Why talented business man Bikram Choudhury won’t have it his way. And why that’s probably a good thing.
No copyright on yoga (not yet…!)
‘Hardcore’ instructors: “Are you in your own class?”
Yes, it’s a new trend. And it’s coming from London.This is what it’s all about:
Bikram ‘not as safe as yogis believe’…
There’s a study (sponsored by the American Council on Exercise and published in the Gundersen Medical Journal) that showed practicing yoga in a hot room “can raise internal temperatures and heart rates to levels […]
Don’t listen to – anyone…
In the end, yoga is a very lonely pursuit. No one can really advise you on “how” to do yoga. However, when you start, the opposite seems to be true. There are […]
Do you dare – slowing down?
Does anybody still remember when yoga was just plain weird, potentially dangerous and certainly a devilish Hindu practice? When you’d don your baggy cotton trousers and a shabby t-shirt in order to, […]
No, you won’t need undies…
Dear Kate, We’ve never met, but you seem to understand the issues that come with yoga practice and yoga pants. Or rather, those that arise when combining underwear and yoga pants (as […]
Can compassion go wrong?
Every day, I take a walk by the sea. And every day, I cross paths with this man and his dog. The dog has only three legs – one of the hind […]
Luxury cosmetics & practising ‘Ahimsa’
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 […]
Yoga & Joyful Living 