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Why you can't rush healing (and what to do instead) heal healing meditation relax rest restore retreat trauma yoga

We live in a world of instant gratification. We want the perfect partner, job, bank account - and to heal our trauma in a single breathwork session. But healing (and life) doesn’t work that...

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Could you be missing this one critical ingredient of wellness? yoga

I’ve experimented with many weird and wonderful things on the path to wellness; green smoothies, Chakra balancing, strange breathing practises and perhaps the most obscure - a salt water...

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The art of letting go yoga

One of the biggest lessons I’ve learnt from Yoga is the art of letting go. As a typical type A, this has not been easy – indeed it’s an ongoing practice (and sometimes battle!).

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Is self study selfish? yoga

Swadhyaya or self study is one of the five Niyamas (personal disciplines or observances) from Patanjali’s eightfold path and frankly, the point of Yoga! 

There can be a tendency in...

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5 Steps to getting on the yoga mat (when it's the last thing you feel like doing) yoga

As human beings we’re naturally drawn to what makes us feel good and when we start practicing Yoga, it can feel damn good. 

But like anything the honeymoon period can wear off. How...

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