Posted by admin on 25th January 2010

Bringing Buddhism to the bar

Give people a few drinks and they are bound to start opening up and having those deep conversations that all too often, they are too reticent to talk about. You know – the meaning of life, what’s it all about, does God exist. It’s almost as if existential questions and booze go hand it hand. [...]

Posted by admin on 22nd January 2010

What we do to others, we do to ourselves – The Ghandi Neuron

This is absolutely incredible – I’m not much of a scientist, but if I understand this talk correctly, these mirror neurons mean that we really are intrinsically connected to everyone else and what we do to them, we do to ourselves as well. Most every religion talks about compassion and “do unto others”. Many spiritual [...]

Posted by admin on 14th January 2010

Way of the peaceful warrior

You can’t read Dan Millman’s Way of the Peaceful Warrior without making comparisons to Carlos Casteneda. It has such a similar feel to it in some ways, but without the drugs – erm I mean legitimate use of peyote as a spiritual eye opener.
Seriously, I guess Millman gets sick of hearing that, but everyone I [...]

Posted by admin on 8th January 2010

Create a flip-flop from your old yoga mat

I’m sure enough of you got new cool yoga mats for christmas, so what are you going to do with your old mat? Throw it away? Give it to the dog to chew? NO! You’re going to make your own flip flops…..which, let’s be honest is going to tickle your eco-self and give you something [...]

Posted by admin on 4th January 2010

Kick start your new decade yoga with a little blog reading

We are well into the new year now, and it’s just about that time when the novelty wears off and we really start to flag a little on the old new year’s resolution. So, to help you out on a chilly Monday morning in the office (possibly your first work day back from the festive [...]