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The Labyrinth: Pilgrim, Pilgrimage and Road
Walking the labyrinth is a process of purgation (release), illumination (receiving) and union (returning). Take in a question, return...
Morven Hamilton
Jun 15, 20131 min read
Karma, Reincarnation and the Interconnectedness of All Things
Karma and Reincarnation – an interpretation for the modern day seeker In this article, I explore: karma beyond reward and punishment reincarnation as more than a literal belief system why these teachings still matter for modern yoga practice how yoga philosophy can be approached with both respect and critical thinking Dawn About the Author Morven Hamilton is a senior yoga teacher and teacher trainer with two decades of yoga teaching experience. Her work combines yoga philosop
Morven Hamilton
May 9, 201322 min read
Am I Actually Teaching Yoga?
If I teach a series of movements involving lunges, twists, balances and stretches, those movements don't become yoga because I give some of them Sanskrit names and finish the class with everyone lying in Savasana.
Without a philosophical and ethical framework, we may have created an intelligent, enjoyable and beneficial movement practice. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that.
But is it yoga?I don't think it necessarily is.
Words That Move Us: Rethinking Yoga Cues
Since words have a power that surpasses all thought, from words alone come direct realisation. Just as one who is asleep is woken by sound, so one in ignorance is enlightened only by words. sabdasakteracintyatvâcchabdãdevaparoksadhih I prasuptah puruso yadvacchabdenaivavabuddhyate – Sadācārānusandhānam (Advaita Vedanta 19) Over a thousand years ago, Advaita Vedānta recognised something modern movement science is rediscovering: language does not merely describe experience,
After thirty years of yoga, I am more anxious and more stiff than ever before
I started yoga when I was nineteen. Now, with my fiftieth birthday in sight and thirty years of daily yoga practice behind me, I have anxiety, stiffness, joint pain and knees that sound like Rice Krispies when I walk up the stairs. Yet, I need my yoga more than ever—and what’s more, I feel better in my body than I did when I was younger.
Does Yoga Get Boring After 30 Years?
After more than thirty years of practice, I think I can say with some confidence that yoga absolutely can become boring. Even the most skilful of practitioners’ yoga can lose its lustre from time to time.
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