How to Choose A Sankalpa for Yoga Nidra
Youβre in a Yoga Nidra class. The teacher invites you to set your sankalpa. And your mind goesβ¦ completely blank. If the only intention you can...
Affirmations for Stress Relief
I first came across affirmations way back in the 1980s (that sounds like centuries ago, doesnβt it!) during a βPositive Thinkingβ weekend workshop. The positive statements...
What Is EFT Tapping
Tap, Tap, What? . βEven though I feel the onset of a migraine, and I donβt have my tablets with me, I deeply and completely love and...
Nature as Your Sacred Yoga Studio – Happy Earth Day
What do I do when Iβm homesick for the call of the wild? When my South African roots have me longing for the serenity of...
Yoga Myth Buster: “Yogis Are Always in a State of Bliss”
Thereβs this perception that yogis are in a perpetual place of peace. Constantly floating on a chakra-colored cloud of consciousness. For the true definition of...
Yoga Myth Busters : βReal Men Donβt Do Yogaβ
If youβre a guy who wonβt go near a yoga studio because you think itβs full of flexible, fit, slim, young women, thatβs completely understandable....
Yoga Myth Busters : βIβm Not Flexible Enough To Do Yogaβ
If I had received a secret yoga power for every time Iβve heard that statement, Iβd be enlightened by now. As yoga teachers, we shake...
Yoga Nidra and the Power of Intention
Youβre in a Yoga Nidra class and youβre asked to set an intention . . . is your mind immediately paralyzed into a blank screen...
What is Mindfulness?
Mindfulness is the new buzzword forΒ an old tradition. It's been revamped, repackaged, rebranded and given an extra swipe of lipstick (or dash of aftershave) as...
A Revolt Against The Revoltingness
"Philando Castile, Iβm so sorry we all know your name today." I read this today, in an Elephant JournalΒ post.Β I am sorry, too, and tremendously saddened. We...