Fluidity

Fluidity

With fires here in the south of Tasmania, and floods in the north, water has been on the minds of many of us … and Wednesday’s Foundations of Yoga course became a celebration of water as the rain finally fell.Water is universal.Water connects us across...
You get to choose!

You get to choose!

Pratyabhijna hrdayam: The sutra from the philosophical school emphasizing recognition of the heart … 20 sutras, the first 9 speak about the universal and in sutra 10 Carlos Pomeda says is a pivotal point where we understand that we are creating our experience. We...
We are Inter-becoming

We are Inter-becoming

We are a continual process of exchange with our environment. I have been reflecting on a statement from a.youtube clip I watched over the break from a 2016 presentation by Tom Chi, inventor and co-founder of Google X “We are a continuous flame of inter-becoming”....
honouring autumn’s growing darkness

honouring autumn’s growing darkness

We often see the darkness in negative terms, we think we want an endless summer … however it is in the darkness that we retreat, gather the harvest, and let go so we can prepare for next phase of growth. Yoga philosophy says that in the darkness resides the potential,...
Devoted to presence

Devoted to presence

I returned home on Saturday from India. There were many temples in Mysore, not all with the same deity as the focus. The one near us was the Ganesha temple. Ganesh is the elephant headed God. I passed by the temple many times when the priests were performing daily...