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.

The Bhagavad Gita is an ancient Indian text, yet it speaks to very ordinary human experiences. At its heart, the Gita is a conversation. A human being is facing a situation that feels impossible, and he doesn’t know how to act without betraying himself. He turns to a trusted guide and asks, quite simply, “What am I supposed to do?” That question is the doorway into the whole book.

The water element shapes this month of practice. Not as something to master or direct, but as something to listen to. Water doesn’t force change. It adapts, yields, and finds its way through what already exists. After the stillness and weight of earth, February offers a gentle thaw - a softening of edges, a return to sensation, and a renewed relationship with feeling.

February’s full moon arrives at a liminal moment. Winter is still very much here, and yet something has begun to shift. The days are lengthening, almost imperceptibly. The soil is no longer entirely dormant. Snowdrops push their way through cold ground, not because conditions are perfect, but because the time has come.

This week in sangha we explored Ishvara Pranidhana, the practice of surrender. Our conversation moved into experiences of flow, connection, and those moments when effort softens and something else seems to carry us. We reflected on how safety, presence, and trust can open unexpected doorways, revealing versions of ourselves that emerge when we let go rather than try harder.

Svadhyaya is not about perfecting the self. It is about seeing clearly. Learning to recognise when the ego is speaking, when the past is steering the present, and when something deeper and steadier is quietly present beneath it all.