Being human
and life's little mysteries

satyam brūyāt priyam brūyāt na brūyāt satyam apriyam priyam anritam na brūyāt esha dharmah sanātanah ~ Manusmriti 4:138 This Sanskrit...

The Orient is an old-fashioned name for Asia, or the East. It’s where the sun rises, and, sure enough, the Latin root of orient means...

Five years ago I underwent the knife, in a sense electively, because I wanted to live. I didn’t get to choose the time or the place, or...

Embodied Yoga as Fascial Fitness an explorative movement workshop Indaba Yoga Studio (click here to book) sunday june 17th 1:30-4pm 30£...

Tad evā-artha-mātra-nirbhāsam sva-rūpa-sūnyam iva samādhih Through the power of fixating suggestion on a chosen object the object alone...

PATTERNING OUR NATURE: A WORKSHOP Most of us exist in day to day life with some level of chaos. In an urban environment, information...

Over the weekend I spent some time with a cousin who is 25 and in a transition process from being a student to being an employee…the...

Life all around us can sometimes feel like a chaotic blur. Things to do, people to meet, places to go…these out of body tasks mount up...

Let’s face it. The transition from August to September can be dramatic for some of us – full of events that remind us of that the end of...

If you are a yoga teacher, young or old, there may come a point when you ask yourself, ‘why do I do what I do‘? Whether it is the way you...

The long-haired ones, the sky-clad sages, wear only the yellow robes of dust. Along the wind’s course they glide when the Lord of life...

Listen to the teacher. So many times in a yoga class I have been called out.  I have stepped the wrong foot forward, had my foot where...

The natural way of meditation is not to know many things but to forget everything. Then you will know everything. Shri Brahmananda...

Suffering is not enough. Life is both dreadful and wonderful…How can I smile when I am filled with so much sorrow? It is natural–you need...

Om saha navavatu saha nau bhunaktu saha viryam karavavahai tejasvi navadhitam astu ma vidvishavahai om shantih shantih shantih Accept us...

I have come to acknowledge after many years of vagabond voyages, that travel can be stressful. Especially transatlantic air travel....

Twisting plays a vital role in maintaining the health of our bodies and minds. The twisting motion is important because it incorporates...

“I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.” – Aldous Huxley The only...

When I present dinner to my son on a large plate, he often complains that there is too much food and asks me to give him less, on a...

Trauma. It is a loaded word that like everything, manifests in many different ways and for different reasons. Who knows why some people...