The One Gift to Give Your Mind

The only obstacle is the obstacle that is in the mind. You have pushed the voice in the head down, the one that pops up with negative things. You've moved through mindfulness sequences learning the fine art of controlling the more controlling thoughts and letting things move on. "Watching the traffic' as some teachers call it - but now life throws up for you:

Grief is unavoidable, but there is help and there are methods to be able to deal with it. I've seen first hand a senior Iyengar Yoga instructor move a student through the stages of grief with one-to-one classes. It's incredible to watch as physically a person changes with their ability to cope with sorrow and sadness over time.

Yoga can be the brick in that foundation that you can use to structure a positive thought framework. Unlike rigorous exercise you have time to feel the emotion in the body shift and leave. Not that I wouldn't recommend rigorous exercise for someone experience real grief....because it is scientifically proven to boost all the good chemicals in the body and balance hormones. It's just that Yoga over time can have just as beneficial results, in a more harmonious and conducive way for some people.

The difference between a restorative Urdhva Mukha Svanasana and a normal (active) one is vast. When an instructor guides you in a restive Urdhva ... the thoracic spine is released the forehead resting, it's incredibly revitalising for the system.


'Yoga allows you to find an inner peace, that is not ruled and ruffled by the endless stresses and struggles of life' B.K.S. Iyengar