YOKE Magazine

This magazine is packed with inspiration and wisdom. It's the perfect antidote to purifying our mediocrity. YOKE is full of wise words and cultural curiosity, because at its core, the ethos is to create a much-needed cultural shift, through the wellspring of creativity, unity and wisdom – which is everywhere! Each issue seriously aims to live joyfully, with an explosive mix, (of many delicious things), that invites you to delve deep. With the stories of difference, with tales of creative pursuits, and the ancient wisdoms, we go forth to celebrate beautiful ideas and real people.

Afghanistan

Kabul, Afghanistan

YOKE

Cynthia Sciberras

People

AT PEACE IN WAR • Capturing daily life amid Afghanistan's strife.

PERFECTLY IMPERFECT • Through adversity and spirituality, Aboriginal healer-teacher Minmia brings ancient teachings to all women with compassion and tolerance.

ASANA IN THE CITY • Understanding the importance of a yoga practice while living in fast-paced cities

STILLNESS IN INTENSITY • Cultivating balance through our bodies

LEARNING BY LETTING GO • The yoga of relationships is the hardest practice of all

TIME OUT FROM CHAOS • Slowing down when life is speeding up

THE ULTIMATE BALANCING ACT

ON THE FRINGES

COURT LIFE

STAGE FRIGHT

INSTANT DHARMA

Unite

THE MEDICINE OF MANTRA • Unravelling the question of 'Who am |?' EDO AND JO

ROUGH RIDERS

FROM THE RAT RACE TO THE JUNGLE • One couple's attempt to design a money-free society

MIND MATTERS Seeking life's truths • B. Alan Wallace has spent much of his life in search of balance be it emotional balance, mental balance, balance between Eastern philosophies and Western science, balance between the receptive and the creative, between solitude and company. You could say it's his calling, especially given that his name is an anagram of 'balance walla' (walla being a Hindi word for a seller or vendor).

Express

REMIXING A DESERT IN BLOOM • The son of a military man who grew up in rural Australia, Christian Thompson's art takes an unflinching look at issues of identity and history. Speaking from London, where he is currently working on his doctoral thesis, he talks to YOKE about his quest to belong.

CURIOUS HARMONY

BETWEEN ELEGANCE AND EXHIBITIONISM

SOME PRETTY FINE WEIRDNESS

INTO THE VOID • How stillness and energy come together to create performance

SCRUBLANDS

OM THE ROAD • Coming together living apart

THE HEROINE'S JOURNEY • When British teenager Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo left for India to strengthen her Buddhist faith she could have had little idea that she would become only the second Western woman to be ordained as a nun, spend 12 years in isolation, publish a best-selling biography and revive a long-forgotten female Buddhist tradition.

THE FINDING IS IN THE SEEKING • Uplifted in Ubud

nourish

GREEN GURU • Effort in maintaining effortlessness

YOUR GUT FEELING • Food taboos, native foods, and breaking the rules

A LITTLE GLOSSARY OF INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE THAT YOU MAY NEVER HAVE TRIED - OR EVEN HEARD OF:

FORGET ABOUT BALANCE

MEDICINE MAN • Finding good spaces outside and in - the dukha and sukha of life

INSTAGRAM: EDITOR'S PICK

#BALANCE

Under The Quandong Tree • EXCERPT FROM CHAPTER 5 - MIWI

HIDDEN GEMS

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