The alarm sounds six am and I roll out of bed and onto my yoga mat, managing to keep my eyes closed throughout the entire movement. Surely that’s an asana in itself right? Sleepasana maybe? I move slowly through my warm up postures, but stay a little longer in Balasana (child’s pose). Working my buttocks […]

Becoming more aware of the signals our body is sending us releases the healthy flow of life energy, or prana.

Crack, pop, bend, snap, grind, meld, mesh, breathe, release, goes the sound of my skeleton as it reluctantly welcomes day three of yoga school. A sinkhole of stagnant, rigid energy resides at the base of my spine: the result of an eight-hour, deep yogic sleep. As I wake up, slowly the energy starts to rise, […]

My 21 day yoga school experience gave the word ‘intensive’ a whole new meaning.

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