by Stephanie Minchin | Aug 10, 2019 | Lifestyle, Meditation, Mental Health, Mindfulness, MoreMind
Samadhi. Bliss. Liberation. Enlightenment.All such words are loaded with beautiful and divine descriptions and conjure up ideals of a ‘higher consciousness’, awakening oneself to the ‘true self’. Patanjali describes bliss (Samadhi) as a meditative state, being fully...
by Liz Joy Oakley | May 24, 2019 | Lifestyle, Mental Health, Mental Hygiene, MoreMind, News & Blog
Every May during Mental Health Awareness Week you may notice that for one week your social media is suddenly overflowing with posts, emails, videos & articles encouraging you to take better care of your Mind. We’re reminded, from all angles, how important it is...
by admin | May 19, 2019 | Body Image, Mental Health, Mental Hygiene, MoreMind, News & Blog
Dr Adrienne Milner (@drmilneryoga) is Senior Lecturer at Brunel University London in Sport, Health, and Exercise Sciences and was previously Lecturer in Global Public Health at Queen Mary University of London. Adrienne was a former competitive college basketball...
by admin | May 18, 2019 | Mental Health, Mental Hygiene, MoreMind, News & Blog, Teaching
I started practicing yoga around six years ago after suffering a mental break down at 24 years of age. I friend told me that yoga maybe a great way of relieving some stress, so I booked into a vinyasa class. If I’m honest at first I didn’t like it. I thought it was...
by admin | May 18, 2019 | Body Image, Mental Health, MoreMind, News & Blog
As part of Mental Health Awareness Week 2019 we spoke with Robin Watkins-Davis, the UK’ss youngest yoga teacher trained aged 16 years old with TeenYoga Foundation @teenyogafoundation. She also does work with the All Parliamentary Group for Yoga. Tell us a little...
by admin | May 18, 2019 | Body Image, Lifestyle, Mental Health, MoreMind, News & Blog
My journey began with being drawn to yoga to counteract the responsibilities of being a carer for a mentally ill single parent from a young age – which at times extremely challenging but yoga has been my remedy for helping to rebuild my life. Whilst yoga did...
