Ethics Archives - Yoga Matters https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/category/ethics/ In Pursuit of Stillness Thu, 27 Oct 2022 13:51:34 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/cropped-yoga_favicon.png Ethics Archives - Yoga Matters https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/category/ethics/ 32 32 DO YOUR BEST https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/do-your-best/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=do-your-best https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/do-your-best/#respond Tue, 06 Sep 2022 10:43:29 +0000 http://yogamattersjersey.uk/?p=3369 WHAT DOES ‘DO YOUR BEST’ MEAN? You hear it at school, home, work.  Is it just a filler? Something people say when they don’t know what else to say? It ...

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]]> https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/do-your-best/feed/ 0 YOGA MATTERS IS A ‘NO TOUCH STUDENT’ YOGA SCHOOL.  https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/yoga-matters-is-a-no-touch-student-yoga-school/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=yoga-matters-is-a-no-touch-student-yoga-school https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/yoga-matters-is-a-no-touch-student-yoga-school/#respond Sun, 13 Mar 2022 16:59:30 +0000 http://yogamattersjersey.uk/?p=3224 Just to be clear. YOGA MATTERS IS A ‘NO TOUCH STUDENT’ YOGA SCHOOL.  Someone recently asked me to physically move them into a position for which I declined. Not just ...

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]]> https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/yoga-matters-is-a-no-touch-student-yoga-school/feed/ 0 What does Kahlil Say? https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/what-does-kahlil-say/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-does-kahlil-say https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/what-does-kahlil-say/#respond Fri, 18 Feb 2022 12:24:38 +0000 http://yogamattersjersey.uk/?p=3192 Booking Posing Bookasana ~ Had a few conversations with people this week about favourite books. Too hard to pic fave; makes my head spin as only a book lovers can. ...

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]]> https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/what-does-kahlil-say/feed/ 0 “In knowing nothing, life is most delightful” https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/in-knowing-nothing-life-is-most-delightful/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=in-knowing-nothing-life-is-most-delightful https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/in-knowing-nothing-life-is-most-delightful/#respond Mon, 14 Feb 2022 09:03:13 +0000 http://yogamattersjersey.uk/?p=3179 “In knowing nothing, life is most delightful” {Publilius Syrus} or to put another way IGNORANCE IS BLISS! Let us not get distracted here by ‘proofs’ of knowledge’. We are not ...

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]]> https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/in-knowing-nothing-life-is-most-delightful/feed/ 0 IF YOU LET SOMEONE STEAL YOUR ‘STILLNESS’ YOU ARE THE LOSER https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/if-you-let-someone-steal-your-stillness-you-are-the-loser/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=if-you-let-someone-steal-your-stillness-you-are-the-loser https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/if-you-let-someone-steal-your-stillness-you-are-the-loser/#respond Wed, 08 Sep 2021 08:16:47 +0000 http://yogamattersjersey.uk/?p=2998 If we were a ‘book’ 🙂 ‘Yoga Matters’ would be the ‘title’ and ‘In Pursuit of Stillness’ would be our ‘subtitle’. Our title conveys who we are but our subtitle ...

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]]> https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/if-you-let-someone-steal-your-stillness-you-are-the-loser/feed/ 0 10 YEARS OF YM https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/10-years-of-ym/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=10-years-of-ym https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/10-years-of-ym/#respond Sun, 27 Jun 2021 16:57:37 +0000 http://yogamattersjersey.uk/?p=2904 ~YM@10~ 19th July 2021 will be 3650 days, aprox 5000 (FIVE THOUSAND) classes and lots of ‘stuff’ has happened since YM opened its doors.  WHAT DOES 10YRS RUNNING YOUR OWN ...

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]]> https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/10-years-of-ym/feed/ 0 Social Distancing https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/social-distancing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=social-distancing https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/social-distancing/#respond Thu, 14 Jan 2021 23:25:06 +0000 http://yogamattersjersey.uk/?p=2641 ‘Social Distancing’. Was there ever a more repulsive and alienating phrase? I had thought I read something last year that ‘authorities’ had discussed and decided to use ‘physical’ distancing instead ...

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]]> https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/social-distancing/feed/ 0 TIME TO DUST https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/time-to-dust/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=time-to-dust https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/time-to-dust/#respond Mon, 28 Dec 2020 12:11:46 +0000 http://yogamattersjersey.uk/?p=2604 “So Lyra and her daemon turned away from the world they were born in and looked toward the sun and walked into the sky” ~ Philip Pullman If you know ‘His ...

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]]> https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/time-to-dust/feed/ 0 SWEATIQUETTE… https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/sweatiquette/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sweatiquette https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/sweatiquette/#respond Mon, 14 Sep 2020 21:54:16 +0000 http://79.170.44.83/sitetest24.je/?p=2561 Please respect the need for ‘Sweatiquettes’… we are a tiny studio… one instructor on hand per class to do EVERYTHING… We do not have the resources to hire a team ...

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]]> https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/sweatiquette/feed/ 0 HOW does Bikram Yoga relieve chronic pain? https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/how-does-bikram-yoga-relieve-chronic-pain/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-does-bikram-yoga-relieve-chronic-pain https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/how-does-bikram-yoga-relieve-chronic-pain/#respond Tue, 01 Sep 2020 11:23:18 +0000 http://yogamattersjersey.uk/?p=2657 We are Yoga Instructors. Although expensively and extensively trained we do not set ourselves out to be anything other than Yoga instructors. We are both qualified Yoga Therapists with 43 ...

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]]> https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/how-does-bikram-yoga-relieve-chronic-pain/feed/ 0 CONTAGION ‘MITIGATION’ PLAN https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/plan/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=plan https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/plan/#comments Fri, 05 Jun 2020 09:43:15 +0000 http://yogamattersjersey.uk/?p=2463 ****scroll down to see 26/8/21 ‘Stage 7’ update**** We are so happy and excited to be able to WELCOME YOU BACK to our little Yoga school.  To help you feel ...

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]]> https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/plan/feed/ 3 KARMA COLA https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/karma-cola/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=karma-cola https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/karma-cola/#respond Fri, 15 May 2020 17:23:44 +0000 http://yogamattersjersey.uk/?p=2429 “READING GIVES US SOMEPLACE TO GO WHEN WE HAVE TO STAY WHERE WE ARE” I have often been asked for a ‘recommended reading list’ re Yoga; I have steered clear ...

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]]> https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/karma-cola/feed/ 0 Little Ego Sneaks into Yoga Class https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/little-ego-sneaks-yoga-class/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=little-ego-sneaks-yoga-class https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/little-ego-sneaks-yoga-class/#respond Sun, 26 Jan 2020 17:23:15 +0000 http://yogamattersjersey.uk/?p=2260 Once upon a time… Little Ego snuck into a Yoga class with its Driver.  Driver had never tried Yogasana before. Everything about it was new and hard AND there was ...

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]]> https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/little-ego-sneaks-yoga-class/feed/ 0 HOW NOW 2020? https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/how-now-2020/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-now-2020 https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/how-now-2020/#respond Wed, 01 Jan 2020 09:39:22 +0000 http://yogamattersjersey.uk/?p=2248 WHAT.a.year.  It has been MASSIVE in terms of our Yoga community locally AND globally.  The world in its changing feels freefall and less predictable at the moment; where will we ...

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]]> https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/how-now-2020/feed/ 0 Know Your Unconscious Mind (‘UM’) https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/know-unconscious-mind-um/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=know-unconscious-mind-um https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/know-unconscious-mind-um/#respond Wed, 13 Nov 2019 09:25:32 +0000 http://yogamattersjersey.uk/?p=2180 My UM has been ‘triggered’ 🙂 and I am researching as I am writing folks and some if this is new to me but very interesting. I share it with ...

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]]> https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/know-unconscious-mind-um/feed/ 0 getting back to that sacred space https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/getting-back-space/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=getting-back-space https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/getting-back-space/#comments Sun, 09 Jun 2019 14:08:29 +0000 http://yogamattersjersey.uk/?p=1991 Excitement is starting to build… We will be starting back with our FULL SCHEDULE ~ YES! Bikram Yoga EVERYDAY! Sometimes TWICE! Because Bikram practitioners deserve to be able to practice ...

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]]> https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/getting-back-space/feed/ 1 PLEASE HELP US. PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN WATER… https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/please-help-us-please-bring-water/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=please-help-us-please-bring-water https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/please-help-us-please-bring-water/#respond Sat, 11 May 2019 18:13:35 +0000 http://yogamattersjersey.uk/?p=1982 There is only one solution to single use plastic: GOVERNMENT PLEASE BAN THEM. wouldn’t that just make all of our lives simpler?  In the meantime waiting for that kind of ...

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]]> https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/please-help-us-please-bring-water/feed/ 0 THIS is the problem with Bikram Yoga https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/problem-bikram-yoga/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=problem-bikram-yoga https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/problem-bikram-yoga/#comments Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:36:40 +0000 http://yogamattersjersey.uk/?p=1721 LOL.  ApPARently! There is someone out there subtly trying to undermine Bikram Yoga most likely in the hopes of building their own empire on any ruins they create! Yeah, I ...

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]]> https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/problem-bikram-yoga/feed/ 1 Seriously!!! https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/seriously/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=seriously https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/seriously/#respond Sun, 08 Jul 2018 11:26:12 +0000 http://yogamattersjersey.uk/?p=1660 1 in every 10 people in Jersey is a Yoga Instructor. OK. I am clearly jesting; but it does feel like that the last couple of years as Darren and ...

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]]> https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/seriously/feed/ 0 Yoga Ethics ~ Part III ~ Niyamas (Observances) https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/yoga-ethics-part-iii-niyamas-observances/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=yoga-ethics-part-iii-niyamas-observances https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/yoga-ethics-part-iii-niyamas-observances/#respond Sun, 27 May 2018 16:06:46 +0000 http://yogamattersjersey.uk/?p=1623 Remember from Part I & Part II we are focusing in on how you can apply Yoga ethics when you are at Yoga school and on your mat. The Niyamas ...

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]]> https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/yoga-ethics-part-iii-niyamas-observances/feed/ 0 Yoga Ethics ~ Part II ~ Yamas (Restraints) https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/yoga-ethics-part-ii-yamas-restraints/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=yoga-ethics-part-ii-yamas-restraints https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/yoga-ethics-part-ii-yamas-restraints/#respond Sun, 20 May 2018 11:53:31 +0000 http://yogamattersjersey.uk/?p=1602 Remember from Part I that we are focussing in on how you can apply Yoga ethics when you are at Yoga school and on your mat. The ‘Yamas’ are universal ...

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]]> https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/yoga-ethics-part-ii-yamas-restraints/feed/ 0 Raja Yoga ~ Part I – Ethics https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/yoga-ethics-part-i-yamas-niyamas/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=yoga-ethics-part-i-yamas-niyamas https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/yoga-ethics-part-i-yamas-niyamas/#respond Sun, 13 May 2018 17:41:51 +0000 http://yogamattersjersey.uk/?p=1587 THE TREE OF YOGA represents one of the 4 main Paths of Yoga ~ ‘RAJA’ or Royal Yoga.  The Tree has EIGHT LIMBS or ‘branches’ (referencing Patanjali’s Sutras and ‘Ashtanga’ or ‘Eightfold’ ...

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]]> https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/yoga-ethics-part-i-yamas-niyamas/feed/ 0 Mad Mat Matters II https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/mad-mat-matters-ii/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mad-mat-matters-ii https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/mad-mat-matters-ii/#respond Wed, 09 May 2018 18:10:24 +0000 http://yogamattersjersey.uk/?p=1580 Meandering through a dept store in London this was sticking out (see pic) from a pile of mats and it drew my attention.  It made me laugh ~ Yes! there ...

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]]> https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/mad-mat-matters-ii/feed/ 0 choosing a Yoga instructor https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/teachingtraining-matters/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=teachingtraining-matters https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/teachingtraining-matters/#respond Sun, 14 Jan 2018 12:52:34 +0000 http://yogamattersjersey.uk/?p=1443 “so there it is work it out for yourself, BE SELECTIVE, be OBJECTIVE… be an asset to the collective, as you know you gotta get a life” ~ Jazzy B You ...

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]]> https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/teachingtraining-matters/feed/ 0 BIKRAM CHOUDHURY AT YOGA MATTERS? https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/bikram-choudhury-yoga-matters/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bikram-choudhury-yoga-matters Sun, 05 Mar 2017 18:24:43 +0000 http://yogamattersjersey.uk/?p=1180 For many people their Bikram Yoga time is ideally a respite from the ‘troubles’ of the world outside the room. Other practitioners use the time to reconcile problems of the ...

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]]> THE THREE GUNAS https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/the-three-gunas/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-three-gunas Sun, 05 Mar 2017 16:17:35 +0000 http://yogamattersjersey.uk/?p=1175 Some very depressing things have happened in the Yoga world over the years including abuse of power and abuse of students; devastating blows to the sanctity of the teacher/student relationship; ...

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]]> CALL ME TRISHA… :) https://yogadev.umbobotati.co.uk/call-me-trisha/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=call-me-trisha Sat, 24 Jan 2015 15:10:08 +0000 http://176.32.230.252/yogamattersjersey.uk/?p=619 I have just finished reading ‘MOBY DICK and what a great read; Poor old Ahab, he built a prison for himself out of anger and revenge. Ultimately it was his ...

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