What is ahimsa? Learn how to incorporate this yogic principle into your daily life

The traditional yogic practice of non-violence, ahimsa, is an influential force that’s equal parts soft and strong. It will elevate...

How to reawaken your yoga practice with spirituality

Have you hit a yogic plateau and lost the spark in your practice? Here’s how to recharge your spiritual batteries...

Do you suffer from digital dementia, age-related cognitive decline or a busy brain? Yoga can help

Do you suffer from digital dementia, age-related cognitive decline or a busy brain? Yoga can improve your emotional health, concentration,...

Learn to turn up your inner voice plus a yoga sequence to open your throat chakra

By quieting the mind, yoga can help you better hear and follow your inner voice, connect with your authentic self...

How to embrace yoga inversions with confidence and ease

Attempting inverted postures can be challenging — and scary — but the process can teach you plenty about self-acceptance, trust...

Do you have an attitude of gratitude?

We all want to be happy — and yoga teaches that we all have the inner resources to cultivate gratitude,...

Find out how you can travel consciously

Travel offers a wonderful opportunity to discover new places and cultures. Plus, it offers the chance to meaningfully engage with...

Discover how yoga can improve your memory

Discover how yoga can improve your emotional health, concentration, focus and memory.

Discover how yoga can improve your memory

Discover how yoga can improve your emotional health, concentration, focus and memory.

Learn how to live a yogic life

Classical texts offer guidelines for living a yogic life but these 1000-year-old writings can be difficult to wrap your head...

How to cultivate cleanliness the yogi way

“Clean living” may be trending but yogis were teaching practices to purify heart, body and mind aeons ago. What is...

9 ways to create a sacred space today

Wouldn’t it be great to recreate your yoga studio’s supportive vibe at home? Here, we share how to design a...

Forget coffee, rise and shine with yoga instead

Looking for a great way to start your morning that will leave you feeling ready to take on the world?...

How to set an intention and manifest a meaningful life

Bring an awareness of your heart's desires and true nature into your yoga practice and manifest an authentic, meaningful life.

Do you accept yourself? Yoga can help

While the inability to embrace yourself as you are can be deep-rooted, yoga can help foster greater self-acceptance and inner...

Discover how yoga can unlock your body

Discover the basics of the bandhas, or yoga locks, as well as how to start integrating them into your practice.

Did you know yoga can aid heart break?

Move beyond the pain of a broken heart and heal by working with yoga poses that stimulate your heart chakra.

A guide to yoga’s twisting poses

Twisting poses offer many and varied benefits for body and mind, and can provide tremendous relief for pent-up tension. So...

Yoga for summer

Overheated with all this heat? Adopt the ancient principles of yoga and Ayurveda to help you keep your cool when...

Yoga for partners

Yoga is often considered a deeply personal practice for inner reflection and growth. Inviting a lover onto your mat can...

The life of Paramahansa Yogananda

Paramahansa Yogananda was an Indian mystic whose teachings transcended religious boundaries and offered personal connection with God.

Yoga for conflict

We share how yoga can help manage the internal and external conflicts of everyday life.

Is walking the key to good health?

Walking for exercise is easy, accessible and hugely beneficial. But to get the most from it you need to have...

Face your fears in yoga

Just as there are different manifestations of fear, yoga provides us with many ways to overcome it.

Stretch for enlightenment

Yoga is more than stretching your body into impossible positions — it is exercise for body, mind and soul.

The simple life

5am starts, chanting, karma yoga and silence days are all part of the teaching methods used to turn yoga students...

Yoga for spiritual balance

While it’s true that yoga can have a positive effect on your life, even if you step onto the mat...

Why you should stay awake during yoga nidra

Yoga nidra is extremely beneficial... Just make sure you stay awake long enough to experience it.

What are the 7 chakras?

Think of your body like a car. You can't run on just one wheel, everything needs to be functioning in...

Relax with Shirodhara

Recently, while holidaying in Malaysia, I walked by an Ayurvedic clinic and started chatting with the owner. My skin is...

Unleashing the cobra

When I first started yoga, I couldn't wait for each class where I could slither into this back bend. There...

The power of our thoughts

Like many people, I love meditation. Well, I love the idea of it. Until recently, no matter how hard I...

Perfume as individual as you!

The power of our sense of smell is amazing. A certain smell might evoke memories of a certain time and...

Yoga, for when allergies attack

For those of you that have allergies, I'm sure you know that there's nothing’s more annoying than sneezing 15 times...

Biutiful - a review

Thanks to Mad Man Entertainment I was lucky enough to attend an advanced screening of Biutiful, the Academy Award Nominated...

Moving meditation

On the weekend I tried out a yoga sequence a friend has been working on. This style, yet to be...

Who owns yoga?

While doing some yoga related research on the weekend I came across an interesting article on Business Week, US. According...

Things to remember in downward facing dog

Even people who have never done yoga, for some reason seem to know about downward dog. It’s a great pose....

Looking for things to do on Valentine's Day? Try couples yoga!

Are you wondering what to do on Valentine’s day? A yoga class might not seem to be the most romantic...

Why I love forward bends

Continuing on the topic of postures I love, we move onto the forward bend. During my first week of...

How to do a headstand - sirsasana

The headstand, sirsasana is one of my favourite positions and it's probably one of the most popular and well-known asanas...

Yoga and Sanskrit

Sanskrit is an ancient language originating from in India. In yoga, Sanskrit plays a significant role. All the ancient yogic...

Yoga, mental strength and surviving the longest tennis match ever!

So a few days ago at the Australian Open, Francesca Schiavone and Svetlana Kuznestova played for a record breaking four...

Oz and Oprah

I thought we’d diverge off the usual yoga topics for just a moment to discuss a woman whose influence and...

Gentle yoga

On the weekend I did something that you’d assume would be relatively drama free. I went bush walking. I think...

How to salute the sun

Surya namaskara is a sequence of yoga asanas, better known as the salute to the sun. In virtually any yoga...

Build up your arm strength with yoga

Yoga is great for cultivating arm strength. Many women, myself included, feel their strength is somewhat lacking when it comes...

Start your New Year with yoga!

It's a resolution we've probably heard before. Yoga is a perfect way to start off the new year. If you’ve...

Yoga's balancing act

In basically any yoga class you go to, you can guarantee that your instructor will at some time during the...

Yoga for neck and shoulder pain

Neck and shoulder pain is something we’ve probably all experienced one time or another. We get it if we sleep...