Wild Plum

we often define health as physical. but these days mental and emotional health have (finally) seeped into people's minds.

finally.

drugs, surgery and antibiotics are not the first port of call.... and your doctor cannot help.

come join me as I propose a model of health based on a very old (simple) idea.

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coming again from my teacher training bedroom in milan! talking more about meditation, the core of the yoga practice. yoga is not about getting fit. really yoga (and medtiation) about staying...

even when your mind doesn't want to stay with what you are experiencing and going through in life. this is the opposite of what we tend to do.

we tend to either avoid what we are thinking and feeling... or we compartmentalise and ignore. this is bad for your mental health.

medtiation is about staying and watching what goes on inside you... and then you begin to see what thoughts really are.... 

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language!⁠ ⁠ consider these common yoga teacher terms:

"modification" - something one does if a student can't do the full pose

"variation" - a variation on the standard⁠ - normally for more advanced students. ⁠

this language is a problem. ⁠ ⁠

because it makes it seem that there is a 'standard' pose we all should work to... and we could all get there if we work enough.

those who can do the standard teach everyone else (cos they can) and invite those who can to push it even further with 'variations' (for advanced people). ⁠ ⁠

this leaves the vast majority who cannot do the 'standard' and have to 'modify' (and get given all those cues to 'improve').⁠ ⁠ and how does that feel?

exactly.

i want to you to consider that this is not being politically correct, spiritually liberal or inclusive. this language is bad because it is bad anatomy... come join me :-D

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injury is unavoidable in life. we move too little or move too. and very often we have no idea why we injured ourselves. i offer my insight from years of practice and working with those in extremes - too little or too much... my answers may surprise you :-)

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I am delighted to welcome best selling author, Western Medical Doctor & Acupuncture Educator, Dr. Dan Keown to the podcast.

Dan's take on what Qi and Chinese Medicine is have lit up the Chinese Medicine world. With his Western medical background and ability to translate the complex Chinese Medicine into modern ideas we can understand, Dan is an absolute gem. 

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how much & how hard should we practice postural yoga? i am often asked this question and people are often surprised at the answer.

come join me:⁠

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i have a massive library of yoga books. here i cherry pick 2 must haves. you know me (or you don't). which books will i choose?

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coming to you live from milan! is yoga meditation?

i certainly think it could be.

it could be a practice to allow you to take whatever comes at you in life.

if your yoga is not helping or if you have been in yoga a long time and it doesn't seem to be as powerful as it once was... i propose a different way of thinking about your practice....

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this week i'm getting romantic. i don't mean that kind of romantic. i mean the romance of getting out of your head.... the art of getting out of your head is not limited to postural yoga and meditation.

this is a popular (but kinda out of fashion) approach: yoga as poetry. come join me for a meander through some old buddhist monk ramblings; misty mountains, gentle rivers... and tea.

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Former Principal Dancer of the Scottish Ballet and freelance choreographer, Eve Mutso joins me. Now a board member of Indepen-dance, an inclusive dance company for disabled and non-disabled people and Yin yoga teacher, Eve takes on her journey of success, injury and life after professional dance. come join us.

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