Yoga Archives - Watkins

14Days of Wellbeing – First Week Round Up

Posted on June 27, 2016
by Watkins

Welcome to the second week of #14days of Wellbeing, an online wellbeing marathon that helps you to kick start your summer. Last week we shared a lot of exciting and exclusive material, including extracts from our backlist, videos and relaxation exercises. We have been…

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June 21st – Yoga For a Mutual Society

Posted on June 20, 2016
by Vicky Hartley

We all need to understand that personal transformation and cultural – economic and political – transformation are interconnected. For example, gender relationships, which are tough for people to deal with, are key to whether a society orients to domination or partnership in all its relations.…

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Meet Chris Nelson, Our Guest Instagrammer!

Posted on May 23, 2016
by Watkins

Take a look at our Instagram account this week, Wake Up and Soar author Chris Nelson is going to be our guest Instagrammer until Sunday! It's time to take charge of your life and master your own wellbeing, and Chris Nelson will tell you how.…

Mindfulness

Abhyasa: Commit Yourself to Love

Posted on May 4, 2016
by Vicky Hartley

Patanjali suggests overcoming the obstacles of life by simply going on while concentrating on one principle (eka tattva abhyasa), which in yoga can be any form of meditation. Yoga teacher Gilda Giannoni shows an asana sequence that can help us to develop the required qualities…

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Rebalance Your Solar Plexus Chakra Working with Mudras

Posted on March 21, 2016
by Vicky Hartley

According to yoga tradition, each of your fingers relates to the energy of one of five 'elements' of Indian philosophy, as well as to the chakra associated with that element. These elements are: earth (matter in solid form), water (matter in liquid form), fire (radiant…

Mindfulness

The Chakra – Mudras Connection

Posted on February 15, 2016
by Watkins

The energy of our fingers is related to the five elements (earth, water, fire, air and ether), so the practice of mudras (hand gestures) can enhance meditation and facilitate the energetic flow in the body through the chakras. Chakra Meditation and The Essential Guide to…

Personal Development

Yoga for You and Your Child

Posted on January 13, 2016
by Watkins

Yoga has given us the tools to help us live in harmony with ourselves and others. If children can learn to use these tools, and apply them to their own lives, then the world will become a brighter and more peaceful place. Author and yoga…

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Breathe – The Best Resolution You Can Make in 2016

Posted on December 7, 2015
by Watkins

Barbara Meiklejohn-Free on the importance of breathing and how you can practise simple exercises during busy times to control stress and anxiety. In many spiritual practices, air and the breath are very important. By breathing fully and consciously, in and out, we still the mind…

Mindfulness

Mudras at the London Om Yoga Show

Posted on November 23, 2015
by Watkins

Since its launch in 2003, the Om Yoga Show has been Europe’s largest yoga event. It is a yoga experience that brings together a community of enthusiasts looking to enhance their practice, meet new people, get inspired by talks and workshops and discover healthy lifestyle…

Mindfulness

Stephen Sturgess on Yoga, The Soul And Consciousness

Posted on November 23, 2015
by Watkins

Stephen Sturgess is a London based yoga and meditation teacher, and the author of The Book of Chakras and Subtle Bodies, Yoga Meditation and The Yoga Book, a recommended text of the British Wheel of Yoga. Since 1969 Stephen has studied and practised yoga and…

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Transform Anger with Dhyana Mudra

Posted on October 20, 2015
by Watkins

Extract from Mudras for Modern Life by Swami Saradananda. When someone is depicted using this gesture in Eastern or Western art, it is usually an indication that they are experiencing deep meditation. Dhyana Mudra is used in a variety of Eastern meditative traditions for tuning…

Mindfulness

Mudras: An Ancient Practice to Achieve Universal Harmony

Posted on October 7, 2015
by Watkins

by Swami Saradananda I would like to begin this article on ‘mudras’ by greeting you with the most common Indian gesture, which might be familiar to you if you attend yoga classes. By joining your palms together with all of your fingers straight up, you…