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Yoga: How to create a sacred space for your life Jan 24, 2019
creating a clean, sacred space for your yoga practice
 

One of the most important philosophical aspects we can apply to ourselves is the niyama, Sauca, which means cleanliness,...

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Living my Tapas Jun 02, 2018
Image credit ~ Cullan Smith

Image credit ~ Cullan Smith

What’s your take on karma?

 

Let’s shelf actual Karma Yoga for a while, but in the...

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How this fun guy changed my perspective Mar 15, 2017

I've always had a love/hate relationship with mushrooms; I'm not keen on their texture but I love that they are packed with good...

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Svadhyaya; will I ever be able to say this lovely niyama properly? Mar 15, 2016

Any pronunciation tips are greatly received; I’d rather not risk devaluing the lovely niyama with my interpretation of the Sanskrit word,...

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Tapas: feel the burn, Baby Mar 09, 2016

Here's a niyama that I didn't really get to begin with. Translated from Sanskrit it means 'to burn'. Sri Swami Satchidananda translates...

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Can we learn to be content with Santosha? Mar 01, 2016

I’ve been thinking about Santosha this week, the second of the niyamas, which means contentment and I was drawn back to a blog entry that I...

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