Martin Erick Yelverton, co-editor of BardoBurner and my husband and partner for over three decades, died aged 58 in August of this year. It was sudden and unexpected and it happened at what was, without doubt, the happiest time of his life. Martin and I first crossed paths late in 1987. Having experienced a troubledContinue reading “Be like a tree, and let the dead leaves drop: whatever the challenge, Martin just kept moving forward”
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A deeply relaxing guided meditation in which you use your breath and body to travel towards open awareness
When I first started meditating, I was strongly against the idea of guided meditations. I believed quite rigidly that someone else’s voice added too much noise to the practice. In more recent years, however, I’ve come round to the idea, and even occasionally offer guided meditations in my yoga classes. Here’s one in which IContinue reading “A deeply relaxing guided meditation in which you use your breath and body to travel towards open awareness”
A review of the Sam Harris meditation app Waking Up, a nonsense-free route to non-dual awareness
REVIEW: Waking Up – A Meditation Course Sam Harris suggests at one point in his Waking Up app that what he is trying to teach is “non-dual awareness without the bullshit”. Which is precisely what he does. Non-dual awareness? Essentially, you sit down to meditate; you observe your breath, sensations in your body, the fluctuationsContinue reading “A review of the Sam Harris meditation app Waking Up, a nonsense-free route to non-dual awareness”
Functional foot yoga that anyone can do (and so much better for you than Instagram-friendly contortionism)
Here’s a tasty little movement practice that you can incorporate into a yoga or Pilates session, or simply use as a standalone practice even you’ve never done, or plan to do, a single moment of yoga or Pilates. It’ll bring you a lot more functional benefit – ie, helps you in your everyday life –Continue reading “Functional foot yoga that anyone can do (and so much better for you than Instagram-friendly contortionism)”
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