About Kara-Leah Grant

KL's the founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Yoga Lunchbox, mother to a toddler and passionate about both writing and yoga. She lives in Wellington, teaches yoga one-on-one and at Island Bay Community Centre. She also loves to cook while blasting dance music and reliving her go go dancing days.

March 23 – April 1: Anahata Yoga Retreat, Mantra, Meditation and Reflection – Navaratri Sadhana Retreat

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Mantra, Meditation and Reflection – Navaratri Sadhana Retreat Expand your consciousness with an intensive period of mantra chanting (specific sound vibration), intended to purify, energise and awaken. This powerful 9 day period of astrological significance, is deemed most auspicious to do any spiritual practice (sadhana). It is said one hour of sadhana during this time is equal to 100 hours of sadhana any other time of the year. Ancient fire ceremonies (havan) daily, mantra meditation, … [Read more...]

Trust those feelings of yours… they’re trying to tell you something!

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by Kara-Leah Grant, Musings from the Mat It's Monday morning and I have a stack of work to do. There's a multitude of emails in my inbox, two Wordpress clients expecting results, my personal website to re-brand, articles to load into The Yoga Lunchbox, numerous tasks for the website, accounts to do, workshops to prepare, classes to prep... The list goes on and on and I haven't even mentioned writing. Which - as you may have noticed in the last few months - keeps getting moved to the … [Read more...]

March 4: Nelson, Energetic Vinyasa Flow Workshop with Kara-Leah

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Energetic Vinyasa Flow - The Evolution of Yoga*** Liberate your practice! Learn how to allow asana to emerge as a natural unfolding Relax into moment by moment expression of prana Experience alignment as a dynamic, ever-renewing & ever-changing relationship with prana Learn how to integrate method or form with intuition or inner knowing Kara-Leah is a certified 200 Hr Prana Flow Yoga teacher and has studied with Shiva Rea. She has been practicing yoga for over a decade, and … [Read more...]

March 9 – 11: Anahata Yoga Retreat,The Art of Living and Dying with Yoga

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Enter into the joy and clarity of the present moment! Gain liberating techniques to help face your fears, phobias and challenges of life. How could one know the art of dying if they have not experienced the art of living? Life and death together are a continuation of each other and this is called existence. As we travel through life, we are paving the way and determining the quality of our departure. Death is not the end of existence but a face of it; just as the moon has two faces. Rather … [Read more...]

February 24 – 26: Anahata Yoga Retreat, Yoga Nidra – The Total Personality

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The practice of Satyananda Yoga Nidra™ crosses all the layers of the human experience, supporting integration, relaxation and health on all levels. This retreat is open to all to receive the relaxing benefits of Yoga Nidra. It will also give yoga teachers, health care professionals, social workers and educators an insight into a very powerful and ancient practice that is highly applicable to the challenges of modern life. Satyananda Yoga Nidra™ has a profound impact on the mind … [Read more...]

On-Going from Jan 23 – May 27: Anahata Yoga Retreat, Explore Your ‘Self’ Interactive Lifestyle Retreats

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Experience a 1 week Intro to a 1 month In Depth retreat, “living” yoga through active immersion into the daily life of Anahata. Receive support and a daily focus in guided intimate group sessions. Learn yogic principles to increase harmony and productivity in daily life. Enjoy regular yoga and meditation classes as well as ancient ceremonies and a mountain top view that will imprint your heart for lifetimes. The Explore Your ‘Self’ retreat is the best way to come to … [Read more...]