• Wellness,  Yoga

    Yoga Nidra, The Art of Conscious Relaxation 🌙✨

    In the gentle embrace of Yoga Nidra, find sanctuary for your soul. What is Yoga Nidra? Yoga Nidra, often referred to as “yogic sleep,” is a profound state of conscious relaxation that transcends the boundaries of ordinary relaxation techniques. Rooted in ancient yogic wisdom, it is a practice that guides you into a state between wakefulness and deep sleep—a space…

  • Wellness,  Yoga

    Simple Mindfulness Technique for Yoga and Life

    Yoga is not just about strength and awareness in the body.  One of the best known benefits of a regular yoga practice is stimulating the connection between the physical body and the mind through poses (asanas), breathing techniques (pranayama) and meditation and/or mindfulness. Perhaps you already know or have experienced that when we work with the body it will always…

  • Travel,  Wellness

    Buddhist Retreat Centre, Ixopo

    Busy. Busy. Busy. Story of my life…of your life too, perhaps… Often we express the need to “escape it all” in exasperation as the load of increasing work, economic and social pressures bear down on us a little too hard at times. We want to “get away” – to escape; and we try to…but the pressures can follow or find…

  • Wellness

    Stay Healthy this Winter: 4 Simple Tips

    As the weather cools one almost expects to catch at least a cold or suffer a short bout of flu…or worse! But it doesn’t have to be that way. You can easily stay healthy this Winter by boosting your immune defense system. It may just take a little bit of conscious adjustment in your regular routine, but if you stay…

  • Wellness,  Yoga

    High on Suspension Yoga

    The thought of being suspended in mid-air can bring about all sorts of fears…which is why I approached my first suspension yoga class with both excitement and apprehension High on Suspension Yoga The studio was small and the 10 or so looming red hammocks were quite intimidating. But I was super excited to try suspension yoga. I had made a…