Tag: mental-health
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December Theme – The Discipline of Moving Slowly
This month, our theme is The Discipline of Moving Slowly. We are going to work with Tapas, one of the five Niyamas in yoga philosophy, which involves cultivating an “inner fire” through perseverance, focus, and commitment.
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November Theme — Expanding Through the Side Body
Anyone who practices with me regularly knows I have a soft spot for the lateral plane of movement — think all those delightful side stretches that feel like you’re creating space where there wasn’t any before.
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October Theme — The Practice of Letting Go
Life is a constant cycle of change. This month, as we arrive fully into the autumn season and witness the trees releasing their leaves, we’re reminded of the wisdom of letting go.
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July Theme — Binds, Self-Adjustments & Feeling at Home in Your Body
This month in class, we’re exploring binds and self-adjustments as ways to feel more connected to our bodies. A bind can be physical: your hand reaching for your foot, your arms wrapping behind your back. I also like to thing of them as something that can be more be subtle, an internal action, like gently…
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June Theme — Vitality from the centre
A month to remember your source of strength — and return to it again and again. As summer approaches its height, there’s a noticeable shift in the quality of light and in the way life begins to pulse more brightly. The sun lingers a little longer, the earth ripens, and everywhere we look, there are…
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On rejecting a life ruled by sensation… Yoga and the phantom of feeling
“The cultivation of sensations implies an egoism which revolts me… One lives among phantoms, dreaming instead of living.” — Simone Weil “The life of sensation is the life of greed.” — Annie Dillard Sthira sukham asanam — Patanjali Yoga Sutras II.46 (Posture should be steady and comfortable.) The matter of sensation has, for me at…
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