The universe offers…

I was feeling glum on my walk in to work this morning. The weather didn't help -- the meteorological joke that is an English summer. It was low grey skies with a hint of rain. I had a definite hankering for Greece. For the climate, the landscape, the hospitality of people. For endless frappés (Greek iced coffee),... Continue Reading →

August 20, 2015 2

Musical expectations

I wrote recently about letting go of expectations, surrendering into the reality of experience, rather than controlling it, measuring it, predicting it, manipulating it to meet what you want to find. I can practice this on the mat and I can practice it off the mat. Wherever is appropriate. At the weekend I went to... Continue Reading →

June 4, 2015 2

Last night’s music and yoga

Yesterday evening I was way too excited and jittery feeling. I was not at all in the right headspace for yoga class. Music helped to calm my mind a little. I listened to something intense and sobering on my walk to the studio: Pergolesi's Stabat Mater. Too beautiful. Such passion (in our current sense of... Continue Reading →