“When you find peace within yourself you become the kind of person who can live at peace with others” Peace Pilgrim The simple act of sitting and breathing has lost its importance in the modern world. We’ve forgotten that taking time to clear the mind and connect with the body is THE most productive […]
The 8 Limbs of Yoga: What are They and Why Should We Care?
Over the last 5 years, yoga has infiltrated into popular culture. Big time. You can barely squeeze onto the train at rush hour without being hit in the face with at least two sweaty Lululemon mats. Yoga pants have become as ubiquitous as skinny jeans and far more sexy, thanks to narcissistic testimonials from ‘body […]
How Pain Can Benefit your Asana Practice (Yes, Really!)
Pain is our bodies defense mechanism. Without pain the human race would become extinct pretty quickly! It tells us when we are damaging the body – for example if our skin comes into contact with extreme heat the proprio-receptors in the body will send a pain signal to the brain and this will produce an […]
Raising The Village : Give Love Not Landfill
Women at Nanga village, rural Uganda It’s Christmas Day, you’re sitting around the tree with your nearest and dearest, eagerly eyeing up the promising looking parcels that probably contain everything you need for everlasting happiness. Minutes later your face is hurting from all the fake smiling and every time you exclaim ‘wow I really needed […]
The Challenge!
Day 1 Breakfast normally consists of espresso and maybe a piece of fruit if I’m feeling really keen. Whenever I get hungry I have the luxury of making myself whatever I fancy at my work in a busy downtown restaurant. However today this is not an option so I get up extra early to prepare […]
Living Below The Line
Children at a water pump in Kanga, Uganda (courtesy of Raising The Village) OK so I moved to Toronto in January and was lucky enough to come across Raising The Village, an amazing organisation working with villages in Uganda. Their mission statement is: ‘Empower communities so that they are able to determine their own futures […]
