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.

This month, I invite you into the element of air, and into something even more refined than that - space. This is the place of the heart. Not just the physical heart, but the energetic centre of Anahata. The space where breath moves freely. Where we meet ourselves and others with a little more gentleness. Where we begin to soften the edges we have been holding so tightly.

April’s full moon brings with it a sense of encouragement and dynamism. It symbolises courage, renewal and blossoming - it is a moon of change.

This week in sangha, we continue discussing The Bhagavad Gita for Daily Living by Eknath Easwaran. We discussed Chapter 2 Verses 45-46. Each week, I will attempt to summarise the parts of the book we discuss.

Fire is often associated with intensity, transformation, and power. But in yoga philosophy, fire also has another quality that is quieter, but just as important: clarity.

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.

This week in sangha, we continue discussing The Bhagavad Gita for Daily Living by Eknath Easwaran. We discussed Chapter 2 Verses 39-44. Each week, I will attempt to summarise the parts of the book we discuss.

In yoga we often talk about breath in a very simple way. We inhale and we exhale. But within the deeper teachings of yoga philosophy, the movement of breath and energy in the body (prana) is understood to be much more nuanced. The yogic tradition describes five main movements of prana, known as the five vayus. The word vayu means wind or movement. These are not physical structures we can point to in the body, but rather patterns of energetic movement that describe how l

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.

The fire element shapes this month of practice. Not as something dramatic or explosive, but as something quietly clarifying. Fire brings warmth, light, and the ability to see things more clearly.

Each January, there is a familiar energy in my yoga classes. New intentions are set. Mats are unrolled with enthusiasm. People arrive with a sense that this might be the year they finally establish a practice. But yoga was never meant to belong only to the beginning of the year.

March’s full moon arrives at an in-between time. Winter is loosening its grip, but spring has not yet found its voice. This moon, traditionally known as the Worm Moon, is named not for symbolism but for observation. As the soil softens, life begins to move again beneath the surface. Earthworms return, birds follow, and the land starts to breathe after a long period of holding.

This week in sangha, we continued discussing The Bhagavad Gita for Daily Living by Eknath Easwaran. We discussed Chapter 2 Verses 13-25. Each week, I will attempt to summarise the parts of the book we discuss.

This week in sangha, we continued discussing The Bhagavad Gita for Daily Living by Eknath Easwaran. We discussed Chapter 2 Verses 1-12. Each week, I will attempt to summarise the parts of the book we discuss.

Maha Shivaratri is a significant date in the yogic and Hindu calendar, observed once a year, usually in late winter. The name translates as the Great Night of Shiva. Unlike many festivals, it is not marked by outward celebration or festivity, but by quietness, reflection, and simplicity. Traditionally, it is a night dedicated to stillness, meditation, and conscious awareness rather than activity or achievement.

This week in sangha, we continued discussing The Bhagavad Gita for Daily Living by Eknath Easwaran. Each week, I will attempt to summarise the parts of the book we discuss. Please refer to https://www.sjholisticyoga.co.uk/post/what-is-the-bhagavad-gita if you need a grounding in what The Bhagavad Gita is.

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In yoga philosophy, the body is shaped and sustained by Prana – a life force that can be described as intelligent energy. Prana expresses itself through two intertwined qualities: shiva-prana, the guiding intelligence, and shakti-prana, the animating power.

This week in sangha, we started our new book: The Bhagavad Gita for Daily Living by Eknath Easwaran. Each week, I will attempt to summarise the parts of the book we discuss. Please refer to https://www.sjholisticyoga.co.uk/post/what-is-the-bhagavad-gita if you need a grounding in what The Bhagavad Gita is.