(originally sent 31/08/26) My friend Keith always says he prefers not to answer the question “how are you?” with “I’m busy”, as it tends to imply “I’m too busy to... read more →
(originally sent 24/08/26) Did I ever tell you about the time I worked at a lingerie shop in the airport? Indeed, selling bras and undies to rich businessmen was one... read more →
(originally sent 17/08/26) Is discipline a dirty word? I guess it can be. No child likes being disciplined. Having discipline to learn something can be really frustrating. But with the... read more →
(originally sent 10/08/26) This one time, I taught myself how to pronounce the name of the incredible psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi — so I could speak about his work in my... read more →
(originally sent 03/08/26) One of the first invocations you learn to chant on a yoga teacher training is generally the guru mantra. Maybe you know it? guruḥ sarasvatī guruḥ laksmī... read more →
(originally sent 27/07/26) At the beginning of every school term, my year 6 teacher Mr Brown used to say “we’ve got to get back into routine”. As a kid, I... read more →
(originally sent 20/07/26) Dropping in real quick from Queenstown, Aotearoa… This past week Sas and I have had a whirlwind of fun; first traveling to Sydney to see her family... read more →
(originally sent 13/07/26) As yoga teachers we spend a lot of time alone. Although most of my “face to face” work involves teaching groups, I don’t work in a team,... read more →
(originally sent 06/07/26) Recently I was catching up on an online workshop with my teacher Jules Febre, and he was discussing prāṇāyāma techniques. During nāḍī śodhana (where you breathe through... read more →
(originally sent 29/06/26) Last week I had the joy of spontaneously attending a show at Theatre Royal in Nipaluna/Hobart. Two of the performers came to my class at Folde and... read more →
