Confessions from a living room dancefloor

I love to dance. Really love to dance. It’s been my passion ever since I was eight years old and first saw Flashdance. There was something about that movie, and the main character that sang to my soul.
Here was a woman who defied the mainstream in all respects – Alex was a welder by day, [...]

Five things I learned in 2009 from my yoga and meditation practice

What a year!
Getting pregnant.
Completing the renovations on our home.
Selling it privately.
Making the heart-breaking decision to leave my partner at 7 months pregnant…
… only to witness a miracle of transformation that brought us back together in the most incredible space.
And of course teaching yoga, sharing yoga, practicing yoga, learning yoga, loving yoga…
…all while holding down a [...]

How yoga supercedes the need for political correctness

OK.
Here’s what we need to do to shift this whole PC thing that has infected our culture.
Let’s start by getting a few things straight.
If someone calls me a bitch, does that make me a bitch?
According to their world view, it does.
But I don’t have to believe them.
And more importantly, I don’t have to get upset [...]

The path to true abundance lies within

We live in an infinitely abundant universe.
This is a fact.
Stare up at a clear sky night and try and count the stars.
Cut open a capsicum and try and count the seeds.
Stand on the corner of Lambton Quay and Willis Street and try and count the people flowing in all directions.
Life is abundant.
It flourishes under even [...]

Why forgiveness of self is part of the yogic path toward samadhi (bliss)

Years of yoga practice has peeled away layers and layers of behaviours and thought patterns.
The veil of avidya (self-ignorance) is lifting, but not without pain and discomfort. It’s this pain and discomfort that sent me fleeing from class so many years ago.
It’s this pain and discomfort that has made my practice sporadic and disjointed at [...]

Why sangha (spiritual community) is the most precious thing on your path

In Buddhist practice, the three jewels of life – or the three refugees – are what you turn to for support, for guidance, and for friendship.
These are:

The Buddha nature – the ideal or highest spiritual potential that exists within all beings.
The Dharma – the teachings of Buddha, or the path one walks in following the [...]

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