Fresh and juicy conversations on making yoga a part of your daily life
Teachers and students - deepen your understanding of the Power Vinyasa practice. Find out how you can get the best from this challenging but very rewarding practice by understanding the philosophy of the practice and the guiding principles. … [Read more...]
by guest author & freelance writer Hazel Slade There is no real way to describe how amazing it feels to successfully complete a 40-day Hot Yoga challenge... But I will try to put it into words. As I bowed my head and thanked myself, my classmates and my teacher at the end of my final class on the final day of this immense six week challenge, I felt both hugely happy and super sad. It is pretty obvious why I felt happy. I had made it to the end, proudly stuck up all my 30 stickers … [Read more...]
Yoga Trance Dance™ at Wellington's Hot Yoga 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 time! … [Read more...]
by guest author & freelance writer Hazel Slade As I head into my last week of the 40-day Hot Yoga challenge, I have to start by telling you about something I overheard. While waiting to head into a class I was listening to a woman telling one of the teachers (or guides if you prefer) how she had already finished her challenge... ages ago. And, as if I wasn’t wowza-ed enough by that statement, she then went on to say how she was still going strong and using her stickers to finish … [Read more...]
by new regular columinst Gabrielle Harris, The Suburban Yogini Ever since I can remember, I have been pretty bad at any sporting endeavour. I was the girl picked last for the net ball teams - hand eye coordination not good, didn’t like team sports or competition. I spent most of my life in fruitless physical endeavours (think jazzercise and thongs) for although I was rubbish at most exercise, I loved to move. I got lead rather quietly into yoga after a stint as a Les Mills teacher for … [Read more...]
by guest author & freelance writer Hazel Slade So.... last weekend I hit the halfway mark in my first ever 40-day hot yoga challenge. And, I have to say, it felt absolutely wonderful. Not only because completing 15 classes of yoga in 20 days has left me feeling fabulous inside and out. But also – and maybe even more importantly – I feel great having committed to something which is making a positive change in my life. Some of you may remember me telling you at the beginning that … [Read more...]
