Yoga postures are not really concerned with the body, they are concerned with the capacity to be. It is only in the Now that we can understand the science of yoga, the scientific laws of being. Yoga is an experience, such an experience can only be accessed now. Discipline means the capacity to know and [...]
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If you have yet to try a Yoga style that already includes the use of chanting or Mantras, why not give them a go? Yoga is designed to bring about an eventual focusing of the mind, with all of those wobbly balancing poses that eventually become still. Mantras or chanting enhance this process and help [...]
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It is the Christmas season and we all try and strive to maintain balance. I concentrate on the important stuff and nourish my body with wholesome food. Friends visit. We talk and laugh, we share stories and memories and make plans for the new year; it is complete. . What brings happiness during your Christmas? I love [...]
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An Indian MP is fighting for compulsory yoga legislation that will affect all of the country’s junior school students, meaning that the traditional techniques could be taught to children from the age of five upwards. The draft version of the law is called the Compulsory Teaching of Yoga in Educational Institutions Act. Satpal Maharaj, a member [...]
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With Doga becoming a hit this year what could anyone else expect? The Yoga Wellbeing team usually like to add a bit of festive fun to our blog. So we set about our research and found The Yoga Cats Christmas Calender. Stretching into all kinds of bendy shapes these festive felines have been a hit [...]
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The original Christmas holidays were designed to focus attention on our deepest emotions and spiritual feelings. But in the current swirl of commercial and social pressures, it’s easy to forget all that meaningfulness and just bull through the season, head down and teeth gritted, until it’s done. Every year in just about every town, unique [...]
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Christmas! A time of goodwill and celebration, often accompanied by seasonal increases in eating, drinking and spending. If all goes well this combination should result in a lot of fun, but unfortunately it will also result in an estimated 3 million tonnes of waste. But you can have the best of both worlds. With a [...]
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There is a ritual in the Yoga Wellbeing studio at lunchtime. Try not to waste any food. Is there any problem with saving a Christmas Pudding and eating it the next year, or is this taking the food waste issue to far? Can dry spaghetti really go off? Is there such a thing as Toxic [...]
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We have tried and tested this vegetarian extravaganza and it really did put a smile on all of the Yoga Wellbeing team. It’s a great idea for a meat free alternative for your main course this Christmas. I would go as far as saying that this makes up for the absence of stuffing on your [...]
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As well as buying presents, sending out cards and stocking up on decorations and most importantly good food. At Yoga Wellbeing we try and get our bodies and minds ready to cope with the huge intake of minced pies and mulled wine. At least before our Christmas Party. With only a couple of weeks left [...]
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