by Tracy Gray | Mar 16, 2020 | Elements, Off the Mat, self-care, Summer
As summer starts to fade we move into the Earth Element in Traditional Chinese Medicine. In fact, the Earth Element is the cornerstone of every season (lasting about 10 days in between each season) but particularly after the full yang of summer when we’ve been... 
by Tracy Gray | Jan 3, 2020 | Off the Mat, Self Reflection, self-care
The end of the year is a traditional time for reflection, but we don’t need to wait until the end of the year. We can do this on a daily basis or at the end of any project. Self-study or svadhyaya in Sanskrit is one of the 5 niyamas or personal observances which... 
by Tracy Gray | Mar 7, 2017 | Off the Mat
We often think we are doing yoga when we roll out our mat and strike a few warrior postures or flow through a few sun salutes, but what is yoga really? To quote Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra I.2, “Yogah Chitta Vritti Nirodahah”, which is commonly translated... 