Living the teachings
Living The Teachings: Savasana
SAVASANA: THE CORPSE POSEÂ Reading time: 4 minutes As 2023 comes to an end, it seems like a good time to consider savasana, one of the key…
Living The Teachings: Drishti
Understand Yoga’s Everyday Spiritual Meanings Reading time: 4 minutes As we draw ever closer towards the end of 2023 and look ahead to 2024, it seems like…
Understanding yoga’s everyday spiritual meanings
Namaste: Why do we say it? What does it mean? Reading time: 4 minutes I always wondered why most yoga classes end with a ‘Namaste’ and since…
Living the teachings – the four noble truths
Understanding yoga’s everyday spiritual meanings. This month: the four noble truths. By Sue Pugh Although yoga is not a religion in itself, it is connected to religion,…
Living the teachings – set your sankalpa
Understanding yoga’s everyday spiritual meanings. By Sue Pugh As we welcome in 2023, ask yourself: What is my longterm vision? Or: What would it actually feel like…
Living the teachings – Samskara
Understanding yoga’s everyday spiritual meanings. By Sue Pugh Why is it that despite our best intentions of heartfelt sankalpas we often self-sabotage and fail to achieve what…
Living the teachings – DHARMA
Ayurvedic author Sahara Rose said: “When you change your world, you change the world”. This is a very powerful sentence to reflect upon and as 2022 draws…
Living the teachings – THE KOSHAS
Living the teachings – understanding yoga’s everyday spiritual meanings Understanding a little about yoga philosophy will deepen your overall experience. Ancient yoga began several thousand years ago…
Living the teachings – October 2022
Living the teaching understand yoga’s everyday spiritual meanings Ishvara Pranidhana (SELF-SURRENDER) The niyamas are the second limb of the eight limbs of yoga. They specifically remind us…
Living the teachings — SVADHYAYA
Living the teachings – understanding yoga’s everyday spiritual meanings SVADHYAYA (self-contemplation, self-study) The Niyamas are the second limb of the eight limbs of yoga. They specifically remind…
Living the teachings — TAPAS (SELF-DISCIPLINE)
Living the teachings understanding yoga’s everyday spiritual meanings TAPAS (SELF-DISCIPLINE) There are ‘eight limbs’ of yoga…the postures (asanas) make up just one limb. When we really ‘get’…
Living the teachings — understanding yoga’s everyday spiritual meanings
Living the teachings – understanding yoga’s everyday spiritual meanings SANTOSHA: COMPLETE CONTENTMENT There are ‘eight limbs’ of yoga…the postures (asanas) make up just one limb. When we…
Living the teachings – June 2022
Understanding yoga’s everyday spiritual meanings. THE FIRST NIYAMA: SAUCHA (PURITY) There are eight ‘limbs’ of yoga…the postures (asanas) make up just one limb. When we really ‘get’…
Living the teachings – APARIGRAHA: NON-POSSESSIVENESS
understanding yoga’s everyday spiritual meanings APARIGRAHA: NON-POSSESSIVENESS By Sue Pugh There are ‘eight limbs’ of yoga… the postures (asanas) make up just one limb. When we really…
Living the teachings — understanding yoga’s everyday spiritual meanings
understanding yoga’s everyday spiritual meanings BRAHMACHARYA: NON-EXCESS By Sue Pugh In the ‘eight limbs’ of yoga, the postures (asanas) make up just one limb. When we really…
Living the teachings — yoga’s everyday spiritual meanings – ASTEYA
ASTEYA: THE PRACTICE OF NON-STEALING. By Sue Pugh The yamas and niyamas provide a simple set of practical, ethical guidelines when following the yogic path. By considering…
Living the teachings — understanding yoga’s everyday meanings
SATYA: THE PRACTICE OF HONESTY. By Sue Pugh The yamas and niyamas provide a simple set of practical, ethical guidelines when following the yogic path. The second…
Living the teachings — understanding yoga’s everyday meanings
AHIMSA: the practice of kindness The yamas and niyamas provide a simple set of practical, ethical guidelines when following the yogic path. The first yama, ‘ahimsa’, broadly…