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What’s it like to do 108 sun salutations in a row?

August 24, 2009 by Kara-Leah Grant 54 Comments

Yoga for Herniated Disc

by Kara-Leah, Mention doing 108 sun salutations in a row to most people, even regularly practicing yogis, and their eyes widen as their mind says "No way!" Yes way! Not only can your average yoga practitioner easily complete 108 sun salutations, but it's such an energizing practice, that at the end of 108, some people actually feel like they want to do more. Remember, yoga is not "exercise". It doesn't wear out the body, but energises the mind, body and soul. Sun salutations open and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Physical Practices Tagged With: commitment, Global Mala, goal setting, intention, kara-leah grant, The Yoga Lunchbox

Completion of a loving-kindness sadhana, Day 30 to Day 40

August 19, 2009 by Kara-Leah Grant 2 Comments

Mudra on the beach

This was the easiest sadhana (daily spiritual practice) I've done. Simply sitting cross-legged and repeating four lines (in English no less!) over and over. May I be filled with loving-kindness May I be well My I be peaceful and at ease May I be happy I finished yesterday, with a twenty minute meditation. Yet this morning, getting stuck into work, I couldn't wait to do my meditation. So I did. Day 41. This may just be a daily practice for me until... well who knows? … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Home Yoga Practice, Meditation Practices Tagged With: buddhist, Committing to Yoga, heart opening, kindness

Inside the experience of a Loving-Kindness sadhana to day 29

August 7, 2009 by Kara-Leah Grant 3 Comments

Kundalini, or prana, rising up the spine

Kundalini, or prana, rising up the spine 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. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Home Yoga Practice, Meditation Practices Tagged With: kundalini, pranic body, surrender

Inside the experience of a loving-kindness sadhana to Day 20

July 30, 2009 by Kara-Leah Grant 4 Comments

Expressions of joy

This practice was inspired by many things. A conversation with friends after a heart-opening Bhakti practice about the nature of the spiritual path. An understanding that opening the body was all very well, but unless the heart also opened, essentially meaningless. A desire to experience more equinimity, more joy, more bliss, more love. And a book called A Path with Heart. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Home Yoga Practice, Meditation Practices Tagged With: heart opening, reality

How to connect to other people while holding your centre – a new loving-kindness sadhana

July 23, 2009 by Kara-Leah Grant 39 Comments

Hugs at Paekakariki

Perhaps my biggest discovery this year has been the power of sadhana. I started my new years with a Forty Day Sadhana of Sodarshan Chakra Kriya. It took me a bit longer than forty days to finish it, as I missed a day at day 35 and had to start all over again... but boy was it powerful when I finally finished. I was super excited when I started my next sadhana - all about accessing infinite energy and prosperity. Unfortunately, I had to stop that one at Day 15 because I discovered I was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Home Yoga Practice, Meditation Practices Tagged With: Acceptance, buddhist, compassion, heart opening, kindness

How to unleash your inner Goddess

July 8, 2009 by Kara-Leah Grant 1 Comment

There is a Goddess that lives inside each and every woman. In some women, the Goddess is obscured by thick, heavy clouds of fear. Posture is weighted, cramped and hunched. Skin is pale. Eyes dart. In other women, the Goddess has been laquered over with a mask of perfection. Glitz, glamour and gloss strut their stuff, leaving no time nor room for the sensual, knowing, easy delight of a Goddess. Then there are those women who fear for the safety of their Goddess in this (apparently) … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Musings from the Mat Tagged With: goddess, playing

What is a Sadhana and Why Do I Need One in My Life?

June 25, 2009 by Kara-Leah Grant 11 Comments

By Kara-Leah, Regular readers will well remember I started a forty day sadhana (spiritual practice) oh... a few months ago. It was an Infinite Wealth and Prosperity meditation, and I was loving doing it. But then something happened. I found out I was pregnant, and as this particular meditation involved stomach pumps (a no-no for pregnant women), I had to stop. But I couldn't write about it immediately, because I had to wait to tell people I was pregnant. Now I can tell people... so I can … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Classics, Home Yoga Practice, The Foundations Tagged With: Committing to Yoga, forty days of yoga, spiritual practice

Why it’s important to have friends that share your vision for life

June 15, 2009 by Kara-Leah Grant 5 Comments

by Kara-Leah Grant, Musings from the Mat One of the joys of being serious about yoga and meditation practice is the community of like-minded friends I've built up around me. Traditionally, a serious aspirant on the spiritual path would have a teacher or guru to turn to for help, guidance and assistance. Life in Wellington means that this teacher or guru usually shows up in my life in the guise of friends and family. Walking a spiritual path is not easy. One could liken it to the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Musings from the Mat Tagged With: Acceptance, sangha

A yogic exploration of winning the Big Wednesday jackpot

June 12, 2009 by Kara-Leah Grant 6 Comments

The single most destructive desire present in the human race is the desire "to make money". In the name of "making money", we make slaves of other people, we rape and pillage the earth, we abuse animals, we create inferior products designed to break down and crowd our landfills, we compromise our internal values, we trample over colleagues, we burn ourselves out, we spend more time working than with our family, and we write it all off as "just business". All this because of our burning … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Archive 2019, Musings from the Mat Tagged With: karma yoga, money

Is asana practice a totally over-rated part of yoga?

June 9, 2009 by Kara-Leah Grant 9 Comments

Think yoga, and likely you'll think of a person bending their body into a posture. You'll imagine the cover of Yoga Journal and think, that's yoga. Except it's not. It's one aspect of Yoga - Hatha Yoga, or physical yoga. Yoga has many paths one can walk, including Bhakti Yoga, Raja Yoga, Karma Yoga, Jnana Yoga, Tantra Yoga, Mantra Yoga... some of these paths don't involve twisting and turning of the body at all, yet they are still yoga. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Going to Class, Musings from the Mat, Physical Practices Tagged With: eight limbs, patanjali

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