Vula Yoga

Sat-sangatve nissangatvam

nissangatve nirmohatvam

Nirmohatve nishchala-tattvam

nishchala-tattve jivanmuktih

Good and virtuous company gives rise to non-attachment. From non-attachment comes freedom from delusion. With freedom from delusion, one feels the changeless reality. Experiencing that changeless reality, one attains liberation in this life. I-AM is the ocean of awareness. Realizing this, one feels, ‘I am not the body and mind, although I have a body and mind.’

Shri Adi Shankaracharya from Carpata-Panjarika

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Simple sit or lie comfortably and allow yourself to be absorbed, engulfed and enveloped by the beautiful sounds of the handpan. 

Om Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinah

Sarve Santu Niraamayaah

Sarve Bhadraanni Pashyantu

Maa Kashcid-Duhkha-Bhaag-Bhavet

Om Shaantih Shaantih Shaantih

May all be happy

May all be free from sickness

May all look to the good of others

May none suffer from sorrow

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Om shanti shanti shanti

I wish you Peace,Peace, Peace. 

The divine light in me recognises, respects and appreciates the divine light in you. 

When I am in that place in me and you are in that place in you, we are ONE. 

Namaste.

Om Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinah 

Sarve Santu Niraamayaah 

Sarve Bhadraanni Pashyantu 

Maa Kashcid-Duhkha-Bhaag-Bhavet 

Om Shaantih Shaantih Shaantih 

May all be happy 

May all be free from sickness 

May all look to the good of others 

May none suffer from sorrow

I wish you Peace, Peace, Peace. 

The divine light in me recognises, respects and appreciates the divine light in you. When I am in that place in me and you are in that place in you, we are one. 

Namaste. 

Om Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinah

Sarve Santu Niraamayaah

Sarve Bhadraanni Pashyantu

Maa Kashcid-Duhkha-Bhaag-Bhavet

Om Shaantih Shaantih Shaantih

May all be happy

May all be free from sickness

May all look to the good of others

May none suffer from sorrow

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"One of the sayings in our country is Ubuntu - the essence of being human.

Ubuntu speaks particularly about the fact that you can't exist as a human being in isolation.

It speaks about our interconnectedness.

You can't be human all by yourself, and when you have this quality - Ubuntu - you are known for your generosity.

We think of ourselves far too frequently as just individuals, separated from one another, whereas you are connected and what you do affects the whole World.

When you do well, it spreads out; it is for the whole of humanity."

Arch Bishop Desmond Tutu

(One of my favourite humans ever)

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These are by far my favourite group of poses. Opening into your hips can start out feeling a bit painful and scary. You may approach them with resentment and hesitation but once you start to work with these poses and get to the juiciness of them, that’s when the magic happens. Physically, hips openers work on releasing the psoas muscles, which are known as our "stress" muscles. They are the muscles that are activated when our sympathetic nervous system is triggered resulting in our "fight or flight" response. Because of our super stressful lifestyles, the muscles are constantly engaged and we are never afforded the opportunity to relax them to calm the nervous system. Working with hip opening poses gives us the perfect tools to start to let go of the tension in those muscles and take control of the damaging effects stress causes in the body. Emotionally, opening into the hips helps to release past, unresolved stress related to certain relationships we hold. We store a lot of our emotions in our bodies, especially in our hips. Working with the breath and hip opening Yoga poses will help you to release and resolve those emotions.

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Okay, so what is an intention? The word ‘intention’ is a “thing intended; an aim or plan”, but interestingly within the field of medicine, it also refers to “the healing process of a wound”. It is so beautifully powerful to use your intention in your yoga class to heal yourself. An intention is something recognised as the practice of bringing awareness to a quality or virtue you’d like to cultivate for yourself.

And why is it so important to set an intention when we practice?

To focus our minds as we move through our practice and to give the monkey mind an object to focus on.

Consciously choosing an intention means you can direct your energy onto that object. You can constantly remind yourself of the object and bring your awareness back to it. In doing that, you are placing your awareness and ENERGY on this object, so you want to make sure that what you’re focusing on is something that will move, grow, serve or help you shift your perspective.

It gives you the ability to change things that need to be changed and ensures connection between mind, energy, breath, yoga practice and everyday life.

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Twists are super important because they maintain the health of your spine, work into the muscles alongside the spine that may not get much attention and they are really beneficial to your internal organs. Remember to always twist to the right first (look over right shoulder first) to follow the path of your large intestines responsible for digestion. When we twist and breath deeply at the same time, we are wringing out our internal organs. When we come out of the twist, freshly oxygenated blood flushes the organs detoxifying and revitalising them. Twisting is lubrication for your spinal cord, vertebrae and muscles alongside the spine.

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