This week, we meet Tamsin Sheehy at The Shala and discover her world made of tradition and oneness, spirituality with no guruism. We also met J’anaki Ra prenatal yoga teacher recently installed in Cape Town. Cape Town is unique – the vibrations of the city are indescribable but so real. …

James Murphy, who began his career as a dancer, is now a Senior Iyengar Yoga Instructor and Director of the Iyengar Yoga Institute of Greater New York, which opened in 1992. He began his study of Iyengar Yoga through Mary Dunn and although his initial interest as a dancer was …

Born in Egypt, Nevine Michaan grew up in a household of women, in an era where women where encouraged to stay at home. Arriving in America in 1957, she found a way of working, by teaching yoga, that allowed her the flexibility to balance family life and work. Her yoga …

When was the last time you experienced joy?  Trying to recall that emotion, we realise that when you are feeling it, at least for a brief time, you are not in your head, but rather, you are feeling it with your whole body.  We memorise emotions in our bodies, and …

Sri Dharma Mittra is a Yoga teacher, known for creating the Master Yoga Chart of 908 Postures, a student of Sri Swami Kailashananda. Dharma Mittra was born on May 14, 1939, in Pirapora, Minas Gerais, Brazil. He started studying Yoga in 1958. In 1964, he left the Brazilian Air Force and moved …

Unlike the rational brain, emotions trigger a variety of instinctual attitudes and behaviours.  Emotions play an important role in our daily lives.  Fear is one such emotion that exists in all humans and animals. The purpose of FEAR is to promote survival.  It is a vital response to physical and …