So, I was thinking about Garudasana. You know, when you have been practising yoga for a long time, your body begins to know what it needs from the practice. There are times when you need power, stretch, sweat and to push to the edge of pain. There are times...
Maya Dog running in the waves, Light glinting on the water, Wind playing at the foam, All is play. In memory of Trotter, one of the seven great dogs of the world.
What is it that separates us from our heros and heroines? I believe it to be passion, what the Greeks called eros. Is it any surprise that our road warriors, who spend their days driving, sitting at desks, driving tractors and who come home to bungalows suffer from glute...
A new lease on life There is a depth to this expression. If you rent a house, you may have to sign a lease. You don’t own the house but pay money for the use of it. You enter into covenants (a very “biblical” word for lawyers to use)...
I studied Ashthanga Yoga when my own teacher, Ilonka Miklosi, discovered it back in the 1990’s. I remember how difficult it was to hold down dog for the requisite five to eight breaths, how difficult it was to engage the bandhas, how difficult it all was………… Asthanga Yoga was...