Yoga has a huge impact on our energetic body. Within the energetic body are dense areas of energy called Chakras - vortexes that help to channel energy or prana around the body.
Healthy mind
Mon 27 October, 2008
Stress-busting therapies
It's a common enough word, but with good reason: stress is one of the great modern epidemics.
Mon 4 August, 2008
Positive Thinking - a route to wellbeing
Yoga improves our sense of wellbeing in manifold ways. It brings mind and body into greater harmony, improves our physical condition and promotes mental calm and focus. It is also a wonderful tool towards self-acceptance.
Sat 5 April, 2008
Drinking in the scent
For many practitioners and teachers, smell is an integral part of the yoga experience. At most dedicated yoga centres, students are greeted with the welcome scent of incense, and there is a deep-rooted reason why.
Wed 13 February, 2008
Meditation: unravelling the myths
The word meditation can be loaded with preconceptions, perhaps conjuring up visions of monks sitting in lotus position. The reality is more prosaic. Lucia Cockcroft offers a simple guide.
Asana of the Month
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Yoga Travel
Tokyo is buzzing with a relatively new yoga scene. Inna Costantini travelled to Japan to investigate.
A round up of this Autumn's tempting yoga retreats, at home and abroad.
Yoga Bites
How we view the world is largely a result of past experience and conditioning.
Practice Ahimsa, or nonviolence, both on, and off, the mat.
