Archive for Yoga
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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...
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The rise and rise of the instagram yogi
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...
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Agony Aunt – Forlorn Freda has lost her mojo post-partum
Dear KCY I feel so shallow writing this. I wish it wasn’t a problem I had but it is and I’d love some yogic wisdom on it. I am the lucky mother of a gorgeous...
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Agony aunt – self preservation or being an arsehole?
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...
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Honouring your roots
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...
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Setting a Sankalpa for 2015
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...
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Confused life-seeker questions marriage
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...