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Cosmic Consciousness

The idea of consciousness is a big one.  A conscious human being could be defined as a person who owns their own mind, is aware of how their thoughts and feelings manifest their reality and […]

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Your Microbiome

Our Yoga Retreat coming up soon (March 20 to 22, 2026) includes feasting on delicious Vegetarian Ayurvedic food.  Lots of fruits, vegetables, spices and grains with legumes, nuts and for some, dairy, providing protein.  Even […]

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Deep Listening 

WE HAVE a Silent Yoga Retreat coming up from March 20 to 22 and it’s designed to be an intimate journey within.  It’s not for the fainthearted, as you will confront lots of stuff inside […]

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Heatwaves

WE ARE still in the throes of unrelenting heat and dryness having survived a country-wide heatwave the last couple of weeks.  Our Yoga classes reflected this situation with a cooling practice, not just for our […]

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Reclaiming Ourselves

We have a Yoga Retreat coming up soon, from March 20 to March 22; and a central part of our yoga practice will be to tackle the art of forgiveness. This is a retreat about […]

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New beginnings

Happy new year to all my readers and yoga students!  Most of the world follows the Gregorian calendar, which is a solar calendar with 12 months, 365 days and a day being added to February in […]

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Finding joy in the shadows

ONE of the more uncomfortable aspects of yoga, certainly for beginners, is the inner focus.  When you look inside and get quiet, the first thing you’ll notice is the noise.  The mind chatter, the hum, […]

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Silence

MY first Silent Yoga Retreat was two years ago and I’m running another one next year in March. There was initial resistance by some of my students. Noooo! We’ll be bored, be sad, go crazy, […]

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What is prana?

Prana (life force) is the universal energy that permeates everything in existence, and it fills and animates the universe.   When you no longer hold prana, you are dead.  Prana ensures our heart beats, our food […]

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The Middle Way

Many philosophical and spiritual traditions from different eras and cultures overlap.  I’m listening to Rudolf Steiner, not an easy feat as the language and philosophies of the1920s are very different to how we process information […]