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Kara-Leah Grant gets up close & personal about life on and off the yoga mat as she puts her life back together after a Kundalini Awakening experience.

When it turns out Exile was just a Sabbatical • My return to the Yoga World

August 29, 2019 by Kara-Leah Grant Leave a Comment

by Kara-Leah Three weeks ago, after a three or four year sabbatical, I stepped back into a Yoga Studio to teach. I’d stopped teaching because my practice no longer resembled a studio yoga class, and it was impossible to teach something I wasn’t doing. It felt contrived, and wrong. Walking away from teaching felt like walking away from a core part of my identity. But sticking it out felt like a lie. So I stopped teaching. And I stopped going to studios because I was invariably … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Musings from the Mat, The Process of Waking Up

A New Beginning for The Yoga Lunchbox: Meet Our New Supporters, ExerciseNZ

November 1, 2018 by Kara-Leah Grant

by Kara-Leah Grant, After 10 years of championing The Yoga Lunchbox, I'm SO happy to be handing over the torch to a new team. Yes, that's right! I'm officially moving on from my role at The Yoga Lunchbox and handing over to our new Supporters: ExerciseNZ. ExerciseNZ are a non-profit organisation with the mission of proactively supporting a sustainable exercise and fitness industry in New Zealand and they're super stoked to be able to support The Yoga Lunchbox to serve the yoga community here … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Musings from the Mat

How to Re-Write Your Past and Free up Your Future

July 12, 2018 by Kara-Leah Grant

Re-writing our stories means we can go back for another bite of the apple. Photo by Pete Longworth

by Kara-Leah Grant In practice this week, I noticed that when I've told the story of my awakening/psychosis experience, it's always been focused on the relationship I was in, and how that contributed to the experience. But there's another big piece to that story. And it's one I've never told before. That intrigued me. Why had I not looked at that aspect of the story before? Scanning through my life's history, I saw the pattern repeated over and over again: My story has always been told … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Musings from the Mat Tagged With: awakening, fear, healing, kara-leah grant, psychosis

How to Blast Through Avoidance & Clear Out Your Psychic Space

May 3, 2018 by Guest Author Leave a Comment

by Kara-Leah Grant, Avoidance. It's one of those subtle things that can completely derail our lives. Or at least, prevent us from growing and expanding. And the thing is, it's oh so subtle most of the time. Like, not even there almost. Like, easy to ignore. This week, I've avoided making a phone call to a venue to talk about pricing. I've avoided downloading and reading the notes from my editor on my book. And I've avoided calling someone on treating me bad. These are just the avoidances I'm … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Living Your Yoga, Musings from the Mat Tagged With: avoidance, avoiding, clearing, crap, fear, psychic space

Day 617 of my Thousand Day Practice. Ball dropped, Again!

February 22, 2018 by Kara-Leah Grant 2 Comments

by Kara-Leah Grant I was in the car, catching a ride to Day 3 of a three-day workshop with Ana Forrest & Jose Calarco. Nikki - giving me a ride - and I were talking about mountains and the energy they embody. I was sharing my recent experiences in Glenorchy, where I would sit outside at sunset and do my practice. My practice! My 1000 Day practice... The one I was up to Day 617 on... The one I... DIDN'T do yesterday. In that moment, I remembered. And shock hit. A wave of shock … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Home Yoga Practice, Musings from the Mat Tagged With: commitment, home yoga practice, tantra

How to Turn Self-Hatred into Self-Love

June 29, 2017 by Kara-Leah Grant 1 Comment

by Kara-Leah Grant I had a moment on Sunday when I hated myself. Or at least, hated an aspect of myself, for I recognise that it is not the Self I am hating, but a shadow that lives within. This particular shadow is the controlling, wrathful, angry, tense, uptight aspect of me. Here's how this unfolded on Sunday. I felt amazing in the early morning, dancing to my favourite music in the kitchen while washing dishes. Housework + epic music + dancing is one of my favourite household … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Deepening • The Yoga of Life, Musings from the Mat Tagged With: hate, Heart of Self-Love, kara-leah grant, self-love

The Joy of Discovering a Fear of Failure

April 13, 2017 by Kara-Leah Grant Leave a Comment

by Kara-Leah Grant Recently, I moved back to Glenorchy, a small mountain town where I've lived a few times previously. I was exciting about the move, and also feeling some anxiety. Preparing to write my third book, Love's Shadows, I felt called to come home to the mountains. Yet it also meant moving my son, now seven and at school, yet again. We were meant to be staying put in one place now he'd started school. I was meant to be done with moving around. I was meant to be embracing a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Deepening • The Yoga of Life, Musings from the Mat Tagged With: failure, family, fear, patterns, The Heart, unconscious

The Terror of Relaxing and Enjoying Life

February 24, 2017 by Kara-Leah Grant Leave a Comment

Kara-Leah Grant in Glenorchy

by Kara-Leah Grant I’m in one of my favourite places in the world - Glenorchy. The sun is shining. The day is still. It’s at least 20 degrees, which passes for a good summer’s day in what has been the worst summer in years. There’s so much in my life to be grateful for - a loving partner, growing son, supportive family, expanding retreats, selling books, thriving website, incredible friends. I am where I always wanted to be. And yet, I am not relaxed. Nor am I enjoying myself. And I am … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Deepening • The Yoga of Life, Musings from the Mat Tagged With: consciousness, fear, productivity, relaxation, waking up

What Does it Mean to Love Unconditionally?

January 12, 2017 by Kara-Leah Grant 2 Comments

Kara-Leah Grant photo Pete Longworth

by Kara-Leah Grant Recently in our Heart of Tribe Facebook Group, one of the participants asked me to elaborate on what it means to love people - especially family - unconditionally. “For me, to do this fully would at times be to my own detriment. Sometimes it's just too much 'stuff', too much drama. What do we do when we can't hold that space for them? Or worse...when their stuff is just toxic.  And how to discern when to do this and when you just...can't/shouldn’t.” That first … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Deepening • The Yoga of Life, Musings from the Mat Tagged With: family, relationships, The Heart, unconditional love

The Humbling Experience of Ditching Music While Teaching Yoga

January 5, 2017 by Kara-Leah Grant Leave a Comment

yoga music dancing

by Kara-Leah Grant Facilitating retreat is always a powerful experience, not just for the retreatees, but also for myself and the other facilitators. I know that I'm going to get triggered, that my ideas and beliefs will be challenged, and my unconsciousness revealed. This is the process of retreat, and it is immensely rewarding. In the middle of the fire though, it's damned hard work. Case in point: The Heart of Joy, Bali. I’m co-facilitating with Ben Ralston. It's only the second retreat … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Deepening • The Yoga of Life, Musings from the Mat, Teaching Insights Tagged With: breakthrough, ego defenses, humbleness, music, shiva rea, teaching yoga

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