Why nothing is a problem anymore

My work mates thought I was nuts.
A four day meditation retreat, three and a half days of which were in silence.
Doing nothing but sitting meditation, walking meditation, eating and sleeping.
To me it sounded like bliss.
No work. No website. No teaching. No relationships. No internet, tv, media, newspaper, books, magazines.
Just unadulterated being, led by one of [...]

Part 3: Inside the experience of meditation – Loving-Kindness sadhana to day 29

Meditation is a cumulative experience.

That is, the more you do it, the more you get it, the more you want to do it, the more you get out of it… creating this constant feedback loop of encouragement.

Unfortunately, it also works the other way. We begin to meditate, never having done it before, likely with many expectations of what meditation is “supposed” to be like.

How yoga practice teaches you to listen to your intuition through life’s transitions

by guest author Lynda Miers-Henneveld of Yoga Unlimited

Yoga teaches us to embrace the natural rhythms of life.
Through our practice we can ground ourselves in times of instability, or motivate and energise ourselves when we feel stuck.
A personal practice has to reflect our changing circumstances if it is to support us in our journey through this [...]

Enough of the doom & gloom! We are in a time of great transformation, can we grab the opportunity it represents?

At any one time, many possible futures are available to us as individuals and as a whole. Times of great change represent both times of great challenge and times of great opportunity.
This is one of those times and it makes me excited.

How to surrender into back bends using a sankalpa

by guest author Trudi Collins, Yoga teacher at Synergy Fitness, Napier

After reading Kelly’s article about sankalpa’s, and KL’s inspiring 40 day commitment to Sodarshan Chakra Kriya pranayama, I thought I would share my experience (so far this year) with my sankalpa – to improve my backbends.