This month marks a move into the ‘darker season’. Nature retracts into its core, plants to their roots, to the essential parts of their being. Our connection with the world around us, in spite of ourselves, is undeniable. A planet shifts imperceptibly in its orbit, the weather pressure changes and somewhere someone feels an inexplicable […]
“Mahamati, words are not the highest reality, nor is what is expressed by words the highest reality. Why? Because the highest reality is an exalted state of bliss, and cannot be entered into by mere statements”
The Lankavatara Sutra
Verbal knowledge devoid of any substance is only conceptual.
Patanjali Yoga Sutras
The ignorant think the self can be […]
Wind, energy/ free, liberated/ pose
Generally practiced to get rid of abdominal & gastric problems and improve digestion.
* Lay on your back with a neatly folded blanket underneath your head
* Lift your feet of the floor with your knees bent so that the heels are close to your […]
Floating retreat centre in incredible surroundings.
November the 7th for 10 days, with Jim Tarran
* This retreat is on a remote, beautiful lake in a national park with floating bamboo bungalows for accommodation.
* It’s an extraordinary location surrounded by a prehistoric jungle and giant limestone mountains.
* Two sessions […]
Mantra, from the Sanskrit root meaning ‘to think’. Mantra therefore obviously involves directing your thoughts to a certain realisation or recognition of an aspect of reality.
Most mantras are hard to translate directly into English as they point you into an experience, so remember that ‘it ain’t what you do, it’s the way that you do […]
Yoga is not a one hit wonder and so there is no shortcut to its goal of integration on every level. There are things that can be done, that can be immediately helpful, both in restoring some of our overspent energy and in terms of regaining a sense of centre.
Yoga uses a great many […]
There are hundreds of yoga postures that one can practice. Many of the asanas (poses) increase blood flow to certain areas and all work on the nervous system to invoke greater calm and clarity in general.
It is best to learn the poses with an experienced teacher who can show you how to adapt the […]
There are scores of different ways to meditate. Meditation is a way of placing one’s mind in something. It can be an internal mantra, a visualisation or simply an opening up to one’s self in a spacious and inclusive way.
The Buddhist meditation the Metta Bhavana is a practice that can include all three and […]
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