yoga

5 Steps to Unleashing Joy, Opening Up, & Being More Yourself

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” – Albert Einstein How much of the time is the authentic YOU showing up in the world? Do you have a different persona for your work, home life, friends, strangers, and the check-in person at the airport? Stress, grief, past or current pain or trauma, illness, or anxiety can cause us to retreat inward. Just like preparing a house to survive the impact of a … [Read more...] about 5 Steps to Unleashing Joy, Opening Up, & Being More Yourself

The 8 Limbs of Yoga and How They Help With Addiction Recovery

If my friends and family members met me for the first time around a decade ago, they wouldn’t recognize me. In fact, some of them are still awestruck at the changes I have gone through these past 10 years. You see, I used to be an addict. The term is thrown around loosely nowadays, yet people forget about the seriousness of addiction as a mental health issue. That’s what it is, in reality. Addiction is an uncontrollable urge which was recognized as a disease by The American Medical Association … [Read more...] about The 8 Limbs of Yoga and How They Help With Addiction Recovery

Why Are So Many of Us Living With Unmanageable Stress?

It was recently reported in The Guardian that three in four Britons have felt overwhelmed by stress in the past year. Over in the USA, there’s a similar picture. The American Psychological Association’s 2015 ‘Stress in America’ snapshot found that 75% of adults reported experiencing moderate to high levels of stress in the month prior to the survey, and nearly half reported that their stress had increased from 2014. But with constantly-improving technology, healthcare and living standards making … [Read more...] about Why Are So Many of Us Living With Unmanageable Stress?

Three Powerful Ways to Hit The “Pause” Button

For many of us, life seems to dash by at breakneck speed. Like a game character jumping through hoops, solving puzzles and facing challenges, it can sometimes feel as if we are being propelled forward with little agency or control, thoughtlessly rushing from one thing to the next; then realising that months have disappeared and we’re not entirely sure what we’ve done with them. Luckily, however, we don’t have to rely on someone else to press pause and give us some much-needed breathing space - … [Read more...] about Three Powerful Ways to Hit The “Pause” Button

Enhance Your Wellness Practice with Kriya Yoga

The Life-Changing Practice of Kriya Yoga As yoga continues to grow in popularity around the world, many people see it as a purely physical practice like exercise. While there is nothing wrong with that, there is much more to this ancient wisdom that can offer far deeper life-changing benefits. Kriya Yoga offers a more comprehensive approach to yoga that can dramatically enhance your path to wellness and life fulfilment. With an international following and a time-tested philosophy, Kriya Yoga … [Read more...] about Enhance Your Wellness Practice with Kriya Yoga

Yoga Practice and the Appreciation of the Body in Forward Fold

Very often when people talk to me about their first experience in yoga they are disappointed about their body, because their body is not flexible. They see their teacher and classmates folding into poses like origami and get discouraged. Or they search for yoga inspiration online and they find the most beautiful pictures of people in out-of-this-world yoga poses. “How am I ever going to get there?” Each time I tell them yoga is not about the acrobatics. It’s not about showing off skills. People … [Read more...] about Yoga Practice and the Appreciation of the Body in Forward Fold