Knowing Archives - Babacool https://babacool.net/category/blog/knowing/ Effortless Body ~ Peaceful Mind ~ Boundless Energy Sat, 13 Jun 2026 13:22:07 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://babacool.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/cropped-Babacool_SiteIcon_512-32x32.png Knowing Archives - Babacool https://babacool.net/category/blog/knowing/ 32 32 Love Over Fear https://babacool.net/love-over-fear/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=love-over-fear Sat, 13 Jun 2026 13:13:37 +0000 https://babacool.net/?p=19217 Ever since I was a child, I have had a huge fear of snakes. I’m from mid-Wales, we weren’t exactly over-run with serpents, but the fear didn’t arise from reality. Instead it came from a book my grandfather had – an old fabric bound hardback encyclopaedia that had a chapter on snakes. The photographs of […]

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]]> February Reading List 2025 https://babacool.net/february-reading-list-2025/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=february-reading-list-2025 Thu, 30 Jan 2025 16:53:42 +0000 https://babacool.net/?p=18576 Some books to see you through February:   1/ Eleanor Catton – Birnam Wood   I read this in two sittings. Eco-activists get entangled with a US billionaire – it’s a thriller, that speeds towards an unforgettable finale. If you haven’t read this yet, I totally recommend you do.     2/ Jonathan Haidt – […]

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]]> The Shifting Self https://babacool.net/the-shifting-self/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-shifting-self Fri, 24 Jan 2025 13:15:45 +0000 https://babacool.net/?p=18552 It is a truth that I learned much later in life, that every choice you make can alter your perception of yourself. The shifting self needs continual self-awareness, even for those experienced in meditation and the pursuit of understanding. Itchy Feet From 2018 to 2024 I was a full-time yoga teacher. Coming from the corporate […]

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]]> What is Consciousness? https://babacool.net/what-is-consciousness-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-is-consciousness-2 Sat, 09 Sep 2023 15:06:48 +0000 https://babacool.net/?p=18103 It’s a word that’s used a lot in yoga and meditation but what is consciousness? We can look at consciousness in three ways. Attention Firstly, it is our consciousness that perceives and interprets the World around us. Mostly it points outwards like when we are aware of a sunset, the taste of an apple, or […]

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]]> Working Through Your Story https://babacool.net/working-through-your-story-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=working-through-your-story-2 Sat, 09 Sep 2023 15:00:58 +0000 https://babacool.net/?p=18098 Here are some questions to start you working through your story. Stories define us. The narrative we hold about our self, can dictate our life path, the choices we make, our health, and the people we surround our self with. This story is not set in stone – often it is no more than the […]

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]]> Meditation Facilitators https://babacool.net/meditation-facilitators/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=meditation-facilitators Sun, 23 Oct 2022 12:44:54 +0000 https://babacool.net/?p=17527 Meditation Facilitators are practices done just before meditation, that make it easier. Just sitting and trying to meditate is really difficult, so having a few strategies to make it more accessible is useful. Mind and breath are linked, so choosing pre-meditation exercises that slow the breath is always a good idea. Here are some other […]

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]]> What Lies Beneath https://babacool.net/what-lies-beneath/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-lies-beneath Tue, 11 Oct 2022 17:02:10 +0000 https://babacool.net/?p=17480 Yogas Chitta Vritti Nirodha. This is the famous line from Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras, written sometime in the early centuries CE. The Yoga Sutras are a defining text for the practice of yoga, taught on almost every teacher training. For Patanjali Yoga is simply stilling (nirodha) the fluctuations (vritti) in our consciousness (chitta). Fluctuations in Consciousness […]

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]]> Do The Work https://babacool.net/do-the-work/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=do-the-work Tue, 06 Sep 2022 10:57:42 +0000 https://babacool.net/?p=17385 Yoga is a pathway to freedom. Understanding the self is the key to freedom, and yoga offers us a powerful vehicle to achieve that. However, there is no shortcut to achieving this. No mantra or breath that is going to deliver up your liberation. Quite simply you have to meet yourself head on, and then […]

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]]> Narrow versus Wide Focus https://babacool.net/narrow-versus-wide-focus/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=narrow-versus-wide-focus Sun, 04 Sep 2022 13:40:29 +0000 https://babacool.net/?p=17376 Do you see the tree or the field? Ever got into a negative thought spiral? We all have – certainly I have gone down my fair share of them ever! Something happens that triggers a toxic thought pattern. We become increasingly fixated on it, and all of our feedback seems to validate the experience. As […]

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]]> September Reading List 2022 https://babacool.net/september-reading-list-2022/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=september-reading-list-2022 Sun, 28 Aug 2022 11:48:51 +0000 https://babacool.net/?p=17349 Life changing books for the autumn. 1/ Steve Magness – Do Hard Things What does it take to be really tough? This is a book that challenges all preconceived notions of what makes us resilient. No more bravado, instead 4 pillars – embrace reality, listen to your body, respond (not react), and transcend discomfort. One […]

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