by Emily Rose | Feb 5, 2019 | General, Meditation, Mindfulness, Yoga
People make meditation part of their lives for many different reasons. They are as varied as the different types of meditation styles available. For many people meditation might be part of a spiritual practice such as prayer or contemplation. It might be an aspect of...
by Emily Rose | Oct 23, 2017 | Mindfulness, Yoga
Loving Kindness, Metta or Maitri, meditation was one of the first Buddhist meditation practices I taught myself from a book about 20 years ago. I was immediately drawn to the practice as I was really interested in human rights and social justice issues and it seemed...
by Emily Rose | Sep 15, 2017 | Health, Yoga
We are seeing the last hurrah of winter up here in the mountains but officially spring has arrived and you can see evidence of it in the growing buds on the trees and the beautiful yellow daffodils and wattle at every turn. Spring is a great time for detoxing and...
by Emily Rose | Feb 3, 2017 | General, Mindfulness, Yoga
Before I had children I definitely took my freedom for granted. If I had realised the demands that would soon be on my time I would have made it to every single yoga class being taught, every day (but then there weren’t as many studios around then anyway). My...
by Emily Rose | Dec 21, 2016 | Health, Mindfulness, Yoga
This time of year can bring with it stress, excitement, family conflict, loneliness and many thoughts and emotions as we reflect on the year just passed and make plans for the year ahead. We spend much of our busy lives focussed on the upper parts of the body caught...