Colour visualisation can be a powerful tool in meditation due to the link between the seven colours of the light spectrum and the seven chakras. Many believe that by focusing on certain colours you can promote healing in specific parts of the body or alternatively you can channel the full rainbow of colours that make […]
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Last week at Azul Villa we hosted a very special group of yogis from the UK. Rachel Blunt, a Bikram and Vinyasa teacher originally from Leicester, led the joyful bunch here for a week of yoga, sunshine, laughter and a side helping of some seriously inspiring stuff. Enter Jig, a guest instructor on the retreat,
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This free guided meditation works with breath counting, allowing you to focus your mind, leading you to a deep state of relaxation. During meditation it is normal for your mind to wander. When you notice your mind wandering, simply acknowledge your thoughts and then come back to your breath. Please ensure you are sitting or lying comfortably
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As I came up from the Tube, it was the first thing I saw … a yoga mat. A pink yoga mat, carefully rolled up and strung across a woman’s back as she walked with purpose across the road. Then I noticed a second one and a third … and I realised as I looked around at
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The Mission If you are in a position to donate money: Please donate to our indiegogo campaign here: YogaBeats Conflict crowd funding Help us fund safe passage for yoga teachers from war torn areas to a safe haven so they can complete their teacher training course. As our practice encourages us to look deeper within ourselves, we should
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Travelling to India is a yoga dream for many. It’s an incredible opportunity to experience yoga’s roots and to go deeper into the practice. Here, we chat to Erika about her experiences in India and India’s lead in creating an International Yoga Day – set to be celebrated all over the world this Sunday, 21 June. Thank
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The 30th of April will be International ‘Pay It Forward’ Day, a day of random acts of kindness and events set to highlight some of the good work thats being done globally for all the worthy causes out there. As yogis and spiritual people, we should certainly see this as an opportunity to show the
As Jamie discussed in his recent post, there are countless benefits to be had from a regular yoga practice. Fitness, flexibility, health, energy and relaxation to name a few, largely irrespective of where, when or how you choose to roll out your mat. That being said, whilst many of us enjoy the strong physicality of dynamic forms
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Ah, yoga! What does it all really mean? Today the concept of yoga has experienced such exponential growth, that it is no longer a growing phenomenon, but a common practice within our popular culture. Yoga is happening everywhere, in everything. Big corporate hotel brands are enlisting the much desired high heeled arm balances of famous yogis
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2015 for me started with the incredible experience of welcoming our new baby home. It was a wonderful time, but did also ring in the reality, that the resolutions I had were probably going to need a little re-thinking. In fact, between changing nappies at home and changing springs in the studio, I figured this could
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