kundalini rising / Heart to heart on World Heart Day!
It is more than just a tireless muscle that governs our flow of blood to the rest of the body; the heart is also an energy centre that governs our ability to give and receive love, and our ability to heal from loss and grief.
kundalini rising / Healthy Digestion through Yoga: Nauli Kriya
Nau means boat (like nauka) and Li means cling, so in nauli kriya, the abdominal muscles cling to the abdominal wall while moving like a boat on the rolling waves of the ocean. It allows you to massage the organs in your abdominal region through the circular movement of the abdominal muscles.
kundalini rising / Interview of a Yogi: Gillian Breetzke
I have always been interested in spirituality, and wanted to understand more about life and our existence here on earth.
kundalini rising / Kapal Bhati — Frontal Brain Purification
Kapal bhati is a kriya, or yogic practice, which invigorates the brain and awakens the dormant centres which are responsible for subtle perceptions. Kapal means forehead. Bhati means light, but also 'perception' or 'knowledge.'
Healing Experience in Thailand
The course I took was a holistic immersion into three limbs of yoga. The daily practice consisted of two hours of breath work (pranayama), two hours of meditation (dhyana), one hour of chanting, as well as one hour of exercise (asanas).
kundalini rising / Of mindfulness
The greatest present you can give is your presence!
Heart to heart on World Heart Day!
It is more than just a tireless muscle that governs our flow of blood to the rest of the body; the heart is also an energy centre that governs our ability to give and receive love, and our ability to heal from loss and grief.
Healthy Digestion through Yoga: Nauli Kriya
Nau means boat (like nauka) and Li means cling, so in nauli kriya, the abdominal muscles cling to the abdominal wall while moving like a boat on the rolling waves of the ocean. It allows you to massage the organs in your abdominal region through the circular movement of the abdominal muscles.
Eight limbs of Ashtanga yoga
Ashtanga is a vigorous and demanding physical practice. Maintaining a daily routine of the ‘primary series,’ as the sequence of asanas is called, requires discipline and dedication as well as an entire overhaul of one’s lifestyle.
Balancing your energy
The body is more than the sum of its parts. It is physical and energetic. Various parts of our body generate various frequencies and the body
Tete-a-tete with James ‘Fish’ Gill
I recently had the pleasure of meeting Fish in Sri Lanka. His approach to yoga as a form of healing and therapy was gentle and inspiring. The following is a takeaway from that meeting.
Wellbeing and Wanderlust
If your new year’s resolution included health, happiness and positive lifestyle, then making time for a yoga retreat is the best gift you can give yourself.
The Brahma mudra
Externally simple, the Brahma mudra allows you to access deeper channels of inner focus. Everyone can do it, but its potency grows as students go deeper into their practice.
Interview of a Yogi: Gillian Breetzke
I have always been interested in spirituality, and wanted to understand more about life and our existence here on earth.
Tête-à-tête with Michela Accerenzi
When I moved to Dhaka and was invited to a yogilates’ class, I did not know what to expect, but after the very first class with Shazia Omar, I knew I had found something I needed.