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An interview with Rishi Yoga Diwali

May 28, 2010 By Leave a Comment
the Rishis

This month two of the most senior Satyananda teachers are coming to New Zealand to deliver workshops on various yoga topics including Ajna Chakra, Yoga & Art and Kriya Yoga. Rishis Nityabodhananda and Yoga Diwali Saraswati are an internationally acclaimed couple, dedicated to practicing and sharing yoga and meditation. They have also raised a family thus sprinkling their teachings with plenty of life experience. The Yoga Lunchbox has been fortunate enough to interview both Rishis - … [Read more...]

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Learn the practice of neti and experience a clear head space

May 12, 2010 By 2 Comments
Tyag Fenton with a neti pot

by guest author Tyag Fenton, Wellington Satyananda Yoga Teacher Do you suffer from allergies?  Sinus problems?  Frequent headaches?  Nasal infections? How is the autumn effecting you? Find your nostrils are blocked, affecting your pranayama? Looking for a way to gently clear the mind before meditation? The practice of Neti is for you. Neti is one of the easiest and quickest shatkarmas* to learn. Its mastery can be accomplished within a couple of goes then effortlessly … [Read more...]

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Growing in Faith: Impressions of Maha Samadhi

April 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Swami Satyananda

by guest author Jignasu sanyasin Karunananda (Claudia Ruschel Lima) Being present in the Maha Samadhi (conscious leaving of the body) of a being like Paramahansa Satyananda is a remarkable and indescribable experience but will I try to share it here. Swami Satyananda in life was tireless in his transformation through Seva, service and work to share and help those who needed. His devotion and commitment to the Divine is so powerful that even after being liberated from the wheel of births … [Read more...]

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Bay of Plenty Yoga Teacher Profile: Radhe

March 3, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Bay of Plenty Yoga Teacher Radhe

It's my pleasure to introduce another Satyananda yogi from around the country. Like many of the Satyananda yogis, Radhe has a long history of yoga, first coming into contact with it in the 1970s. She's going to be at the up-coming free yoga day in Hamilton sharing her many years of yoga experience. Radhe is also an admin on The Yoga Lunchbox Facebook page, letting us know what's going on in yoga for the Bay of Plenty area. Congratulations to Shannon Patinkin, winner of the February … [Read more...]

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Hamilton Satyananda Yoga Teacher: Samadhimurti

February 15, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Hamilton Yoga Teacher Samadhimurti

Samadhimurti has practised yoga since her early 20s. Deeply inspired, she lived in the Satyananda Ashram New Zealand for two years in the 1980s, where she also learned to teach yoga. During the following 18 years of parenting, she explored different lifestyles, including living on an island and in a communally owned, solar-powered, permaculture village. Schooling of her daughter lead her to Hamilton in 1999, where she involved herself in a variety of services for the local community … [Read more...]

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Effects of the Sankalpa in Satyananda Yoga Nidra – Manifesting the positive

January 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Swami Karma Karuna of Anahata Retreat

By Guest Author Swami Karma Karuna, Anahata Yoga Retreat Many people on the yogic path are committed to self transformation. This active focus on growth may ignite questioning of one’s own behaviour.  Sometimes, there is genuine desire to change a particular habit or pattern, but try as one may, the cause of the action can be elusive! Whether resisting or accepting those aspects of the self which seem outside of conscious control, in truth the reactions, perspectives and even … [Read more...]

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