I was reading the February 2010 issue of the Reader’s Digest the other night when I came across and article that was about Olympic athletes and how they could do there best at the Olympics. As I was reading the article I realized that the five points that the author Stuart Foxman made about being […]
One of the often repeated quotes of Pattabhi Jois is “Practice and all is coming”. We know that there two things that you need to do to accomplish any task. They are: Work and Mindset This article is going to focus on the second element: Mindset. But first lets talk a little bit about Work.
This is the final part of a two part series. Why do some people succeed at adopting a yoga practice and others fail. It’s easy to put success down to luck or natural talent, but while there will always be an element of that, it does not seem to be “the answer”. While reading some […]
Why do some people succeed at adopting a yoga practice and others fail. It’s easy to put success down to luck or natural talent, but while there will always be an element of that, it does not seem to be “the answer”. While reading some blogs I came across an article about why some people […]
I hope you have heard the story about Goldilocks and the three bears, otherwise this analogy is going to be lost on you. Goldilocks and the three bears In the story Goldilocks goes into the three bear’s house while they are away and there were: Three bowls of porridge that she sampled with one […]
Getting Started When you first start doing yoga you are very enthusiastic and want to do all of the poses as good as the person next to you. Your ego gets in the way of what the body is trying to tell you and you push yourself harder than you should. You go home and […]
There has been one particular posture that I have not been able to complete on my left side from the beginning of my Ashtanga practice over 9 years ago. In Ardha Baddha PadmottasanaI have not been able to grab my big toe from behind my back and fold forward. Long ago I accepted the fact […]
