This has also been featured on Supply Yoga. One wouldn’t imagine a city that is home to 9 million Londoners, a lively, bustling place, could be characterised by its widespread acute loneliness, something that is already being described as a growing epidemic. Practically speaking, there are several factors that attribute to this era of loneliness: an ageing population with people who are living longer, people outliving their partners, smaller households where people beco

I have always been intrigued by how the mind-body connection works when confronted with an overwhelming situation such as trauma. Human beings are paradoxically both resilient and fragile creatures. Sometimes we encounter experiences that invade upon our sense of safety, structure, predictability and morality. It can be so paralysing that for some of us, the inability to escape in that historical moment can live on as a legacy of threat in our bodies. Yoga has been used as an

Amid the hustle of a Yoga-saturated London, I had heard of an approach known as Scaravelli. I was initially skeptical as I assumed it to be yet another form of physical acrobatics devoid of any deep somatic awareness. When I encountered a vivacious Italian lady who described the methodology as something of an epiphany, I was intrigued. A former Pilates instructor who grew disillusioned with an industry that she felt was prioritising aesthetics over health, she started a holis

My growing up years were spent being disillusioned with the world and life-at-large because of the kind of bad things I witnessed happening to good people. Over time, I overcame the inertia of my disappointment by engaging in small daily acts of kindness and goodwill. There was still uncertainty over what the definition of benevolence truly entailed. Regardless, at an early age, I knew that however my life panned out, it would be rooted in meaningful purpose that would transc