June 2nd & 3rd: Wellington Yoga Centre, Iyengar Yoga Workshop with Louisa Potter

Louisa Potter

Would you like to? Release grief & anxiety from the heart and live with more freedom? Learn to work the ‘organs of action’, our arms & legs, to stimulate, strengthen and support our inner organs? If so, you're in luck, Louisa Potter is returning after the successful April weekend workshop at Wellington Yoga Centre for another workshop.  Louisa is trained in Iyengar yoga, and some background in this style of yoga is needed for attendance. Weekend Workshop, June … [Read more...]

July 1st: The Dunedin Yoga Studio, Foundations of Vinyasa Flow Yoga with Kara-Leah Grant

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In this workshop, students will: 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 teaching for five years. Yoga is no longer … [Read more...]

June 30th: The Dunedin Yoga Studio, Yoga Trance Dance with Kara-Leah Grant

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Yoga Trance Dance™ at The Dunedin Yoga Studio with Kara-Leah “High energy movement meditation to liberate your creative dance force. Yoga Trance Dance is a meeting of two great rivers, yoga and dance, which come from and are untied at the source. The infinite creative source is the One, uniting us all. Yoga and dance are two of the oldest paths back home.”Shiva Rea, teacher of Yoga Trance Dance™ & Prana Flow Yoga. Yup - it’s ok to dance and practice yoga all at the same … [Read more...]

May 24th – June 4th: Where Science Meets Yoga – Swami Samnyasananda’s North Island Tour

Where Yoga Meets Science

Experience the scientific applications of yoga under the guidance of a brilliant neurophysiologist and long-time yoga practitioner. Swami Samnyasananda will be touring the North Island this May offering deep insights into where Science meets Yoga . Enjoy workshops in: Wellington - Where Yoga Meets Science Thursday 24th May ~ ‘Less Stress’ Saturday 26th May ~ ‘The Science of Sleep’ Sunday 27th May ~ ‘Body, Breath and … [Read more...]

June 8 – July 6: Anahata Yoga Retreat, Seva Month -Selfless Service

Seva Month at Anahata Yoga Retreat

During the month of June we are celebrating "Seva" month, a special theme for each week, culminating with the celebration of Guru Poornima on the full moon. Stay for 1 or all 4 weeks. Experience yogic lifestyle 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 … [Read more...]

An interview with Swami Samnyasananda, a consultant neurophysiologist

Swami Samnyasananda

Article courtesy Anahata Yoga Retreat Swami Samnyasananda is a consultant neurophysiologist whose research explores the effects of pranayama, meditation and relaxation on the heart, brain and autonomic nervous systems. He is a Certified Yoga Teacher, Life Member and Fellow of the World Society for Clinical Yoga (Lucknow, India), and has over 30 years of experience in classes, personal tuition & clinical counselling in yoga, meditation, relaxation and stress management (M.B.T.I. … [Read more...]