The word 'Yoga' is derived from the Sanskrit root 'Yuj', meaning 'to join' or 'to yoke' or 'to unite'. As I was taught during my teacher training, the highly physical forms of yoga such as Vinyasa (asana/posture practice), are actually considered the ‘lowest’ form of yoga. The ‘highest’ form of yoga is actually meditation. It is in preparation for meditation - to sit still and focus the mind - that the highly physical disciplines of yoga come into play.

After the release of Elizabeth Gilbert’s ‘Eat Pray Love’, the little jungle town of Ubud, Bali became a tourist mecca for those seeking to journey back to their core and heal from their childhood wounds, broken relationships, insecurities, shadows, you name it - Ubud, and more recently Canggu, have the cure. Once a thing of magic and wonder, healing just like yoga and more recently, breathwork - has become a trendy, profit driven business.