Satty Yoga

Tag: mindfulness

  • Gratitude

    We might work out our bodies and even our minds, but, we can also work out our feelings. It is comforting to think of our feelings as being within our control, like a muscle to be trained. For example, if you are prone to negativity and you are aware of that, then you can start…

  • Smile and the world smiles with you….

    Smile and the world smiles with you….

    Think of someone you know that has a beautiful smile, the kind that touches your heart and lifts your spirits. You see their eyes light up and they generate a warmth and joy that connects from within. The likelihood is that you are smiling as you think of this person. Your body relaxes, your breathing…

  • I like it, I don’t like it

    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…

  • Your own Parachute

    Your own Parachute

    Imagine doing something that you enjoy and the more you do it the more you get better at it, and it helps you reach heights that you never thought possible? (And no, it’s not parachuting!). Cultivating a regular yoga and meditation practice can prepare you for anything. That sounds like quite a claim but it’s…

  • Observe Yourself

    When the mind and body are in balance it is like the ever present clear blue sky, a vast spaciousness of non-reactivity. What clouds and dulls the mind is negative mental states along the spectrum of I like it, I don’t like it. There is a craving for something or a sense of clinging to…

  • We are what we repeatedly do

    We all have our positive and negative habit energies, cultivated over the course of our lives, a result of conditions and circumstances over time. If we are aware of our negative habit energies or behaviours, then we might choose to do something about them, especially if we start to become aware of the detrimental impact…

  • The centre is not the head

    Have you ever noticed how you walk? Some of us move from our head, our chest, our shoulders, the rest of the body just catching up. We are in a rush to get somewhere even when there is no need. We can stand in a queue and there is nothing to do but wait and…

  • Out of your head into your body

    The conditioned modality we live in is in our heads. We live in our heads almost all of the time apart from when pain or tension in the body calls us to respond. When we do respond the response is often a head based reaction, a verbal reaction. We often treat our body as if…

  • Life is like the (dutch or british) weather, it is never the same for very long!

    Life would be dull if things stayed just the way we wanted them to be. Every minute, every second there is constant change and movement taking place, in everything. In this moment,- sitting or standing, wherever you are, change is happening in your body, right down to the most subtle level. I feel good right…

  • To be or Not to be, that is the question

    This is of course the start of Hamlet’s famous soliloquy, whether to continue to live his life or to end it. I use it in the context of To Be Present or Not to be Present. To be, or Not to be, is the question, the position, or the mind state, in a moment of…