chanting in the new year

When you live in an ashram you live simply. You rise with the sun to practice yoga, you eat delicious vegetarian meals that are prepared with time and love (you can taste it) and you spend your [...]

soul work

The past four days have been so immensely nourishing that I feel, in a way, renewed. It was strange to pack my bag and leave my boys but I did so knowing that it was good for me and good for [...]

yoga aid

Yesterday I joined 5000 yogis worldwide and practiced 108 glorious sun salutations to raise money for charity. Accompanied by a room full of passionate friends, we dipped, swayed and moved to the [...]

first swim of the season

I knew when Daniel walked in from work yesterday afternoon that the time of year had come. Where we spend late afternoons and early evenings building sandcastles and bathing in the ocean. Around [...]

asteya

The focus for my pre-natal classes at the moment is asteya or letting go of greed. Being in the here, the now, not wishing or grasping for the journey to end. Enjoying the present [...]

bhakti

Bhakti is a sanskrit word meaning devotion or love In the growing, birthing and raising of our children we are challenged and we surrender. We devote ourselves to these little beings that came [...]

where do the days go?

I disappeared for a while, I know. The last week or so has been hectic. Ché’s Ommi went to Bali to assist Shiva Rea in a teaching workshop and I got to look after the studio. Yes I was [...]

i’ve been thinking

And so has he. But while he’s probably daydreaming about why his belly-button exists I’ve been thinking about all the comments on my birth post. Thank you so much beautiful mothers. [...]

108

If you watch this little orange guy you will notice that he is practicing a series of yoga asanas (postures). This series is called a sun salutation (surya namaskara) or “salute to the [...]