Halcyon Yoga student and health journalist Sally Brown asked for my input for her recent article about combining the practice and benefits of meditation with walking. The resulting article has been published in the magasine “Womens Walking” and is on sale in W.H.Smith. To read the full article including some simple walking meditations, click on the link below.

WalkYourWayToHappiness magazine extract

Click here to listen to the radio programme

According to latest scientific findings, it is questionable as to whether it is correct to refer to ourselves as I’ or ‘Me’. We are actually made up of more than ten times more microbes than human cells. This radio programme gives a fascinating insight into how we are all literally connected to each other and our universe via our microbial communities. Listen out for comments and learned wisdom from the inspirational Satish Kumar at the end of the documentary.

A student of Halcyon Yoga and psychotherapist recently brought in this article entitled ‘Yoga for the mind’ which was published in Therapy Today magazine outlining the latest research into the neurobiology of yoga, meditation and mental health and the emerging benefits.

I found it a fascinating read and it really helps to make sense of why yoga makes us feel SO good. I love understanding the science, hope you do to! Click on the link above to read it now!

An International conference was held in London last November 2012 entitled ‘Yoga, the brain and mental health’ to discuss the research.

Advances in science mean it is now
possible to test some of the claims that
have been made for the mental health
benefits of yoga over the years. For
example, magnetic resonance imaging
(MRI) scans can measure chemical
changes in the brain over short and
long periods of time as people practise
yoga movement, breath and meditation.
In various trials evidence has emerged
of yoga being effective at helping
people with a range of health problems,
including:
 Post-traumatic stress
 Anxiety disorders
 Depression
Click on thhe links below to read the whole article :-

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Check out the Financial Times article – ‘The Mind Business’ by David Gelles featured on The British Wheel of Yoga website.

www.bwy.org.uk/financial-times-article

I found it a real insight into how yoga and meditation is benefiting mainstream US businesses. I enjoyed reading the quote from Steve Jobs of Apple Computers who it turns out was a long term meditator and who credits his practice with shaping his world view and Apple’s iconic product design!- find it on page 2.

It’s quite a long article, so you might want to make yourself a cup of tea and put your feet up to properly enjoy. Some of you who saw it posted on the Halcyon Yoga Facebook page (please go ahead and ‘like’ to be connected to our growing community) read the whole thing and found it very interesting, some non yoga practitioners managed the first four pages which gives you the general gist without having to read the whole thing – hope you enjoy