Namaste and Om

Two phrases heard in class that sometimes confuse! What does Namaste mean? We use Namaste as a greeting and mark of respect, most commonly at the end of a class, sometimes at the start or on welcoming someone in. The literal translation is “I bow to you”, a more...

A long stretch

I read this article by Tom Myers of Anatomy Trains fame tonight.”approaching a new ‘yoga’ for the 21st century electronic world. It may or may not look like the yoga that developed for the Brahmin class of the agricultural...

Body v Mind, Mind v Body

We talk a lot in yoga about mind v body, body v mind.My current reading is “Jobs Body: A handbook for bodywork” by Deane Juhan.  This passage struck me this morning:We dupe ourselves into believing on one hand that “matter” is one thing and...