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…
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….
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,…
What does ‘spirituality’ mean now?
I’ve been thinking about what does ‘spirituality’ mean now? This is relevant to today’s news as we hear about more kids running away to defend an idea (Islam in this case, but it could just as easily be something else). As I have another teacher training that I am running and the next weekend is…
Thank You Life!
poem of thanks
What are you doing? Mad Me, Mad World!
First Published 14/08/14 Having been a yoga teacher for long enough to weather some pretty lean winters, it comes as no surprise that things suddenly getting very busy again. I have noticed there seems to be a yoga take up pattern, in the same way the old school year may have drilled into us a…
What Makes Me Teach Teachers?
By Nova C S Milesko- Founder of Affinity Yoga Teacher Training– London Well, for me it started when I was working in CNN International as a News Director. I was on the verge of a nervous breakdown from the constant barrage of anger, misery death and destruction, when I realised that for all my shouting…
We have some work to do people!
Just a little something that I think we may forget at times. “Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy. That is not our business and, in fact, it is nobody’s business. What we are asked to do is to love, and this love itself will render…