The art of surrender

Yoga is a tool of regulation. We learn to regulate our breath, we can learn to both tense and relax our bodies, we can even learn to influence the amygdala, a crucial part of the nervous system which triggers the fight-flight response whenever we perceive danger. Whilst yoga helps us learn to regulate and respond, and therefore make us more aware of our reactions and triggers, does this automatically mean we can alwayschoose how to respond? Or a convenient social media meme that feeds the illusion of total control and continues to ignore yogic teachings of surrender?

Courage, Healing, Ideas, Insight, Inspiration, YogaMelanie SkinnerAugust 31, 2021yoga, surrender, nervous system, fight-or-flight, stress, trauma, yoga philosophyComment

In it together: 3 ways yoga can help you deal with coronavirus stress

Never more has the world felt like a global village, and whilst this can feel terrifying, the practice and philosophy of yoga can offer us practical and helpful ways to move through these times. Yoga means union, connection, One-ness, and it feels like we are constantly being reminded that we are all in this together.

Create. More. Space.

Knowing you want more space in your life is one thing, creating it is another. Read on to discover why creating space comes with its highs and its lows.

Yoga for a stressed out generation

Yoga is good for stress, right? Well, yeah. Kind of. But if you're approaching yoga with the same "cultural values" of competitiveness, envy and insecurity that you apply to every other aspect of life, then yoga might be part of the problem, not the solution. There is one simple thing you can do though - try restorative yoga.

Yoga, Insight, HealingMelanie SkinnerMay 7, 2016Mel Skinner Yogayoga, stress, restorative yogaComment