Practical Philosophy Articles
On Truth and Trauma – with reference to the Yoga Sūtra
Atha yogānuśāsanam - and now ensues yoga. So begins the Yoga Sūtra. What does yoga ensue from? From the knowing that we do not know, from the acknowledging that we are partially (and significantly)...
Put Down The iPhone, Get Off The Bandwagon! Eight Yoga ‘Tips’
I was recently asked, ‘What’s one piece of advice you would give to someone just starting their yoga journey?’ I didn’t limit it to one thing, but offered thoughts along these lines. Forget about...
Beyond the Bright Lights
In a recent interview on the Joe Rogan experience, Sadhguru pointed out that a main reason for our human problems is because we have got into deep grooves of searching for...
On Fullness and Emptiness, Pūrna and Ṡūnya, Wholeness and Zero
Excerpt from course notes for an Indian mythology course I gave earlier this year. Here and there the text is referring to ideas we explored in greater detail in the class, but I think what I share...
Life, Yoga and Contact Improvisation AND I Want to Live in a World Where People Dance on Train Station Platforms
My friend Paul, with whom I have co-taught a few times in different places, is a long-time Contact Improvisation practitioner. We have usually taught in relation to yama-niyama, the foundational...
What Difference Does it Make?
This last year teaching online, on many of the courses I have sent out notes to accompany our sessions. Currently, I am enjoying working with the Āditya Hṛdayam hymn to the Sun from the Vālmīki...
Śavāsana – Sleeping in Peace and The Art of Living and Dying
In the early years of my yoga explorations, living in Thailand, I had the good fortune to attend āsana classes with Adrian Cox at the original Yoga Elements Studio, Bangkok. I remember in one of my...
The Bhagavad Gītā: Reconciling Paradox and Making the Whole Field Sing
Weaving harmony into the fabric of life and making the whole field sing. A few brief introductory notes to the Bhagavad Gītā. A few notes following last Friday’s two hour talk on the Gītā What’s in...
Holding Out For a Hero Why The Purāṇa-s Matter – an Introduction
Is the perennial more relevant than the single-issue, monoculture tendencies of a contemporary lens might suggest? A few years ago I was speaking with a man that some might call an elder, at the...
December 15th, 2020
Caritas and Amor Yoga means gathering together, harmonising the whole field of our being. There are many reasons I so love the sound based practices that are cherished in the Indian tradition. One...
Why Yoga Matters – Buddhiyuktaḥ – Part One
Evenness, balance, integration: the platform for greater skilfulness. This is yoga. To cultivate it, we practise the medi-state. Buddhiyuktaḥ -Yoga,the medi-state and why it matters The basic...
Bhagavad Gītā Chapter Three at MCY April 2020 Session Notes One
This season, my live teaching engagements are cancelled/suspended for the time being. I'm feeling very grateful for the chance to continue sharing some programs online. This month a course on...