I write about science related to yoga and what I’ve learned through my own practice. My goal is to help you learn how to practically apply ancient techniques to enhance your life.
The Gunas: essential concepts to bring into your advancing yoga practice
One of my favourite parts of yoga philosophy is the Gunas. These are the forces of nature, or you can think of them like energies or qualities that nature and everything in nature posses.
Practicing with and observing the gunas as part of my 24/7 yoga practice has been a game changer since I started practicing yoga in 2010. If you are at a point in your yoga practice where you are starting to be curious about what exactly you are feeling during practice in class, and how to go deeper into your practice - the gunas are a wonderful place to start: sattva, rajas, tamas
Kleshas Part 2: Integrating yoga philosophy into day to day life and why yoga is political
When we practice yoga and weave yoga philosophy into our daily lives, we are waking up to what’s going on around us. We are becoming more empathetic and compassionate and our understanding of what’s going on not only internally becomes more apparent, but the inequalities and imbalances outside of ourselves also become more apparent.
Kleshas Part 1: The causes of suffering
If we want to progress and build as human beings, we have to really face these sources of suffering and try to accept what they are, work with them and then move away from them. If we ignore them then we are bound by them.
How to bring Yoga off the mat - The 8 Limbs of Ashtanga Yoga
How do you start to take your yoga practice off of your mat? Read up on yoga philosophy and create a 24/7 practice in self observation - click to read how to start and find out more!
5 tips for setting intentions in your yoga practice - and the reasons why intention setting is super powerful & transformative
If you come to my classes you know that I always ask you to set intentions before your practice, and come back to them at the end (except in Ashtanga!!). That being said, this blog is also for the Ashtangis because we also need to have intentions.
Why? Because intention setting is powerful!!