09 Mar

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  • Posted by Lucy

WHAT IS YOGA?

Yoga is a practice and philosophy of life. It is over 5,000 years old and is believed to have spread from Egypt to India - there are Egyptian carvings of people in a crossed-legged, seated position known in yoga as the lotus pose.

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04 Mar

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  • Posted by Lucy

Introduction to the Chakra System

The ancient yogis of 2,000+ years ago knew nothing of oxygen, the circulatory or neurological systems, let alone the endocrine system of glands and hormone secretions.

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28 Feb

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  • Posted by Lucy

Yamas And Niyamas

Taken from Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras (“Threads of Yoga” framework), these represent the first 2 limbs of the 8-fold path*/tree of yoga. They are a list of codes of moral conduct, attitudes and behaviours to adopt in relation to the world around you (yamas) and towards yourself (niyamas)

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