saṁkalpa: bringing the mother of the Gods to court
The words “not guilty” rang like an explosion through my being. The English judicial system had been ignited with the force of a love so raw and fundamental that the…
T h a n k Y o u
This week my partner and six others stand before a jury for their action at the Shell headquarters during the XR protests two years ago. XR haven’t always got things…
Yoga Teacher Trainings have got it all wrong!
Why do YTT continue to insist on making their students read translations of the yoga sūtra and the bhagavad gītā? Surely it’s time for teachers to wake up to the…
Who said meditation was fun?
Meditation is not a fun or enjoyable thing to do. If it was everyone would be doing it. And I’m talking about 40-60 minute sitting meditations here, not a 10-minute…
Lockdown pressure ~ consuming the spiritual practice
Lockdown pressure ~ consuming the spiritual practice I used to deal ecstasy in Buenos Aires. It was the love of music. And the love of having my heart blasted so…
I sit, mesmerised.
I sit, mesmerised. I sit, mesmerised. Between the memory of an impulse: “do your yoga practice, move your body. It will make you feel better” and the impulse to invite…
I am devoted to the deepest impulse of my being.
I am devoted to the deepest impulse of my being. I am devoted to bringing my attention to bear witness to the vast undercurrents of my life. Each morning I…
why mantra is NOT music
mantra is not music!Is this the beginning of a mantra revolution?Making an album like I did was a risk. People are used to listening to mantra set to a Western…
The launch of Original Wisdom
Some part of me mourns the innocence of the days when I used to teach a handful of students in the living room of my rented flat beneath a butchers…