Ekadashaksara...

When it’s a Dark and Stormy Night, you’re in a touch of bad weather. As a girl I was a Snoopy fanatic, in fact, one of my great parenting...

Identification with the fluctuations of mind is stopped by practice and non-attachment. In our relative world, growth, transformation and...

Most of us have regular opportunities to break out of our comfort zone, a chance to try something new. Whether that is waking up a little...