Category: The Sattva Life Stories

I had a funny and enlightening conversation about time with the concierge at a hotel in India. I had asked him when the office would be open and he said, “10am”. When I turned up at 10am he said, “You come here at 10am, because

There are a lot of misconceptions that unfortunately put many people off ‘Yoga’. “It’s for extremely flexible people. It’s for sensitive types. It’s for spiritual types. It’s for drop-outs. Hippies..... Truth is, it’s a complex and extraordinarily sophisticated system of knowledge, detailing every single aspect

‘Sometimes you have to be done.
 Not mad, not angry, just done’ - Spirit Daughter. It’s a beautiful place to be when we are truly able to accept that some situations, relationships, challenges, old patterns, are just not worth us giving anymore energy. Letting it

There can be nothing more frequent than an occasional drink. -Oscar Wilde When people start welcoming meditation and other yogic practices into their life, they often wonder if alcohol can stay or should go. You’ll find strong advocates for both positions, so we thought we’d

When we live from habit, we recreate our life from our past experiences, keeping us trapped in a cycle of the ever-repeating known. In order to evolve, it’s essential to transcend the habit of being ‘us’. This is where intention comes in. Where habit is

There’s nothing like kids to make you realise how quickly time passes. They grow up so damn fast. I was reading a bedtime story with my youngest the other night and I began to think about how we never seem to know when the last

My eldest daughter is attending another school strike for climate this Friday and I just watched this incredibly powerful talk by Greta Thunberg, the young girl from Sweden who set the wheels in motion for this world wide movement, led by our youth. Please check

As I write this, Cass is about a week into her month long Sattva Yoga Teacher Training in India. Hearing her buzzing from all the deep transformational practice and knowledge she’s immersed in has me really psyched for getting back in November. But for now,

One of the most rewarding aspects of my work and something I’m forever grateful for, are the incredible, inspiring people I get to teach and call friends. I met Kale Brock a while back. Kale’s one of these young folk who makes you feel like

I was chatting with a friend the other day, when he mentioned he had strong views about meditation that he doesn’t usually share with meditation teachers. Intrigued I asked: “Oh yeah, what’s that”? “It should be free”. In an articulate and well-constructed defence of how