Yoga and Christianity:  A Christian Response to Christian Objections? Introduction “I am convinced, being fully persuaded in the Lord...

Movement as Participation I’ve spent quite a lot of time pondering how movement can be a spiritual although there’s never been a question...

An old friend recently brought up the topic of religion and spirituality with a dose of tentativeness and uncertainty as she thought she...

One of my favourite things in the whole world is floating down the Bantham Estuary on a fast flowing incoming tide. Recently I enjoyed...

The season of LENT is drawing nigh. How do you respond to this word? Do you think of going without, denial, fasting and how you should...

My kids will sometimes frustratedly cry out "You're not listening to me", and inwardly I'll panic admitting to myself that indeed I...

Autumn is my favourite season. It's a time when I'm inclined to be more reflective as the environment calms down and settles, that life...

I love my body! How about that for grabbing your attention although I’ll be honest with you on two counts. Firstly, I didn’t used to love...

An American therapist imparted a profound insight to me some years ago: that I could choose to live how I wanted. I retorted with the...

I believe that yoga is a neutral vehicle and that it can be used for different ends: this means that different philosophies and belief...

It's all around, we live within it, it's always dying but it never dies - what is it?! The title is a giveaway of course, but these are...

I'm writing this post for my 'faith' friends who are questioning the compatibility of yoga with the Christian faith. This is a real...

I have a rather random story to tell showing how deeper understanding can come about when and how you don’t expect it. It was about 7...

Gratitude was first pointed out to me the night before my wedding. A friend claimed that if I went about my wedding day being thankful...

You might believe that silence, like stillness, is important; a bit like taking your vitamins or doing a January alcohol detox. However,...

Perhaps you hear the word ‘grounded’ and think of the belligerent teenager kicking against the punitive parental restrictions or maybe...

Recent feedback from my yoga classes has given me real food for thought. The first friend said this: "Beforehand I was wary about doing...

So why do mindfulness?? Just in case you’re not familiar with what it is about let’s use American researcher Ellen Langer’s definition,...

When you think of the body being involved in spirituality or religion perhaps your mind wonders to the images of the Indian ascetic yogis...

I remember the meal I had with my sister shortly after James, my husband, was recovering from his brain surgeries. I shared deeply with...