Eight Limbs of Yoga

Dec 21, 20203 min read

Impermanence, Opinions, and Body Image

This post follows on from my previous post Impermanence, Non-attachment, and Union - If you haven’t read it, it might be a good idea to...

Dec 15, 20203 min read

Impermanence, Non-attachment and Union

Each week I give myself a theme to plan my classes around. I really enjoy having a focus as I plan my classes and something I can...

Oct 23, 20203 min read

Why I Teach Self-Love Yoga

I’ve been thinking a lot about yoga; about what yoga is, about how I teach yoga, how yoga ought to be taught, and how I can make yoga...

Jun 24, 20203 min read

Aparigraha - Why we can’t let go

Aparigraha is the last of the five Yamas. The Yamas are the ethical code of conduct for yogis so this is the first of Pantajali’s Eight...

Jun 18, 20203 min read

Brahmacharya - How We Use Our Energy

Brahmacharya is the fourth Yama (please have a look at my blog posts on the first few yamas: Ahimsa, Satya and Asteya) and is generally...

Jun 11, 20202 min read

Asteya - non stealing and our desire to fill our lives

Asteya is the third Yama (the yamas are the yoga “Code of Conduct” and part of the Eight Limbs of Yoga, to find out about the first two...

May 26, 20203 min read

Satya - What does it mean to emanate truthfulness?

On the face of it, truthfulness is a pretty simple concept to understand and embody. Don’t lie. Always telling people the truth, being...

May 18, 20203 min read

Ahimsa - Cultivating Non-violence and Kindness

Ahimsa is the first of the Yamas; these are essentially an ethical, moral and societal code of conduct of how a yogi can go out into the...