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The joy hidden within chaos

February 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Chaotic kitchen

by regular columnist Peter Fernando, The Meditation Guy. You can ask him anything! (On meditation that is.) On the surface of things, spirituality can seem to be about control, right? 'Mind Control' perhaps. Or 'Body Control'? On the far end of the spectrum you even get teachings suggesting that the point of life is to have ultimate control over the universe. Sounds good, doesn't it? But is that what 'spirituality', or more accurately, freedom is about? I personally wonder if it … [Read more...]

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Learning, laughter and letting go: Hazel on her first 10 days of a Hot Yoga Challenge

February 4, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Hot Yoga Teacher Lou gives student Hazel an adjustment

 by guest author & freelance writer Hazel Slade “Hazel... Are you mad?” This was the reaction of one of my friends when I told her I was entering into a 40 day Hot Yoga challenge. And, I have to admit, over the past 10 days I have often asked myself that very same question. At the beginning of last week, just days into the challenge, it would have been an unequivocal yes. And let me tell you why. For the first few days of this challenge I ached. My whole body … [Read more...]

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Inside a 40-Day Hot Yoga Challenge – will Hazel go the distance?

January 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Hazel signs up for Hot Yoga's 40 Day Challene Photo by Irene Siu

by guest author & freelance writer Hazel Slade In my early twenties, the only place you would have found me sweating profusely in a room full of people while twisting my body into unusual positions followed by swigging back a green coloured liquid, would have been in a club on a Saturday night. But now, just weeks away from my 31st birthday, I find myself doing exactly this.... but, this time around, for an entirely different reason. On Monday, January 23, I will tackle my … [Read more...]

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Why ‘letting go’ and ‘detachment’ can be pitfalls on the spiritual path

January 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Mother and child

by regular columnist Peter Fernando, The Meditation Guy I received this honest and moving question a few weeks back: If you have never bonded with your mother and so have never experienced secure attachment in a primary relationship, how can you work with non-attachment? And letting go? When you have never really experienced having anything to hold onto? The first thing I should say is this: I am no expert in this field, so please don't take my word as gospel. I can only reflect from … [Read more...]

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Nadine Fawell shares why Yoga is her chosen faith

December 22, 2011 By 30 Comments
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...]

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How to answer: what exactly is the energy body?

December 15, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Energy work

by guest author Elissa Jordan It started with a story about a mouse in a toaster. Our second weekend in Nelson, as part of the Advanced Yoga Teacher Training with Jenifer Parker of Wellington’s Healium, focused on the energy body. Looking back over my notes from the weekend I see the conversation ebb and flow as only appropriate for a weekend focusing on energy. The movement of stories rode one energetic wave after the next - starting with that mouse in a toaster, and moving to a … [Read more...]

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