Archive for January, 2015
The rise and rise of the instagram yogi
Shiva Rae recently posted this on her Facebook page: ‘yogasanas and vinyasas are not “tricks” to be learned or performed…let us be aware of how our “likes” and what we are putting out there on FB, instagram, etc are transforming the heart of yoga here in the West. yoga as an emanation of deeper consciousness […]
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Agony Aunt – Forlorn Freda has lost her mojo post-partum
Dear KCY I feel so shallow writing this. I wish it wasn’t a problem I had but it is and I’d love some yogic wisdom on it. I am the lucky mother of a gorgeous two year old girl, have an awesome husband, I’m back at work full time and my little lady is thriving […]
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Agony aunt – self preservation or being an arsehole?
Dear KCY I’ve noticed that some health practitioners (yoga teachers, naturopaths, healers etc) are warm and loving while others are cold and distant. My (Ayurveda) teacher said how important it is to not let your goodness be leeched away by opportunistic energy-grabbers (I’m summing up his words here, not a direct quote!) and I wonder if […]
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Honouring your roots
If someone said to you, define the universe, where would you start? Maybe with the stars, or maybe with the earth, ocean, creatures, humans. Or maybe your definition of the universe would be a little simpler, as it was for the elephant headed God, Ganesh, when he was challenged with this question. Ganesh and his […]
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