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The Yogi Resistance: Strength Training & Yoga
I had an article published in Amrita, the magazine of Yoga Alliance Professionals, on strength in yoga. it includes: an examination of the scientific definition of strength, why it is important, and how it relates to yoga; 12 yoga positions that can increase...
Kunlun Mountain Meditation: a meditation with the five elements
Kunlun mountain is a holy mountain where Xiwangmu, the highest ranked goddess of Taoism, lives. She is the queen of the underworld, the goddess of life, death and transformation. In this meditation you imagine your body as Kunlun Mountain. The meditation starts at the...
Five Part Yoga Nidra
This is a five-part yoga nidra I wrote after attending Melanie Cooper's Yoga Nidra Course. It's about 10-15 minutes as I wrote it for the end of a lesson, rather than a session dedicated to a yoga nidra. It follows her templates quite closely, as this is the first one...
Rotation of consciousness — where the mind goes, prana flows
I first came across yoga nidra in the early 2000s when I was doing my British Wheel of Yoga foundation course at Yoga Junction in London. At that time, the only resources around were from the Bihar school and Swami Janakananda. Now, as the popularity of yoga has grown...
Getting our bodies back
Like a lot of people during the coronovirus outbreak, I've been using the time to catch up on some reading. I've just finished Getting our bodies back by Christine Caldwell which is on Sarah Lo's reading list for her Level 2 Yin Yoga & Mindfulness teacher training...
Soothing Simplicity: Yin Yoga Teacher Training
In Janary I attended a Yin Yoga and Mindfulness Teacher Training course at Triyoga with Sarah Lo. I'd become interested in Yin Yoga since training as an acupuncturist, as it is based on Traditional Chinese Medicine. I thought it would also be interesting to train at...