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How to introduce your children to yoga

May 6, 2009 By 1 Comment
Kids love yoga!

The power of yoga to improve the quality of life for our children is an untapped resource. by guest author Amanda Reid of Samadhi Yoga Although yoga has enjoyed popularity with adults for many years, it is only recently that we have come to understand how helpful it can be for children in their formative years, increasing their self-awareness, building their self-esteem, and strengthening their bodies - truly a welcomed oasis in a culture that offers little in the way of mindful yet … [Read more...]

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The joys of introducing yoga to children

April 21, 2009 By 3 Comments
Kids love yoga!

Theresa is a former primary school teacher and now an office manager and yoga teacher at Wellington's Hot Yoga Studio. She is teaching kids' yoga classes there starting Wednesday April 22nd. See the bottom of the article for more details. By guest author Theresa Bowen Kids love movement and love exploring the potential of their bodies.  It is so much fun to offer them different options for doing so and watch them delight in the outcome. … [Read more...]

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How to use the creativity of yoga to unleash the child within

March 31, 2009 By 1 Comment
Seka, delighting in playful yoga

We’re all too often wrapped up in the tasks of life.  As we age, we run the risk of diminishing our natural creativity for the sake of ‘being a grown-up’.  The practice of yoga will help keep the inner child alive, and creativity flowing. By Seka Ojdrovic Children can be our best teachers Nearing the end of a particularly child-like weekend (spent tumbling down a waterslide, enjoying a double-scoop ice cream cone and visiting a toy store), I was thrilled when the sun shone … [Read more...]

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My nine favourite places to practice asana, pranayama and meditation

March 2, 2009 By 7 Comments
Kara-Leah pacticing yoga on a dock

Part of my mission as a yoga teacher and writer is to show people that asana, pranayama and meditation can happen anywhere, anytime - not just in a yoga class, at a yoga studio, in a gym or on your mat at home. Breaking free of our ideas of how asana, pranayama and meditation "should" be practised gets yoga off the mat and integrates it into your everyday daily life. And when you integrate your practice into your everyday, daily life, you will see great gains, giant leaps, and experience … [Read more...]

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How to surrender into back bends using a sankalpa

January 31, 2009 By 2 Comments
Lauren joyfully lifts into urdhva dhanurasana at Oriental Parade

by guest author Trudi Collins, Yoga teacher at Synergy Fitness, Napier After reading Kelly’s article about sankalpa’s, and KL’s inspiring 40 day commitment to Sodarshan Chakra Kriya pranayama, I thought I would share my experience (so far this year) with my sankalpa – to improve my backbends. … [Read more...]

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How to approach challenging yoga poses with patience and self-kindness

January 16, 2009 By 5 Comments
galavasana

  Though we all know, as good yogis should, that the purpose of our practice is to create a greater sense of inner peace and self-actualization, it’s sometimes difficult to not push ourselves past our physical limits. by guest author Seka Ojdrovic It’s often said that we are our own worst critic.  Part of being human is striving to attain the unattainable and not being satisfied until it’s within our grasp.  The practice of yoga is no exception, as we often literally … [Read more...]

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