Blog
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Drink water, don’t judge
Many years ago I was co-hosting a yoga retreat in the beautiful surrounds of the northern New South Wales hinterland with my business partner Jacqui. We ran these retreats four times a year and often...
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Am I a yoga fraud?
When I worked in my previous corporate world as a marketing manager, my peers and I often used to have conversations about what we labelled being a ‘professional fraud’. In the world of marketing and...
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politics in the yoga space
This morning in class I made a lighthearted comment regarding today’s general election. We were discussing the throat chakra and how to avoid poisonous speech. I laughed and made a comment about digging deep to...
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yoga agony aunt – in need of a fearless heart
Dear KCY I have been struggling terribly with indecision. I have been feeling the need for change for a while now. I have never seen myself as a city girl, but here i am, living...
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For the love of yoga
Yesterday I led 12 sunny, sweaty students through 108 sun salutations. I love leading and practicing the 108. On the journey, you go through a range of emotions and thoughts: why am I doing this?,...
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Yoga agony aunt – crazy poo dream!
Dear KCY Here’s an unusual question for your agony aunt blog – what does it mean that I have recurring dreams about pooing out of my mouth?? I mean really, WTF??? yours, scared to go...
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Put down your suffering and come with us…
There are a zillion articles online about how women should support one another rather than knock one another down. There are another zillion focusing on how mothers should support one another and not judge another’s...
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Agony Aunt – Worried Wendy fears for her daughters health
Dear KCY,I’m a fairly anxious person and I’ve found yoga has helped me enormously to let go of that anxiety. But how do you let go of specific events that cause anxiety? Case in point….my...
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my sutra, my saviour
tapah svadhyaya Isvarapranidhanani kriyayogah My translation: Commitment and passion. Self awareness and study. Devotion to something bigger than yourself. This is the practice of YOGA. At the end of the teacher training course last year...
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Agony Aunt – Doubting Dora questions the grand plan
Dear KCY Are there any wise and comforting tips you and the yogi universe can share around uncertainty. Life at the moment is not what I thought it would be, nor what I want it...