“The inner obstacles that disperse the mind are sickness, mental inertia, doubt, haste, apathy, intemperance, errors in judgement of oneself, lack of perseverance, and the inability to stay at a level once reached” – Patanjali Yoga Sutra 1.30
“Personal transformation has always been Yoga’s prime directive”- Gary Kraftsow
“all of life is a continual process of refinement which allows us to see more clearly” – Donna Farhi Continue reading
Category Archives: Yoga as Therapy
Spring: the season of the ‘cleanse’
“Tapas: something we do in order to keep us physically and mentally healthy; a process of inner cleansing: we remove things we do not need” -T.K.V. Desikachar
“Purity protects one’s body and brings nonphysical relationships with others” –Yoga Sutra 11.40 Continue reading
mind-body connectionn
yoga and the art of retail shopping
“Intuition is soul guidance, appearing naturally in man during those instants when his mind is calm…The goal of yoga science is to calm the mind, that without distortion it may hear the infallible counsel of the Inner Voice” – Paramahansa Yogananda Continue reading
yoga and safety
“Yoga has its origins in the search for the spiritual and in primordial questions about the meaning of life. The awareness that yoga is a spiritual practise whose roots are ancient gives our journey continuity, richness, and depth” -Esther Myers
“The problem with institutionalized yoga or textbook instruction is that the reality of a person’s life situation is not taken into account…The key to right teaching is in the adaptation of yoga to the individual, not the idividual to yoga” – T.K.V. Desikachar
“Yoga is not a standardised practise” – T.K.V. Desikachar
Lately much is in the news about yoga and safety. Continue reading
The 8 steps of YOGA (ashta-anga)
Rainbows
so exactly how long is the present moment?
“to be in alignment with what is means to be in a relationship of inner nonresistance with what happens”
“there is only ever this moment”
-Eckhart Tolle
Oneness With All Life: Inspirational Selections From a New Earth Continue reading
Yo-greeni smoothie
Cheers to good health and glowing skin:
Try this when you dust off your juicer! Continue reading