Self-care

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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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