Most of us pay little attention to whether we breathe through our nose or our mouths. Few people realise just how important it is to our health and wellbeing that we breathe through our nose! In this excellent article from breathing.com the importance of nose breathing is...
As many of you know, I have been following the Longevity Diet for over 5 months now. I am documenting my fat loss journey on YouTube in my Dean's Diet Diary videos. www.youtube.com/c/sefalisyoga In chapter 5 his book "The Longevity Diet", Dr Valter Longo outlines how...
The importance of having good posture is vastly underestimated by most of us. Exercises to correct and improve posture are frequently neglected. For motivation here are 12 benefits of having good posture. This post draws from an article written by Jenna Jonaitis for Healthline.com. To read the original article...
Lately at Sefali's Yoga we have been looking at energy and energy management. To further our understanding let's look at the 3 gunas of nature. The following is an extract from an article written by Timothy Burgin. You can read the full article by going here: https://www.yogabasics.com/learn/the-3-gunas-of-nature/ "In...
Being a care-giver can be exceptionally challenging. As it is care givers week 2020 I felt it important to draw attention to this excellent article written by Melinda Smith MA. In this article Melinda does a fantastic job of covering the subject of care giver stress,...
Seva is a Sanskrit word that describes the act of selfless service. As carers week 2020 has begun this is a great time for us to practice Seva. The following description of Seva is from https://www.yogapedia.com/ "Its meaning is said to be embodied by the root words saha,...
Here are some eye opening statistics on unpaid carers in the UK. These are from the website https://www.carersuk.org/ 1 in 8 adults (around 6.5 million people) are carers Every day another 6,000 people take on a caring responsibility – that equals over 2 million people each year. ...
My fasting used to involve going 3 days and 4 nights eating nothing and only drinking tap water. If you want to know how that went click here: My 3 Day water fast After reading Dr Valter Longo's book "The Longevity Diet" I have been following the...
SCHEDULE OF ONLINE CLASSES WITH SEFALI’S YOGA COMMENCING 20 APRIL 2020 MONDAY 20 APRIL 2020 MORNING – 8:30 AM PRANAYAMA & MEDITATION LIVE ON YOUTUBE LUNCH - 2 PM WORKOUT LIVE ON INSTAGRAM @SEFALISYOGA – POSTURAL/ALIGNMENT EVENING – 8:30 AM PRANAYAMA & MEDITATION LIVE ON YOUTUBE TUESDAY 21 APRIL 2020 MORNING – 8:30...
You've been asking us to put our full library of video content on Patreon and we have finally done it! The videos currently on YouTube are around 10% of our full video library. The reason for this is that our full library covers a very wide range...