An interview with Insight Dialogue author and teacher Gregory Kramer
March 8, 2010 by Kara-Leah Grant
Filed under Meditation, Yoga Events
New Zealand is blessed next month with the arrival of Gregory Kramer, an American practitioner and teacher of Insight Meditation.
Gregory is also the co-founder and director of the Metta Foundation, Portland, Oregon, a center of Buddhist practice in the Insight Meditation tradition. He has developed a practice that takes meditation off the mat and into [...]
How do I go about becoming a yoga teacher? Part II
March 5, 2010 by Kara-Leah Grant
Filed under Teaching Yoga
It’s one of the most popular questions that I get through this website, via the facebook page, and in Google searches. People want to know how to become a yoga teacher and they want to know about teaching yoga as a career.
I took a stab at answering this in my first post How do I [...]
An interview with Swami Muktimurti about the power of sound to transform
March 1, 2010 by Kara-Leah Grant
Filed under Yoga Events
There is a rich Satyananda Yoga tradition in New Zealand, which means we are fortunate to often play host to traveling Satyananda Swamis from around the world.
Next month (March 2010), Anahata Retreat just outside of Nelson is hosting Swami Muktimurti from Mangrove Mountain near Mountain. An expert in Mantra and ancient Sanskrit, she is hosting [...]
Free yoga day in Hamilton – find the right type of yoga for you
February 24, 2010 by Kara-Leah Grant
Filed under Yoga Events
If you live anywhere near Hamilton, it’s worth planning a trip to the Celebrating Age Centre at 30 Victoria Street on March 13th.
That’s where a wide variety of yoga teachers and organisations are coming together to showcase everything yoga’s got to offer at the Open Yoga Forum.
And best of all, the entire day and all [...]
An interview with India-based meditation teacher Tarun Kumar
February 17, 2010 by Kara-Leah Grant
Filed under Meditation, Yoga Events
Meditation. Why is everyone getting so excited about it?
Could be because it works – on many different levels.
In March & April of this year New Zealanders will have a chance to find out why meditation is so powerful from India-based meditation expert Tarun Kumar.
Back by popular demand, Tarun is touring the country for the [...]
How you can have a taste of ashram life, right here in New Zealand
February 4, 2010 by Kara-Leah Grant
Filed under Guest Authors, Yoga Events
by guest author Amrita
Visualise…
…a daily life of hatha yoga, meditation, pranayama, chanting, deep philosophical discussions.
Imagine…
…absorbing the positive energy and inhaling fresh air in a quiet and idyllic environment surrounded by nature and then sharing delicious vegetarian meals and sleeping in simple dwellings.
