Who Am I? Am I my thoughts, my body, my actions? To begin with, to simply realise that “I am not my possessions, work title or the photo and identity in my ID documentation” is a first step of Realisation of Self. What is the Truth of Yoga? Maharishi Ramana was an Indian Sage of…
Cape Town’s festive Muizenberg beach village is set to rock the December 2019 weekend of the 14-15th with the Unity Jam Festival. Branded as “Everybody’s Festival” for the local community, it also has separate Family & Party stages. There is Yoga on Saturday and Sunday mornings at the Family Stage, Zandvlei Rendezvous. Chilled Sunday Yoga…
Aspiring and established yogi’s naturally emphasise the particular “style of yoga” they are doing. But this may easily obscure a core purpose of Yoga. And with that, one of the great aspects of the discipline, one that provides so much value to the practitioner and its community or society, may too be obscured. Much clarity…
In yoga effortless effort is a productive focus to have, and it’s all about quality, not quantity. In the yoga style I share our rest periods are used contextually for bodymind contemplation on rejuvenation; and not from inability to do exercise. It’s pacing oneself for greater well-being in the long run, with an immediate result…
Yoga is a complete body-mind practice. Observing the mechanics of the full trunk ujia breath, air moving in and out, through the nose, with a deep chesty sound (vs. shallow, sharp and tight “sniff” breathing), focussed on forehead-brow point, is pure marvellousness. The dynamic interplay of muscle with mind, listening to the sound of a…
Yey for Johann! I just graduated to a proper Instagram Yogi. After my beach yoga practice on a fairly windy Muizenberg summer beach at sunrise this morning, I took a whole set of selfies by just standing the phone up, setting the timer to 10 seconds, tapping the round button and posing (haha pun intended)….
When I just published this video and blog I wondered how life is in dual reality i.e. either happy or unhappy or endlessly switching between the two states. That would be the majority of people on the planet, and including myself. Because the bliss I felt doing what I love doing (in this case to record,…
The Bhagavat Gita is packed with a density of descriptions and experiences so outside of the ordinary norm of expression that its message is perhaps impenetrable without simplifying. But its wisdom is hidden in plain sight, and when approached with patience, concentration and openness it is apparent why it is revered as a parable of timeless…
Breakfast this morning was a healthy one. Last night my body asked “please don’t give me coffee for breakfast, I’d like some simple, cleansing energy”. Vibrant colours are more lively than muted tones, that was the vibration my body asked for: fresh produce and hydration with vibrant life force. I started the day with lemon juice…
The flow of energy into, and within the body, brought about by sun salute sequence is palatable after even only two or three rounds, or two minutes of practice. Based on hatha yoga’s vinyasa principle of flowing movement in harmony with flowing breath, this yoga of supple agility has been incorporated into the training of achievers in…