Mak showing symptoms of being very poorly: It’s a new day and we are off to collect a new friend for Chester. His name is Levi. Chester is our remaining American guinea pig. Mak our beautiful alpaca guinea pig unfortunately passed. The previous Friday, Mak started to show symptoms of being very poorly – football training finished around 9 pm …
Exploring the health benefits of endurance training.
A few weeks ago I ran 132.8km in 24 hours for a race. In contrast, London to Northampton is around 98km apart! As tough as long-distance running can be, some of the mental and psychological benefits we can receive from this form of training are underappreciated. Endurance training does not have to be too extreme. However, the purpose of the …
Running towards inner peace.
Life lessons from a 24-hour race.
The role of spirituality in yoga.
Learning from the past: Even though previous articles have shortly mentioned the spiritual side of yoga (Melo Yoga talks about cultural appropriation). The next logical step is to dive deeper into how yoga can reconnect us all on a more intimate level with our spirit. As previously mentioned in earlier articles. Yoga including its philosophies and teachings of yoga was …
How do you like your coffee in the morning?
98 million a day. That is how many cups of coffee we in the UK consume every single day! But, how does this relate to yoga? There has been a continuous debate surrounding the usage of ingesting caffeine before practicing yoga. Coincidentally, the article aims to outline whether caffeine has a positive or negative effect on your yoga practice? Or, …
How can we make yoga more inclusive for everybody?
Last month, we focused on the use of language in yoga classes regarding cultural appropriation. This month we are going to explore the use of gendered language in a yoga class and how this can be looked at to make sure everyone feels included. Do we still require gendered yoga terms and poses? Would separate classes for men and women …
How we can help avoid cultural appropriation in yoga?
What comes across as cultural appropriation? Firstly, to understand what could classify as cultural appropriation, it’s important to define cultural appropriation within the context. Cultural appropriation refers to the idea of taking something from a different culture, capitalizing on the said thing, and subjecting it to exotification. The most prominent examples of cultural appropriateness within yoga can come from basic …
Are you coming to yoga tomorrow?
“Yoga is so much more!” So far, we have looked at the physical benefits of yoga. Placing our attention on some commonly reported issues such as back pain, neck pain and help with breastfeeding, etc. However, yoga can be about so much more! This article is about something different this time. The theme for this article is the social aspect …
Conquering EQUINOX24
My experience running the Equinox 24hr race. And the great people I met on the way!