A prop not that well-known in yoga must be the eye pillow. And it's such a shame because this little thing you use to cover your eyes, is such an amazing addition to your yoga practice. Let me explain it a little bit better for you. Why should you use an eye pillow ? Fair enough, using the word should…
A couple of weeks ago I wrote a blog about the importance of alignment within yoga. But then I got the question: how do you get a proper alignment when your body just doesn't want to do it?! I've already written a couple of blog posts about the different types of props there are, like blocks and straps. But I…
"You've got to align your body properly", is probably what you've heard every now and then in your yoga class. And at times it might have felt that you really didn't know what they were talking about! Well, don't worry about it, you are definitely the only one. We've all been there at the beginning of our yoga life. In…
It's starting to become a habit since I've started this website: the Yoga Christmas Special! We're at the end of November now and it might be good to take a look at those retreats that might awake the Christmas yoga bug! I've already explained in my previous Christmas articles, why it would be a very good idea to check in…
We've heard many things already about meditation, and we are quite aware that it can change your life drastically. We can use it to calm our mind, we can use it to relieve any anger or anxiety, we can use it as a coping mechanism and much more. But did you also know that meditation can reduce pain? Well, it…
Sometimes it's quite hard to know where to begin when you are starting your meditation practice. There are so many lineages when it comes down to contemplation. You can go with the yoga philosophy, like many articles on this website, or you can go to mysticism, or something quite known: Buddhism. I have to mention that very often these lineages…
I really didn't want to talk too much about it, but it has to be said again that COVID has hit a lot of religious institutions too. As it wasn't allowed to go to sermons in certain countries, other institutions decided to give do their duty and cease their activity temporarily. This also happened in the Buddhist community. There are…