By Ece Ozkan Meditation has become quite a buzzword yet there is still some mystery around it. Some of the common misconceptions include: You need to have a certain kind of training to meditate You need to be a Buddhist monk, go to a Vipassana Silent Retreat or spend half […]
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5 min read By Ece Ozkan There’s a positive correlation between the presence of anxiety/ stress and sleep issues. Since the pandemic started, I’ve heard so many of my friends complaining about their sleep problems. With the lockdowns all around the world, these issues have increased further. The majority of […]
3 min read By Ece Ozkan According to Ayurvedic tradition, the world and everything within it is made up of five elements: earth, water, fire, air and space. At Mandala Yoga, during the month of June we have been practising yoga sessions dedicated to these five elements. If you were […]
3 min read By Ece Ozkan In earlier posts I’ve written about the various dimensions of yoga such as pranayama (breathing) and asanas (yoga postures). In this post I’ll dig into meditation briefly. After a definition, we’ll talk about how meditation impacts/ changes your brain, and examples of online classes/ […]
4 minute read By Ece Ozkan Remember the times you had to drag yourself out of the bed? That sluggish feeling you have, which might still be there after your first cup of coffee. Or feeling something is off with your throat, after a not so productive argument with your […]
4 minute read By Ece Ozkan Picture this: you had a stressful day, body is tense and mind is just restless with a million thoughts. Feeling unmotivated and quite grim, you still set your foot on the yoga mat. 15 minutes later you are flowing and don’t even remember what […]
3 min read By Ece Ozkan In the midst of a pandemic lockdown, if you just need a break from the current events and read a bit about yoga/ how it evolved into the practice as we know it keep reading 🙂 Most of us know it all started in […]
–5 min read– By Ece Ozkan As the saying goes “every challenge creates an opportunity”. In times of a crisis we need to be creative in our solutions. True, yoga is a community practice and not intended to be done alone in isolation. Yet we are all in lockdown due […]
3 min read By Ece Ozkan We are all tired of hearing the word “coronavirus” or “COVID-19”, and anxious about the situation. So don’t worry, this is not a post about that, this post is more about dealing with uncertainty in a nutshell. All of us have been bombarded with […]
–3 min read– By Ece Ozkan If you are into holistic health you have probably heard about sound baths, which can be defined as a powerful sonic meditation that involves instruments like singing bowls, crystals and gongs. Given the first Sound Bath class at Mandala on March 1st, this article […]
–6 Minute Read– By Ece Ozkan Life begins with one breath and ends with another. It’s not a mystery or magic (or maybe it is?) that our life depends on breathing. Yet does everyone breathe in a healthy way? I find it similar to eating, in a way. Not everything […]
4 minute read By Ece Ozkan What is Yoga? Taking its root from the Sanskrit root “yuj” meaning to bind, join, yoke, as well as union or communion, it is often attributed as “ disciplining of the intellect, the mind, the emotions, the will.” One of the authoritative sources on […]
Hello Mandala family! This is our first blog post, so I’ll make a short introduction to who I am, what will you find here and how frequent we’ll post 🙂 On me… I started practicing yoga the year I moved to Dublin for a tech company. I was lucky that […]