That’s a question that I’ve been asked more than a few times, ‘Why do you always ask us to breath through the nose?”. Many people are used to breathing through their mouth for no physiological reason, just because they associate ‘exercise’ with exhaling through the mouth. Then, when they come to a yoga class and …
NOTE: ’Better’ is subjective and has nothing to do with image, success or the opinion of others. By ‘better’, I mean being more satisfied with life, healthier, happier and knowing that you are doing your best, and following your unique path. I’ve been talking for a long time about morning routines, or rituals. I even …
When I first sat down to write this blog I planned to talk about the origins of yin, how to practice it, the principles and of course benefits. A bit of a ‘how to’ guide to yin. But as I started typing, my fingers seemed to move towards a more personal story. Why do I …
Maybe you are a creative person, or are in a creative job, or perhaps you’d like to infuse your life with more creativity…but at one point or another surely you had doubts, self-questioning everything you do, or even not finished a project because ‘it’s not ready’. You felt blocked and don’t know how to proceed. …
Do I really need a morning ritual? To be honest, I always hated getting up in the morning. Still do. But now I do it with pleasure, and it’s not that suddenly I started enjoying getting up early… what I enjoy is having time for myself, to start the day with the right energy and …
It used to be common knowledge and widely believed by most neuroscientists, that we were born with all the neurons we were going to have, and that after a certain stage in a child’s development, the brain stopped changing. We thought that the neurons in our brain were limited and the neurological pathways were fixed, …
I am in my 50s. There, I said it. To be precise, 51 as I’m writing this. Soon 52… and so on, because if we are lucky, we grow old. But we seem to forget that, and especially in the west, we try to resist the passage of time instead of embrace it. We arm …
When we think of ‘backbending’ in yoga, images of gymnasts, or circus performers touching the back of their head with their feet, in an impossible contortion, comes to mind. Thanks so much Instagram! If we see someone in the famous wheel pose (Chakrasana or Urdhva Dhanurasana depending on what yoga tradition you follow), some people …
