If you’ve been doing yoga for a while, you may have come across the concept of ‘ahimsa’. It means non-injury, but it goes beyond not causing harm to other human beings – it’s […]
Luxury cosmetics & practising ‘Ahimsa’
Andrea Leber
I’m a health & wellness journalist and yoga guide publisher with over 15 years experience in the publishing industry. Having lived in 6 countries on 3 continents, I currently enjoy life in Melbourne and soak up inspiring ideas in mind-boggling India.
Here you’ll find stories that inspire and empower you to live, and not just exist. Because it’s all about finding out what you really want to do with this life.
If you’re looking for your perfect yoga class, check our BEST of YOGA guides here. If you want to work with me please email andrea@andrealeber.com.
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~ Andrea Leber
andrea@andrealeber.com
Superfoods – growing in your backyard!
Whenever I relocate, one of my main goals is to buy locally produced food. But only recently it dawned on me that this endeavour never reached my kitchen cupboard – which is stuffed with superfoods: […]
Yoga: “The Art of Transformation”
Presumably, 2.000 years ago yogis didn’t wear OM-t-shirts, and probably they weren’t unrolling sticky mats in their Himalayan caves. But still, there are quite a few other preconceived ideas I had about ancient yoga practitioners that are […]
Skip the trip to the pharmacy!
We all know that if we don’t have time to prevent illness, we will need to take time to cure it. But still, popping a pill is so much easier than rethinking […]
Why otters are happy creatures
Apparently, 50% of our happiness level is predetermined. Set in stone. From birth. That’s how powerful our genes are. But here’s the surprising bit: Only 10-20% of our happiness are down to those factors […]
Finally – this is the perfect Chai!
I’ve been struggling with finding (and preparing) the perfect cup of chai for a few years now. On my last India trip I asked my local friend Juhi how they do chai […]
‘No coffee, no prana’
‘No coffee, no prana (life energy)’, Ashtanga yoga’s founder Pattabhi Jois famously said, and apparently in the very early Mysore days, when yoga was still some weird Indian fad (can anyone even […]
Yoga – in Iran!
Iran isn’t the country you’d think of first in terms of yoga. And let’s face it, we’re not reading yoga-related news from Iran very often. And then this: Laughter Yoga is en […]
Yoga & Joyful Living 