If you google (or use alternative search engine…) ‘what does Yoga mean’, you will most likely not find “doing acrobatics on a mat” or “putting your body into the shape of a pretzel”.   Most practitioners of yoga-asana do have some knowledge about what yoga is and where it comes from; and that it [really]…

Assist and adjust in the Yoga-asana practice. Anyone who comes to my class regularly knows that I offer assists and adjustments. I always give students an honest opportunity to opt out, and I try to make it absolutely clear that there is no judgment on not wanting to be touched. There can be a million…

Forgiveness During challenging times for humanity, the question of forgiveness becomes complicated and with different connotations for different people. We often argue that those who have done us wrong do not deserve to be forgiven, that they simply cannot be forgiven, thinking about forgiveness as something we have to give to others rather than something…

When we met Pujya Swamiji again in Dorset this summer, I realised just how much his voice chanting mantras had touched me, how powerful the vibrations of this practice is. In Rishikesh I started to single out his voice amongst all the voices that filled the air. I Dorset, it was only him, and it…