BySusan Ni Rahilly
A six year old boy learns Sun Salutations practice in 5 minutes after we turned the class running order upside down! OM This is what I mean by the “Upside-down class structure”: I’m continually looking for new information to inspire my teaching of Children with Yoga and had been reading a lot the last few…
BySusan Ni Rahilly
The Yamas and Niyamas of Yoga are the first 2 steps on Patanjali’s eightfold path of Yoga – the path that is designed to take us all the way to a realisation of the wisdom of Divine Intelligence’s plan for us all being here in this life, on this planet: to the sweet, deep contentment…
BySusan Ni Rahilly
There are a few “two moons” stories in Zen – this is one of them, a very short one! (These stories are meant to illustrate the co-existence/no separation of Zen, or just taking care of life day by day, moment to moment …. ) Zen Master Ungan was hard at work, sweeping the temple yard. …
BySusan Ni Rahilly
Balance in your life, as far as I know it as a teacher, comes with the steps to life-freedom, which is the philosophy of Yoga, together with practice, and values for your life . . . but, there have been so many wise teachers, with much wisdom to share with us, and many of us…
BySusan Ni Rahilly
Yoga, the ancient bodymind and spirit practice, has been known mainly for the benefits of this system’s exercises. But for thousands of years, since the Ancients themselves explored and developed Yoga, it has been used as a deeply healing process. A systematic process which not only helps us to stay strong and vital, keeps stress…
BySusan Ni Rahilly
Happiness seems such a small thing when you have it, but when it’s gone you realise how big it really is. Gorky The Yoga approach to happiness is holistic and involves the emotional art of healing the mind in order to bring change to the bodymind and emotions. Happiness with Yoga is a healing process….
BySusan Ni Rahilly
“I have only 3 things to teach: simplicity, patience and compassion – and with these 3 you can go a long way.” Lao Tzu, 7th Century Chinese philosopher and the father of Tao The words of Lao Tzu have been lovingly treasured for centuries, coming down to us today to guide us. As a teacher,…
BySusan Ni Rahilly
I’m not a great fan of gurus – everyone should be their own guru as far as I’m concerned – but there is definitely a guru mentality and they often draw heavily on certain archetypes to get reactions and give us zen thwacks upside our heads. I mean of course, for example, the typical trickster…
BySusan Ni Rahilly
Making the first small steps to a regular Wellness routine can be like climbing mountains for some people. But good habits build up good health – essential if you’ve been on the path to healing from negative emotions (especially other people’s!) and the damaging effects that can wreak in your life. Also extremely essential if…
BySusan Ni Rahilly
“You think you’re a mountain, but you’re a sleepy camel.” Osho My own personal Yoga practice this Sunday morning was on the Camel Posture – I’m re-working a workshop on this posture which is about power and energy, and creating space for personal inner power. I use the Osho quote “You think you’re a mountain…
BySusan Ni Rahilly
“Zenity” is my term for the beneficial effects that a zen practice and a regular routine have on us. So, sanity by zen. Living simply and in the moment becomes the daily ordering principle which brings not only a peaceful tranquil mind, but also the tremendous joy of being able to bring the sacred into…
BySusan Ni Rahilly
There are so many, many definitions of what Meditation is, and of course there are many systems of teaching Meditation technique. The Yoga approach is one of the most well known and structured ways to learn. The Zen way, of sitting zazen, is one of the least structured meditation practices. And this is J. Krishnamurti’s…