7 ways to connect with your energy in your yoga practice

Yoga helps us to connect to, and work with our energy in lots of different ways.  One of the principles of yoga is Brahmacharya, or ‘right use of energy.’ As Hannah Barrett explains so beautifully in her book Yoga Happy, Brahmacharya can be seen as being about cherishing and respecting all life energy, and that […]

What we water with our attention grows: cultivating friendliness, compassion and happiness through meditation

Have you ever sat quietly long enough to observe your thoughts, perhaps to meditate, and noticed that many of them are negative?  Or maybe when you’ve come to be still for long enough you’ve noticed an inner monologue which might be distinctly unfriendly towards you, perhaps judgemental or critical?  Knowing that we might encounter negative […]