Yesterday a few of us from the South Dorset Buddhist Group went to the Hartridge Monastery to offer dana. Our local Monastery is sited in the beautiful Devon countryside near Honiton and named after it’s location on the slopes of Hartridge Hill. We offered food (dana) to the monks and after lunch strolled through the [...]
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Hartridge Visit
Posted in Buddhism, tagged Buddhism, Hartridge on February 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Dogs bark, bells ring
Posted in yoga, tagged yoga on February 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It was brought to my attention by one of my Wednesday students that I had not mentioned this class in the blog as I had the Tuesday class. So here we go. A new marshall arts group started last week in the adjacent room which was causing some noise problems. There was a lot of [...]
New posture – rugbyasana
Posted in yoga, tagged Jonny Wilkinson on February 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Based on the chair pose – utkatasana – this pose strengthens the quad muscles and improves concentration. The posture is often performed by Jonny Wilkinson when he needs to focus.
Passport to teach
Posted in General, tagged passport on February 13, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I was asked to provide a copy of my passport by Virgin Active this week, to prove who I really am. I’ve been teaching there for over seven years! While I was scanning the recently renewed item I noticed an interesting comment at the back. Bordered by copper wire attached to a microchip were the [...]
Rocking Yogi
Posted in Music, tagged Misha Calvin on February 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We had a visit to the class tonight from our celebrity student, guitarist Misha Calvin. He’s released a new exclusive video of ‘Evolution 2009′ on YouTube, with Lee Banton and Fiona Fox. Turn up the volume!
Yogi vs Yogini
Posted in yoga, tagged yoga on February 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It’s encouraging to find that more men are attending yoga classes. I’ve noticed this both in the club and in my private sessions. A while ago you’ld be lucky to find a single male student but today a good 20% are men. I have to say that one or two of the males have been [...]
Dressed for Yoga
Posted in yoga, tagged yoga on February 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A new student recently asked me what she should wear for the yoga class. I gave her my standard reply of “loose fitting clothes, as you would wear to the gym”. This reminded me of the time I taught a class at a day centre for adults with severe learning disabilities where one elderly lady [...]
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