How Hot Yoga is Perfect for Beginners
Hot Yoga comes with a reputation for being tough, only for those that have strength and flexibility in spades. I’m here to say that the Hot Yoga I know (at…
Yoga Sanskrit: योग, lit. ’yoke’ or ‘union’ pronounced [joːɡɐ]) is a group of physical, mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines which originated in ancient India and aim to control (yoke) and still the mind, recognising a detached witness-consciousness untouched by the mind (Chitta) and mundane suffering (Duḥkha). There is a wide variety of schools of yoga, practices, and goals in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism, and traditional and modern yoga is practised worldwide
How Bristol Businesses Have Stepped Up To The Net Zero Challenge
There’s a lot to love about living in Bristol. One of the best things is that Bristolians are well educated. So they are committed to reducing suffering and improving lives…
Practising Ahimsa In The Age of War And Weaponry
Take a minute to sit back for a moment.. Take a slow, deep breath, and pause to reflect. Feel what’s happening in your heart at this moment. Ideally, you’re feeling…
Using Yoga to combat Stress Awareness Week
Daily life gets busy. As work and home tasks pile up, so does your anxiety, building up until it has no place to go. It’s okay to feel overwhelmed. when…
Boxing and Hot Yoga – a winning combination?
Simon Bevan - a Yogafurie "morning crew" regular for many years and graduate Teacher Trainee - is boxing for Cancer Research. You can support him by donating through his JustGiving…
Reforestation: We Need YOU
Today we shift focus away from Yoga oriented topics to focus on an issue that is dear to our heart at Yogafurie - reforestation to save the planet. Amidst the…
A Beginner’s Guide to The Lungs and Yoga
In the next of our ‘Beginner’s Guide’ series, we turn our focus to the beneficial effects that Yoga has on the lungs. In this edition, we’ve got some super intriguing…
Why you need Yoga Nidra (and a free practice for you to try)
Hands up who has time to lie around doing nothing…? (Cue the tumbleweed) That is often how some of us can feel about taking time to practice Yoga Nidra. I…
Yoga to Support Women’s Health
How Yoga helps support our life's natural cycles This article was written with a wide variety of people in mind. Each of us are at different stages of our lives,…
Valentines Yoga – How Science Is Proving The Benefits Of Self-Love
Valentine’s Day is often purely seen as an opportunity to express affection for a significant other. But if we take the emphasis off externalising love and instead internalise it, the…