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How The 8 Limbs of Yoga Help Us to Touch the Deepest Self

November 2, 2017 by Guest Author 2 Comments

Courage My Love legskins

by Meera Watts, Siddhi Yoga Yoga has become a mainstream activity in all parts of the world. The discipline has a lot to teach us but we are failing the practice itself. It’s great that we’ve all been introduced to this phenomenal multi-faceted means of helping ourselves, but to take it apart and use what we’re comfortable with isn’t exactly the point of yoga. One can master poses and look the part but when yoga doesn’t capture your soul, teach you how to be still, or alter how you live your … [Read more...]

Filed Under: The Foundations Tagged With: 8 Limbs, ashtanga, Meera Watts, niyama, yama

So that’s what Brahmacharya is all about. Containing my Inner Vamp

May 4, 2015 by Kara-Leah Grant 2 Comments

Learning to stand my ground and contain my energy, opening only on my terms.

by Kara-Leah Grant This New Year’s Eve was a watershed for me. For the first time in my life, I tamed the wild demon of my sexuality. Never have I felt more powerful or more in integrity, and that sense of power and integrity has since spun out, infusing every element of my being. I was at a five day festival and in the company of an extraordinarily sexy man. The connection between us was humming and thick and a mere sideways glance was enough to bring on dry mouth and heart palpitations. And … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Musings from the Mat Tagged With: brahmacharya, Relationship, sex, sexuality, yama

Can You Name all the Yamas and Niyamas from Patanjali’s Eight Limbs?

August 27, 2010 by Kara-Leah Grant 4 Comments

Ghandi's life was all about the first yogic yama - Ahimsa

by Kara-Leah Grant I've been contemplating a few things lately, both while on my mat and off my mat. Things like how yoga and business mix, what it means to be a yoga student, what it means to be a yogi, how our shadow sides present themselves and affect both us and the people around us, and what life is really all about. I know, big stuff. Something that's mean tying it together for me, over and over and over again, is that how we choose to behave when the pressure is on reveals how mature … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Living Your Yoga, Musings from the Mat Tagged With: ahimsa, niyama, yama

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