by Jude Hynes | Nov 2, 2012 | Ashtanga, Philosophy
Detachment and befriending the destructive perfectionist within In the advent of rampant yoga materialism one can certainly look the part of an urban spiritual yogi. You can sling on your latest Lululemon purchase and throw your self selected yoga mat bag over your... by Jude Hynes | Oct 29, 2012 | Ashtanga, Health, Philosophy
Each time I went to study Ashtanga Yoga in Mother India, I would stay for a minimum of 2 months and set up an apartment very close to Guruji’s Yoga Shala. 16 visits later, I have developed many survival skills for enduring unsanitary conditions and air pollution. Some... 
by Jude Hynes | Oct 21, 2012 | Asana, Philosophy
Questions asked by yoga students What stops us from doing some asana in their full and mastered forms? Why can we do some asana more easily than other asana? How can we master yoga asana intelligently and without causing injury? Answers I have based on my own... 
by Jude Hynes | Oct 21, 2012 | Funky food, Health
This breakfast cereal is prepared in the traditional way the Swiss do their muesli and the Scots do their porridge, which is to soak it overnight. Soaking helps make whole grains, nuts and seeds easier to digest and less capable of binding with key minerals and then...