Adele Robertson Yoga

26/11/2025

Tapas: to purify, burn and heat. Sanskrit root ‘tap’ to burn or heat. In the spiritual context it signifies the inner fire or heat generated through self discipline and committed consistent practice that ‘burns away’ impurities and toxins both physical and mental.
On this cold frosty week please wrap up warm in layers to come to class. Also no full English breakfast before class! We will be working on purification of body, breath and mind and focusing on the abdominal area in our practices.

20/11/2025

In our fast-paced society, we are constantly doing — thinking, planning, achieving. We fill every spare moment with stimulation, often losing ourselves in th...

22/10/2025

ARE WE MINDFUL OF THE IMPACT OUR WORDS HAVE ON OTHERS? Here's a mindfulness practice we can add to out toolkit....
We should be mindful of our words spoken to others, especially is we are judging and trying to ‘correct’ their behavior. "Behavior is the purist form of communication" and if we’re not reading it right, we’re not getting it.

This statement "behavior is the purest form of communication" suggests that actions are the most honest and powerful way to convey messages, especially when they contradict words. This idea is based on the understanding that nonverbal cues, such as body language and tone, are often subconscious and reveal true feelings, intentions, and attitudes more accurately than verbal language can. Therefore, when actions and words are mismatched, people should mostly consider the behavior, making it a powerful and "pure" form of communication.

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21/10/2025

We are now on our half term break. We return for a 7 week block of Yoga classes from the first week November

21/10/2025

This week is the festival of light, Diwali. In my children’s yoga classes we have been thinking about how our emotions are always changing, but deep within us, in the heart, we have wonderful qualities. We practiced focusing on a little flame light in our mindfulness minute to remind us of our inner light.

18/10/2025

DHARANA AND TRAINING THE MIND
This week in class, we touched on Dharana, the 6th of the 8 limbs of yoga, meaning "focused concentration" or "binding of the consciousness to a single point". This helps us to train the mind, to give the 'monkey mind' (that usually darts here there and everywhere) a job. Season 1, Episode 4 of this Netflix series 'Watch the mind, explained' focuses on mindfulness. Look out for a familiar face (Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche appears in this series)

Ever wonder what's happening inside your head? From dreaming to anxiety disorders, discover how your brain works with this illuminating series.

14/10/2025

October 2025 includes World Mental Health Day on October 10th and European Mental Health Week from October 19th-25th

Science has become very interested in studying both meditation and happiness in the last few decades. Many studies have shown that meditation can support our mental and physical health and emotional wellbeing. But what is the purpose of meditation, aside from these benefits? We can nurture qualities and life long skills through the practice of meditation.

Pema Chodron teaches us here that the purpose of meditation is to have "an open, compassionate awareness of what is going on. The essence of meditation is training in something pretty radical, and not the habitual pattern of the species, that is so stay with what is going on without putting labels of 'good' and 'bad' on top of it.... To be open to what is happening."

One quality is to nurture acceptance and steadfastness with oneself and one's experience of life as we find it, as it is, without trying to change anything. Pema Chodron discusses this skillfully in this light-hearted clip.

http://pemachodronfoundation.org/

13/10/2025

04/10/2025

Exploring the depth and breadth of the art of meditation across diverse traditions, approaches, and methods

02/10/2025

What do we mean when we talk about enlightenment? Rinpoche explains.

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30/09/2025

RUMINATING
Really helpful article explaining why we ruminate and how we can flip the way we see it for a more healthy relationship with it, when it’s bothering us.

Why the mind wanders—and what to do when it spins out of control.