Yoga

We explore the yamas (restraints) and niyamas (observances) of yoga.

My yoga mat is a safe haven from which to play, to shift mountains from my mind and create space as wide as the skies.

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.

A new study quantifies the impact of yoga on stress during pregnancy.

Learn how to cultivate life force energy and overall wellbeing through mastering pranayama, the yogic art of breathing.

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.

Welcome to yoga school, Katie: I’ll be your divine dwelling for the next three weeks. A transformation of self in all its shapes and forms awaits you. Hand over your body, mind and spirit. Reveal the inner depths of your being and surrender to the infinite possibilities of your soul. Over the coming weeks we’ll […]

As each wave rises and falls, merging with the ocean, so in samadhi, the final stage of yoga, each soul is able to merge with supreme consciousness.

The right yoga practice can help you ease or eliminate your headaches.

More and more people are starting to enjoy yoga in the way it was traditionally taught: in a one-to-one setting.