Fresh and juicy conversations on making yoga a part of your daily life
Kundalini, or prana, rising up the spine Meditation is a cumulative experience. That is, the more you do it, the more you get it, the more you want to do it, the more you get out of it... creating this constant feedback loop of encouragement. Unfortunately, it also works the other way. We begin to meditate, never having done it before, likely with many expectations of what meditation is "supposed" to be like. … [Read more...]
I am so excited to introduce our first South Island yogi on The Yoga Lunchbox. I had the pleasure of meeting Linda, and her fellow Invercargill yogi Hilary at a workshop I did in Queenstown recently. Linda and Hilary were both working at the YMCA about ten years ago when, as Linda tells it, 'Hilary had the brilliant idea of opening a yoga studio'. So the Invercargill Yoga Centre was born. The women teach up to twelve classes a week between them, sometimes more when they have the SIT … [Read more...]
"Serenity, Regularity, Absence of Vanity, Sincerity, Simplicity, Veracity, Equanimity, Fixity, Non-irritability, Adaptability, Humility, Tenacity, Integrity, Nobility, Magnanimity, Charity, Generosity, Purity" By Guest Author Sri Swami Sivananda For everyone's success in life, and especially for an aspirant's success in spiritual life, it is essential that he or she should develop certain cardinal virtues. Virtue is strength, power and the key to peace. A virtuous man is ever happy, … [Read more...]
I was delighted to receive Twee Merrigan's latest newsletter as it included a link to a recently-posted twenty minute on-line Prana Flow Yoga class. Yeah! It's so exciting to be able to watch Twee, and get some inspiration for my home practice, and for the classes I'm teaching. It's the first time I've seen Twee do a class without music, but it's still an inspiring practice. So check it out, do it at home, and pass it along. Twee Merrigan delivering Prana Flow Yoga on-line. … [Read more...]
