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The Difference Between Being a Victim and Being Victimised

September 20, 2018 by Guest Author

The Difference Between Being a Victim and Being Victimised

by Freya Vajra, Fierce Mystic I was chatting with a good friend of mine the other day, about all this Agama/sex cult stuff. For those of you who don’t know, one of the biggest Neo tantra schools in the world, Agama, recently got outed by Be Scofield for a whole load of sexual assault and misconduct by the heads of the school. It’s a school I have trained at and didn’t stay at because the waft of dogma and abuse was so strong. My friend, who spent a number of years there, was saying how she … [Read more...]

Filed Under: The Process of Waking Up Tagged With: abuse, Agama, Freya Vajra, trauma, Victim, yoga

Why The 3 Bandhas Are Not Optional in Yoga

August 23, 2018 by Guest Author

Why The 3 Bandhas Are Not Optional in Yoga

by Daniel Fow, Cardinal Points: Healing Arts All of the muscles in the body need to be exercised, stretched and worked with. Most of us know this, and we do yoga, go to the gym, walk, hike, run, or do some sort of work with our skeletal muscles. But these muscles are all generally on the outside surface of the body, either on top of our skeleton or immediately beneath. What we often tend to forget about is the importance of muscles that exist on the inside of the body. The pelvic diaphragm … [Read more...]

Filed Under: The Foundations Tagged With: bandhas, diaphragm, pelvic diaphragm, respiratory diaphragm, yoga

Are Plant Medicines Part of Traditional Yoga?

July 26, 2018 by Guest Author

Are Plant Medicines Part of Traditional Yoga?

by Daniel Fow, Cardinal Points: Healing Arts "The Mystic States (Siddhis) are attained by yogic practices from previous lifetimes, or by special plants, mantric repetition, asceticism, or by meditation." - Yoga Sutras of Patanjali The ancient Rishis and Yogis often spoke of an ancient plant medicine known as Soma which would be made into a tea. Upon drinking it, the third eye would awaken and mystical states would occur, even the state of samadhi or enlightenment. The use of Soma as a plant … [Read more...]

Filed Under: The Process of Waking Up Tagged With: cannabis, Plant Medicine, psilocybin, Psychedelics, yoga

You Don’t Need to Know the Origins of an Issue to Heal it

April 12, 2018 by Kara-Leah Grant Leave a Comment

You Don’t Need to Know the Origins of an Issue to Heal it

by Kara-Leah Grant You don't have to know WHY you carry a particular belief to completely heal & release it. A story that illustrates this... It's April 2017. I'm on a camping road trip of the South Island with my partner and child. I take us to Lake Middleton - my family camping spot from about age 8 until I was 17. Every summer, and many holidays, we would pack everything into the car, hook on the Nifty Nomad Camper, pack our tents and kayaks and fishing gear, and head up to the Lakes for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: The Process of Waking Up Tagged With: Camping, emotion, healing, Limiting belief, repressed memory, trauma, yoga

A Review of Pathways To A Centered Body by Donna Farhi and Leila Stuart

December 12, 2017 by Guest Author 1 Comment

A Review of Pathways To A Centered Body by Donna Farhi and Leila Stuart

by Neal Ghoshal, Sacred Moves In a nutshell: an exceptionally clear and extremely practical guide to core integration, stability and support I first came across Donna Farhi’s books back in 2004 and was immediately hooked by her accessible, relevant and inspiring writing and teachings. Since then Donna has become my primary Yoga teacher and I have regularly attended her workshops and teacher trainings, eventually moving on to assisting her on events and intensives. I met and studied with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: donna farhi, Neal Ghoshal, Pathways to a Centered Body, Psoas, yoga

How Teaching Yoga on a Remote Island Helped Me Cope with Grief

November 23, 2017 by Guest Author Leave a Comment

How Teaching Yoga on a Remote Island Helped Me Cope with Grief

by Julie Stansfield, Ebb and Flow Yoga As I travel along the road that connects the south with the north of the island to teach my weekly yoga class in Port Fitzroy, I reflect on how my life has changed since I first moved to Great Barrier Island thirteen years ago. I certainly wouldn’t have thought I’d be travelling fifty minutes to share my love of yoga with a group of enthusiastic women. Driving on a winding, gravel road which takes me from my home on the western side of the island, I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Teaching Insights Tagged With: Ebb and Flow Yoga, grief, Island, teaching yoga, yoga

After Las Vegas: Yoga Won’t Save The World, But it Can Be a Shelter in Stormy Times

October 9, 2017 by Guest Author Leave a Comment

After Las Vegas: Yoga Won’t Save The World, But it Can Be a Shelter in Stormy Times

By Christina Sell, Live the Light of Yoga This article was originally published on Christina's blog Live the Light of Yoga and is reprinted here with Christina's permission. Last night I dreamt of Las Vegas. In my dream, among other common dream-time images was something new— toxic rain. Down from the sky rained a green, thick, and rotten goo that covered everyone and stifled their ability to breathe, to see, and to speak. As the rain continued, the situation became increasingly dire and I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Living Your Yoga Tagged With: Christina Sell, Las Vegas shooting, yoga, yoga teacher

Donna Farhi on Why Success in Yoga is About Opening Our Hearts, Not Our Hips

September 14, 2017 by Guest Author 3 Comments

Donna Farhi on Why Success in Yoga is About Opening Our Hearts, Not Our Hips

By Donna Farhi First published in the March/April 1997 Yoga Journal USA, reprinted here by permission of Donna Farhi. It’s late afternoon and one of my long-time students has come to visit.  After a few minutes of chitchat, Sarah relates how inadequate she felt at the Yoga workshop she attended over the weekend.  Just about everyone could do the advanced postures except her, and she left feeling that her practice was inferior.  I asked Sarah what her life was like when she began practicing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Living Your Yoga Tagged With: donna farhi, heart opening, Hip opening, posture, Sucess, yoga

This is What Happened When I Combined Yoga with the KonMari Method

August 24, 2017 by Lucinda Staniland Leave a Comment

This is What Happened When I Combined Yoga with the KonMari Method

by Lucinda Staniland It was a small book that made a big promise. I’ve grown to be suspicious of such books, particularly when they make prominent use of phrases like ‘life-changing’, but there was something about this one that I couldn’t shake off. It was simple, it was sincere—very sincere, in fact—and it was practical too. Maybe, just maybe, I thought, this little book might be offering something true. Maybe, just maybe, tidying up might just turn out to be as life-changing as it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Living Your Yoga Tagged With: KonMari Method, mindfulness, niyamas, saucha, The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up, yoga

Yoga May Not Cure Disease, But It Can Help Us To Live Joyfully With Our Illnesses

August 17, 2017 by Guest Author 1 Comment

Yoga May Not Cure Disease, But It Can Help Us To Live Joyfully With Our Illnesses

by John Guthrie, Yoga Aotearoa | International Yoga Teachers Association of New Zealand The whole notion of disease is an interesting subject. Those of us who take on yoga as a part of our lifestyle can easily find ourselves striving to be absolutely whole and well; after all, why shouldn't we? To have a strong healthy body fit that enables us to integrate the various limbs of yoga is a noble endeavour indeed. But is perfect physical health always a guaranteed result of a yoga practice? And … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Deepening • The Yoga of Life, How Yoga Helped Me, What's Real Yoga & a Real Yogi? Tagged With: ashtma, Disease, iyta, John Guthrie, pain, suffering, yoga

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