The consumer society encourages us to surround ourselves with objects and create attachments to those objects.

Attaching our emotions to objects clutters our physical space leading to living an emotionally trapped life.  The cycle does not let us move beyond the emotionally and physically charged space.  It clutters our conscious mind to live the past.

• Holding on to the past creates pain, prevents growth, and does not fix anything
• The past becomes the identity, and people are afraid to lose their past identity
• Letting go also means letting go of people in our life

It is not easy or straightforward.  The process can be painful and long, oddly enough sometimes all some people know is pain and it is comfortable.  Self-compassion and love for yourself are usually starting points.  By letting go we are letting go of our old self to create a new self.  Allowing the layers of the old self to peel off gently, helps with the creation of the new self. Just 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....