Trainings l Retreats
This is a mini series on compassion. Written by Emily Curtis for Parimukti Part 2: The witness within When I find that I cannot be present to feel compassionate with the emotions that arise in my relationships, this is an indication…
This is the first part in a mini series on Compassion. Written by Emily Curtis for Parimukti What’s pity got to do with it? I’ve been meditating a lot on the nature of compassion in its numerous forms: self-compassion, compassion for…
Meet Doreen One of our lovely stiudents who joined our Yoga Teacher Training in Dharamsala this year. We love how varied people with varied background come together and end up making similar commitments and discovering a life of Yogic transformation…
Every well respected yoga teacher and dedicated yoga practitioner has studied the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. Patanjali presents us with the often quoted yamas and niyamas and are supposed to be a guideline for daily living, and the foundation for…
I am invited by an Australian online blog to share my story about how I came to live in India. It is supposed to feature in a week or so from now, I’ll keep you posted on when that’s coming…
We started another Teacher training course today and i am so happy to welcome all the new students. A very mixed group with experienced teachers as well as ‘newbies’. I feel this month we will have a lot to learn…
Months feel as short as a week on a teacher training. Time goes so quickly. I came in April and its now September. It was cold and wet, now its like a european summer. Bursting blue skies with a crisp…
Not quite sure if it is possible: being happier than a seagull with a French fry. When I teach about ‘happiness’ and explain other people about why I practice and teach yoga – ‘because I seek lasting happiness’ – I…
Some days you just feel overwhelmed by gratitude. Today is one of these days for me. One of the students giving her exam class started her class today with the following quote from Marcel Proust: Let us be grateful to people…
Being aware of the gap between two thoughts can be the door to our true nature. This alertness is usually short and fragmented due to the constant chatter of our mind. Yoga can increase the quality of this alertness by…