‘Have your head in heaven and your feet on earth’, a riding teacher once said to me, I think having once had it said to her by one of her teachers, much like the lineage of passing down knowledge that has, and continues to, disseminate the practice of Yoga. I think of this phrase when […]
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The simple power of standing quietly on one leg: Vrksasana (tree pose)
I remember my first Vrksasana fondly. Somewhat careworn and stressed, but having proclaimed myself ‘too busy’ to go to Yoga class, my wise and wonderful friend bought me two private sessions with her Yoga teacher as a birthday present. Balancing in my Vrksasana in the first of those sessions, I felt that wonderful kind of […]