Yoga with Des

07/04/2025

Why we should keep up our yoga and meditation practice! 🙏

20/06/2022

I’ve been practicing yoga since college, but does that alone make me a successful yogi? Do the cool poses you can do make your yoga practice successful? Also, no. Success in the yoga practice is not judged by external metrics like aesthetic performance.

Practice is different than performance. A performance entertains; a practice is done for you and you alone. Your yoga practice is meant to help you become a better human being. You’d be surprised at the changes you’ll see in yourself through practice.

How you judge your success is also how you can judge your failures. Remember that a practice isn’t perfect, it means you’re practicing. Just because you’re not the epitome of successful yoga practice, that doesn’t mean you’re a failure either.

What truly defines a successful yoga practice is dedicating yourself to learning more, not just doing more. It’s remembering and honoring the fact that yoga practice isn’t purely physical. It’s also a spiritual journey.

Keep practicing 🙏

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21/05/2022

Searching for that elusive “Oasis of Calm” inside. 🙏😌

Yoga was never meant to be defined by asana. Yoga was always the path of liberation, of which asana can be a wonderful tool. When we get caught in asana as an end in and of itself, we might miss the heart of yoga. Yes asana is fun. But if we lose ourselves in the pursuit of physical form the deeper teaching may always remain just beyond our reach. The magic of yoga can only be measured in the amount of happiness, joy and love in our hearts. Asana is a bridge, a doorway, a key that opens a lock. Remember to walk through the door, over the bridge and experience the vast limitless expense of the unlocked spirit within.

Keep practicing 🙏

Practice with me this Saturday at 9 am Primary Series

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Next workshops: Mallorca, Montreal, Norway. Lots of stops in Europe starting in August. See you soon.

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10/04/2022

It’s so important for us to learn to speak our own authentic truth. Yet our lives are defined more by what we do rather than what we say. Learning to be our true selves, in actions as well as thoughts, may be a lifetime’s journey. Yet we shouldn’t be too hard on ourselves. Sometimes circumstances give us a push. Sometimes the timing just needs to be right. Yet it is always an act of faith - learning to believe in ourselves, learning to believe that I can be strong too… and so we practice, yoga a physical practice, a daily spiritual practice, trying to grow that mustard seed of faith….

🙏 I invite you all to join my class on Monday evenings, 7.30pm at Creacon Wellness Retreat. 🙏

Who we are is the sum total of how we live. What we think and say matters, but what we do lays the foundation of the kind of being we become. Embodied joy is real happiness, something that only comes when the time is right. And in the meanwhile we all keep practicing 💕

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26/09/2021

Yoga classes are back!
Great to be able to invite people once again to join my class - Monday evenings at 7.30pm. 🙏
(Booking with Creacon is essential)

16/11/2020

Hi all, I’m really missing my Monday evening yoga classes these days. Hoping to be back teaching at Creacon Wellness Retreat again soon, as soon as easing of restrictions permits.

I’ve been working my way through this wonderful book during lockdown - for me, it’s about doing the simple things, poses I’ve been doing for many years, not the fancy new complicated stuff, though there’s always a place for that too!
No, this is about doing your practice (every day if you can) with a new sense of mindfulness, feeling the sensations in your body in a new and deeper way...,
..remembering that in life the deepest truths are often the simple ones...🧘🧘‍♀️
I hope this finds you all well, and that you’re able to get to your yoga mat every day! Hoping to see you all again soon,
Namaste, Desmond 😌💛🙏

07/06/2020

Hi, hope you are all well, and that you have been enjoying the fine weather during lockdown.

From tomorrow, Monday 8th June outdoor yoga classes will commence at Creacon, weather permitting of course, and subject to physical distancing being observed.

For anyone wishing to come along, places must be prebooked with Creacon Wellness Retreat before 5pm., and it is strongly advisable that people bring their own mats, props etc if they have them.

Hoping to see some of you soon, and that we can all learn to adjust to this new type of normality.
Desmond. 😌🙏🌤🌈

We are excited to say that with the latest announcement from the Irish government we will be hosting open air classes next week as well as offering our menu as a take away option. Our 'Many Paths' gift shop will also be open from Monday. Stay tuned for more details next week :)

12/04/2020

HAPPY EASTER TO YOU ALL 🐣🌈

So much has changed since the last time I posted a message to you. I hope you are all coping, wherever you are with all the restrictions that are placed upon us, and also the inevitable sadness of the present Covid 19 crisis.
For me, I am very much missing my yoga class in Creacon Wellness Retreat, although as a vegetable grower and food producer I have been kept really busy in the present time. Keeping up a regular practice of yoga and meditation has helped me to stay calm through all the worry and anxiety that’s going on all around us. 🙏
Some of you may have extra time on your hands, and some of you may be busier than ever. Either way, I hope you’re all finding the chance to get on your yoga mats and be kind to yourselves even for only a few minutes here and there.

As you can see from the picture, we have a new crop for a new season. The rush of spring is upon us, and every year it is a miracle. There is always light at the end of the tunnel.
Praying for more miracles, I wish you all the best this Easter. 😌❤️🌈🙏

19/01/2020

Happy to be back for this class, starting tomorrow.😄🙏

Activate your week the right way with Des’s Ashtanga Yoga :) Every Monday beginners and walk ins welcome
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19/01/2020

Hi all, I hope you have all enjoyed a good Christmas and are now settling well into the new year.
I’m re-commencing my Yoga Classes at Creacon Wellness Centre from tomorrow, Monday 20th January, at 7pm, and continuing on Monday evenings. Hoping to see some of you there soon .
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01/12/2019

Hi all,
As I am recovering from recent surgery I regret that I will be cancelling my weekly yoga class until after Christmas. Will keep you posted about dates. Check out Creacon Wellness Centre for other classes. Keep up the practice!
Hope to be in touch soon 😌🙏

24/10/2019

Some thoughts on yoga for Christians...
Yoga is so much more than physical stretching, and yet it is not a religion. As a philosophy of life it offers mindfulness techniques for body, mind and spirit. Yoga practice may not have made me a better Christian, but it has certainly helped me to open my heart and my mind to what is the true essence of Christian teaching. 😌🙏

Yoga is not of Christian-origin. This should not be a newsflash. A bishop in Ireland just ordered schools in his diocese to stop teaching yoga to children. His reasoning rests on the claim that yoga is not of Christian origin. Instead of yoga the bishop recommends prayer.
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There’s a lot I have to say about this.
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First, yoga IS prayer. While yoga originated from the ancient Vedic culture of India, the spiritual intent of yoga is to bring you closer to God. If your God is Jesus and the holy trinity, then yoga will bring you closer to your personal connection with the Divine. Why Christians who believe God is the most powerful force in the universe think they need to guard themselves against yoga is beyond me.
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Second, the idea that a person of one faith should only participate in things that originate from within that faith is absurd. For Christians that means no more Christmas trees or Yuletide wishes. The origins of a winter solstice celebration are decidedly pagan. It also means no more using numbers because the entire system of numerals comes from the Hindu-Arabic world. Lastly, and this may be the deal-breaker, no more sushi, pad thai, spring rolls, curries, fried rice, dim sum, green tea, chai, Turkish delight or other delicious middle eastern or Asian food. No more gun powder or fireworks either because that came from China.
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But seriously, this is no joking matter. If we trace cultural and historical facts to their Christian origin, the organized form of the religion of Jesus (of whom I am a big fan) has a lot to answer for. Countless wars, colonialism, homophobia, misogyny, racism, just to name a few. Not to mention that limiting oneself to foods that are exclusively of Christian origin would mean a diet of bread and potatoes.
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And, what really is Christian origin? If we speak about originating from Jesus, we have to say that all things that are kind, loving, generous, forgiving and enlightening are Christian. All things that spread hate, division, animosity, resentment, bitterness are not.
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The opposite of faith is not doubt, but certitude. Let us have faith and keep practicing 🙏