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How much is a yoga class worth to you?

October 30, 2009 By 21 Comments
The Goddess of Spiritual and Material Wealth, Lakshmi

Six months or so ago, I launched Prana Flow yoga classes with the intention of carrying out a social experiment on value and yoga. I wanted to know: If people were allowed to determine the value of a 75 minute yoga class all by themselves, what value would they arrive at? Here's the original article: Prana Flow Yoga launches classes where students decide how much to pay. Now my experiment had some limitations. Because it was also designed to remove financial barriers to yoga, so that … [Read more...]

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Wellington Hot Yoga Teacher: Manu Moana

October 28, 2009 By 1 Comment
Wellington Hot Yoga Teacher Manu Moana

The Wellington yoga community is so blessed with a rich variety of yoga teachers - and Manu is another one of those teachers. He brings a youthful vigour into any room, and thinks nothing of breaking out into a few dances moves post-kirtan. It's that kind of joyful expression of life that's the best possible advertising for yoga. Manu just exudes that "life is fun, let's have a blast" kinda of feeling that is contagious, uplifting and inspiring. … [Read more...]

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Why sangha (spiritual community) is the most precious thing on your path

October 26, 2009 By 3 Comments
Because yoga can happen anywhere

In Buddhist practice, the three jewels of life - or the three refugees - are what you turn to for support, for guidance, and for friendship. These are: The Buddha nature - the ideal or highest spiritual potential that exists within all beings. The Dharma - the teachings of Buddha, or the path one walks in following the teachings. And finally, Sangha - the community of other spiritual folk walking that same path, albeit in their own individual way. While these are Buddhist concepts, … [Read more...]

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Help me find or develop the ultimate ‘Find a Yoga Event in NZ’ tool

October 23, 2009 By Leave a Comment
NZ Yoga Events Calendar?

Imagine this. Access to an online calendar with New Zealand-wide yoga classes, events and retreats listed. You can search by location, type of event, style of yoga, cost, or teacher. It's pretty, it's functional, and it does what you want, how you want it to. No matter where you are, or what kind of yoga you're looking for, it's easy to find exactly what you searching for. And if you're a teacher or studio, you can easily up-load your information from any computer, and embed the tool … [Read more...]

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Queenstown Yoga Studio Owner & Teacher: Peggy Preston

October 21, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Queenstown Yoga Teacher Peggy Preston

Peggy Preston is owner of not just one, but two yoga studios - she's one busy woman. Dedicated to the healing power of Bikram yoga, she's also passionate about the benefits of Hatha yoga. Not willing to compromise on what she taught and what she offered her students, Peggy managed to open both studios, side-by-side in Queenstown, within 18 months of each other. It's testament to her passion and zest for both yoga and life. She simply loves yoga, and wants as many people to be able to … [Read more...]

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What’s yoga got to do with climate action?

October 16, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The Big Stretch - bringing down emissions

Well, plenty actually. And this is the perfect time to write about that connection. One, it's International Blog Action Day, when bloggers around the world write about one topic that matters - this year the environment. And two, next Saturday October 24th is International Climate Action Day, also happening worldwide. Here in Wellington, there will be meditation at Frank Kitts Park all day, and The Big Stretch - a free yoga class at 3pm. We want to get as many yogis to the free yoga … [Read more...]

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