Potluck Goodness from the Archives
How the Yoga Lunchbox community can tangibly support the Christchurch holistic health community
Alrighty then loyal Lunchboxers. As we all well know, it's been one helluva week here in New Zealand. Regardless of where we live, or what our personal ties are to Christchurch, we've all been feeling the grief and emotion of the earthquake. Many of us have made donations to various appeals, … [Read More...]
Latest & Freshest Articles
June 2nd & 3rd: Wellington Yoga Centre, Iyengar Yoga Workshop with 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 … [Read More...]
Thinking of quitting your job to teach yoga? 10 questions to ask first
by guest author Louise Thompson, Positive Balance Are you working in corporate but dreaming of jacking it all in to be a yoga teacher? Do you fantasize of days wafting about from class to class, no rush, and no hurry? It seems like nirvana as you struggle to focus on yet another board … [Read More...]
Today I found my inner witch, and she denounced yoga
by guest author Emma Furness, former owner of The Dunedin Yoga Studio She has been in hiding – except those inevitable moments when repressed witches burst out in frustration, or the times women get together and end up cackling about blood and childbirth and the dirty body. As I felt into my … [Read More...]
Featured Yoga Teacher
Invercargill Yoga Teacher: Linda Ryder of the Yoga Centre
I am so excited to introduce our first South Island yogi on The Yoga Lunchbox. I had the pleasure of meeting Linda, and her fellow Invercargill yogi Hilary at a workshop I did in Queenstown recently. Linda and Hilary were both working at the YMCA about ten years ago when, as Linda tells it, … [Read More...]
Musings from the Mat
It ain’t the life I ever wanted, so how come I’m having so much fun?
Life has been rich with opportunities to practice deep acceptance lately. Samuel is now 17 months old, generally awake from 7am to 7pm, and active, even measured by toddler … [Read More...]
Let’s make yoga a part of daily life in New Zealand
On Friday night we had Swami Muktidharma from Anahata Yoga Retreat here at our house for Kirtan. It was a treat. Just the singing would have been amazing. But in between … [Read More...]
Teaching Yoga
Economically, yoga doesn’t make any sense at all
We've all heard about those wonderful yoga studios delivering fantastic yoga to the community, but struggling to pay their overheads, let alone make any profits. On the flipside … [Read More...]
How do I go about becoming a yoga teacher? Part III
I'm still getting a fantastic response from yoga teachers on what it takes to be a yoga teacher. This week we have an in-depth exploration from Satyanada representative Swami … [Read More...]
Practicing Yoga
How to access infinite energy and prosperity using a sadhana
I'm so excited! Today I started a new sadhana. The results from the last sadhana I did, Sodarshan Chakra Kriya were fantastic, and I'd been waiting for another sadhana to make … [Read More...]
An interview with Insight Dialogue author and teacher Gregory Kramer
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 … [Read More...]
Starting Yoga
How yoga helped me… enjoy a fulfilling pregnancy
Submitted by Mandy Lawson of Cobano, Costa Rica The day I found out that I am pregnant with my first child was one of the most astounding, emotional and happy days of my life so … [Read More...]
The best detox diet you can ever do
There is one simple action that you can take to detox your body and maintain your ideal body weight with ease. Practice yoga. Yep. That's it - the best detox diet you'll ever … [Read More...]
