Learn the Ujjayi Breath
There are many forms of breath-work in yoga (called pranayama). Some are very active and stimulating, and there are times when these pranayamas are beneficial. But to turn on the parasympathetic nervous system, which is our rest-and-digest system, we need the slow, deep pranayama known as ujjayi. Jaya means victory. Ujjayi means victorious or conquering. […]
The Masks We Wear and Who We Truly Are
Halloween provides as a time to put on masks and costumes. We can pretend to be someone else. However after Halloween we take the masks and the costumes off. But what happens with the invisible masks or armour that we wear in order to protect ourselves. Things like: … I am strong, I am weak, […]
Modern Yogi Talks to Gregor Maehle – #Yoga Confessions 3
A few months ago I had the opportunity to meet for the first time Gregor Maehle at the retreat he hosted with his wife Monica Gauci in Paros. The retreat was one of a kind experience and even though I have read all of his books a couple times & the practices were familiar it […]