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On the Dilution of the Genuine Transmission of Yoga

November 8, 2014 by Kara-Leah Grant 7 Comments

by Kara-Leah Grant I was recently in a yoga class with yet another teacher who's not present, not teaching to the room, and not really teaching yoga. Oh, there were postures, and alignment cues, and by the end of the class as she'd come more into herself and some presence, offering some lovely phrases and suggestions. Other people enjoyed the class. They left feeling like they'd done a "good yoga class". They were happy. Content. And they'll keep coming back. Me, I was watching my … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Musings from the Mat Tagged With: bad yoga teachers, heart, presence, wisdom

How a Fear of Intimacy was Sabotaging My Intimate Relationships

December 21, 2013 by Kara-Leah Grant 3 Comments

by Kara-Leah Grant, Musings from the Mat On August 18 I started a forty day Heart-Opening Kriya (see below for a PDF of this kriya). I'd just started a new relationship and wanted to support the opening of the heart as much as I could. That initial commitment to 40 days extended out to 90 days, and finally 120 days - and I finished on Sunday December 15. It was an extraordinary time for me, for many reasons, but I wanted to share with you the major result - if you want to call it that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Musings from the Mat Tagged With: fear, heart, heart opening, heart-opening kriya, intimacy, Relationship, relationships

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

November 2 – 4, Te Moata Retreat, Coromandel, The Breath and the Heart Yoga Retreat

September 11, 2012 by Lucinda Staniland 2 Comments

In this weekend workshop we explore the connections between our breath and our heart. Weaving somatic enquiry, yoga asana and loving-kindness practices we will restore ease-full breathing, a calm mind and an open heart. This will be a weekend in which to release into the organic soft support of the heart and the breath. Te Moata is the perfect setting for our deepening yoga practice – the beauty and spirit of the land, the nourishing and delicious food, and the sensitive kindness of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Events Archive Tagged With: breath, Coromandel, donna farhi, heart, Heart Yoga, Karla Brodie, kindness, Neal Ghoshal, restorative, restorative yoga, retreat, yoga, Yoga Movement, yoga retreat

An interview with Swami Samnyasananda, a consultant neurophysiologist

April 20, 2012 by Kara-Leah Grant 1 Comment

Article courtesy Anahata Yoga Retreat Swami Samnyasananda is a consultant neurophysiologist whose research explores the effects of pranayama, meditation and relaxation on the heart, brain and autonomic nervous systems. He is a Certified Yoga Teacher, Life Member and Fellow of the World Society for Clinical Yoga (Lucknow, India), and has over 30 years of experience in classes, personal tuition & clinical counselling in yoga, meditation, relaxation and stress management (M.B.T.I. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Teacher Interviews Tagged With: autonomic nervous systems, brain, clinical counselling, effects, heart, meditation, neurophysiologist, personal tuition, pranayama, relaxation, research, satyananda, stress management, Swami Samnyasananda, World Society for Clinical Yoga, yoga, yoga nidra

Home is where the heart is, heart is what the home needs

October 23, 2011 by Kara-Leah Grant 7 Comments

The latest Musings from the Mat by Kara-Leah Grant Home. It's a deceptively small four-letter word, but oh how much punch it can carry. Our home is our whole world when we're kids, and when we grow up to be adults, we often unconsciously carry around that childhood home inside of us, even when it's not the kind of home we want to recreate in our lives. Home isn't just the place where we live though. Home is also a place where we are truly ourselves, where we let our guard, and our … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Musings from the Mat Tagged With: conscious, family, heart, home

It’s ok to be happy you know?

May 4, 2011 by Kara-Leah Grant 11 Comments

Happiness is a-ok!

I'm so excited right now. And really happy. There's joy spilling from my fingertips. I've had Massive Attack blasting in the morning as I dance my way through making breakfast and Madonna getting in to the groove when I get ready to go out... Not only have I found an awesome house to live in city-side, but I've also got three super-duper roomies moving in. Plus I'm building up my one-on-one yoga clientale, and LOVING teaching my students. I'm doing writers coaching via Skype … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Musings from the Mat Tagged With: happiness, heart, home, joy

Whereupon our heroine is hoodwinked into a headtrip

April 7, 2011 by Kara-Leah Grant 9 Comments

Vintage Crying Smiley Gaiam Yoga Mat, no really

by Kara-Leah Grant, Musings from the Mat Last week I was having a shit of a week. I could tell it was bad because I kept having these on-going conversations in my head. I'd be eating dinner, or sitting outside in the sun, or walking down the path... and there would be a party going on in my head. With my ex-partner, with the people I'm working for, with people I needed to email... whoever, wherever, whenever. Constant chatter, all of it future-focused, and it was making me feel … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Musings from the Mat Tagged With: emotions, headtrip, heart, letting go, release, tears

The One Thing You Can Be to Create Positive Change on Planet Earth

December 13, 2010 by Kara-Leah Grant Leave a Comment

Image by Okan Caliskan from Pixabay by Kara-Leah, I'm feeling a real desire to simplify and streamline my life right now. Beyond what's the normal de-clutter of a spring-clean. Yesterday I watched a video which helped me clarify why this is so. Kiesha Crowther Little Grandmother is one of the 12 young Shaman wisdom keepers from the United States speaking clearly about what's going on in our world right now. It's nothing new. We've heard it all before. This is a crucial time for Planet … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Musings from the Mat Tagged With: consciousness, environment, heart, heart opening

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