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Why Do I Meditate?

October 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment
From BMXIng to Meditating

I've got to be honest with you. The desire to be a well adjusted person wasn't really what motivated me to commit to meditation practice. I remember once, when I was about thirteen, riding my bike home from school down the main street of Whanganui. It was a normal day, nothing spectacular going on. The usual concerns going around in my mind; 'I wonder if such-and-such a girl likes me...' 'Maybe I will become a rock star one day...' And other such wanderings. Then out of the blue, a … [Read more...]

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Top ten yoga books in my library, Part 2

December 28, 2010 By Leave a Comment
A gem of a book

As promised! Following the popularity of  Top Ten best yoga websites and articles on the web, and Top Ten yoga books in my library, Part 1, here's the rest of the list. Plus don't forget to check out Top Ten Yoga Videos online, Part 1. Again, in no particular order, these are the second half of my top ten yoga books. I own every one of these books, and refer to them again and again. … [Read more...]

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An interview with Insight Dialogue author and teacher Gregory Kramer

March 8, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Insight Dialogue 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 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 interpersonal relationships, as outlined in his book Insight Dialogue. One review of this work from Joseph Goldstein, author of Insight … [Read more...]

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Why sangha (spiritual community) is the most precious thing on your path

October 26, 2009 By 3 Comments
Because yoga can happen anywhere

In Buddhist practice, the three jewels of life - or the three refugees - are what you turn to for support, for guidance, and for friendship. These are: The Buddha nature - the ideal or highest spiritual potential that exists within all beings. The Dharma - the teachings of Buddha, or the path one walks in following the teachings. And finally, Sangha - the community of other spiritual folk walking that same path, albeit in their own individual way. While these are Buddhist concepts, … [Read more...]

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Being still for a change – why meditating is a response to climate change

September 27, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Meditate to raise awareness of climate change

by guest author Christine Dann, writer, researcher, teacher and Green activist October 24, 2009 is a day with a difference, one that will go down in history as the first international day of grass roots action on climate change. Hopefully it will be the last such day, because the world leaders meeting at the December climate change conference in Copenhagen will get  the message - stop protecting the profits of big business and start protecting people and other living beings by committing … [Read more...]

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Why nothing is a problem anymore

September 3, 2009 By Leave a Comment
No problem!

My work mates thought I was nuts. A four day meditation retreat, three and a half days of which were in silence. Doing nothing but sitting meditation, walking meditation, eating and sleeping. To me it sounded like bliss. No work. No website. No teaching. No relationships. No internet, tv, media, newspaper, books, magazines. Just unadulterated being, led by one of New Zealand's most prominent meditation teachers, Stephen Archer in a beautiful retreat house in Otaki. … [Read more...]

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