Yoga can be associated with many ideas and pre-concepts. One I sometimes hear is that yoga is a self-oriented practice, meaning an ego-centered, almost selfish, modality. And I understand why some people would think that way. Yoga is an individual […]
I’m happy to publish this guest post from the Sleep Help Institute. Here comes with an important contribution to help you reduce stress through healthy sleep habits and yoga. Sweet dreams! // Cedric Let’s face it; modern life is stressful. […]
Yoga teaches us that there is always more. Yet we are afraid of “what more” life can bring. Recently, I became familiar with the term “havingness:” our capacity to have, and in particular to stay open and receive love, money, […]
Last week, I came home from a very special week in the US, in Essex in Up State NY, where I attended and assisted part of my teacher, Todd Norian, Ashaya Yoga‘s Teacher Training. It was such a unique and […]
If you have been doing yoga for a while, you will agree on its benefits on both physical and mental balance. Although we know yoga is “good” for us, there are periods where our practice gets irregular: too busy with […]
Having trouble sleeping, either falling asleep or waking up in the middle of the night, is unfortunately very common. It isn’t so much a matter of how many hours of sleep you get (and in that respect we each have […]
The word Yoga comes from Sanskrit and means “union” or “yoke”: the gathering of body, mind and spirit; a practice that seeks to bring balance and harmony by reunifying Self and the World. What most people associate with yoga is […]
What meditation is What is meditation and its increasingly popular “friend”, mindfulness? Google provides dozens of definitions, but the main idea behind meditation and mindfulness is to be in the present moment… Note being, and not so much doing. Our Western […]
Today a licensed Ashaya Yoga ® instructor, committed yogi, and regular teacher of yoga and meditation classes, workshops, and retreats, my journey into yoga started a while ago with some openness of mind, but not without a great deal of resistance… […]
