“The study also begs the question whether employers can afford not to be encouraging active breaks. The suggestion is that employers who are ahead of the game in offering proper onsite facilities actually get less from their employees on days that they don’t exercise.”
Category Archives: Yoga
Is your yoga practice another stick to beat yourself with?
Having practiced yoga now for a number of years I still occasionally struggle with my own lessons in regards to respecting my body’s unique anatomy, needs and limitation from injuries. There is still a battle with the shadow aspect of my ego in the practice. Finding that balance between feeling challenged, feeling like I’m improvingContinue reading “Is your yoga practice another stick to beat yourself with?”
Why a Private Yoga Class?
Yoga classes have sprung up in every corner of most countries with classes of all varieties, levels and with an almost limitless choice of teachers. Classes can be huge too, with some city studios cramming in 30+ people in larger venues. Practicing yoga in a group has many benefits including activating the mirror neurones ofContinue reading “Why a Private Yoga Class?”
Creating Ambience in a Yoga Class or a Home Practice, Safely.
Perhaps you would like to enhance the atmosphere of your yoga class, meditation circle or retreat. Maybe you wish to create a welcoming space for your students or just optimise the sense of ceremonial sanctum within your home.You may be considering the options. Do you burn incense? Or use an oil burner, if so whatContinue reading “Creating Ambience in a Yoga Class or a Home Practice, Safely.”
The resistance to taking Yoga Online
I resisted during the first round of lock downs taking my yoga classes online, after a difficult week of putting together a youtube video and editing and compressing and all the things I am still learning about, I threw my hands up and said that home schooling and this level of stress was not goingContinue reading “The resistance to taking Yoga Online”
On the Yin-side
Be Y’inspired (Yes, puns are necessary).Yin yoga is fast becoming a regular name in the contemporary yoga world, along side Bikram, Vinyasa and Ashtanga. So let’s delve in to see what it may have to offer regular yoga goers and athletes alike. The roots of Yin Yin yoga, came to us through perhaps an unusualContinue reading “On the Yin-side”
Warning against Yoga in Schools, another form of misogyny?
Certainly being Catholic and practicing yoga are not mutually exclusive ideals. I know plenty of devout people who find themselves closer to God and their faith with a daily yoga practice.
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