Author: Nova Milesko

NOVA SAYS.. I teach because i love it, and i that is what i want others to feel too. You will never continue to do something just because you should, you will do things for la little while for duty or out of habit but you will never continue it unless you love it. So i try make it as much fun as i can. I think there is a lot wasted energy in yoga, trying to make things look a certain way externally, when what really needs to happen is on the inside. So I offer a space to drop away from the judgements and grasping mind, and just play like a kid again, fully embodying the moment, with playfulness and pure joy.

Urgent

Unplug and Recharge. Although I only teach yoga, I have noticed over the many years of bending and navel gazing that our society as whole is moving further and further into the future, with time becoming extremely fragmented between the digital and physical world. And although they can co-exist quiet happily if we understand the…

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Cookies

Chai Spice Super Cookies For the topping: 1/4 cup sugar 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger 3/4 teaspoon ground cardamom 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon pinch cloves For the cookies: 1/2 cup canola oil 1 cup sugar 1/4 cup pure maple syrup 3 tablespoons non-dairy milk 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract 2 cups flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/4…

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Weekends and Workshops

Yoga Weekends in the New Forest (running throughout the year) plus great open classes and workshops.

No Time For Thought

This is a story of the power of mind, mindfulness, and all the things we already know but don’t remember. It was only the other day that I spent the morning with a lovely man (70) who thought he was having a heart attack. Earlier in the week he had called to ask if we…

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Some past reviews of our retreats

Our retreats are amazing even if we do say so ourselves, but so have the people who come with us…..here’s what others have said (previously “Affinity Yoga”) “Thank you seems such a SMALL way of acknowledging how wonderful the weekend was! I loved it from the very start-as soon as I pulled into the drive with…

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Nova Answers Dumb Questions

When did you start yoga? As a kid, my mother always made me do a headstand, when ever i was getting a little to excitable. It seems to have had the desired effect of calming me down (abit). And i still use inversions sort me out. What’s your home practice? Well having small people now, my old…

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Wabi Sabi -Nothing lasts, nothing is finished, nothing is perfect.

Nothing lasts, nothing is finished, nothing is perfect. My latest articles are published here with Huffington Post Wabi Sabi is the ancient Japanese wisdom of finding beauty in imperfection and simplicity in nature, of accepting the natural cycles of growth, decay, and death. Enjoying the simple, natural, and uncluttered, Wabi Sabi reveres authenticity above all….

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Why we need to vote and care! By Charlie Chaplin

“I’m sorry, but I don’t want to be an emperor. That’s not my business. I don’t want to rule or conquer anyone. I should like to help everyone if possible; Jew, Gentile, black man, white. We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other’s happiness,…

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