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Adventures in yogic eating on the road

June 25, 2012 by Valerie Love 6 Comments

by Valerie Love I’m writing this on the plane heading back to New Zealand after a month long visit to the United States. Although Wellington is my home now, it’s been wonderful to revisit familiar places and to feel the warmth both from the northern hemisphere summer, and from my friends’ and family’s unconditional love. On this trip to the States, in addition to seeing loved ones, I was excited to visit to my home studio to take a class with my one of my instructors from yoga teacher … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Yoga & Ayurveda Tagged With: aparigraha, eating on the road, travel

The Yoga of Business: Goals, Clarity, Values & Commitment, Part 2

December 19, 2011 by Guest Author 1 Comment

by guest author Jenifer Parker, business owner of Healium, Wellington Clarity Drives the Process As we have all experienced, sometimes goals do not come to fruition even when they are specific. They can be ridiculously detailed and give a clear way to success, but still fail spectacularly. And sometimes -- as many of us have experienced in the yoga world -- these businesses succeed financially, while undermining the very values that we claim to hold and espouse as yoga … [Read more...]

Filed Under: The Business of Yoga Tagged With: aparigraha, business, healium, jenifer parker, santosha

Applying the fifth yama, Aparigraha (non-hoarding), to daily life

October 9, 2010 by Kara-Leah Grant 5 Comments

by Kara-Leah, Of all the yamas, this is the one which, if kept, would have the most profound effect on our western, consumer, materialistic society. If we all lived in such a way that we were non-possessive, non-accumulative, and non-hoarding... it would totally shift our relationship to stuff, to the earth, to ideas, to ego-identity and to each other. The way we did business would change. The way we manufactured products would change. Our footprint upon the earth would lighten enormously. The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Living Your Yoga, Musings from the Mat Tagged With: aparigraha

What’s yoga got to do with climate action?

October 16, 2009 by Kara-Leah Grant Leave a Comment

Well, plenty actually. And this is the perfect time to write about that connection. One, it's International Blog Action Day, when bloggers around the world write about one topic that matters - this year the environment. And two, next Saturday October 24th is International Climate Action Day, also happening worldwide. Here in Wellington, there will be meditation at Frank Kitts Park all day, and The Big Stretch - a free yoga class at 3pm. We want to get as many yogis to the free yoga … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Archive 2019, Events Archive, Living Your Yoga Tagged With: ahimsa, aparigraha, asteya, environment

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