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Month: July 2018

Mooladhara – the base chakra

Mooladhara – the base chakra

Introducing . . . (drum roll)….THE CHAKRAS First off, let’s get the pronunciation right. The word is CHakra – that is, a strong CH sound as in ‘child’ and ‘chart’. The first ‘a’ is long, like ‘ar’, so the word

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The lotus gardening show

The lotus gardening show

I wonder if you’ve ever noticed – on many things to do with yoga or Buddhism, or even “New Age” – that there’s generally a picture or a symbol of a lotus flower? I don’t know if we have native

admin July 23, 2018August 6, 2018 Niyamas, Satyananda, Yamas, yoga, yoga practice Read more

It’s time to start playing!

It’s time to start playing!

The famous Irish playwright, George Bernard Shaw said, “You don’t stop playing because you get old. You get old because you stop playing”. I take “playing” to mean not only having “fun and a sense of humour”, but also “moving

admin July 16, 2018July 16, 2018 Central Coast NSW, Satyananda, vedanta, yoga, yoga practice Read more

Bringing the yama & niyama into real life

Bringing the yama & niyama into real life

The Dalai Lama maintains that everybody wants happiness and peace. I believe that whatever your version of peace and happiness is, yoga can help you get there. After all, yoga’s aim is to bring about peace of mind, and according

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Ishvara Pranidhana – gratitude

Ishvara Pranidhana – gratitude

I sit here shuffling bits of paper on which I’ve written notes about this, the fifth and final niyama. These notes are all words of wisdom written by people who – I presume – know more about this topic than

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