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Managing fear when teaching yoga

February 25, 2012 By 9 Comments
When dealing with doubt and fear, sometimes the best approach is to just lay back and breathe.

Elissa has been writing for The YLB for awhile now, and has decided to officially become one of our regular columnists. She'll be focusing on her adventures as a newbie teacher, plus researching and answering any questions readers might have about becoming, or being, a yoga teacher. by regular columnist Elissa Jordan, Adventures in Teaching Am I good enough? Can I do this? No matter who you are or what you’re trying to do, questions like these can creep up from time to time. And the more … [Read more...]

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Let’s make yoga a part of daily life in New Zealand

October 6, 2011 By 4 Comments
More people doing yoga, yeah!

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 mantras, Swami Muktidharma spoke about life, about transformation, about the planet, about spirituality. One thing he said really stuck in my mind. I'm totally paraphrasing here... but it went something like this: The Green Party is all good and well, but in the end, in order to create real and lasting change, the … [Read more...]

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What I’m doing in the aftermath of the Christchurch earthquake

February 23, 2011 By 16 Comments
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I'm resisting the urge to head over to Stuff.co.nz right now and watch all the footage of the earthquake in Christchurch. I did earlier, and it was overwhelming. Emotions coursed through my body as visceral as if I was there - which I was energetically. Watching people in distress on camera is just the same as being in the same room as them from an energetic perpective - at least it is when your heart is open. As I watched, and felt the emotions well up inside, I asked myself: Why am I … [Read more...]

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Practices for the Heart Chakra, Part 2

January 3, 2011 By 1 Comment
Heart Chakra

Embodying the Heart In Part One, The Meaning of Anahata, I wrote about the energy of the heart center, the compassion and love that it exemplifies and gave simple breath-focused meditation exercises to help you turn towards the sweetness within.  Here in Part Two, I’d like to offer a few body practices to further your journey toward Anahata. That backbending postures open the heart is a familiar concept to most yogis.  Physically a backbend straightens the thoracic spine, it does not … [Read more...]

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Practices for the Heart Chakra, Part 1

December 15, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Nothing like a backbend to open up the heart chakra

Regular contributor Jessica Powers looks at ways to open the heart - crucial if we're going to shift out of mind consciousness and into heart consciousness. The Meaning of Anahata The Sanskrit name for our energetic heart center is Anahata, ‘the unstruck sound’. While that at first seems to be a Zen koan, in actuality it speaks of the vibrational basis of the Universe and the place within each of us that resonates with it: beginningless, endless, eternal. Anahata refers to the … [Read more...]

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The one thing you can be to create positive change on planet earth

December 13, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Standing tall in truth

I'm feeling a real desire to simplify and streamline my life right now. Beyond what's the normal de-clutter of a spring-clean. Yesterday I watched a video which helped me clarify why this is so. Kiesha Crowther Little Grandmother is one of the 12 young Shaman wisdom keepers from the United States speaking clearly about what's going on in our world right now. It's nothing new. We've heard it all before. This is a crucial time for Planet Earth. We're doing great damage. We're living … [Read more...]

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