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https://www.youtube.com/embed/jBNXBx2t__U What yoga poses should I do at home? How shall I start my yoga practice? I don’t have enough time for a practice at home. All questions and comments I do get often from yoga students. How long is the ideal yoga practice? What...
The Yogic alternative to New Year’s Resolutions
Each New Year sees us setting new goals and resolutions. While this is common practice & a good habit to get into, our goals are often a result of the desires of our ego and our senses. Underpinning the fact that the way we are right now is not good enough and...
Bursting Your Bubble!
20 Years of Yoga Practice 1994 – 2014 Imagine being at Luna Park in Melbourne mid January. You spot these colourful plastic bubbles, intrigued you walk towards them when suddenly a thought comes to your mind, one that does not leave you for the rest of the day....
Spring Yoga Poses to support the health of your Liver & Gallbladder
As you know each season governs & supports two or more organs. The eason of spring supports the energy of the liver and gallbladder. So to help those organs function optimally, you can incorporate the yoga stretches shown in the video below. Make this your sole...
Why do I meditate?
Phew what a question. How much time do you have? One could fill a book, or simply say, well I meditate because I love myself and I deserve it! End of story! But let me be more specific. You see, I do feel that by meditating and / or practicing yoga you actually give...
The season of Winter & your Kidney Health
Each season is associated with one of five elements. Earth Metal Water Wood Fire. Winter belongs to the Water element. The energy that predominates this season is a slow, inward energy that encourages introspection and insightfulness. Like water, it is clear and deep;...
Lifestyle advice. My latest article published on DoYouYoga.com
12 Pieces of Advice to Tell Your Teenage Self, From Your Adult Self Recently, I asked my adult yoga students what they wish they had known, what kind of advice they would have liked to receive as a teenager. Oh, how insightful the answers were. I passed the wisdom on...
HOW TO STAY MOTIVATED!
The most important question to ask yourself, for yoga and for life. Losing motivation, hands up if that has ever happened to you. Mine is up. Sometimes, we even lose motivation for the very things we previously had a passion for. No need to dwell on the fact that...
Mantra For Letting Go
I let go. I simply let go. ◊ I am not my thoughts. I am not my fears. I am not limiting beliefs. I let them go. ◊ I am not my stress. I am not my fears. I am not my insecurities. I let them go. ◊ I simply let go. ◊ I feel lighter with every breath. I feel calmer with...
5 GO-TO Yoga Poses Post Athletic Training
5 GO-TO Yoga Poses post athletic training, to increase mobility in thoracic spine and hips. Yoga meets us where we are at; mentally, emotionally and physically. Yoga is a science and art of connecting mind, body, and spirit. The breath is a key element of yoga. ...