Articles by Margot Wagner

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 […]

TANTRIC yoga is very connected to the Cycles of nature.  The movement of the sun, the phases of the moon, the seasons and the movement of the planets around the sun.  The same energy that […]

Breathwork is different to yogic breathing (pranayama).  Pranayama is designed to open your energetic channels, and it calms the body.  Breathwork was designed by somatic psychologists, and the aim is to wake up suppressed emotions, […]

Spring holds a special energetic place in the world of Ayurveda, Traditional Chinese Medicine  (TCM) and European Naturopathic teachings.  As the energy in the earth rises, so too does the energy in our bodies.  In the […]

We’ve just enjoyed a Rebirthing Breathwork workshop.   Using a conscious, connected breath, we were able to step out of the head, our story and our rational mind and tune into the feelings, emotions and memories […]

We’ve been working with the psoas muscle this week.  Attached to thoracic vertebra T12 it connects to lumbar vertebra L5 and then descends through the pelvic region to attach to the top of the thighbone.  […]

Winter is upon us and as the days get shorter and nights get colder, this is a great time to go inward.  To use this time to reflect on the year so far, to journal, […]

THE Sanskrit word granthi means “knot” or “doubt” and can also mean “an especially difficult knot to untie.”  The idea of having knots in the body can be physical: a tightness in the muscles or connective tissue.  […]