Yoga and meditation talk a lot about detachment from both positive and negative judgements. No clinging, no aversion. It’s hard for many of us Type A-trained Westerners whose schooling (at least mine) indoctrinated the big slogan of ‘No pain, no gain’ deep into our psyche. At least in my childhood there was no talk about…
Author: Dini M
Travelling Yogini. Passionate Tantrica. Sailing captain. Mother of three humans and some adopted animals. Ayurvedic practitioner. Reiki Healer. Yin and vinyasa yoga teacher trainer. Acro yoga lover. Experienced doula. Sustainability dudess. Lunatic dancer. Tarot card reader. Passionate writer... After ten years at sea, sailing the world with my family, I have settled on a finca in Colombia, creating a permaculture paradise whilst running sessions, workshops and retreats combining the art of sustainable living with tantric couples work in yogic self-awareness. To find out more, and perhaps work with me, check DiniMartinez on the web, Facebook and Insta.
My boat, my yoga mat.
Yoga leads to a state where it doesn’t matter where you are and what you are doing. As Samadhi, the 8th step of the eight-fold-path, unfolds, internal quiet, contentment and happiness arise, regardless of where you are doing what. Yet, on the way there, the importance of ‘Sangha’, a supportive community, cannot be underestimated. Us…
Ahimsa
I’m feeling rather sad tonight. 80 percent of the packed Tuesday after-noon class chose the Melbourne Cup instead – an annual race in Australia which brings animal cruelty to it’s max. Today, the 6th horse since 2013 died because of human craving for money, power, betting, meaningless entertainment… Why? When there is 1001 and more…
Yoga teachers are only human too
If this October the moon was in Libra, then my usual intunement with ‘la luna’ has failed me. Harmony and cooperation is some of the adjectives that least describe this past month which I will happily leave behind. Instead, there was a lot of deception and disappointment amongst those supposedly dearest, loneliness and lostness amidst…
Your mat is where the magic starts. Your life where it continues.
It has been almost 20 years that I have been working with bodies – on and off a yoga mat. And yet, I feel there is still so much to learn. For many years I pretended that this was just a part-time thing while I figured out how to properly make use of my university…
Sailing Yoga Family
Be well. Be happy. Be you. Be.
Dini Martinez 