I like it, I don’t like it

We operate along gradations of I like it / I don’t like it, seeking pleasure, avoiding pain. This impacts our mood and our interactions. Our mind is always quick to judge ourselves and others and this influences our behaviour and our sense of being. Our brains can’t help producing states of desire and aversion regardless of our intentions. This can happen right this moment we can either be in some kind of neutral state, or somewhere along the I like it / I don’t like it spectrum.

Wherever we are there is an element of story telling,  we create past, present and future narratives in our minds and most of the time it is fiction. We are the protagonist of our own continuous unfolding monologue, and we must forever defend our sense of self. We are often wanting something else, not wanting what we already have, expecting something more from others and being disappointed when our expectations are not met. We didn’t like what someone said so we let it stoke a fire in us, and we can invent a story as to how this plays out if it were to happen again.

How can we can let go of this often defensive attachment to self during our day to day life? This is no easy task and takes commitment and time to tune into what is going on in our mind and our bodies, observing, noticing, reflecting, and letting go. We must be mindful not to be too harsh with ourselves, but to adopt an attitude of kindness as we cultivate a more balanced way to be.

It is a continuous ebb and flow as we let go of the narrow world of judgement and thereby slowly loosen the grip on our own self importance.

The fictions that don’t always serve us

We operate along gradations of I like it / I don’t like it, seeking pleasure, avoiding pain. This impacts our mood and our interactions. Our mind is always quick to judge ourselves and others and this influences our behaviour and our sense of being. Our brains can’t help producing states of desire and aversion regardless of our intentions. This can happen right this moment we can either be in some kind of neutral state, or somewhere along the I like it / I don’t like it spectrum.

Wherever we are there is an element of story telling,  we create past, present and future narratives in our minds and most of the time it is fiction. We are the protagonist of our own continuous unfolding monologue, and we must forever defend our sense of self. We are often wanting something else, not wanting what we already have, expecting something more from others and being disappointed when our expectations are not met. We didn’t like what someone said so we let it stoke a fire in us, and we can invent a story as to how this plays out if it were to happen again.

How can we can let go of this often defensive attachment to self during our day to day life? This is no easy task and takes commitment and time to tune into what is going on in our mind and our bodies, observing, noticing, reflecting, letting go. We must be mindful not to judge ourselves too harshly, to actually be kind and encouraging as we cultivate a more balanced way to be. It is a continuous ebb and flow as we let go of the narrow world of our likes and dislikes and thereby slowly loosen the grip on our own self importance.

Home

Private Classes

Satty Yoga specialises in private classes for individuals and couples, tailored to your needs and goals. Lessons take place in a well ventilated environment with space to move, breathe, relax and unwind.

People sign up for private classes for different reasons. For some people it is about focusing on flexibility and strength in the body, for others it is more about coming to a place of stillness in the mind. In recent years yoga has proven to be invaluable in helping those with burn out or bore out, conditions that require a serious programme of mind, body and brain reset work.

Ultimately yoga is a about transformation, learning how to live and breathe from a place of balance and harmony.

Group classes are also offered, these are available via zoom:

Timetable – Satty Yoga

Latest customer reviews:

Reviews – Satty Yoga

What kind of yoga is it?

Satty Yoga is an integrated yoga and mindfulness practice.  A process of moving into balance and harmony through yoga movements and postures that reveals the creativity of the body and the expansiveness of the mind.

The foundation of my yoga training is Ashtanga (power yoga), Hatha yoga, and mindfulness meditation training. The classes vary from dynamic movement to a more slow flow practice. The breathing techniques you learn and incorporate into your life are a fundamental aspect of every yoga class.

Mindfulness has always been a part of yoga, it is an active process with many aspects to it. The most common aspect is knowing what we are experiencing whilst we are experiencing it. Being able to drop into present moment awareness in the mind and the body without judging or story telling.

Through yoga and mindfulness you learn to release tension, tension that you may have held in the body for many years, and that also gets released in the mind. In time you start to feel more freedom and coherence throughout the entire mind body system. The whole purpose of yoga is to take what you learn on the yoga mat into your day to day life, so that the harmony and balance continues and becomes your natural state.

You do not need to be flexible to try yoga, the greatest flexibility required is from the mind. You work with the body’s natural intuition, softly listening, moving with the ebb and flow of the breath, towards greater mental and physical well being. Satty Yoga facilitates the process of transformation, YOU make it happen.

Smile from within 🙂