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How to heal your toxic emotions

June 28, 2011 by Guest Author 2 Comments

Deepak Chopra - In Auckland August 2nd

by guest author Deepak Chopra, author of many books including Buddha: A Story of Enlightenment. Deepak Chopra is in Auckland on August 2nd. See the bottom of this article for event details. Emotions are mysterious and often dangerous things. Thirty years ago mind-body medicine made the connection between emotions and illness. The so-called cancer personality had its vogue, preceded by the type A personality linked to early heart attacks. Despite advances in drugs for depression and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Living Your Yoga Tagged With: awareness, consciousness, deepak chopra, emotions

Tantra: A system for mind expansion

June 1, 2011 by Guest Author Leave a Comment

by guest author Swami Muktidharma There is a huge misunderstanding about the great science of Tantra, especially in our western society. Some confuse it with witchery or black magic and a lot more think that Tantra is only related to sexual practices. As with many things imported from the East to the West, this is a gross misrepresentation of Tantra and a very limited way to understand an ancient and deep science. Tantra relates to each and every aspect of our lives, and therefore must … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energetic Practices, Practices

How to adjust your yoga practice for autumn

May 2, 2011 by Guest Author 1 Comment

Rachel practicing nadi shoden in the crisp autumn air

Take a big breath – air is all around us...... Autumn is a transformation beyond just the season. There are the obvious tell-tale signs that autumn is upon us in a change in the weather and changes in nature.  The days become shorter, the rhythm shifts, the light and heat of summer  subside. We move towards something more mellow and soft, which encourages us to look within and reflect. As you slow down, find the time to ponder an Ayurvedic approach to autumn. Ayurveda is a sister … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Practices Tagged With: autumn practice, Ayurveda, doshas, nadi shoden, vatta

How to create a spiritual home with a child-friendly meditation circle

March 30, 2011 by Guest Author 14 Comments

Jenifer Parker with her partner Ryan and their son Hawke

by guest author Jenifer Parker, owner of Healium Yoga Studio in Wellington They say that it takes a village to raise a child, but it can be a struggle to find the right village! We are blessed that there are many secular villages in which we can participate, like our play groups and parent meetings with thosewho practice attachment parenting techniques, but we have really struggled to find the right spiritual home for our family. Both my husband and I were raised in religious … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Events Archive, Meditation Practices, Practices Tagged With: children, family, Meditation for kids

How yoga helped me… recover from drug and alcohol addiction

November 22, 2010 by Guest Author 1 Comment

Looking for belonging

  This is an on-going series of yoga stories from readers about how yoga has made a difference their life. To contribute your story, click here. Submitted by Clare S. (not her real name) of New Zealand Coming from a dysfunctional family, it is not really a surprise that I got involved with punk rockers and street kids in my early teens. I felt a sense of belonging, I was needed. I brought them food and snuck them home for showers and meals. It didn't take long for me … [Read more...]

Filed Under: How Yoga Helped Me Tagged With: addiction, alcohol, drugs, recovery

How yoga helped me… stand tall, both literally and emotionally

November 11, 2010 by Guest Author Leave a Comment

Yoga can make us stand tall, in many ways

This is an on-going series of yoga stories submitted by Yoga Lunchbox readers. Tell us how yoga changed your lift here. By Anonymous I’ve been a sporty type for 10 years or so now I go through phases of running, biking, and weight training. Over the last 5 years I’ve found yoga and since then it has typically part been part of my weekly routine. I’m prone to very bad posture and yoga has taught me to be aware of my body. More specifically, it has helped me become aware of how nice … [Read more...]

Filed Under: How Yoga Helped Me Tagged With: posture, relationships

Yoga trippy – an Indian viewpoint of Western Yoga

October 29, 2010 by Guest Author 1 Comment

Yoga Trippy?

an essay by guest author Ali Halle Tilley Yoga is an ancient practice, which can bring transformation and liberation to the disillusioned, disenfranchised masses[1] of the Technological Age by combining universal moral codes and postural sequences, with breathing and meditation techniques. One main challenge for yoga practiced in the West, however, is the contagion of consumerism where yoga students and teachers buy into what is currently fashionable and dismiss what is genuine. This … [Read more...]

Filed Under: What's Real Yoga & a Real Yogi? Tagged With: ali halle tilley, patanjali

Everything is stable… until it’s not

October 27, 2010 by Guest Author Leave a Comment

Anusara Yoga Teacher Katie Lane

by guest author Katie Lane What the Christchurch earthquake is teaching me about stability. Just when I thought I’d found my roots...the ground shook. AGAIN. Tuesday morning, 11.32am. The biggest aftershock I felt since our original 7.1 magnitude earthquake in early September. Compared to the BIG event, this shake was minor. However, a 5.0 on any scale is really no small thing! The woman I was talking with on the phone started to cry and hung up the apologizing that she needed to call her … [Read more...]

Filed Under: How Yoga Helped Me Tagged With: anusara, dunedin workshops, intimacy, katie lane, muladhara, relationships, root, Wellington workshops

Learning to soften

June 18, 2010 by Guest Author 3 Comments

Learning to soften

by guest blogger Lia Aprile of Shanti-Town If you've got your own website and would like to write a guest article for The Yoga Lunchbox on anything related to yoga or meditation, get in touch. I have recently started a meditation practice.  Again. I am several weeks in at this point, and things have been going pretty well so far, but the last week of this new-found practice has coincided with a particularly rigorous yoga schedule (there's some ass-kicking virus going around, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Meditation Practices Tagged With: lia aprile

Is regular yoga practice a good way to lose weight? Part II

June 4, 2010 by Guest Author 2 Comments

by guest author Jude Mahood, nutritionist and yoga teacher The first part of this article described the way yoga practice is thought to result in weight loss. In summary, weight loss may be the direct result of vigorous regular practice or it may be indirectly related to the cultivation of mindfulness. An important point to reiterate is that successful weight loss is more likely to happen if yoga practice is combined with sound weight loss strategies. I have to be very clear at the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: How Yoga Helped Me Tagged With: diet, jude mahood, nutrition, weight

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