Ground yourself in the present moment — I don’t want to get too technical with regards to yoga but today I want to look at the asana called Yoga Mudra. “Yoga Mudra represents the symbol of Yoga. It recreates the human form in its role of being a part of the Divine. It brings about humility in…

10 simple principles to deepen and improve your commitment. — This is a post to help you become a true yogi. Read it and put it into practice today. 1. Clarify what yoga is for you. There are so many different ideas on what yoga is. Is it a fitness regime? Is it a meditation practice? What is it for you? …

The implications for my yoga practice. — In recent days I have found that I have been challenged by discussions of yoga that have been emphasising a more internal, a more feeling, a softer focus for yoga. I have been sensing in myself a desire for a more intellectual, philosophical view of the whole basis for yoga. …

Does everything contain spiritual energy? — Yoga has a context, whether it is what it means for me or what it means in the wider world. I mediate that context because yoga is, for me, embedded in the way I relate to the world. …

The what, how and why of consistent practice. — The question of whether to have a personal practice in yoga revolves around what yoga is to you. Is yoga a means to an end for you or is it a part of you, a deep part of you that touches your very being? …

I have spent too many years trying to build a daily practice of yoga. I was trying to achieve that nirvana of yoga-a consistent daily practice. …

Yoga is generally seen to have developed in India, whether stemming from the ancient Vedic culture that is thousands of years old, or from a more recent development of physical exercise culture in the last century. It has been claimed by the Indian government to support its pursuit of Indian…

Is yoga philosophy an essential part of any yoga practice or is it an academic sideline that just distracts you from your asana practice? Is yoga philosophy just the ramblings of old Indian men-gurus?-or …

I am starting a year long yoga training, a year of focusing on myself and my practice, a year of enquiry and discovery. I first wanted to do a yoga training around 50 years ago-half a lifetime or more! I didn’t! …