People come to Yoga from all walks of life, and for many different reasons. For me it was quite simple, I had just taken up a new sport, Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ), and I realised my body required more flexibility and awareness in order to carry out many of its complex movements. Yoga also brought an…
First published in Yoga Magazine UK 2010. โWe have a moral obligation to the entire ecological web of existence to wake up from self-pity and self-promotion in order to attend to our place in the world with sensitivity and wisdom.โ Michael Stone On some level, we are always practicing self analysis โ but alas, not…
Out Of The Office Into The World! By Adam Divine Your body sculpts itself around the most common activities you do.Quite literally there is an intelligence in the bodyโs cells; a communication and a listening takes place. If you perform an exercise like running, the bone building cells (imagine Bob the Builder) will lay down…
Inย this article we interview one of our 500 hour graduates Angela Glaz of Ekam Yoga Seattle to share a personal experience with those thinking of further education and development through a 500 hr Teacher Training. This post gives a great insight into the differences between a 200 hour and 500 hour Teacher Training and…
Ayurveda and Yoga to lift our Spirits in the Darkness An article on yoga, ayurveda and the seasons by Kundalini teacher & Himalaya Yoga Valley philosophy teacher Viriam Kaur. Listening to the seasonal shifts of the year when we roll out our mat and when we cook our supper can give us nourishment as seasons…
When I found out I was pregnant I had some pretty clearย visions of the mother to be I would be…Radiant, glowing, peaceful and maternal. I often struggled being these things when I was not pregnant so I am not sure why exactly I thought that surging hormones, rapid weight gain, rabid mood swings and back…
This article was originally published by Himalaya Yoga Valley staffer Eveanna for OM Magazine UK in 2015 Training the Mind, Body & Soul in India There is no doubt that Yoga is one of Indiaโs greatest exports and thankfully people can now access yoga almost anywhere. So why do so many yogis travel to India…
The following article was originally written by Himalaya Yoga Valley staffer Eveanna and published by Yoga Alliance UK Magazine in 2015 The Yoga of Accountability Many yoga practitioners are turning their passion for yoga into a career and whilst there are plenty of wonderful yoga Teacher Trainings to choose from, it has become more and…
This Yoga Magazine article written by Himalaya Yoga Valley staffer Eveanna is a great guide to practicing yoga or doing a training in India ๐ You can enjoy the original article linked here https://www.yogamagazine.com/yoga-in-india/ or read on below for the full article without leaving this site. Yoga in India – the Myths & The Magic…
Many of us who practice yoga do so with the aim of cleansing the body and soul through a regular practice. Often we support these practices with a healthy, Satvic diet- we are concerned about the cleanliness and health giving properties of what we put in out mouths in relation to our yoga lifestyle, and…
Why do we rush our Sun Salutations? How can we flow without rushing? With so many parts of our lives on sped up, stressed out auto pilot shouldn’t we be doing the opposite when we hit our mats? On an early morning Goa beach walk I came across a friendย practisingย Surya Namaskar and marveled as I…
Say you practice Ashtanga yoga in India and most people will bow their heads and perhaps even touch your feet in hope of some transference of your wisdom and great spiritual aptitude into their being. After all, in India if you are practicing Ashtanga yoga you are practicing the 8 Limbs of yoga- a blueprint…
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