What happened in an all-night meditation…
The longest I’ve sat in meditation was for 10 days during a Vipassana course. Even so, I was apprehensive about…
Category: Meditations
Your go-to kundalini yoga stress backpack
We were given an Aladdin’s cave of valuable gems in the Level 2 Vitality & Stress module, and one of them was…
Meet Guru Deva: A yoga teacher who taught me how to REALLY dance!
When I first met Guru Deva, I was totally struck by her grace and kindness. She’s a wonderful yoga teacher and a narrator…
My journey to bound lotus: the injury
After 50 days of working my way into sitting in full lotus pose (read about that journey here), it was time to…
Four steps to outwit the negative mind #winningatlife
The negative mind – aka the second body in kundalini yoga – is easy to recognise. It’s the critical, judgy, negative voice…
Meet Har Anand: one of Europe’s very few gatka teachers – and he’s on the look-out to recruit more!
I was introduced to gatka, the Sikh martial art, by Leipzig-based gatka teacher Har Anand. It’s energetic, rhythmic, fast-flowing and challenging – embodying…
Meet Siri Sadhana (part two): the singer, performer and healer
A few weeks ago, the lovely Siri Sadhana told us about her journey as a yogi and mother to 13-year-old…
What happened in 90 days of chanting the Mahamrityunjaya mantra
When I finished a 40-day practice of chanting ‘Om tryambakam yajamahe’ – the Mahamrityunjaya mantra (or death conquering mantra) – I felt…
Meet Siri Nishaan aka Patsy Isles: Mum, daughter, writer, teacher living between London & Paris
Siri Nishaan and I used to work in magazines together, but it was only a year after we met that we found…
How to wake up on the right side of bed: the yogic wake-up sequence
This wake up sequence recharges you and gets you ready to receive the blessings of a beautiful new day. No…