Tag: philosophy
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Blog Roundup: Catch Up With Last Month’s Articles For Your Yoga Inspiration
Each month I write for a a few different websites and magazines, including Breathe Magazine, Ekhart Yoga, and Yogamatters UK. If you missed any of them, have a look at the list below and take your time reading through. There’s a mixture of philosophy, mindfulness, yoga postures, yoga tips, and lots more to choose from.…
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Karma Yoga #fortheloveofyoga
Every action can be turned into Karma Yoga. Everything we ‘do’ – a thought, a word, a deed, leaves an impression, a mark or a samskara. These samskaras are essentially what define us; we are who we are and we are where we are because of what has happened before this moment. The law…
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Love Starts With YOU: Self Respect Practices
Ask the internet what the definition of LOVE is and you’ll get a few similar answers: A strong feeling of affection. A great interest and pleasure in something. To Like or enjoy very much. Caring strongly for another We often freely feel and give these things to other people, but rarely do we…
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New Year Deities: Clearing The Path With Ganesh
There are certain deities which are looked to at the beginning of a new year in order to bring about a positive beginning to the time that lies ahead. It’s a common misconception that the Hindu gods and goddesses are there just to be worshipped – they’re actually figures which exist in order to teach…
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Winter Solstice: A Return To Light
This time of year holds many important festivals – with two of them happening to fall this week: The Winter Solstice and Christmas! While they’re not technically part of the same belief system or path, they both represent a time when people gather together to celebrate and remember the important things in life as we…
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‘Vinyasa’: Life’s Moving Meditation
Technically, a ‘vinyasa’ can be any sequence performed with the breath; it isn’t restricted to the series of ‘chatturanga – upward facing dog – downward facing dog’, but this is indeed how we’ve lazily referred to these movements in the West for the past few decades. This is especially common ever since the whole Power…
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Pranayama: The Choice Between Control & Freedom
Most of our actions bring with them samskaras – Indian philosophy refers to samskaras as mental impressions or imprints that arise from our actions and stay with us, shaping our experience and our life. It’s a little like ‘karma’ (although this word is spurious and has a lot of different meanings and applications….), basically everything…
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Practice: Asana – Find Your Seat
When we think of the word ‘Asana’ these days, images of warrior poses, handstands, downward facing dogs and impressive backbends may spring to mind – after all, we know that the physical practice of Yoga, ‘asana’, is often the primary focus in 21st century classes. What is less well known however, is that the word…
