I have recently been contemplating the forces described in Sankhya philosophy as the Guna’s. The three Guna’s are tamas, rajas and sattva. Quite simply, anything which is dull or lethargic is tamasic, that which is over active is rajasic and anything which is in harmony or equilibrium is sattvic. These distinctions help me to observe… Read more »
It occurred to me this morning, as I was running through the woods by the river, that it’s impossible to run away from the stuff that’s going on inside your own head. It might be possible to forget it for a while or put it inside a box. And then place that box inside another… Read more »
I often get asked ‘What style of yoga do you teach?’, and my stock response is ‘Hatha yoga’. I have found this to be a satisfactory answer because people then say ‘ok thanks’, and that is the end of that – they either turn up to a class or they don’t. No one has ever… Read more »