The beginner’s guide to yoga: Part 2
February 19, 2010 by Kara-Leah Grant
Filed under The Basics
Part 1 of this series in the Beginner’s Guide to Yoga gave you a heads-up on things to be aware of before rocking along to your first yoga class.
You might have been to a few classes now and so have got your head around the right clothes to wear, how to fuel your body before [...]
The beginner’s guide to yoga: Part 1
September 11, 2009 by Kara-Leah Grant
Filed under The Basics
Entering a yoga studio, or a yoga class for the very first time can be an intimidating experience. Everybody else looks so confident and relaxed and sure of themselves. They’re all stronger and fitter and leaner and bendy as all hell.
But every single person in that room was once a beginner – including the teacher. [...]
What is a sadhana and why do I need one in my life?
June 25, 2009 by Kara-Leah Grant
Filed under Sadhana, The Basics
Regular readers will well remember I started a forty day sadhana (spiritual practice) oh… a few months ago. It was an Infinite Wealth and Prosperity meditation, and I was loving doing it.
But then something happened.
I found out I was pregnant, and as this particular meditation involved stomach pumps (a no-no for pregnant women), I had [...]
How do I know what type of meditation would suit me?
May 28, 2009 by Kara-Leah Grant
Filed under Meditation, The Basics
This is a question a reader posed to me this week:
How do I know what type of meditation will suit me?
How will you know?
And possibly more interesting, how can I possibly know what meditation might suit you, especially when I don’t know ‘you’ at all?
So there is really no answer to this question at all. [...]
What is Ayurveda all about?
April 5, 2009 by Kara-Leah Grant
Filed under Guest Authors, The Basics
In this article David explains his journey into Ayurveda, and it’s application to our lives.
by Guest Author David Timbs ND, Dip Ayur (India), Dip Acup, BEd
One does not discover Ayurveda, or discover that Ayurveda is something removed from whom we are.
Ayurveda by definition is “the Science of Life and Longevity”, we are already [...]
Why it’s important to breathe
January 21, 2009 by Kara-Leah Grant
Filed under Pranayama (breath), The Basics
I know, you’re breathing already, automatically, all the time – about 25,000 breaths day.
But are you really breathing?
Stop right now.
Place both hands lightly on your belly. Exhale ALL the air out your lungs through your nose.
Now inhale (through the nose) slow and strong right down into your belly, pushing your hands softly outward.
Exhale again, all [...]
