I remember when I was a beginner at practicing yoga. It was about 10 years ago. I had been to a few classes over the course of a year and it was by no means consistent. I was interested in continuing, but there was something about it that felt daunting. How was I ever going to remember all those poses? How could I get to a point where I could count my breaths on my own? And what’s with all those…
It’s been a while since we shared some of our favourite songs to yoga to. Check out our new list on our YogaHub Spotify account! YH Teacher Tunes IV Barbara – “Baba Hanuman” by Shantala Brian – “I Didn’t Mean To Hurt You” by Spiritualized Brian Malone – “Blue Sky” by Gyvus Casey – “Makambo” by Geoffry Oryema Rachelle – “Bo’ee” by The Idan Raichel Project Sinead – “Human” by Rag’n’Bone Man Sylvia – “Sarvesham” by Jack Harrison
There’s a great story I always come back to about a doctor in Hawaii who ended up “cleaning” a criminal psych ward just with the power of his thoughts. Dr. Hew Len was hired to work at a ward for the criminally insane nearly 30 years ago at the Hawaii State Hospital. This particular ward had a high turnover rate of staff and many who endured their time at the ward rolled their eyes as they saw the calm and…
It’s happened to all of us at some point or another. You’ve done 6 downward dogs in half an hour. Your body is saying,”No,” but your mind is looking around the room, making sure not to fall behind. Everyone in class is going into a 7th downward dog. You know that your shoulders have had enough. You know that you’ll be carrying a backpack for about 20 minutes on the way home. But you feel like you need to get…
You’ve seen classes advertised as Vinyasa, Iyengar, Yin, Kundalini, Astanga, and many more that are labelled according to a lineage or specific style. Any of these mentioned can be classified with very specific rules, sequences or concepts that define them as that particular style of yoga. But what is Flow Yoga and why is each Flow Yoga class so different? Yoga Flow can generally be defined as a yoga class that incorporates energetic movement through a series of asanas (yoga postures), by which the student…
âWhich style of yoga do you do?â Itâs one of the most common questions asked when someone says they practice or teach yoga. Unless youâre dedicated to a specific lineage or style, chances are your practice fluctuates as much as our Irish weather. To break it down, we can say that mostly all movement and asana-based practices fall under the umbrella of âhathaâ. Other practices, like kundalini, fall a bit outside of this umbrella because of the predominant focus on…
We’ve been asked by a few students about our teachers’ favourite music to mediate to. While everyone has their own preference, such as silent meditation, sounds of nature, a specific mantra, or a singing bowl, it can be helpful to focus and get in the meditation mood with a song, album, or one of our teacher recommendations. Check the tunes out on our Spotify playlist! Aisling F – Uno by Deuter Aisling VR – A Feeling Of Being Closer by…
A few years ago, I went to one of my first yoga classes in Dublin. I walked into the studio, out of breath from trying to find the location, and found myself in an oasis of calm and smokey Nag Champa. I was happy to have stepped into this magical space, but I didnât quite feel like I fit in. I wasnât as calm as I felt I should be and I was wearing plaid pyjama pants. I shyly borrowed…
5 Questions That Will Bring You Back to This Moment âThe time will come when, With elation, You will greet yourself arriving At your own door, in your own mirror, And each will smile at the otherâs welcome, And say, sit here. Eat. You will love again the stranger who was yourself. Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heart To itself, to the stranger who has loved you all your life, whom you ignored For another, who knows you…
10 Ways To Practice Yoga in the Office *** Ok, so your office doesn’t exactly include being able to âquit the day jobâ and fulfill your lifelong dream of becoming a yoga instructor yet on the list of holiday options. Thatâs ok. These things take time, (and money!). We all know what itâs like to sit uncomfortably at a desk for hours at a time, secure in the knowledge that next monthâs rent will be payable, yet physically itching to…
