This October, we celebrate Iriness’ 4th Anniversary. From finding a location for Iriness in 2015, to the building of the studio and the foundation of our yoga & wellbeing centre in 2017; from offering yoga classes and yoga teacher training courses at t…
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Post-Covid contemplations What an insightful morning I’ve had! Floating through my Mysore class today, assisting beautiful yoga friends, I felt how deeply gratifying it is to make even a small contribution to your lives, to your wellbeing… Thank you to…
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No one knows exactly, when yoga tradition began, but even Western scholars (who are more critical than Indian ones), agree that yoga practice has been evolving for at least 2,500 years. Most traditional scriptures agree that yoga is a practical discipl…
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In yoga practice and in life I always try to remind myself that the sense off grounding is something I should start every step and every conscious thought with. When your shoes are tight, its painful to walk. When your feet are cold, its hard to cheer…
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Nowadays, the yoga and the science agree: to have a fulfilling life, we have to be the vibration of the outcome we wish to see in our life. Like a karate martial artist, who breaks the bricks just with one stroke of the hand. The training he undergoes…
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What do we do to make our yoga practice on the mat an oasis, a sanctuary? Where we replenish our energies, where we find insights, inspiration and connect with our innermost being… For me the answer is simple. Intention Practice Perseverance Intentio…
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In this era of human evolution, we are constantly directed to be goal oriented, and we often forget that to bring about the desired result or effect, – sincere and long-term practice is required. The effect cannot happen without the cause reaching its…
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Yoga intention Yoga is the practice of the transformation of our mind and body through the conscious stilling of the patterns of our thoughts. Yoga is the path of finding our true power, true sense of self. It empowers us to reconnect with our life pur…
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Contemplation on the meaning of yoga… What is yoga? Stilling modifications of the mind. Why to still the mind? So the consciousness (purusha) can abide in its own nature. Where consciousness usually is then? It is absorbed by our mind/body. Consciou…
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AJNA CHAKRA (third-eye chakra). Location: cranial. Quality: sattvic (light, wisdom, purity). Element: intelligence. Sense: mind. Colour: bright white. Mantra: OM. Yantra: lightning coloured triangle. The Ajna is not really a single chakra, but a conste…
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