Today I’ve realized (again!) how important it is to slow the bleep down, relax and take things slow and steady. Lately I feel like I’ve been in a whirlwind of Instagram and Facebook and computer screens and photo-editing and the general background electric hum of too much time on technology. It’s been good on the […]
I felt a bit down at work today, something along the lines of “Oh poor me, what did I do to deserve this cruel life” or some other nonsense (I think it’s the post-holiday-blues after our weekend away). I’m 34 years old however and at this stage, I’ve learned a few ways to bust yourself […]
I used to practice just Ashtanga yoga and do little other form of exercise. I thought the intensive yoga each morning was enough, and there’s no doubt that it’s a very healthy thing to move and stretch and strengthen the body with Ashtanga yoga. But it’s not a complete form of exercise because it’s not […]
I recently had to take a break of nearly six months off my daily Ashtanga yoga practice due to a mild yet recurring hamstring issue. Having been a strict and devout Ashtangi for a year (meaning 6-mornings-a-week practicing the same sequence by myself, day in, day out) this official break felt wrong and weird, like I […]
I believe the violence and suffering involved in the meat industry is quite horrific and utterly unnecessary. Too many times I have seen documentaries and video footage of the appalling treatment of live animals within animal farms and it literally makes me sick to my stomach. I cannot support this kind of cruelty when there […]
It was a lazy Sunday – I had done very little bar morning yoga and a shower and as the afternoon wore on I became very unsettled, firm in the belief that by not being productive I was somehow wasting my one precious day off. Now a Buddhist monk may well have sat on his […]
Yup – I cheated. On the sweet love of my life… Sure, we’ve been going through a rough patch lately – I’ve not been as committed or attentive as I used to be. There are days I’ve woken up and been like, Oh God, I’m so not into you right now and then felt stricken because I […]
As promised in my last post, I have to update you guys on my yoga progress so here it is: there isn’t much. My ideals of getting up earlier with that water spray plan failed. The first morning I just got out of bed, switched off the alarm and crawled straight back in again. Doh! I did […]
I posted on my blog recently about how I seemed to have lost my daily yoga routine, that is to say, my disciplined six-days-a-week Ashtanga yoga practice. When writing in this, I thought that I had reached the point where it was now time to settle down and return to my mat each morning, time […]
I am here for you, with you every moment of every day. Your every wish is my command (though my requests are rarely your wish.) However hard you push me I make every effort to keep up. No matter what you put into me I deal with it as best I can (though it irritates […]
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