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The Path of Least Resistance

By Mindfulness, Motivational, Teachers, Yoga

Not long ago I was in a yoga class where the teacher asked my classmates and I what we preferred to work on, upper body/arms or hips. As the Yoga Hub is an intimate studio and tends to have a good gender balance in class, it was very clear who chose arms (men) and who chose hips (women). Not only were we playing to gender stereotypes of man strong & woman emotional – it is said that we humans hold…

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‘Why the F*** am I doing Yoga anyhow?’

By Mindfulness, Yoga

Eureka moments come when you least expect them. I was having a hopeless moment in  Ardha Chandrasana (Half-Moon Pose). In these hopeless moments I am usually thinking any and/or all of the following: “Am I doing this right? I am definitely not doing this right.” “Why doesn’t the teacher correct me or tell me I am doing it right?” “I’m hopeless and they could spend the whole class correcting me and I still won’t get it right.” “Why the f*** am…

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