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Why I’m Bringing Yoga & Meditation to Teenagers with The Soul Laundry

September 24, 2015 by Guest Author 1 Comment

By Nina Rogocki, The Soul Laundry About three years ago I was new to Auckland from the UK, and embarking on a new journey that was unexpected but welcome. To settle into my new environment, I found myself a gym, as you do, and I started to attend classes and set my routine. One afternoon in a daze, I got in the lift and ended up on the wrong floor. The doors of the lift opened up to reveal a welcoming, warm environment that was quiet and felt like total calm. Upon investigation I realised … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Yoga & Community Tagged With: care, confidence, education, health, kindness, meditation, mental health, mindfulness, self-love, teens, The Heart, yoga

How to Meditate in Four Easy Steps

May 8, 2012 by Peter Fernando Leave a Comment

by Peter Fernando, Meditation and Mindfulness I like to consider what 'meditation' is, from the perspective of a beginner, or someone who's never heard of it. Sometimes the more I think I know about something, the further away I get from really knowing the heart of it! So, having reflected on it, from an experiential place, I reckon this thing called 'meditation' actually just consists of four qualities, or skills in the mind: 1) Focus Take an object, such as the feeling of the breath in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Meditation Practices, Practices Tagged With: awareness, easy, feeling, focus, four, kindness, meditation, simple, steps

What’s Love Got to Do with Meditation?

March 10, 2012 by Peter Fernando 4 Comments

Living with an open heart

by guest author Peter Fernando, Meditation and Mindfulness In many traditions, the practice of kindness and love is an integral part of the meditative journey. You may wonder, 'why?' Sometimes the way that the concept of  'mindfulness' is presented can make it seem like a utilitarian technique to become more efficient, or more functional in the world. This is certainly a part of it, of course. But then there's the love thing. You can't go too far into any authentic contemplative tradition … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Meditation Practices, Practices Tagged With: depression, happiness, kindness, loving-kindness, meditation, metta, mindfulness, The Heart, well-being

How to learn from the goals we don’t achieve

September 9, 2010 by Elissa Jordan 4 Comments

by guest author Elissa Jordan Seems I don’t trust myself. I’ve recently committed myself to a 30-day sadhana or committed practice through 30 days of yoga. And as a result I’ve not gone anywhere near my yoga mat for days. Every morning I wake up and I have a talk with myself about how today is going to be different. Today I’m going to get up early. Today I’m going to respect my commitment. Today I’m going to practice yoga. And then the excuses start - too tired, too stressed, too … [Read more...]

Filed Under: How Yoga Helped Me Tagged With: 30 day sadhana, Elissa Jordan, kindness

Completion of a loving-kindness sadhana, Day 30 to Day 40

August 19, 2009 by Kara-Leah Grant 2 Comments

Mudra on the beach

This was the easiest sadhana (daily spiritual practice) I've done. Simply sitting cross-legged and repeating four lines (in English no less!) over and over. May I be filled with loving-kindness May I be well My I be peaceful and at ease May I be happy I finished yesterday, with a twenty minute meditation. Yet this morning, getting stuck into work, I couldn't wait to do my meditation. So I did. Day 41. This may just be a daily practice for me until... well who knows? … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Home Yoga Practice, Meditation Practices Tagged With: buddhist, Committing to Yoga, heart opening, kindness

How to connect to other people while holding your centre – a new loving-kindness sadhana

July 23, 2009 by Kara-Leah Grant 39 Comments

Hugs at Paekakariki

Perhaps my biggest discovery this year has been the power of sadhana. I started my new years with a Forty Day Sadhana of Sodarshan Chakra Kriya. It took me a bit longer than forty days to finish it, as I missed a day at day 35 and had to start all over again... but boy was it powerful when I finally finished. I was super excited when I started my next sadhana - all about accessing infinite energy and prosperity. Unfortunately, I had to stop that one at Day 15 because I discovered I was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Home Yoga Practice, Meditation Practices Tagged With: Acceptance, buddhist, compassion, heart opening, kindness

How to approach challenging yoga poses with patience and self-kindness

January 16, 2009 by Seka Ojdrovic-Phillips 5 Comments

  Though we all know, as good yogis should, that the purpose of our practice is to create a greater sense of inner peace and self-actualization, it’s sometimes difficult to not push ourselves past our physical limits. by guest author Seka Ojdrovic It’s often said that we are our own worst critic.  Part of being human is striving to attain the unattainable and not being satisfied until it’s within our grasp.  The practice of yoga is no exception, as we often literally stretch … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Physical Practices Tagged With: challenge, kindness, patience, Seka Ojdrovic

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