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YOGA SHALA

WELCOME TO SOUL PAGES
The Amandari journal​
Reflections on Mindfulness & Yoga
from past classes
for your inspiration
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Shikantaza - Leave your mind alone, let it go...
With Spring (supposedly) around the corner, we move into the Traditional Chinese Medicine season of cleaning up, shedding of old things...
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Right Effort
I was reading something by poet and writer Leora Fridman (You can read the original article by Leora Fridman here) which nudged me to...
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PERSONAL REFLECTIONS - Notes on Abandon by Leora Fridman
A gardener on managing our need to manage - by Leora Fridman 1. What would it look like to do a good job at my garden? I’ve tried, and...
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What is Yin Yoga? How to Strike a Pose...
If you’ve practiced Yin before, you will not be surprised to hear that in Yin the concept of ‘edge’ differs to any other understanding of...
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The 8 Worldly Winds - 8 conditions which can destroy peace of mind
The Lokavipatti Sutra or the Attalokadharma addresses something called the Eight Worldly Winds or Concerns, also knows as the 8...
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Acceptance, The Sequel: "Santosha"
For the past two weeks or so our meditation practice has centred around Acceptance. Acceptance of whatever happens around us - which is...
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ACCEPTANCE: Part 1 - PASSIVE OR ACTIVE?
In our competitive and consumer-orientated society, people often perceive the practice of Acceptance as being a passive response, like...
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ROCK YOUR SOCKS
If you would like to join us for Yin Yoga or Mindfulness meditation this week, July 22nd - 26th, Rock Your Socks! Come wearing your most...
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Rules for a Long-Term Relationship with meditation:
Someone once asked the Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh, how he keeps his practice alive: “ He smiled: “So you want to know my...
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Metta Bhavana - Loving-Kindness Practice
Metta or Maitri means loving-kindness, benevolence, friendliness goodwill and an active interest in others. The cultivation of...
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Who do we think we are? A big, fat, solid ME :)
If you've started meditating or finding out more about Mindfulness, one of the first things you might hear or read about is the teaching...
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Notes on Mindfulness of Body
Many people think of mindfulness meditation as being a sitting-only practice, with most of our physical life being unconscious. But Jon...
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What my mind throws up is not ME
Meditation helps us to achieve a peaceful mind, stable mind and equanimity. This is important because it is through our mind that we...
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Moving beyond the familiar
I read something a little while ago, and I really liked the perspective: "One of the most difficult things to remember about our...
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Karma yoga – what is it and why is it good for us?
Even though in Western society most people know yoga as taking a class of physical yoga postures, the complete practice of yoga is more...
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