by Kara-Leah Grant, Musings from the Mat I've just finished a Forty Day Meditation and Manifestation practice. It's something I completely made up. I'd been wondering for many months about combining daily meditation with a conscious manifestation process because I'd observed in my own life that the first key step for creating anything new is always getting clear. Usually, before I write, I meditate or walk first. This helps to shift me into the ground of being, and out of my head. Out … [Read more...]
Join Me for a Forty Day Meditation and Manifestation Practice Designed to Rock Your World
by Kara-Leah Grant, author of Forty Days of Yoga (Just interested in getting the Meditation & Manifestation PDF? Skip to the bottom of the article for details.) My asana practice has been strong and regular for the last few months thanks to a combination of Mysore-style Ashtanga with Peter Sanson, and teaching more Vinyasa Flow classes (which necessitates more practice and prep for asana sequences). But I've been really missing meditation. It's been harder to fit it in when I'm … [Read more...]
Can We Manifest our Way into True Love? (How about Yes!)
by Kara-Leah Grant, Musings from the Mat Six months ago, I decided I wanted to step into relationship again. No big deal right? But when you're a single mother in your late 30s living in a small town with only 300 people... the chances don't sound very high. Factor in a serious commitment to yoga and conscious relationship - whatever that means - and it seemed the chances were even less. But I wanted a relationship, wholeheartedly, and so I did what I could to open up to this … [Read more...]
September 14: Tauhara, Lake Taupo, Living In the Now, A Yoga Workshop
Living In the Now, a Yoga Workshop with Swami Muktidharma & Swami Karma Karuna In our daily lives we spend most of our time either worrying about what happened in the past or what lies ahead in the future. During this retreat you will discover that nothing exists outside of the present moment. Learn powerful meditation techniques to move into a balanced yet flexible state of mind, able to sway like a tree while staying strong and grounded in this moment. Standing tall in the Now will … [Read more...]
Be a Tree: Interpretive Yoga for Adults
It’s Autumn: trees are delighting us with a riot of colour, littering the ground with jewels from their branches. We can take a hint from Mother Nature and enjoy a similar process ourselves, letting go of old, stagnant, nonessentials. Releasing has many more nuances than just ‘getting rid’ of something. Pay attention to Nature move through a full cycle of gestation, birth, growth, and decay and you’ll see letting go as making space. Indeed, Spring blossoms and leaves come to be … [Read more...]