Rehab
No, I’m not secretly recovering from an alcohol or drug addiction. A while back I wrote a blog about getting injured and the challenges that posed. My re-habilitation/path to recovery has been slow but illuminating. I’ve learned that on the whole, allopathic doctors have
June 23, 2012
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A few days in Vietnam
Crossing the road in Hanoi “Walk slowly and purposefully into the path of the oncoming traffic”, was the gist of the advice in the info pack provided by our hotel in Hanoi, for getting across the roads. I’ve never been especially confident about my road crossing abilities – years of b
Not walking on water yet
Super-normal accomplishment is known in yogic texts as a siddhi – becoming very light or walking on water for example. Sometimes there seems to be an expectation of yoga teachers to have ‘super powers’ – to be invincible and beyond life’s vicissitudes – so that no pain, injury, exhau
The Tethered Camel
A couple of weeks ago I was saying to one of my students that I wished I was free to travel to exotic, far-flung places and attend yoga workshops of special interest to me, but how the constraints of my teaching schedule prevented me from doing these things. She said “Ahhhh R
March 09, 2012
The Way of the Worrier
“You could worry the hind legs off a donkey” my Mother used to say to me when I was a teenager. She was right, and my tendency to be anxious and to worry about things, remained almost constant until I reached my forties. Then I remember marvelling at how much more pleasant life was wi
February 13, 2012
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My Manic Week
One of the first things I say to a new group of Beginners is that through practising yoga we’re aiming to increase our resilience to life’s ups and downs, especially the stuff that’s out of our control. Last Wednesday my Beginners had a graphic example of their Yoga
September 28, 2011
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Wild Monkey Mind Morning
I had the whole wild monkey mind number going on in my asana practice this morning – chitter chatter, chit chat – a host of unsettling thoughts and doubts. Amongst other things, I could hear my joiner cutting tiles for my new bathroom and knew he wanted a decision from me
Amanda’s week off – mind blissfully focused on pruning the roses
I’ve found my mind blissfully focused in a week with almost no teaching but with time to attend to my garden. The tasks I most enjoy in the garden are pruning and feeding, and this is the time of year for roses to receive this attention. First I assessed the overall shape and took not
Some thoughts on Happiness
‘Wanting to be happy is what makes you unhappy’ Tim Lott said in the Body and Soul section of The Times recently. Responding to David Cameron’s ‘Happiness initiative’, Lott argued that the pursuit of happiness would only lead to unhappiness. Similarly meditation practitioners who stri
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