by matthewcharlesdavis | Apr 28, 2021 | Yoga...for people who hate yoga
Physical postures are just part of the yoga. There are seven other “limbs” to the practice. And one of them is “non-attachment,” or “aparigraha” in Sanksrit. Click here to take my free one-hour yoga class on non-attachment. When I was training to become a yoga teacher...
by matthewcharlesdavis | Apr 21, 2021 | Yoga...for people who hate yoga
It was a fundraising thing for charity at University, and I fancied the religious girl organizing it. She was intense. I have never had a great deal of self-confidence nor, historically, much ability to resist those with missionary zeal. But they never went to the...
by matthewcharlesdavis | Mar 29, 2021 | Yoga...for people who hate yoga
A former high school friend of mine, Ed, ran 68 miles this past weekend. He was shooting for 100, in an ultra-running event in New Zealand. Why on earth would anybody want to do that? Like high school friends tend to, Ed and I go back about 25 years. He was the first...
by matthewcharlesdavis | Feb 17, 2021 | Yoga...for people who hate yoga
I love squash. I mean, I really love squash. I know this is a yoga email, but… I love the fact that when your heart is pounding and you’re out of breath, and feeling stressed, and a little bit frantic, during a squash rally, the decisive factor in whether you win the...
by matthewcharlesdavis | Feb 3, 2021 | Yoga...for people who hate yoga
I’ve been reading a great book by a guy called Steve Peters about The Chimp Paradox. The premise is: We all have an inner chimp. 🐵 It’s more powerful than our conscious brain. So we have to manage it, or it will rule our lives. In yoga, I feel like we’re often...
by matthewcharlesdavis | Jan 20, 2021 | Yoga...for people who hate yoga
A mate of mine was teaching his son to play Monopoly this past weekend. His son is seven, and so the rest of us, his “uncles”, in our WhatsApp group, were sending all-caps instructions to be relayed by his dad. You know. “BUY ALL THE DARK BLUE...
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