Stories from the mat and the road
Finding your center
If you feel like Mrs. Doughnut from the photo below when you sit for meditation in class and hear this instruction, then this post is for you. Here's my take on finding the center. For me, finding the cent
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What reason could we even wish for?
We mostly don't associate Mondays with joy. Usually, it's the opposite - Monday is like the ultimate nagging reminder or impermanence: no matter how amazing your weekend was, here I am and there's nothing you can do to
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Mindful living: return to the breath – return to the present moment
We take around 20,000 breaths each day. How many of these breaths are we actually aware of? Chances are not so many. In the daily rush it is easy to get carried away by what is happening around us, so we rarely take the
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The Peace of Wild Things
Whenever I feel frustrated, agitated, purposeless, sad, angry, scared, worried, jealous, alone, abandoned, uncertain, hopeless... I go and find a big tree. The bigger the better. The older the better. The rougher the ba
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Step by step
Over the past few weeks, I shared with you some short but effective practices of bringing yourselves back into the present moment, using the tools that you always have at your disposal – your breath and your body.
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Listening to and with your body
Last week, I shared with you a simple technique of observing the breath and this week we’ll explore how your body can bring you back into the present moment. As you are reading this, you are most probably not movi
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Please Call Me by My True Names
Sometimes the moment I open my eyes I feel that I am being bombed by so many examples of craziness, suffering, ruthlessness, negativity... And all of that seems to be floating around continuously in my country
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Impermanence
Exactly one year ago, I was in Nepal, teaching yoga at a few places around Kathmandu. It was Saturday, we went to the Farmer’s market. We bought avocados and goat cheese. And some really good home-made bread. Mayb
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Things as Beautiful
Since our earliest age we are being taught that there is right and wrong, and we should know them apart. There is good and bad, and we deserve only the former. There is ugly and beautiful, and we should always strive fo
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Heaven is Myth, Nepal is Real
I had a choice. Pay hundreds of pounds on a part for my car which it may or may not need, or go on an adventure. I choose the latter. I choose well. Autumn in the UK is both beautiful and dark, damp and miserable. It&rs
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Shiva’s Cosmic Dance
India is such a place that at any moment in time and space if you look around you, you are bound to find at least one depiction of the Divine in one of the countless forms. I find the image of Shiva as Nataraja - the Lo
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How to Start and Keep Your Home Yoga Practice
No matter if you’ve been practicing yoga for a while, or you’ve recently joined your first yoga class, it’s essential that you start developing your home yoga practice. Those moments when you ar
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Alignment tips for your home yoga practice – Part 1
We all practice yoga because we want to do something good for ourselves – for the body, mind, and spirit. When we attend a class, or a retreat, we practice in the presence of a (hopefully) knowledgeable and well i
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5 Reasons You Should Choose a Yoga Retreat Over A Regular Holiday
How many times a month do you think to yourself: I need a holiday! I totally believe that you do. Juggling your work, social life, family, self care, etc. and doing all that in a city environment, which is
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