This is a guest post by Mays, a graduate from the institute of CNM - the college of Naturopathic Medicine; an intense 3 year training. She is
The Yoga Teacher-Student Relationship
Is it really such a big deal, after all? Can’t we be adults about it like any normal relationship, apply our regular ‘boundaries’ and operate
Emotions in Asanas
It is assumed in the yoga process that we are trying to escape from our emotions. However, this may be the end result, that we become equanimous, but,
The Yoga Sutras on Practice
It is often assumed when we get into yoga that or development in practice is about increasing our ‘specialness’. Indeed, it’s hard to view it
Escaping Thought in Yoga
The Bias of Language About Ourselves and The World Western thinking never questions the I that is thinking. Thought then springs from the confused
Knowing Yoga
‘The yogin is superior To ascetics, to the learned, And to those that practice ritual. Therefore, Arjuna, be a yogin’ (6.46). But,
Compassion in Action
What does Yoga say about social-action? The Bhagavad Gita (BG) is universally acknowledged as the primary authority on how the various
A New Definition of Health
Government ad campaign after ad campaign doesn’t stop the tidal-wave of new health complaints issuing as the direct result of poor diet. We are forced
Quality Over Quantity in Practice – Less is More
The trouble is, from every angle in the modern-world these days we are given to believe that more is, indeed, always, more. We have been encouraged to