Inspired Awareness
Before we consciously realise it, yoga becomes the driving force that galvanises us into action, so that we can start living our passions…
By practicing surrender on the yoga mat we come one step closer to practicing surrender in everyday life, says Cathy Rogers
Kama Murray visited the Sophea Art Gallery and Tibetan Tea House and observed the six monks from the Rizong monastery in India as they chanted, meditated and worked together to create an exquisite work of art, the sand Mandala of Avalokiteshvara. The monks journeyed to South Africa as part of the World Peace and Compassion Tour which was organised and funded by the Tibet Society of South Africa (TSSA), who spent more than a year coordinating and collaborating with Buddhist organisations such as the Lam Rim Tibetan Buddhist Centre to bring this blessing into fruition.
Living through gratitude will awaken your heart and equilibrate your emotions allowing you to become inspired and enthused by your life once again, says Dr John F Demartini
Meditation is a great destroyer of Automatic Negative Thoughts. Through meditation you recognise the ANT’s, and you recognise the stages in which the ANT’s present themselves. You are therefore able to alienate yourself from the ANT’s as they start to occur. Many meditative techniques are focused on the ‘Impartial Observation’ of thoughts….
Finding “body balance” is more important and, ultimately more aesthetically pleasing, than the “body beautiful”, says Lorunna Jansen Van Vuuren
Bev Moss turns the key on forgiveness and explains how to let go of the negative emotions that hold us back…
Smoking, drinking and profanities aside, Ashleigh Caradas asks what it means to be a yogi living in modern times..
Yoga is so much more than a healthy body, flat tummy, tight bum and cool postures for showing-off at parties. It can be a lifestyle that provides the practitioner with coping mechanisms for our demanding world…
