Meditation I have been brought up with the principles of Yoga to try to find compassion, love and kindness in all but trust me even Yoga Teachers can get stressed. Find the time to do what you enjoy. Take a warm bath with lavender oil, listen to music and dance, read a book, but better … Read more
Many of us view cleansing as a form of suffering – from depriving ourselves of certain foods, to extreme fasting whereby we can only ingest juices and not much else. But cleansing is essentially a form of letting go and starting from within. We can cleanse without the need to banish, to suffer nor … Read more
Many of us come to Yoga through the path of the physical body, to get fitter, be stronger – many of us however don’t realise nor understand the importance of working from within – using the philosophies of Jnana Yoga (Yoga of knowledge), Pranayama (breath practices) and Meditation . My background (British born Bangladeshi) and … Read more
Mother Spring is starting to shower us with her rays of warmth bringing us out of a state of hibernation towards a period of awakening and hope. I know that the weather is shifting yet again, but there is a freshness that is starting to find its way in, from the new buds opening their … Read more
Sylhet Sunset, Bangladesh 2007 Why do we constantly look back and ponder, wonder and ask why?…Why do we constantly look forward and think what if, could be, maybe, hopefully… Are we scared to stop and be within , to embrace the now, the breath and just have faith, hope, prayers and most importantly love?…Love for … Read more
dream and listen to what is within Dear Yogis and Pilates Friends Hope you are all well, I know that summer has finished and autumn is upon us but we know that all too soon the season of freshness and new found energy will return. But for many of us that light seems very far … Read more
What is Brahman, What is Allah? Sunset @ Cox Bazaar Bangladesh ©SadhanaYoga I cannot adequately explain what Allah is; In Bradaranyaka Upanishad, when Yajnavalkya was questioned by his students to describe God, he could only say, “It is not this and it is not that” (neti, neti, neti). Allah is the creator, without which we … Read more
Recently I suffered an injury, fracturing my ankle fortunately not serious enough to stop me teaching and practising but serious enough to force me to slow the pace down. Life became a little crazy for me this year swaying me off my path, and I resisted that change, in fact ignorance of my here and … Read more
