Yoga classes can sometimes seem expensive compared with fitness classes, but the hour spent together is only the visible part of the work. Behind each class are years of training and personal practice, ongoing study, careful planning, venue hire, insurance, equipment and administration. This article explores the hidden work behind yoga teaching, and how yoga philosophy can help us think about fair exchange, value and sustainability.

In the closing verses of Chapter 2, Krishna offers two powerful images: the person who is awake while others sleep, and the ocean that remains steady as rivers flow into it. These teachings invite us to explore desire, inner fullness and the deeper peace that becomes possible when we are no longer carried away by every thought, feeling or longing.

Yoga can look deceptively simple from the outside. A room, a mat, a few shapes, perhaps some breathing and a quiet rest at the end. But beneath all of that, something deeper is taking place. As a yoga teacher, I am never looking for the most flexible person in the room, the neatest posture or the student who can follow every instruction perfectly. What matters to me is that you feel safe enough to listen to yourself, curious enough to explore, and welcome enough to retu

Yesterday, I wrote about some of the fruits my yoga practice has brought into my life: greater calm, more self-compassion, a deeper awareness of my body and the ability to feel less scattered. Yet beneath these changes lies something even more significant. Yoga has given me a value system. It offers a set of principles I can return to when I am making decisions, navigating relationships or trying to understand my own thoughts and behaviour.

The fields do not produce their harvest overnight. What appears in late summer began months earlier, with seeds placed into dark soil, followed by patient tending, uncertainty, sunlight, rain and time. Our yoga practice is much the same. We may come to yoga hoping to become more flexible, ease an aching back or find a little relief from stress. These are worthy reasons to step onto the mat. Yet the deeper fruits of yoga often appear more quietly. They ripen slowly, almost

In verses 64 to 67 of Chapter 2, Krishna shows us a way back from restlessness. By noticing the pull of attraction and aversion, we can begin to meet life without being carried away by every thought, feeling or desire. Like a boat held steady in changing winds, yoga helps us remain connected to our deeper wisdom.

After hosting my first weekend yoga retreat and spending a day volunteering at an exotic pet refuge, I found myself reflecting on work, rest and attention. From single-tasking and service to shared purpose and the surprisingly radical idea of a proper lunch hour, these experiences offered gentle lessons for life as a small business owner and home educator.

Thinking about booking a yoga retreat? Before you do anything rash, here are seven very good reasons to reconsider, including uninterrupted rest, delicious food you did not cook yourself and the unsettling possibility of coming home feeling better.

This week in sangha, we continue discussing The Bhagavad Gita for Daily Living by Eknath Easwaran. We discussed Chapter 2 Verse 61. Each week, I will attempt to summarise the parts of the book we discuss.

This week in sangha, we continue discussing The Bhagavad Gita for Daily Living by Eknath Easwaran. We discussed Chapter 2 Verse 60. Each week, I will attempt to summarise the parts of the book we discuss.

This evening brings a Blue Moon. Despite its evocative name, a Blue Moon isn't actually blue. It is simply an extra full moon on the calendar; a reminder that sometimes life doesn't fit neatly into our plans, schedules, or expectations. Perhaps that is why I find Blue Moons so compelling.

This week in sangha, we continue discussing The Bhagavad Gita for Daily Living by Eknath Easwaran. We discussed Chapter 2 Verse 59. Each week, I will attempt to summarise the parts of the book we discuss.

A glass here and there, something I instinctively felt good drinking long before I fully understood why. And over the past month, thanks to a lovely friend who gave me some grains, I’ve started making my own milk kefir at home, and honestly, it has felt like the final little piece of my peri-menopause puzzle. Since drinking homemade kefir daily, I’ve noticed surprisingly significant changes.

This week in sangha, we continue discussing The Bhagavad Gita for Daily Living by Eknath Easwaran. We discussed Chapter 2 Verse 57. Each week, I will attempt to summarise the parts of the book we discuss.

On 1st May, we meet the full moon. We are not yet in the height of summer, and not yet in the softness of early spring, but we find ourselves in that in-between space where things are no longer just beginning, and not yet fully formed.

Today’s new moon rises in Aries, the first sign of the zodiac and the point from which everything begins again. If Pisces was the dream, the dissolving, the softening at the edges… Aries is the moment we open our eyes and decide what we are going to do with it.

This week in sangha, we continue discussing The Bhagavad Gita for Daily Living by Eknath Easwaran. We discussed Chapter 2 Verses 46-49. Each week, I will attempt to summarise the parts of the book we discuss.

We may not be able to change everything happening across the globe, but we can shape the atmosphere in our homes, our streets, and our communities. A small act of kindness offered quietly, right where we are, is never insignificant. In its own gentle way, it helps tip the balance of the world toward a little more care.

As we move deeper into March, our yoga practice continues to explore the fire element. Fire is often associated with energy, effort, and transformation. In yoga philosophy it relates to Manipura chakra, the centre of digestion and inner power. When we hear the word digestion, most of us immediately think of food. But the yogic understanding of digestion is much broader than that.

This week in sangha, we continued discussing The Bhagavad Gita for Daily Living by Eknath Easwaran. We discussed Chapter 2 Verses 26-38. Each week, I will attempt to summarise the parts of the book we discuss.