Sitting in a tiny studio in Greece on New Year’s Eve, I wasn’t planning on sharing my end-of-year reflections because… Well, quite honestly, because I’ve been enjoying the sunshine and cool sea swims too much to open my laptop very much at all!
But, it would be seriously amiss of me to end 2023 without sharing a few reflections on what has probably been the biggest year of my life in terms of change.
So, here goes…
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The fifth Yama – Aparigraha On the battlefield in the ancient yogi text, the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna tells warrior Arjuna, “Let your concern be with the action alone, and never with the fruits of action. Do not let the results of your action be your motive, and do not be attached to inaction.” Now, Arjuna’s
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The third of the Yamas (the yogi moral ethics) is Asteya (non-stealing). There’s so much more to this Yama than meets the eye – and we’ll get to that in just a second! But, first, there’s something about this ‘Thou shalt not…’ business that has been bothering me… I don’t know about you but if someone tells me NOT to do
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Satya or truth is the second of the five Yamas, the yogi social code of conduct. As we saw with Ahimsa (click here to read about ‘Is kindness key to a better society?’), there are so many ways to interpret this Yama. But I always like to start with what I know best and
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Spot attachment in my life! Let me tell you a story – a true story – about how attachment can make you and those around you feel, well, rubbish! There are three examples of attachment in this story. See if you can spot them! Here goes… I’ve recently taken up mountain biking with my husband
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