Summer Ayurvedic Wisdom

Summer is usually a time of improved health: we have more daylight hours and we can spend more time outside.  Each season carries with it certain positive qualities and certain challenges to our system. As with all Ayurvedic principles you just have to observe nature and notice the change in the qualities of the atmosphere, the weather, the light and the temperature so that you...

Gratitude Extract: Tigers Above, Tigers Below

There is a story of a woman running away from tigers. She runs and runs, and tigers are getting closer and closer. When she comes to the edge of a cliff, she sees some vines there, so she climbs down and holds onto the vines. Looking down, she sees there are tigers below her as well. She then notices that a mouse is gnawing away...

Yoga Parable: The Shape Of Things

There was once a famous sculptor. One day he was visited by some people who wanted to see his work. He took them to his studio and showed them a number of pieces of stone that had been partly chipped away. None of the stone blocks resembled anything tangible and were far from being beautiful. The visitors were a little disappointed, for they came expecting...

Event Reportback: Yoga Day, 11 June 2011

With the winter sun high in the sky, Yoga Day began with a warming, body awakening Hatha Fusion class beautifully lead by ISHTA teacher John Malherbe. Drawing on his influence of Kundalini, Ashtanga and Hatha yoga practice, John weaved a flowing class that began with 30 minutes of pranyama, followed by Hatha yoga asana leading into a powerful Ashtanga Surya Namaskar sequence that culminated with...