Blurred Boundaries

Business or personal? Teacher or individual? Work or play?

Two years after deciding to change the direction of A Learner Yogi I find myself still struggling to find content.

Quest for a Quiet Mind

“That's not a challenge for you ...”

“I do that when I exercise - I don't watch the TV or listen to music or anything ...”

“I do this everyday. I live alone so there is no-one to talk to ...”

These were some of the responses when I initially announced I was doing the Quiet Quest, a fund-raising activity for The Yoga Foundation that required me to be silent and unplugged for the equivalent of 30 minutes of 30 days in October.

A Long Night

Some might call it dedication. Others might call it insanity. I'm currently struggling on 4½ hours sleep after doing another all-nighter, going to bed at 6:00am just as Hubby's alarm was sounding for him to get up.

Your Religion Is Not Important - A Conversation with the Dalai Lama

My current assignment is getting me down. Negative emotions and thoughts are pulling me deeper into a whirlpool of tamas, making it hard for me to regain my balance.

Truth in Business

What is it about business and the corporate world that makes me feel I need to hide the truth? It seems my company is always ‘selling’ the good points about a product, service or people, and ‘hiding’ the bad. Why is the ‘bad’—for example a lack of skills, knowledge or experience—a problem? Everyone has to start somewhere: even those of us who have been working for a long time are still learning.

Shaking in My Roots Again

A family was murdered in their home last weekend. The horror and senselessness of their deaths have dominated the headlines for the last couple of days.

Hard Decisions

Lately, I have had a lot on my mind—work, study, family—and I have found it difficult to be aware and focus on whatever I'm doing. However, I finally made the hard decision to defer my last yogic studies module for a year and return to work four days a week.