Flex Your Mind: 10 powerful Yoga principles for less stress in a busy world

by Rachel Bonkink

A roadmap for personal and professional transformation - ancient principles plus practical application. Discover the ten ancient principles for more peace of mind in your daily life. Understand why you behave and think as you do, and how to make the changes that will transform your day-to-day experience. With a down-to-earth approach and real-life examples from business and personal life, this book shows you how to make your mind stronger – and, ultimately, to make your life lighter and less stressful – by bringing yoga philosophy into your everyday. This is no stuffy philosophical book. Rachel Bonkink drank too much, worked crazy hours, went for the money and always wanted yoga philosophy transformed her life, and it can transform yours too. Whether you practise yoga or not, these powerful, ancient tools will help you find clarity and peace of mind in a busy world. Rachel Bonkink is no ordinary yoga teacher. She holds a Masters Degree in Commercial Sciences and a long corporate career as an operational director. She has studied Traditional Chinese Medicine and has been a life coach for over 10 years. She specializes in organizing and hosting the most amazing yoga retreats, from Costa Rica to Scotland, from France to Morocco, leading groups, teaching yoga and relaxation in stunning locations and inspiring people to embed the principles of yoga into their everyday lives. From the very start of her own yoga journey, the philosophy of yoga resonated with her more than any individual asana, or posture. She has continued to read, study and train to deepen her knowledge of yoga and meditation. Between retreats she lives in rural Morocco, where she can be found by the beach writing, studying and enjoying life, doing the things that she loves the most.

261 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 23, 2020

Reviews

[Billye · Rating 3 out of 5]

Flex Your Mind 10 Powerful Yoga Principles for Less Stress in a Busy World by Rachel Bonkink has some very good information and it also falls short of the author’s ambitious intention. I chose the Audible Audio edition of this book. I love that this book is an attempt to create a bridge between daily modern life and ancient Yoga principles in an accessible, easy to understand way. However, I was dazzled and fooled by the hype surrounding this book. Celebrity endorsements abound. The author is clearly a great marketer. One of the things that brought me to listen to this book was my struggle with how much to keep and how much to forsake my modern life as I journey along my spiritual path. I thought this book might help to bring me some clarity but it only brought further confusion. The author herself is blonde, white, rich and comfortable and many of the suggestions come from that place of privilege. I think in modern times, it is critical for thought leaders to understand and to clarify to their audience that they understand the lens of privilege through which they are presenting their ideas. The narration performance by Victoria Yeates adds an air of sophistication and intellectual authority to the material.
I would recommend this book only to those who are already solidly on their own spiritual path and who have read other resources about the principles and ancient teachings of Yoga. I am concerned that the audience this book is aiming for- people who do not want to be bothered to learn a few terms in Sanskrit and who do not wish to seriously study anything- will stop with this book and not move beyond it.