What are you resisting?

Resistance is futile. Or is it? We spend so much time resisting, often holding ourselves back from more happiness, more peace, more joy. How do we overcome resistance? With force, willpower or can the gentle way be the most powerful? Yoga can help us to face our ego, and for me, there's nothing like Mysore Ashtanga to do that.

Yoga, Insight, HealingMelanie SkinnerMay 5, 2016Mel Skinner Yogayoga, story, ashtanga, healing, resistance, self-inquiry, kindnessComment

Curiouser and Curiouser

One thing I notice all the time when I teach yoga is how much striving seems to be going on. How much effort we put into trying to reach further than before, to go deeper than we have before, to be better than we have before. But how often are we curious about our yoga practice? I share here just why we should all become curiouser and curiouser about what happens when we're on the mat.

Yoga, InsightMelanie SkinnerApril 28, 2016Mel Skinner Yogayoga, curiousity, story, surrender, enpowerment, life changing, practice, emotions, energyComment

Never enough?

Wllpower has always driven me forward, and definitely is why I survived so much of what I experienced. But it is only through intuition, love and reflection that I’ve been able to begin to truly thrive in my life and begin to really feel that I am enough.

Yoga, Insight, Healing, CourageMelanie SkinnerApril 6, 2016Mel Skinner Yogayoga, story, breathing, inspiration, courage, faith, trustComment

Take the leap

Can you remember a time when you’ve had to be brave? When you’ve taken unsteady steps in a new direction without knowing what the hell was going to happen? Or have you always played it safe, staying in the comfort zone? Here's why taking the leap gave me one of the best years of my life.