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Balance the Active and the Passive..
"The benefits of yoga asana are greatest when we experience both steadiness and ease, sthira and sukham, strength and softness. In this state of balanced awareness, we may become more receptive to the breath and less captivated by...
Upside-Down Vegan Toffee Apple Cake
" Nothing restores a semblance of balance to ones life better than a cup of tea and a slice of cake" - Anon Ingredients: 25g vegan margarine plus extra for greasing 3 dessert apples (Golden Delicious) 195g muscovado sugar 180g plain flour...
From Imbalance to Balance…
It is a cosmic principle that we either live in imbalance or act to create balance. Though we may be comfortable in imbalance (which we often perceive as balance), we cannot grow in such a state. It is through shining light on that which...
Finding Balance with the Breathe….Nadi Sodhana
Nadi Shodhana, or “alternate nostril breathing,” is a simple yet powerful technique that settles the mind, body, and emotions. There are several different styles of Nadi Shodhana, but they all serve the purpose of creating balance and...
The Wisdom Of Trees….
For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers. I revere them when they live in tribes and families, in forests and groves. And even more I revere them when they stand alone. They are like lonely persons. Not like hermits...
Find Your Balance in Vrkasana
"The tree of wisdom has fibres of forebearance, deep roots of steadfastness, flowers of virtue and branches of awareness"- Buddhist Proverb When practicing Vrkasana (vrksa=tree; asana=pose) balancing can be very difficult at first, so...
Free to choose…
“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms — to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” – Viktor Frankl
Pregnancy Yoga Workshop
Dear friends and fellow yogis, Please see attached flyer regarding the next “Yoga for All Trimesters Course” – Our New Baby! - proudly brought to you by MIND BODY PROFESSIONALS. The course is offered over two days in May and will qualify...
What it means to “hold the space” for people…
"In my own roles as teacher, facilitator, coach, mother, wife, and friend, etc. I often find myself holding the space for other people. It’s not always easy, because I have a very human tendency to want to fix people (which ultimately...
The Law of Balance…
"The universe is like an ocean in perfect equilibrium. A wave cannot rise in one place, without creating a hollow elsewhere. The sum total of the energy of the universe remains identical from one end to the other. If you take from one...
Vegan Celebration Lunch with Taste Cafe’
Taste Café is popping-up this coming Sunday at Laughing Chefs with a delectable Vegan Celebration Lunch Menu. The peace and tranquility of Laughing Chefs serves as the ideal venue in which to enjoy a relaxed and leisurely meal. The...
The Art of Being
"This is indeed well understood by any gardener. The aim of the life of a rosebush is to be all that is inherent as potentiality in the rosebush: that its leaves are well developed and that its flower is the most perfect rose that can...
Plant your garden…
The good life is lived best by those with gardens — a truth that was already a gnarled old vine in ancient Rome, but a sturdy one that still bears fruit. I don’t mean one must garden qua garden… I mean rather the moral equivalent of a...
Autumn Equinox Gratitude Celebration – Sunday 20th March
There are still a few places available to celebrate this magical day with us: the day will begin at 9.30am with hatha yoga, pranayama (breath work) and yoga nidra (deep relaxation) on the yoga deck, followed by a walking meditation down...
Growth..
Raise your words, not your voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder. - Rumi
Hope..
" Hope is a beautiful thing. It gives us peace and strength, and keeps us going when all seems lost. As long as we have hope, we have direction, the energy to move and the map to move by." Julie Donner Anderson
The Richest Inheritance of All…
"If our parents didn’t love and understand each other, how are we to know what love looks like? … The most precious inheritance that parents can give their children is their own happiness. Our parents may be able to leave us money,...
Yoga Stops Traffic 2016
Random acts of kindness….
"The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth and have it found out by accident" - Charles Lamb.
Meditation..
" You can use mantras, breath, or the quiet glow of a candle. Your technique is not important as long as you know this one simple thing: it is natural for thoughts to arise during meditation. You will say your mantra, then you will...
Relax…
"Don't seek, don't search, don't ask, don't knock, don't demand - relax. If you relax, it comes. If you relax it is there. If you relax, you start vibrating with it. " - Osho
Inner Peace..
"Everything we do is infused with the energy with which we do it. If we're frantic, life will be frantic. If we are peaceful, life will be peaceful. And so our goal in any situation becomes inner peace." - Marianne Williamson
To a New Year…
I celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. . . . Myself moving forward then and now and forever, Gathering and showing more always and with velocity,...
Emotions, Back Pain and Yoga: How are they all connected?
Emotions can manifest themselves physically more readily than we realize. But is it just like your brain flipping a switch? Watch this clip as Leslie Kaminoff, founder of the Breathing Project and author of " Yoga Anatomy" explores how it...
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