The Yoga of Business: Goals, Clarity, Values & Commitment, Part 3

Greeting students at the front desk of Healium, a holistic health centre and yoga studio on Lambton Quay

by guest author Jenifer Parker, business owner of Healium, Wellington Committing to Your Goal Of course, a lot of people have goals, even specific ones with well-laid plans and a great deal of clarity around their purpose, that still don't succeed. Why is this? A lot of people look at goals as rather personal endeavors that are easy-come, easy-go -- like New Year's resolutions. They don't affect anyone but you, right? So, you don't get the goal, it doesn't really matter. You can … [Read more...]

Various Dates: Wellington, Mantra & Meditation Courses & Workshops

Mantra-Course

Explore the subtle, healing and transformative practice of Nada Yoga, the yoga of sound. Meditation and relaxation techniques are highlighted on this exploration of the healing sound vibrations of Sanskrit mantra. The ancient language of Sanskrit is said to have been channelled by great sages who were tuned into the frequencies of the cosmos and the subtle internal sounds of consciousness. Read Adhyatma's teacher profile: Wellington Yoga Teacher: Adhyatma of Satyananda It was a … [Read more...]

Nadine Fawell shares why Yoga is her chosen faith

A statue of Ganesh in Bali

by guest author Nadine Fawell, a Melbourne-based yoga teacher, blogger, and author of the yogAttitude cards. She is most interested in yoga's power to heal body, mind, and spirit. I’ve just come back from leading a yoga retreat in Bali. I got on the airplane feeling anxious, for all sorts of reasons: I was about to shoot my first yoga DVD: strong*stretched*serene (which put me so far out of my comfort zone, I couldn’t even see the horizon), I didn’t know whether the hotel would take … [Read more...]

March 24: Tauranga, Yin Flow: Tension and Compression

Zach Matheson

With visiting teachers Zach and Mariam Matheson $55 Through a yin flow you will discover the difference between Tension and Compression in your body. Students will investigate joint development and function by exploring the principles of tension and compression in theory and in a moving practice. The practice will include demonstrations of joint mobility using students as a point of comparison and contrast. The beginning of the session will include a short basic review of skeletal … [Read more...]

January 15th: Auckland, Bikram Choudhury Lecture & Book Signing

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Bikram Choudhury, yogiraj and master teacher of his own unique yoga series, is coming to New Zealand for the first time! Bikram will host a lecture and book signing event which will raise funds for the Christchurch Bikram Yoga studio, which had to rebuild after the devastating February 2011 earthquake. Come and learn from the Boss! The evening will be entertaining and thought-provoking, and will conclude with canapes, book signing/photo opportunities, and a cash bar. When: Sun 15 Jan … [Read more...]

The Yoga of Business: Goals, Clarity, Values & Commitment, Part 2

Greeting students at the front desk of Healium, a holistic health centre and yoga studio on Lambton Quay

by guest author Jenifer Parker, business owner of Healium, Wellington Clarity Drives the Process As we have all experienced, sometimes goals do not come to fruition even when they are specific. They can be ridiculously detailed and give a clear way to success, but still fail spectacularly. And sometimes -- as many of us have experienced in the yoga world -- these businesses succeed financially, while undermining the very values that we claim to hold and espouse as yoga … [Read more...]