10/05/2026
People have been asking me a lot about yoga lately, and are often surprised to learn that movement is only a small part of it. When I prepare classes, I’m not just thinking about movement, breath, and how to support all levels - I’m also weaving in Yogic wisdom that can be taken off the mat and into daily life.
The Kleshas, are described in the Patanjali Yoga Sutras, are essentially obstacles or distortions in perception. The stories we keep believing about ourselves that were never actually true. Maybe we were told them as a child, a reaction or behaviour that we attribute not to a reaction, but as our identity. Sound familiar? Once you start recognising them, you see them everywhere - in relationships, comparison, overthinking, even those social media scrolling sessions.
One I’ve been reflecting on a lot lately is Asmita - our sense of “I” or identity. The stories we build about who we are, who we should be, and how we think the world sees us.
In today’s world, it’s so easy for that identity to become tangled up in outside noise. Social media, headlines, trends, opinions, constantly telling us what success should look like, how we should feel, what we should fear, or who we should become. And before we know it, we can start living from conditioning rather than from ourselves.
Yoga invites us to pause and notice that. Not to disconnect from the world, but to stay connected to ourselves within it. To question the narratives, get curious, and explore what’s really true for us.
Asmita isn’t bad - it’s part of being human. But when we hold it too tightly, we can lose touch with what’s real and grounded.
Sometimes the practice off the mat is simply asking: “Is this really me, or is this something I’ve been taught to believe?”
This weeks class we’re going to root down, ground and pause. Maybe we’ll notice Asmita rippling to the surface during our practice. As always, without judgment - just awareness. 🧘♀️
