Experience a 1 week Intro to a 1 month In Depth retreat, “living” yoga through active immersion into the daily life of Anahata. Receive support and a daily focus in guided intimate group sessions. Learn yogic principles to increase harmony and productivity in daily life. Enjoy regular yoga and meditation classes as well as ancient ceremonies and a mountain top view that will imprint your heart for lifetimes. The Explore Your ‘Self’ retreat is the best way to come to Anahata for … [Read more...]
March 9 – 11: Anahata Yoga Retreat,The Art of Living and Dying with Yoga
Enter into the joy and clarity of the present moment! Gain liberating techniques to help face your fears, phobias and challenges of life. How could one know the art of dying if they have not experienced the art of living? Life and death together are a continuation of each other and this is called existence. As we travel through life, we are paving the way and determining the quality of our departure. Death is not the end of existence but a face of it; just as the moon has two faces. Rather … [Read more...]
February 24 – 26: Anahata Yoga Retreat, Yoga Nidra – The Total Personality
The practice of Satyananda Yoga Nidra™ crosses all the layers of the human experience, supporting integration, relaxation and health on all levels. This retreat is open to all to receive the relaxing benefits of Yoga Nidra. It will also give yoga teachers, health care professionals, social workers and educators an insight into a very powerful and ancient practice that is highly applicable to the challenges of modern life. Satyananda Yoga Nidra™ has a profound impact on the mind and these … [Read more...]
An interview with Michelle Taffe, founder of The Global Yogi
Thanks to the connective and informative power of the Internet, it's never been so easy to find what you're looking for... and that includes in the yoga world too. Michelle Taffe, a Melbourne based yogi, writer and entrepreneur is the founder of The Global Yogi, a website dedicated to helping yogis check out yoga around the world. The YLB spoke to Michelle to find out more about her website, who it's aimed at, and the challenges of starting an internet-based business. What inspired you … [Read more...]
Swami Ji reveals why every yoga practitioner needs a guru
Swami Govindananda, affectionately known as Swami Ji, is a Kiwi boy born and bred, so he always loves coming back home to spread the yogic word. He's back on tour here in New Zealand in April, May and June. You can find full details of his workshops and retreat here. An entertaining and inspirational speaker, Swami Ji gives some interesting insight into what it means to be a swami, and why every serious yogi needs to find a Guru one day. 1. What does it mean to be a Swami? In … [Read more...]
Don’t let the idea of a yoga weekend retreat intimidate you
by Sue Grbic of the Albany Yoga Room How often have you heard stories or looked longingly at pictures of people having a great time at some yoga workshop or retreat in a gorgeous corner of the world and wished that were you? How often has it actually been you? So if you just answered that question the way I think you did, let’s look at why. Of course money is usually a factor. That goes without saying. But aside from that, let’s face it - most of us are somewhat intimidated by … [Read more...]
ReTreat Yourself – the joys of going on a yoga retreat
by guest author Jan Goldie Retreat is a funny word. It's evolved over time. Back in the day it meant to run away or draw back from the enemy. It was a bit of a cop out. Nowadays, we focus on the second half of the word. Treat! To go on a retreat is to find a safe place, a haven. Perhaps to get away from a different kind of enemy; the worries and stresses of everyday life. So when I was offered the chance to join my Mum and sister at my second Ashram Yoga weekend, a Revival Retreat … [Read more...]
An interview with Gangaji
There is a simplicity in the teachings of Gangaji that underscores the paradox of the spiritual journey - she teaches that the truth of who we are is already free and at peace, and that it can be discovered by simply ending one’s search. Like the effortless effort that arises when we switch from doing a yoga pose to being a yoga pose, the search for enlightenment ends when we realise there is nothing to search for, nothing to become, for we are already there. For Gangaji, born Merle … [Read more...]
An interview with Insight Dialogue author and teacher Gregory Kramer
New Zealand is blessed next month with the arrival of Gregory Kramer, an American practitioner and teacher of Insight Meditation. Gregory is also the co-founder and director of the Metta Foundation, Portland, Oregon, a center of Buddhist practice in the Insight Meditation tradition. He has developed a practice that takes meditation off the mat and into interpersonal relationships, as outlined in his book Insight Dialogue. One review of this work from Joseph Goldstein, author of Insight … [Read more...]
An interview with Swami Muktimurti about the power of sound to transform
There is a rich Satyananda Yoga tradition in New Zealand, which means we are fortunate to often play host to traveling Satyananda Swamis from around the world. Next month (March 2010), Anahata Retreat just outside of Nelson is hosting Swami Muktimurti from Mangrove Mountain near Mountain. An expert in Mantra and ancient Sanskrit, she is hosting a nine day/ten night retreat focused on Nada Yoga, or the yoga of sound. Swami Muktimurti is well known for her singing. She has pursued a deep … [Read more...]