Eight Limbs of Yoga

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Impermanence, Opinions, and Body Image

This post follows on from my previous post Impermanence, Non-attachment, and Union - If you haven’t read it, it might be a good idea to...

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Impermanence, Non-attachment and Union

Each week I give myself a theme to plan my classes around. I really enjoy having a focus as I plan my classes and something I can...

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Why I Teach Self-Love Yoga

I’ve been thinking a lot about yoga; about what yoga is, about how I teach yoga, how yoga ought to be taught, and how I can make yoga...

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Aparigraha - Why we can’t let go

Aparigraha is the last of the five Yamas. The Yamas are the ethical code of conduct for yogis so this is the first of Pantajali’s Eight...

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Brahmacharya - How We Use Our Energy

Brahmacharya is the fourth Yama (please have a look at my blog posts on the first few yamas: Ahimsa, Satya and Asteya) and is generally...

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Asteya - non stealing and our desire to fill our lives

Asteya is the third Yama (the yamas are the yoga “Code of Conduct” and part of the Eight Limbs of Yoga, to find out about the first two...

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Satya - What does it mean to emanate truthfulness?

On the face of it, truthfulness is a pretty simple concept to understand and embody. Don’t lie. Always telling people the truth, being...

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Ahimsa - Cultivating Non-violence and Kindness

Ahimsa is the first of the Yamas; these are essentially an ethical, moral and societal code of conduct of how a yogi can go out into the...