The last two years have been strange – we have had to forget about our plans to adopt new ways of living and surviving. 

Do you make plans for 3, 6, 12 months and work through them or do you just go along with the flow?

We usually begin thinking about the changes we want to make from September to December and make a long list. However, by the middle of February, we have either forgotten about our intentions or other life events have taken over.  This makes us feel like a failure

In our ‘structured’ life we forget about how our energetic body gets left behind to support our family, friends and go to work to pay bills and mortgage. We are trained to live outside our body, responding to events and emotions on demand.   We don’t know how to live in our bodies and feel the energy within ourselves.

The pandemic has awakened our energetic body to make us aware of what is important to us and how to look for our authentic selves.

What is your...

• Somewhere you can develop flexibility

• Somewhere you can relax and go to sleep

• A slow-paced class to practice different types of postures

• A fast class where you practice 40 postures in one hour and sweat
   

Mantra Meditation involves reciting or chanting a sound or phrase repeatedly.  The chanting or reciting connects massages the brain when the tongue touches the palate and massages the acupressure points.  These acupressure points connect the nerves to the brain. 

Kirtan Kriya is one of the many meditations in which one chants, presses finger and thumb tips in sequence to make the connection to the brain and the heart.

Regular practice helps to:

• improve brain health
• reduce blood pressure
• reduce anxiety
• improves sleep quality
• enable deep healing
• reduces inflammation
• helps focus mind
• enhanced self-esteem and self-worth
• improves mood
• suitable for all ages

The technique is easy to learn and practice and can be practiced in a group or own your own and family members.

The words SAA TAA NAA MAA are easy to say.  To help you start, use a recording to become familiar.  There are many ways to practice this simple and highly effective Mantra Meditation e.g.

• chanting...

The five elements - (earth, water, fire,  either and air) are present in our body. These elements change with the external environment, e.g, in autumn and spring, our body begins to change to welcome summer and winter. 

The elements are waves of frequency. These waves of energy create balance and imbalance in our body - physical, mental, and emotional. 

The Marma points in the body activate the meridian pathways to enable the energy to travel around the body. The flow of energy is interrupted when Marma points are blocked, which manifests as physical and emotional symptoms.

Meditation and Yoga connect mind and body to extend the energy field to project out. The energy field can be felt by animals and some humans, thus creating a calming effect in the immediate surrounding. 

Regular practice helps to calm the heart, mind, and emotions. Additionally, it clears the mind to reduce unnecessary traumas and drama in life.

The...

Pain is a message to your brain from your body, telling you that there is an issue in the body that needs your attention.

Pain is a disconnection from your emotions.

Has your back been complaining during the lockdown? More and more people find that they have painful back, stiffness around the body by sitting in the chair which is not designed for sitting for long periods.

Our spine and breath support us throughout our life, but how many of us do not think about our back and the connection to our breath? 

I have been teaching yoga for over 11 years and like a lot of people, have suffered from different types of back pain, stress on the shoulders, neck pain, upper back pain, lower back pain and, whole body aching. Whenever I visited my doctor, I was given painkillers and asked to move more. I didn't want to take painkillers and I was active. The pain continued even though I was active, that's when I realised that the pain was more than physical pain....