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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

How Long Should I Meditate For?

January 19, 2017 by Kara-Leah Grant 2 Comments

Samuel meditating

by Kara-Leah Grant If you've googled your way to this article, you've likely come looking for some kind of concrete answer to your question. Like 10 minutes a day. Or twenty minutes, three times a week. If that's the kind of answer you're looking for, because you're using meditation as a way to de-stress, or chill out, or because all the cool kids are doing it, you may as well stop reading right now. This article won't help you by giving you a definitive answer. However, if you're meditating … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Meditation Practices, Practices Tagged With: consciousness, enlightenment, fears, meditation, waking up

The New World Paradigm: Get Clear, Create a Vision, Take Action

October 24, 2016 by Kara-Leah Grant 6 Comments

by Kara-Leah Grant Eight years ago this week I began The Yoga Lunchbox with a vision in mind - to Bring Yoga to the People. Daily practice had made an enormous difference to my physical, mental and emotional well-being and I envisioned a world where everybody knew about yoga and meditation, and 10% of the population was practicing regularly. That vision has now been fulfilled. Yoga is everywhere. And people are practicing. So now what for The Yoga Lunchbox? That's what I've been … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Activism, Musings from the Mat Tagged With: awakening, consciousness, evolution, New Paradigm, Revolution, visioning

Jonni Pollard on the Nature of Unbounded Consciousness and Awakening {video}

July 28, 2016 by Kara-Leah Grant 2 Comments

by Kara-Leah Grant I first met Jonni Pollard at Wanderlust Great Lake Taupo in 2015. He was leading the mass meditation at 7pm on the Saturday night. I'd bumped into the other Jonnie from Wanderlust - Jonnie Halstead - hovering nervously around the Mothership, which turned into the mainstage and dance floor in the evening. Jonnie with an E confided in me that this dude from Melbourne - also called Jonni - was about to lead a mass meditation and he wasn't sure how it was going to go down. Yes, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Meditation Practices, Practices, Teacher Interviews Tagged With: 1 Giant Mind, consciousness, Jonni Pollard, kundalini, meditation, shakti, The Heart, Vedic Meditation

Shiva Rea on the Evolution of Prana Vinyasa Yoga {video interview}

May 6, 2016 by Kara-Leah Grant Leave a Comment

by Kara-Leah Grant She's sometimes referred to as "the Madonna of Yoga" - at least, that's what Vanity Fair called Shiva Rea when she did a desert photo shoot for them in 2007. But magazines love catchy monikers and as someone who grew up idolising Madonna and has studied with Shiva... the two women are nothing alike. "I'm not sure what exactly what they were referring to, whether it was my boldness, but I'm not into being a yoga celebrity at all. At all! Humility for me is a really important … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Video Interview, Teacher Interviews Tagged With: B.K.S. Iyengar, consciousness, cultural change, desikachar, evolution of yoga, Pattabhi Jois, shiva rea, wanderlust

How Deep Do You Really Go in Your Yoga Practice?

February 23, 2015 by Kara-Leah Grant 2 Comments

by Kara-Leah Grant On Friday, a friend who is a talented healer, did some energy release work on my shoulders. He stood behind me, pressed into each shoulder and breathed. It was a simple technique and yet I could feel pressure evaporating into the ether. Afterwards he shook his head. You had half a ton of pressure in there. I know this. I feel it and I see it in my body when I watch myself on video - this held tension that isn't so much about the muscles but the underlying … [Read more...]

Filed Under: The Foundations Tagged With: chakras, consciousness, prana, subtle body, The Mandukya Upanishad, vayus

On the Dilution of the Genuine Transmission of Yoga Part 2

December 1, 2014 by Kara-Leah Grant 5 Comments

The Soloist by Alex Seton

by Kara-Leah Grant, Musings from the Mat I've been contemplating the many reactions I received to this article over the past week or so, On the Dilution of the Transmission of Yoga. One person unsubscribed from the website (or at least - one person told me they had because of this article, more people may have!) saying that I had made some good points but she found the article judgemental and unyogic. Other people rejoiced that someone was speaking such things out loud. It does feel … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Musings from the Mat, What's Real Yoga & a Real Yogi? Tagged With: consciousness, enlightenment, Teacher training, teaching

Ashtanga: Why it’s so Important to Trust the Process

August 26, 2014 by Kara-Leah Grant 4 Comments

Working with knees... softly, softly...

by Kara-Leah Grant, Musings from the Mat One of the great gifts of sharing my internal processes of life so honestly on-line is that I learn from myself. Often, a few years after I’ve written an article, I will re-read it and see the illusions that I was labouring under at the time. Yes, the article is usually about an insight into a difficulty, but there is always another layer or level of illusion. Through re-reading my own articles I’m able to watch myself wake up and become more … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Musings from the Mat Tagged With: ashtanga, consciousness, knee pain, trust, waking up

Keeping New Year’s Resolutions is not about willpower or discipline

January 3, 2013 by Kara-Leah Grant 4 Comments

Kara-Leah Grant

by Kara-Leah Grant, Musings from the Mat I was up early on New Year’s Day. It’s one of my favourite ways to start the year. Early morning, the world seems fresh and alive and ripe for new opportunities and new ways of being. The possibility of new choices and new ways of being seems stronger. 'How will I live this day?' 'How will I live this life?' On January 1st, this sense of potential and possibility feels stronger. New Year’s is a time for resolutions, as we make up our minds we’re … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Musings from the Mat Tagged With: commitment, Committing to Yoga, consciousness, discipline, fear, forty days of yoga, home yoga practice, new year's resolutions, unconscious, willpower

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

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