I write these words, as always, as a reminder to myself as well as for the purpose of sharing with you too. It’s hard not to notice the immensely challenging times that the world is passing through right now. An unleashing of aggression, violence and harm appears to be unfolding across broader and broader swathes of our planet. Although the most explicit form of these expressions may be in unbridled war, this is not its only form of its expression. In more subtle, yet no less

How identified are you with your mind? How identified are you with the constant march of thoughts, ideas and narratives that stream through it on a moment by moment basis. How much attention do you pay to this deluge and, ultimately, how does this identification and attachment to this never ending flow make you feel? If you had asked me to respond to the above questions around 10 years ago, if I’m really honest, I’m not sure I would have been able to answer them. More than th

From the perspective of yoga, part of the journey of reducing overwhelm, whether that be emotionally, physically or psychologically in our lives, is about understanding the pathway of transformation that it so excellently sets out before us. With out a deeper understanding of the yogic map we may not realise how profoundly supportive the practices can be to hold us in our hour(s) of need. Even though I clearly haven’t been with you through every yoga session you’ve experience

Little did I realise what a supportive prevailing wind I had in my life in that moment. Although I would come to realise in the future it was just another experience to let go.   I found myself sitting cross legged on the unforgiving hard concrete floor of an ashram in the ancient holy city of Varanasi. Having spent the last 6 weeks in Chennai undertaking my latest round of teacher training I was ready to explore.   Subscribe to my blog and newsletter here A week or so before

Sign up to my blog/newsletter here Life conspired to place me on the banks of the Ganges in the foothills of the Himalayas. I was deeply grateful. The sun was resplendent in the sky, the water flowing in the sacred river shivered and sparkled, the rock upon which I was perched felt warm and stable. It was the place I absolutely needed to be in that moment. This was a time to reflect, to take space, to practice and to listen. Just a few months earlier I arrived inwardly dishev

Perhaps you can relate to this experience of the breath. Before I engaged with yoga, the only time that I ever ‘noticed’ my breath was either when I was out of breath due to exercise or as a tight feeling in my chest when I felt stressed. That's if I noticed it at all. The truth is I was always stressed. At that particular point in my life I was running my own company with a staff of 30 plus people and I never took time to slow down and decompress, I genuinely didn't know how

Some of you may have previously read the article I published narrating the story of how, whilst in India, undertaking my 200 hour teacher training, over the course of a few days, I went from total serenity (at least that’s what I thought it was), to having a total melt down in a modern Delhi mall! If you haven’t read it and you’re interested you can find it here . Having spent 2 months in India getting ‘deep’ in to practice, waking up to the vast expanse and mystery of The Hi

One of the most challenging mind traps that I notice we often fall in to is the very palpable feeling…. ‘I have no time’. If you were to reflect on your life right now would you describe yourself as someone that has an abundance of time to ‘get things done’ or are you someone that constantly feels that there aren’t enough hours in the day?? If you fall in to the latter category how does this make you feel physically, emotionally and mentally? Chances are that if you feel you