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

February 22, 2018 by Kara-Leah Grant 1 Comment

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

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

10 Things I’ve Noticed After Practicing Yoga Every Day For Two Weeks

March 30, 2017 by Guest Author 3 Comments

10 Things I’ve Noticed After Practicing Yoga Every Day For Two Weeks

By Sandi White, Breath and Beyond Two weeks ago I set out on a quest to conquer forty days of home yoga practice. It wasn’t something I had ever really thought I could or would do. However, after reading Kara-Leah Grant’s book, Forty Days of Yoga, I felt compelled to start. I am now two weeks into my journey and this is what I have discovered so far. 1. Yoga may not change my life experiences, but it can help me to deal with them. This past week I have been dealing with a range of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Home Yoga Practice Tagged With: beginner yoga, forty days of yoga, home yoga practice, new to yoga, Sandi White

10 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Started Yoga

February 10, 2017 by Lucinda Staniland 2 Comments

10 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Started Yoga

by Lucinda Staniland Most of us come to yoga with a whole lot of misconceptions about what yoga is. I was no different. Here are some of the mistakes that I made, and lessons that I learnt, as a new yoga student. 1. Asana does not equal yoga. When I started doing yoga I was awed by the strength and grace of the physical practice I saw my fellow students doing. I couldn't wait for the day when I too would move with such beauty. I fell in love with asana. But asana (physical postures) is not … [Read more...]

Filed Under: The Foundations Tagged With: beginner yoga, flexible, home yoga practice, injury, kundalini, starting yoga, yoga, yoga teacher

Melissa Billington on Why It’s So Hard Showing up for Yoga Self-Practice {video}

August 10, 2016 by Kara-Leah Grant Leave a Comment

Melissa Billington on Why It’s So Hard Showing up for Yoga Self-Practice {video}

by Kara-Leah Grant I've known Melissa Billington since 2008 and been close friends with her since 2010. We've had -literally - hundreds of discussions about the nature of yoga, what it means to teach and what it means to practice. Melissa has also been a regular writer on The Yoga Lunchbox. She used to teach yoga on The Morning Show, back when it was filmed in Wellington. And a couple of years ago wrote, produced and acted in a one-woman show called PocaHAUNTus: Shapeshifting history into … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Teacher Interviews, Video Interviews Tagged With: home yoga practice, Melissa Billington, MYOGA Freedom, Online Yoga Courses

Home Yoga Practice: What Counts if You Are a Yoga Teacher?

July 12, 2016 by Kara-Leah Grant 9 Comments

Home Yoga Practice: What Counts if You Are a Yoga Teacher?

by Kara-Leah Grant A few months ago I wrote an article stating that if you teach yoga, you must have a daily self-practice. That article was widely shared, and read. And it triggered some strong reactions. There were comments, and emails where people shared with me the reasons why they couldn't practice yoga every day. Some of these teachers were only teaching one class a week, on top of working 50+ hour jobs, and they were often teaching disadvantaged groups. They felt like what they were … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Home Yoga Practice, Teaching Insights Tagged With: failure, guilt, home yoga practice, mat resistance, self practice, teaching yoga

Teaching Yoga? You Must have a Home Yoga Practice. Here’s why

April 20, 2016 by Kara-Leah Grant 25 Comments

Teaching Yoga? You Must have a Home Yoga Practice. Here’s why

by Kara-Leah Grant Recently on social media, a yoga teacher was talking about the difficulty of fitting in going to yoga classes with her busy schedule, and admitted that her home yoga practice was poor. This teacher displayed zero awareness of the importance of a personal practice for anyone who teaches yoga. She's trained as a yoga teacher. Which implies that the yoga teacher training she completed didn't hammer home the importance of a personal practice for those who teach yoga. She's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Teaching Insights, What's Real Yoga & a Real Yogi? Tagged With: home yoga practice, Para Yoga, Rod Stryker, self practice, transmission, yoga teacher training

Learn How to Practice Yoga By Yourself with MYOGA Online School

February 17, 2016 by Melissa Billington Leave a Comment

Learn How to Practice Yoga By Yourself with MYOGA Online School

by Melissa Billington, MYOGA Online School My partner loves chess and when he asked me to play I said I’d be willing to try, but that backgammon is my game. Chess seems too complicated - too many things to keep track of and too many possibilities. I like the mix of math, chance and skill that backgammon requires. And it plays out quickly. However, I really like this guy so I sat down with him and he explained the name of each piece and where it could move. It was tedious and I was still … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Home Yoga Practice Tagged With: home yoga practice, Melissa Billington, online yoga classes

The Best Home Yoga Practice Book You Can Buy

August 8, 2014 by Kara-Leah Grant Leave a Comment

The Best Home Yoga Practice Book You Can Buy

by Kara-Leah Grant, author of Forty Days of Yoga & The No-More-Excuses Guide to Yoga (coming soon) It's been 18 months since I published Forty Days of Yoga and over a thousand people have now bought the book in print or electronic versions. The message I consistently hear is that: Thank you so much for opening my world and showing me that a daily yoga practice doesn't mean crazy postures on my mat for 90 minutes and failing if I miss a day. Thank you for helping me find a calm, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Home Yoga Practice Tagged With: best yoga book, home yoga practice

Putting the Flow Together: A Complete Mandala Surya Namaskar {video}

July 11, 2014 by Kara-Leah Grant Leave a Comment

Putting the Flow Together: A Complete Mandala Surya Namaskar {video}

by Kara-Leah Grant Welcome to the last article and video in this series of Yoga Explorations. Yes, you've made it all the way to the end and now it's time to bring everything together in one smooth flow. Circular sun salutations work on a few different levels. Usually on our mats we work in a purely linear manner - we move left and right, back and forward. Plus we usually only face forwards, or sideways to one direction. However when we do circular sun salutations we use all four sides … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Home Yoga Practice, Home Yoga Practice Video Tagged With: home yoga practice, sun salutations, surya namaskar, video

Home Yoga Practice Questions: Do I Need a Home Practice if I’m Regularly Going to Yoga Class?

March 28, 2014 by Kara-Leah Grant 7 Comments

Home Yoga Practice Questions: Do I Need a Home Practice if I’m Regularly Going to Yoga Class?

by Kara-Leah Grant, author of Forty Days of Yoga It's easy when you regularly go to yoga classes to dismiss the idea of home yoga practice - after all, you don't need it right? You're already practicing in class 2 or 3 or maybe even 5 or 6 times a week. However, even if you are going to class, there is much to be gained by also doing a home yoga practice. It doesn't have to be every day, and it doesn't have to be long. Ten minutes is enough. Even such a small amount of time can have … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Home Yoga Practice, Home Yoga Practice Video Tagged With: home practice benefits, home yoga practice, video

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