Welcome. I’m Teresa. I have created this blog to publish my stories. I hope you enjoy reading them. If you do, you might like to go to my website to find a complete book of stories on many of the most important subjects taught in Yoga Philosophy.  yogastories.co.uk  I write about other subjects too and you will find different stories under the different categories in my blog. I’d love to hear any thoughts you may have. Click on the word ‘comment’ below each post to get in touch or share your thoughts. For the time being here is a short introduction to my background.

 

My General Background
I live in the UK. I work teaching horticulture and other subjects to special needs students in a College of Further Education. I’m the mother of two grown sons, and grandmother to two little girls.

My degree in Botany lead me to become a biology teacher.  I became a yoga teacher, and later a psychotherapist and counsellor.

Guptananda, an Indian Swami or Guru, living in Spirit, came to me during a meditation when I was asking for help to teach my yoga classes.  He said “There’s no point in teaching people spiritual practices unless they are obeying the ‘Laws of Life’.” I couldn’t remember what they were myself and he sternly told me off! Then he told me not to worry and that he would help me. He gave me a funny little story on greed, then another short piece, more sensitive and serious, on chastity. I was amazed and delighted. Over a period of time he gave me over 40 stories, all of which were about his own life. He told me he lived 400 years ago.

The first yoga principles are the yamas and niyamas, the Laws of Life, similar to the 10 commandments of the Bible. I’ve used these stories to help me to teach my students. The stories given via Guptananda offer the teachings of these principles in a very readable and acceptable format, suitable for both adults and children.

As time went on people began asking me to write stories for them. I discovered that other guides would also visit me at my request during meditation, to offer stories on other themes, for example therapeutic stories for my counselling clients and stories for Education in Human Values or for Personal, Health, and Social Education (PHSE) in schools and colleges. I believe that these stories are very touching and so relevant to today’s life. They have been a gift to me and I want to share them with other people. They are of particular importance to those on the path of  yoga, but are useful to people in all walks of life. Many of my stories are used by SSEHV, a non denominational scheme of work for both primary and secondary schools. Check it out on the internet. bisse.org.uk

More recently I have been inspired by the Bible to write stories to help children to understand the Proverbs.  This is a work in progress!

My website yogastories.co.uk came online in April 2008. On it the whole current collection of Guptananda’s stories are freely available. There is also a painting of Guptananda, made by a psychic artist, Patrick Gamble, http://www.patrickgamble.com who saw Guptananda with me, much to my amazement and delight, when I went for a sitting. Patrick knew nothing at all about me and was nearly as thrilled as I was when I explained to him who Guptananda was!