Why are we still saying that particular yoga poses are good for fascial release? Despite there being no evidence to support this spurious notion, it is a common assertion.

Unfortunately, sometimes it is hard to distinguish between the two. So following the outbreak of abuse cases over the last few years, some of which were in yoga schools who I had done trainings with, I started researching cult dynamics.

Question from a yoga teacher: One of my male students cannot ground the front of his ankles to the floor in cat without pain. I suspect this is because he has tight calves. What can we do to improve the contact of his front ankle with the floor?

I am sure that you are not alone in thinking that you suffer from all 5 of Patanjali's mental afflictions, or kleshas,

I came to the realisation a while back that it is fundamentally impossible to separate duality from non-duality in everyday life. They both need each other to exist.

I chose this research topic as I wanted to gain a better/clearer understanding of what yoga was. A subject I came into through a need to solve some personal ailments, and whilst successfully achieving this I simultaneously found myself experiencing life in a new way and what felt to be a fuller way.

CONTEXT: It is everything. Without it there can be no nuance. Without it our minds are free to fill in the gaps with information gleaned from our own situation, experience and cultural norms. Here’s mine. Well, some of it. I don’t even have all of it and it’s my context. Like all contexts, it’s complex.

I’ve been playing Devil's Advocate with a group of yoga teachers who want to be able to give out dietary advice in yoga classes. Some want to be able to tell people to eat meat and others want to be able to tell people not to eat meat…

I’ve recently enjoyed the entertainment provided by a disagreement between two published ‘Yoga Anatomists’ Leslie Kaminoff (LK) & Raymond Long (RL). It's spread out over several pages and groups. And apart from some name calling and logical fallacy debating, it's been pretty educational on many levels. From both sides. I’m not even sure the name calling and disagreements are real.

Dear Yoga Land,

please can we stop quoting Pattabhi Jois in ways that vilify theory & thinking?

OK yoga world, you are grown up enough to hear this now...

Here’s just one of the reasons why I am against the regulation of yoga.

So I did a little challenge. Not a 30 day internet challenge. Not one I could post about every day either, since this was a challenge of not doing.

At the beginning of April I challenged myself not to buy any new clothes for 2 months.

What is actually happening to our nervous system in yoga posture practice?  How can we clarify and harmonise action with intention?  An attempt to be objective about the most inherently subjective thing there is; the human nervous system.  Prepare to embrace confusion and trust your monkey mind.

If we practice dissociative practices that masquerade as meditation; we may be able to immune ourself to these images and our nightmares.  However we will be moving further away from reality and into the realm of fantasy.  Whilst fantasy can be good, it can also be bad.  It can fertilise our dreams and our nightmares.