by Gemma WIlliams | Sep 26, 2024 | what is yoga
In Sanskrit, the language of yoga, Sangha means community. Community is SO important in all areas of life. We are social beings and we draw on support, encouragement and inspiration from those close to us. A yoga community brings another level of support on our...
by Gemma WIlliams | Apr 5, 2024 | what is yoga
Sadhana is the discipline of a routine spiritual practice that surrenders the ego. Within the practice of yoga, keeping a sadhana allows practitioners to align one’s inner self each new day. I first practiced yoga at the age of 16. For many years after that I...
by Gemma WIlliams | Nov 10, 2023 | what is yoga
When I introduce myself as a yoga teacher, the first thing people usually say is, “I’m too inflexible to do yoga”, I then respond with my favourite quote, “Saying you’re too inflexible to do yoga is like saying you’re too dirty to have a shower”. In the West there is...
by Gemma WIlliams | Oct 20, 2023 | what is yoga
A poem I wrote recently. Reflections on meditation, awareness, and merging the observer with the doer. Individual consciousness merging with the whole. Divine awareness. The space we can reside where our mind realises, we are not the doer. Everything is just happening...
by Gemma WIlliams | May 3, 2021 | what is yoga, Yoga and Lifestyle
I LOVE hosting and running yoga retreats. It’s an honour to create space for others, to be, ro rest, to recharge, to reflect. Over the last few years I have been running yoga retreats in England and abroad. Then a few years ago, very organically, I teamed up...
by Gemma WIlliams | Dec 2, 2018 | what is yoga, Yoga and Lifestyle
Yoga Philosophy on and off the mat Four states of Being Patanjali writes about Ashtanga, the eight limbs of Yoga, in the Yoga Sutras. The eight limbs are a path to purify body, mind, and ultimately lead a life of enlightenment. The first two steps on the path are...
