SingingTreeYoga

Modesty isn't something that can be taught, I don't think. In Patanjali's philosophy there is emphasis through doing Yoga on modesty. This can be applied to thought processes too, to have modesty is to learn compassion and to have compassion you can understand your environment; other people's problems and pains, other animals and the environment's needs. Yoga isn't performative. I say this because of a sudden shift in the delivery, if you like, of Yoga in Western practise. Yoga is based on an eastern 2500 year old philosophy and is a mode of exercise that has become useful to our vocations here, in the Western world. A tool-kit to release day-to-day stress and peaceful, often communal mode of exercise. It has more similarities with Tai-Chi, than anything I can think of. Again an Eastern practise. I find some of the styles of Yoga out there grotesque in their interpretation. Mainly because of the freedom that Yoga gives in it's various translatio...

My experience with exercise and food and vocation- eat healthily, eat wise. Do you go swimming after eating a full meal, maybe...it's good not to get fixated on digestion is my simple answer. Eating habits - forming good eating habits It's good to watch the latest instalment of Hugh Fernley Whittingstall's Britain's Fat Fight. Inviting marketing gurus' that give insight into things we probably well know already. Such as fast food chains advertising at crucial times of the day - such as family around the table- meal times. The endless advertising in supermarkets and tempting littlen's to packaged stuff. This must make shopping for parents no fun at all! So eat wholefoods, eat wise and exercise - invite exercise in generous amounts with vitality and spirit. Happiness does not rely on what you have or who you are. It solely relies on what you think.                                    ...