To reveal and unravel our stories is also to liberate ourselves from being stuck in the same grooves or patterning. This is a pathway towards new possibilities, and deeper layers of understanding.
Part 4 of a series of reflections on how our practice can flow into our lives - and how we can direct these ripples conscientiously.
Read MoreTo re-frame a situation through a clearer lens of conscious awareness is to become the witnessing Self.
Part 3 of a series of reflections on how our practice can flow into our lives - and how we can direct these ripples conscientiously.
Read MoreCultivating agency in your choices. Part 2 of a series of reflections on how our practice can flow into our lives - and how we can direct these ripples conscientiously.
Read MoreTo reflect on how and why we practice is to investigate how these transformations ripple into our lives, and all the lives we intersect with. This is svadhyaya - a form of self-study.
Part 1 of a series of reflections on how our practice can flow into our lives - and how we can direct these ripples conscientiously.
Read More'Mindfulness is loving all the details of our lives, and awareness is the natural thing that happens: life begins to open up, and you realize you're always standing at the centre of the world.'
- Pema Chödron
On coming home, moving forward, and the challenging ease of simplicity.
Read MoreOur gratitude to you, Estuary yogis. Happy 2nd birthday to this wonderful community!
A reflection and prayer. Let’s continue to journey, together.
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In the yogic tradition, Self (as opposed to little 's' self) refers to the state of a vast consciousness.
You may have felt this inter-connected, seemingly boundless feeling of peace or contentment as glimpses in your day - when you are most rested, most joyful, most at ease.
What if you’re able to inhabit this space more frequently, and more purposefully?
This practice involves few simple gestures, a few intentional breaths. It won’t ‘fix’ everything, but it will offer you an invaluable wider lens, past habits, fears and habits, on what is truly integral right here.
We are all too frequently taught to seek what is comfortable, averting from discomfort or challenge. We get caught in this loop of avoiding the things which will eventually need to be dealt with. It's a bit like leaving dishes in the sink, hoping that when you come back they will be a little easier to clean...
A short reflection on the power of pausing at the crossroads of each moment. A way to create purpose in how you direct the course of your day - and thus your life.
Read MoreSitali means ‘cooling’ or ‘soothing’. It only takes a few minutes, through the powerful medium of breath, to still your body, gather your awareness, and draw a clear stream into your inner landscape.
Learn how to practice this accessible pranayama anywhere, to centre and calm the body-mind.
Read MoreMalasana is one of the most beneficial postures for Western bodies.
For many of us, however, tension and unfamiliarity can make this shape a bit of a challenge and a mystery. Let’s take a look at this seemingly simple posture, and how we can utilise its many variations to strengthen our base, and create steadiness and ease in our breath.
Read MoreThe full seated forward fold, Paschimottanasana, is a release for the entire back chain of the body. It nurtures a sense of introspection, and a way to re-member the parts of you unseen.
Here are some tips on how to utilise this shape to cool, calm and tune in to your state of being.
Our words - especially towards ourselves - hold immense power.
Change your thoughts, change your story, change your perspective.
It happens one breath, once choice, at a time. Here’s one way to anchor your presence.
Read MoreWhatever you focus on, you will feel.
How often do you notice your focus drifting towards the noise of the day? When so much stimulus is pulling our attention in different directions, it is important to have a tool to help us refocus. To create a space of more clarity, so we can choose what is important in this moment. This is the anchor of your Sankalpa.
Read MoreWhat you are practicing matters. How you practice it gives meaning.
An enquiry into the nature of the yoga practice; less about making bendy shapes, and more about getting better at living life.
Read MoreYou’ll hear yoga teachers speak about this mysterious and exotic sounding fa-sha in Yin classes. What exactly is this oh-so-significant 'connective tissue'? How can it help us broaden the experience of yoga asana (postures) as well as our movement through daily life?
Read MoreA steady yoga practice holds a myriad of benefits for body and mind. It can help set the tone early in your morning, reconnect you in the evening, and provide a watchful oasis from the noise any time of day.
But how do we cultivate this rhythm within each busy day?
Here are 3 tips to help guide you towards a more intention-led practice - one that stays.
Read MoreWhy is it that this beautiful tradition of setting intentions for a new year is so culturally linked to something not followed through with? Must this be the way?
Here's a revolution: instead of achieving, perhaps it's more about letting go. Some short being practices to help direct your compass for 2018.
A state of stress is not home, yet it is becoming the normative state. This cannot not be the way we continue to live. There is one simple practice that can lead us to a more centred, easeful place.
Read MoreAs within, so without. How can we deepen into a relationship to ourselves, and not just 'do' yoga, but inhabit this practice? Insights and words by Jo Buick (jobuick.com).
Read MoreYes, yoga makes us stronger, more bendy, more aligned in body and mind. But more importantly, yoga is a practice for the art of being ourselves.
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