Have you ever fallen asleep in savasana, corps pose? I have. Most of us have. Although you are not meant to, I don’t think it’s a bad...

One of my New Year’s resolutions is to update this blog more regularly. Another one is to go to India. I have been talking about going...

As a part of my Yoga Philosophy course at Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, I wrote an essay on authenticity of contemporary yoga. My...

I started an online Yoga philosophy course by Oxford Centre of Hindu Studies in July. This is a short course with 7 weeks of weekly...

(From Yoga and Mindfulness Workshop on 10th June 2018) So to be mindful means to be at present moment. To be here and now. What a good...

(From Yoga and Mindfulness Workshop 5th May 2018) I had recently had a chance to talk to a consultant psychiatrist from North Devon...

(From ‘Yoga and Mindfulness Workshop’ in April 2018) Many years ago I privately taught a student who was suffering from major depression....

(Thought from the recent meditation retreat) On the first day of the retreat, my mind was surprisingly cooporative. I managed to watch my...

Finding Peace in the Imperfect World. This was the theme of the meditation retreat I recently attended. Nice title. I didn’t give it much...

(Thoughts from the recent meditation retreat) My roommate was Clare. I saw her on the first day before the silence started in our room....

Just came back from four day silent meditation retreat. When I booked it in November, I was really looking forward to it. Then one week...

A few years ago I bought a dark red woolly jumper from a high street shop. I really liked it and wore a lot, but last year I noticed it...

I used to surprised some of the students when I said I didn’t practice in the morning. I had always been a night person. I still am given...

I was at a one day yoga workshop last weekend with my old teacher Andrea. During the discussion, we talked about the age and elderly...

Earlier this year, I read a book titled The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Hinduism by Linda Johnsen. This book has a good reputation and...

My mother died about 18 months ago. She lived in Japan and I visited her 2 months before she died, and visited again for her funeral. I...

Louise Hay, the author of the book 'You Can Heal Your Life' died last month at the age of 90. You Can Heal Your Life is the first book...

The idea to start this blog came to me to share a little bit of my personal life. I was a little hesitant to start with because I already...