The pressure of being ever happy and perfect
Let’s end the fake white teeth permasmiles and the glorification of awesome. How am I today as a Buddhist life coach and yoga dude? I’m tired and screw you, how …
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Month: August 2015
Morges – Embodiment for Leadership in Life with Mark Walsh
Our embodiment – our posture, movement and breathing – determine what we think, how we feel and what we achieve. Our physical ‘embodied’ presence also affects how we engage with …
The simple experiences often matter more
It’s typical in personal growth to focus on intensity and highs – the big tearful “breakthroughs”, the hottest baddest yoga classes, the most full-on extreme experiences… and these can have …
Five ways yoga, dance and martial arts make people LESS in touch with their bodies
1. Intensity – If an exercise is overwhelming it will encourage people to ignore their bodies. 2. Performance and form – If the focus of a system is how a …
What mentors can pass on
Last week I was working for the first time as a true colleague with one of my four main mentors (Paul Linden). I’m still not as experienced as him of …
Laying into ‘Deepak ChOprah’ and Others
A friend got upset today because I laid into Oprah Winfrey. Others find it confusing when I criticise Deepak Chopra, Byron Katie or the mainstream yoga scene, so I’d best …
Commitment, Corporations and Spiritual Consumerism – August Newsletter
One of my main aikido instructors, Sensei William Smith OBE, used to say,”There’s no real pleasure without commitment”. As a young and somewhat wild young man that made little sense …