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The Terror of Single Parenthood

December 30, 2013 by Kara-Leah Grant 12 Comments

Single parenthood can be terrifying

by Kara-Leah Grant, Musings from the Mat Three years ago this New Year's Eve I took my year old baby boy and left my mentally unstable and addicted partner. I had zero dollars in my bank account, and an ambivalent attitude towards motherhood - something I had chosen under duress because of the pathetic belief it would make my partner happy. Stupidity to the nth degree. It did not make him happy. Instead, a child was brought into an already unstable and messed up relationship. And … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Musings from the Mat Tagged With: anger, co-dependency, conscious parenting, parenting, rage, single parenting, terror, toxic relationship

From poison into potion: Why forty days of yoga is alchemy of the soul

February 10, 2013 by Melissa Billington Leave a Comment

by Melissa Billington We come into the new year with a desire to re-create ourselves, to arise out of last year and make a new start. While I personally consider Spring the new year and the place for emergence since 1582, with the advent of the Gregorian calendar, we observe the start of the new year as January 1. The Celtic calendar sets November 1(May 1 in the southern hemisphere) as the new year. They see going into the dark as the necessary first step to creation, like the child in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energetic Practices, Practices Tagged With: agni, anger, chakras, commitment, discipline, fire, manipura, navel centre, power, tapas, third chakra

How to deal with uncomfortable and difficult emotions

January 22, 2013 by Kara-Leah Grant 4 Comments

by Kara-Leah Grant It's been one of those days - when you could barely drag yourself out of bed and you felt like bursting into tears at the slightest provocation. The same life that looked awesome last week has paled into sepia and you feel like you're moving through molasses. You begin to wonder: What the hell is wrong with me? Maybe I'm depressed. Maybe I'm doing the wrong yoga practice. Maybe I'm living in the wrong town. Maybe I need a new job. Maybe... But what if... what if nothing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Living Your Yoga Tagged With: anger, difficult, emotions, feelings, jack kornfield, uncomfortable

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