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A tale of Mat Resistance, and practicing anyway

February 13, 2013 by 11 Comments
Opening into a variation of Cobra

By Kara-Leah Grant, Musings from the Mat Mat resistance. Happens to the best of us, no matter how long we've been practicing. Here's a glimpse into a moment of mat resistance in my life. Notice how I respond to it, notice the process, notice life isn't all peaches and cream because I'm practicing yoga everyday. ***** It's been a rough week or two. Of course, since I successfully published my first book ten days ago, it's meant to have been an exciting and wonderful few weeks. So … [Read more...]

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What’s the point of winter – whether of the soul or of the seasons?

June 21, 2012 by 4 Comments
A season for all things...

by guest author Melissa Billington, Creatrix of the Powa Centre & MYOGA Driving into Wellington there’s a big billboard by the docks that reads, “Cancel Winter.”  It’s advertising warmer climes, in this case, Nelson. I know we can travel and many with means become snowbirds following the warmth of the sun around the globe.  Yet I wonder if we’re missing something crucial by avoiding the dark and the cold and the seemingly difficult. I’ve lived in equatorial countries and … [Read more...]

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Is Reference Point Therapy a healing modality that truly works?

June 9, 2012 by 6 Comments
Ben Ralston

by Kara-Leah Grant Late last year, Sivananda Yoga Teacher and Reference Point Therapy Healer Ben Ralston published a short article on Elephant Journal enthusiastically sharing the story of one of his clients, Profound Healing: Depression and Thyroid Function. Eighteen months after he'd seen her for one Reference Point Therapy healing session, this client was still experiencing total transformation from long-lasting depression, plus she'd never needed the thyroid surgery she'd had … [Read more...]

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What’s Love got to do with it?

March 10, 2012 by 4 Comments
Living with an open heart

by guest author Peter Fernando, A Month of Mindfulness In many traditions, the practice of kindness and love is an integral part of the meditative journey. You may wonder, 'why?' Sometimes the way that the concept of  'mindfulness' is presented can make it seem like a utilitarian technique to become more efficient, or more functional in the world. This is certainly a part of it, of course. But then there's the love thing. You can't go too far into any authentic contemplative tradition … [Read more...]

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I’m alive! I’m alive! I’m alive!

June 14, 2011 by 8 Comments
Kara-Leah in a twisting lunge

I've had a rough few weeks, since moving into my new house with my three wonderful flatmates. First I caught a 12 hour vomiting bug that saw me curled up on my sister-in-law's bathroom for seven hours in child's pose, just moving to lift my head and vomit. Then I caught the flu and a nasty cough and was bed-ridden for over a week. Just as I was beginning to feel well, almost two weeks after first getting sick, I woke up with red welts all over my body and swollen lips. My best guess … [Read more...]

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Dunedin Yoga Teacher: Emma Furness

May 5, 2010 by 3 Comments
Dunedin Yoga Teacher Emma Furness

Emma's one excited yoga teacher - she's just bought the Dunedin Yoga Studio in Moray Place and will be taking over in early June. She's been teaching yoga for about five years and used to teach scuba diving before that. A writer with several short stories and one poem published in literary magazines, Emma recently spent four months sailing up the East Coast of NZ  with her six-year old son. Her practice helped her overcome post-natal depression, and now informs the way she lives her … [Read more...]

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