Aromatherapy for Yoga Part 2 - Guest Author Nico Anders
How can I use essential oils in my yoga practice? There are 8 limbs of yoga, Ashtanga (Ash = eight, tanga = limbs in Sanskrit). While one...
Aromatherapy for Yoga Part 1 - Guest Author Nico Anders
Hellen Keller once said scent was the fallen angel of all the senses. After growing more and more involved with aromatherapy, I couldn’t...
Learn to meditate in 4 easy steps!
Any person who has ever mediated or practiced mindfulness before will tell you that the world would be a much better place if we all...
Drishti: What is it and what can we gain from it?
Today I want to tell you about a funny little thing called Drishti. Yes, I know, another one of those crazy sanskrit yoga words that has...
Mandala Mindfulness
Last week I went along with my gorgeous cousin Sal to a Mandala workshop. And it was awesome. So I'm going to tell you about it. If you...
The Eight Limbs: Samadhi + EXCITING NEWS
Samadhi is enlightenment. The big one. It is basically this crazy moment where you sorta transcend into the spiritual world like on...
The Eight Limbs: Dhyana
Nearly there folks! Dhyana is the penultimate Limb in yoga philosophy. Dhyana is meditation, and it's very difficult. It's also kinda...
The Eight Limbs: Dharana
Dharana, the 6th limb, is concentration, which is not to be confused with Dhyana (the 7th limb), meditation. Concentration is a single...
The Eight Limbs: Pratyahara
P2, Pratyahara. The control of the senses. This one can be really interesting. It's a whole new level of learning about yourself and, at...
The Eight Limbs: Pranayama
Pranayama. Another one of those well known aspects of yoga. Pranayama means breath control, it's the "measuring, control and directing of...