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8 Reasons Why Yoga Nidra is the Hottest New Yoga Trend

February 5, 2018 by Lucinda Staniland Leave a Comment

Anahata Yoga Nidra Training

By Lucinda Staniland By now you've probably come across Yoga Nidra, one of the hottest trends to hit the Yoga scene in recent years. Everyone is doing it, from your trend-setting Instagram-loving best friend to your old-school internet-free great Aunt. But what is Yoga Nidra exactly, and does it deserve its sudden popularity? To the latter, I answer with an emphatic YES, which I trust will quickly become clear in the eight points below. And for an answer to the former, I turned to Swami … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Paid, The Foundations, Yoga Styles Tagged With: anahata yoga retreat, restorative yoga, swami karma karuna, yoga nidra, Yoga trend

How to Deal with the Challenges that Arise in Relationships using Yoga

November 21, 2013 by Guest Author 1 Comment

by guest author Swami Neelmani First, let us look at the word relationship. What does it mean? A relationship is an association, a connection, a bond, an ongoing exchange, a link which occurs with ourselves, other people, nature, animals and objects. There are a variety of things we can have relationships with in life. In relationships we connect and interact with something or somebody else, through our mind, emotions, energy and actions. Possibly the most challenging, confronting … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Living Your Yoga Tagged With: anahata yoga retreat, conscious, ego, heart, humility, integrity, Neelmani, relationships

Sacred Feminine and Yoga: Practical Tools. Part 4

June 20, 2013 by Devangi Leave a Comment

by guest author Swami Karma Karuna, Anahata Yoga Retreat There are more practical tools than can be described belonging to tantra and yoga that are beneficial for a woman’s body, mind and support the connection to the inner sacred space. The practices all work in different ways with the ultimate goal of helping one to reconnect with their higher self or the inner Shakti, which in fact is the sacred feminine. Shakti is the life force. When it is blocked or out of balance, physical and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: The Foundations Tagged With: anahata yoga retreat, balance, meditation, nurturing, overcoming stress, relaxation, sacred feminine, stress, swami karma karuna, women, yoga, yoga nidra

Take everything as it comes, discomfort and comfort alike

October 9, 2012 by Kara-Leah Grant 4 Comments

by Kara-Leah Grant, Musings from the Mat The day we arrived at Anahata Yoga Retreat, nature and God were both sodden, and the retreat was wrapped in the clouds. I hadn’t thought to check the driving conditions before arriving at Anahata, and Samuel and I were traveling in my long, low, loaded-up station wagon. I made it round the first muddy gravel corner and thought. “Nope, there’s no way I’m going up there.” There was a sense of defeat in letting the road stop me now, after I’d got … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Musings from the Mat Tagged With: Acceptance, anahata retreat, anahata yoga retreat, child, children, respect, retreat

An Interview with Swami Muktimurti on the Yoga of Sound

March 30, 2012 by Guest Author 1 Comment

Swami Muktimurti

Supplied by Anahata Yoga Retreat Anahata Yoga Retreat, just outside of Nelson, is once again hosting Swami Muktimurti from Mangrove Mountain, Australia during the Navaratri (9 nights) celebrations. An expert in Mantra, ancient Sanskrit and singing, Swami Muktimurti and Swami Muktidharma (NZ Acharya) are presenting a retreat focused on Nada Yoga, or the yoga of sound, during this auspicious astrological time. We caught up with her during this retreat to gain some more insight on this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Teacher Interviews Tagged With: anahata yoga retreat, kirtan, mantra, nada, navaratri, Swami Muktimurti

An Interview with Rishi Nityabodhananda on Awakening Ajna Chakra, the Third Eye

May 29, 2010 by Kara-Leah Grant Leave a Comment

by Kara-Leah Grant This is the second interview with two of the most senior Satyananda teachers touring New Zealand this June to deliver workshops on various yoga topics including Ajna Chakra, Yoga & Art and Kriya Yoga. You can read yesterday's article here: An interview with Rishi Yoga Diwali Today's interview is with Rishi Nityabodhananda. He is a Yogacharya (Master of yoga), a versatile teacher with decades of experience, and he has just written a book called Ajna Chakra … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Events Archive, Teacher Interviews, The Process of Kundalini Tagged With: ajna chakra, anahata yoga retreat, Rishi Nityabodhananda, satyananda, sixth chakra, third eye

An exploration of non-attachment, or vairagya

March 30, 2010 by Guest Author 2 Comments

by guest author Swami Muktidharma Saraswati For details of a retreat this weekend at Anahata Retreat on non-attachment, please see the end of this article. Attachment is one of the main causes in our lives of unhappiness. Attachment causes fear and fear is the trigger for a lot of other emotions such as anger, stress and lack of satisfaction in life. When there is attachment to an object, however small, there is fear of losing it. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Living Your Yoga Tagged With: anahata yoga retreat, attachment, vairagya

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