Archive for Spirituality

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...

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...

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...

Shiva Rae recently posted this on her Facebook page: ‘yogasanas and vinyasas are not “tricks” to be learned or performed…let us be aware of how our “likes” and what we are putting out there on...

Dear KCY I’ve noticed that some health practitioners (yoga teachers, naturopaths, healers etc) are warm and loving while others are cold and distant. My (Ayurveda) teacher said how important it is to not let your...

If someone said to you, define the universe, where would you start? Maybe with the stars, or maybe with the earth, ocean, creatures, humans. Or maybe your definition of the universe would be a little...

I’ve overindulged this festive season. For the last two years I haven’t been able to drink or eat naughty food. Two years ago I was newly pregnant and last year I had a four month...

Dear KCY I am lucky enough to have a beautiful loving man in my life. We’ve been married for 3yrs and together for 9yrs. I met him when I was 19 and we have a...

Dear KCY My problem is that I’ve had chronic pain for the last 7 yrs (since I was 21). I’ve learnt a lot about listening to my body & have made positive changes as a...

Om Namah Shivaya. This week has been tough. As if it wasn’t bad enough making an exhibition of myself at the airport sobbing into Scott and then trying to smile through it so Frank wouldn’t...