ByJulia Chi
I am just off to meet Maggie, who with Jack, her husband, are my support team to run barefoot across Spain… Maggie and I are going to make a vlog over coffee – always good – I am looking forward to hearing what she has to say about the adventure we have embarked on… It…
ByTony Samara
There is this desire within humanity, this need, this want to always struggle to get somewhere and that somewhere is the future, it doesn’t really have very much to do with this present moment. It’s the future and very often the future is confused because it’s very much part of the past. This is what…
ByJulia Chi
Today Maricarmen read me a poem because it was the last day of my intensive… The three weeks have felt to be a very special and transformative time… Maricarmen and I have spoken a lot about not making plans, about allowing things to emerge; about letting the path unfold in each step… This has been…
ByTony Samara
Often, in order for us to take a few moments to come back to a deep state of awareness (that is meditation) it is beneficial to create clear boundaries. One of those boundaries is, through your intentional focus, to communicate to your mind that now you are sitting in meditation, and it is not necessary…
BySusan Ni Rahilly
Simple Living is about living consciously and in the moment. Consciousness is about awareness and this “Simple Living” process helps you to raise your awareness of how you’re living your life – and teaches you to live in the magic of life unfolding. An awakening to what is real in life. As a teacher, I…
ByJulia Chi
I found myself locked in the hotel, when I went to leave for my run this morning! The stairs I usually take led today to a locked side gate, and the door to the reception of the hotel was also locked – and the lifts weren’t working either. I went back up to my room,…
ByTony Samara
Let us celebrate the beauty of Nature – the heart of Mother Earth. Let us sing the pure and simple power of life and celebrate its plants, animals, colours, movements and wonders. Let us enjoy the essence of things and experience the wondrous Universe that sings through our hearts. Let us become aware of the…
BySusan Ni Rahilly
Language of the Heart Youtube Meditation Class The heart has its own language, it’s a silent language of devotion, compassion, kindness and trust. In our Yoga practice we have many, many practices to work with this energy center, the space of the heart, and so I usually teach these over a few classes or workshops….
ByJulia Chi
I rose, and looked from my balcony at the now familiar, always awe inspiring stunning orange sky as daylight arrived an hour earlier… I made my way downstairs, stepped out of the front door and turned right, to run along the coast. When I reached the beach, I decided to keep going and climbed higher…
ByTony Samara
The manipulative ego mind will want you to be distracted as you sit in meditation. When it does this for just a few minutes each time it is okay, but after three minutes, the mind will usually find something else to focus on because the mind is threatened by stillness. This is because on some…
BySusan Ni Rahilly
The powerful, transformational healing of Yoga, is the healing of the Bliss or the unconditional love and creative, positive energy of the Universe. There is nothing more healing in our existence as human beings. With Yoga we heal by restoring balance to the bodymind and life.. . … today we understand so much about diseases:…
ByJulia Chi
This week Julia talks about winning the Dublin Marathon in 1985 – and she also talks about running as a meditation on the move – and the metaphor of the running journey and the life journey from birth until we leave our body… Julia Chi Taylor is a lifelong runner. She has been running races…