Cape Men's Yoga

A bunch of us had a great time at Spirit Fest 2015 - the big yoga festival in Paarl. Some great offerings including a superb philosophy talk by our very own Gavin R... more on this later. We are confirming that there WILL BE yoga on Easter Sunday - 05 April as well as our regular Sunday class on 29 March. One thing I really was reminded of at Spirit Fest, yoga is a practice which requires constant attention. It does not mean you need to knock yourself out or push past your limits - it does mean that a regular practice refreshes you, inspires you, heals you and keeps you to a path that will open up many opportunities in your life, through friendships, self-awareness, insights and stripping away the crusty bits that life throws your way. We use the body to take us back to the universal and core teachings - the famous 'unity' which is the meaning of yoga. The stilling of the mind to take us to a truth that infuses all of our choices, decisions, moods and directions in life. ...

Image of Hanuman, the Monkey God, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India My life or yours? In our Western society, and increasingly in Eastern and traditional societies, we are encouraged to think of our own needs and interests. Sometimes we are even encouraged or tempted to step on other people's opportunities, dignity or identities as a way to 'get ahead'. Selfishness is sometimes held up as a value, as something legitimate that gets results. The yogic way teaches us that such an approach is filled with illusion and eventually leads to great suffering and a sense of anxiety, disconnection and stress. The yogic way is to move to silence, to study the breath, the body, the mind, one's intuition, the flow of time and to recognise that liberation comes not from isolating ourselves but by finding ourselves in the inter-connectedness of the world. It is by opening our heart, feeling our own painful experiences, having compassion for the pain of others, that we discover fund...