Broken Warriors – reaching out to prisoners with yoga
January 2, 2010 by Kara-Leah Grant
Filed under Guest Authors, Teaching Yoga
by guest author Adhyatma, Srinivasa Yoga House, Hamilton
I first came across the idea of teaching Yoga to prison inmates when I was staying in an ashram in the northern parts of Bihar, India.
I had traveled there without much prior knowledge of why I was really going there, what I was in for, or how [...]
The path to true abundance lies within
November 20, 2009 by Kara-Leah Grant
Filed under Musings from the Mat
We live in an infinitely abundant universe.
This is a fact.
Stare up at a clear sky night and try and count the stars.
Cut open a capsicum and try and count the seeds.
Stand on the corner of Lambton Quay and Willis Street and try and count the people flowing in all directions.
Life is abundant.
It flourishes under even [...]
How much is a yoga class worth to you? Part II
November 10, 2009 by Kara-Leah Grant
Filed under Hot topics, Marketing Yoga
There were so many comments and emails that came in form my original post, How much is a yoga class worth to you?, that I wanted to address everything that was raised in a follow-up post.
It’s been fascinating to hear everybody’s point of view, and hear some suggestions about how to handle the payment of [...]
How much is a yoga class worth to you?
October 30, 2009 by Kara-Leah Grant
Filed under Hot topics, Marketing Yoga
Six months or so ago, I launched Prana Flow yoga classes with the intention of carrying out a social experiment on value and yoga.
I wanted to know:
If people were allowed to determine the value of a 75 minute yoga class all by themselves, what value would they arrive at?
Here’s the original article: Prana Flow Yoga [...]
How to access infinite energy and prosperity using a sadhana
May 1, 2009 by Kara-Leah Grant
Filed under Meditation, Pranayama (breath), Sadhana
I’m so excited!
Today I started a new sadhana. The results from the last sadhana I did, Sodarshan Chakra Kriya were fantastic, and I’d been waiting for another sadhana to make itself known.
What’s a sadhana? Simply a daily spiritual practice like meditation done for forty consecutive days.
On the weekend, while cleaning out my bedroom, I stumbled [...]
Prana Flow Yoga launches classes where students decide how much to pay
February 6, 2009 by Kara-Leah Grant
Filed under Marketing Yoga, Teaching Yoga, Yoga Classes
Lakshmi, the goddess of material and spiritual wealth, of generousity, purity, beauty, grace, charm and fertility stares down at me as I write this post.
She looks content, perched upon a lotus flower, dribbling coins in one hand and holding a beautiful urn in the other. (Two other hands wave lotus flowers.)


