Former yoga teacher in Wellington New Zealand
When I wrote about my decision to stop teaching and writing about yoga, a key aspect was having more time for self-study. What I wasn’t brave enough to say in that post, was that I was also unable to reconcile my own teaching of yoga with my increasing awareness of cultural appropriation, racism and colonisation in yoga.
I reflect on learning about toxic positivity, realising I had done it and thinking about doing better.
This brief audio recording walks through how to do alternate nostril breathing including an option to visual the practice if you would rather not use your fingers to control your nostrils.
If you don’t want to lie down on the floor from last week’s options for cooling down with yoga, there are other options. Some of the breathing practices from yoga also trigger the parasympathetic nervous system (PNS) which tells your