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Lets talk about cultural appropriation in Yoga

June 23, 2022 by Guest Author Leave a Comment

Sometimes an email arrives in your inbox and you have to share it. A well written and important contribution to the conversation around cultural appropriation of Yoga. An invitation to have a difficult conversation. See what arises for you when you read this? What actions can we take to make a difference? How are we complicit? More questions than answers, but that doesn't mean we should not ask them.  THE EMAIL: As world celebrates UN Yoga Day on June 21, Hindus upset at trivialization … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Activism, Uncategorized, What's Real Yoga & a Real Yogi?, Yoga in the Media Tagged With: hindu, yoga culture, yoga marketing

Expand your yoga into the dreamscape.

June 13, 2022 by Guest Author Leave a Comment

By Sarah Marlowe Spence That time a vacuum cleaner sabotaged my kirtan. Yup, an odd situation. So I delved into that dream to figure out what it was trying to tell me. Dreams happen to most of us when we’re asleep, yet dreams can also be daydreams of where you want to go in life, or waking dreams, i.e. what is happening right now in life. When I was a teenager, I found a dream dictionary in the secondhand bookstore, as we did in life before Google. I wondered what the meanings of my busy … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Awakening • Creating a More Beautiful World, Energetic Practices, Meditation Practices, The Process of Waking Up, Uncategorized, Yoga Styles Tagged With: dream yoga, dreams, unconscious

Is Wordle a Yogic practice?

June 8, 2022 by Veronica King Leave a Comment

Minds bright spark. Brief Bliss. Faith. Have you been bitten by the wordle bug yet? I sure have. How does this simple five letter puzzle have anything to do with yoga?  As a student of Tantra Yoga I choose to look for the experience of yoga in my daily life. Every moment, every interaction is an opportunity to practice the teachings, to apply them to the world. Wordle is no different in this regard. It's now part of my daily practice and I love it. It's deceptively simple yet … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Awakening • Creating a More Beautiful World, Musings from the Mat, Uncategorized Tagged With: niyamas, wordle, yamas, yoga philosophy

The challenges of Yoga and pain management.

May 25, 2022 by Veronica King Leave a Comment

More questions than answers on how we view and work with pain in yoga By Veronica King A recent post about a pain relief ad in a pharmacy sparked a lively discussion around yoga and pain, one which I was interested in exploring further. It seems to have created more questions than answers. A topic dear to my heart as I tore my hip labrum in a yoga class, this injury and the subsequent pain management was to become my greatest teacher. Many teachers and students have been injured in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: How Yoga Helped Me, Musings from the Mat, Teaching Insights, Uncategorized, What's Real Yoga & a Real Yogi? Tagged With: ahimsa, chronic pain, teaching yoga, yoga therapy

Does ambition belong on your yoga mat?

April 20, 2022 by Veronica King Leave a Comment

Teaching yoga as your career By Veronica King Luckily my first and most influential teacher always spoke about being a yoga professional. This was her livelihood and treated it with that respect. This helped shape me. As a yoga teacher, I would always treat my career with that same respect. It's not uncommon to feel shy about sharing this. There is in the teaching of any spiritual tradition an ongoing tension between being of service and charging for that service. You have every … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Living Your Yoga, Musings from the Mat, Teaching • The Business of Yoga, Teaching Insights, The Business of Yoga, Uncategorized Tagged With: teaching career, teaching yoga, yoga teaching tips

Travelling Yogi

March 30, 2022 by Veronica King Leave a Comment

How yoga helped me stay grounded before flying. By Veronica King Feels surreal to be writing this piece on my parent's kitchen table in Adelaide. The trip that was cancelled 3 times due to border changes, it would appear that it was 4th time lucky. The last few years we have been shrouded in fear, separated from our loved ones, and unsure if anything we planned would actually go ahead. As I prepared for this trip, I knew my practice was helping me stay steady and grounded. I’m sharing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Awakening • Creating a More Beautiful World, How Yoga Helped Me, Musings from the Mat, Uncategorized Tagged With: mental health, Travelling Yoga Teacher, yoga insights

The joys and challenges of practicing yoga online

March 11, 2022 by Guest Author Leave a Comment

Students experience of online yoga Part 2 by Sandra Palmer “Since the arrival of Covid 19 into our world, the way we teach yoga has changed.  Studios and teachers rapidly adapted to close brick and mortar studios and many immediately started teaching online. Some teachers and students love this online environment and, equally, many people loathe it”. Registered Psychologist and Yoga Teacher, Sandra Palmer shares her insights and experiences on the student’s perspective of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Home Yoga Practice, Home Yoga Practice Video, Musings from the Mat, Uncategorized

To Zoom or not to Zoom?

February 25, 2022 by Guest Author Leave a Comment

The joys and challenges of teaching and practicing yoga online. By Sandra Palmer  Since the arrival of Covid 19 into our world, the way we teach yoga has changed.  Studios and teachers rapidly adapted to the closure of their brick and mortar studios and many immediately started teaching online. Some teachers and students love this online environment and, equally, many people loathe it.  I  refer in this article to teaching online yoga as a valid choice and method of teaching … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Going to Class, Home Yoga Practice, Musings from the Mat, Teaching • The Business of Yoga, Teaching Insights, The Business of Yoga, Uncategorized

Conversations with Carlos – Part 2

October 7, 2021 by Cara Butler Leave a Comment

By Cara Butler. Carlos does not shy away from challenging topics and in fact considers it a part of his yoga practice to stay engaged, educated and involved in societal and global issues. Even when it would be easier to turn inward and ignore the external chaos.  This is one of the reasons I hold Carlos in such high regard.  I have observed all too often in the yoga world that the teachings and practices are used by some to border on what I would call self-obsession. I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Activism Tagged With: global issues, metaphysical, philosophy, spirituality, yoga philosophy

Journeys in Mindfulness – Part one

July 29, 2021 by Guest Author 1 Comment

by Erica Viedma, Yoga with Erica As a yoga teacher, I am aware of the delicate somatic connection between our physical sensations, thoughts and emotions. In yoga we often instruct people to stand tall and broaden the chest - opening the heart area. We ask people to open into areas that may have been guarded and held tight. At times I have observed myself and others struggle with the emotions that this kind of movement can evoke. With this in mind, I have chosen to study towards a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Awakening • Creating a More Beautiful World, Deepening • The Yoga of Life, Meditation Practices, Teaching Insights Tagged With: emotions, meditation, mindfulness, sensations, suffering, yoga

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