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…
Meditation is always the most valuable thing you can do. When you find that fabled place of expanded centredness and eternal peace inside, you have struck gold. When you practice meditation frequently, to inhabit that space, you are mining the gold. When you learn to continuously be in that space, you realise yourself beyond gold….
What happens when a candle is lit in the dark? Light appears, and shadows. Awareness is the light that highlights the seen, and the unseen. Without awareness of the those unseen, dark and shadowy areas, and its interplay with the light, unhealthy behaviour occur. All behaviour is influenced by both light and dark. Ignorance is…
In our world there is a place for commerce, entertainment, work, leisure, religion ad sport. For those aspects of life to express in harmony, there also has to be a place for conscious contemplation, in body and mind. Meditation is a phsycial, mental and spiritual practice. The whole practice takes place in the body; a…
A yoga studio has a particular atmsophere, created by the regular practice of yoga in the space. When one enters an ancient cathedral, visit a special spot in the mountain, or a favourite spot in a garden, one may feel a tangible, though unseen, presence of the Universal Life Force, Prana. These are places where the Force…
The 10 Top Yoga Studios in Cape Town selected by the hugely popular CapeTownMagazine includes the up and coming Muizenberg yoga scene. The Cape Town Surf Yoga Studio on the now rocking-every-weekend-Surfers Corner received a warm heads-up in the influential online magazine: “With the double-storey lodging literally on the beach, it comes as no surprise…
While Muizenberg is not exactly famous for yoga (it is rather famous for surfing) it is, for me, the most awesome location for doing yoga. A small village only some 30 minutes from Cape Town center, there it is not a hint of the bright lights, big city yoga scene here. Blame the often miserable South…
Align with your intentions Get clear on what it is you wish to achieve when starting a project. Clear intentions help invoke the necessary synergy for effective planning and implementation of strategies. What exactly do you want to achieve? According to yoga, a vision and a pragmatic technique of what you’d like to attain, is well served by…
How on earth is it possible to know what is true, and what isn’t? I suspect impossible. On earth, anyway. Earth is only one tiny planet, the universe is… well, we don’t know how large, or even, for that matter (pun intended) what the “facts” are. So for me it makes 100% sense to not dismiss…
Surfer’s Corner, Muizenberg, Cape Town, South Africa, is one of the coolest surf towns in the world. We welcome yoga holiday visitors to Cape Town for Sea-View Yoga Classes in Muizenberg. The long, sandy beach has a great wave for beginners and a long ride from the deep back line for the more daring. All-in all a great,…