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Spring Equinox Rising

September 29, 2020 by Guest Author 1 Comment

by Sonya Simpson, SSY Sonya Simpson Yoga Have you felt a slow rising of energy over the past few weeks or days? A gentle nudge from within encouraging you to start creating and building? Spring equinox is upon us and with it, the light is brightening and the blanket of winter is becoming easier to throw off. The natural slowing down that occurs in winter, those quiet months when the light is low and the weather cooler, is starting to feel less necessary. Nature is reflecting back to us … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Deepening • The Yoga of Life Tagged With: equinox, meditation, nature, seasons, spring, yoga

Is It Normal To Feel Tired All The Time? How I Embraced Darkness & Found Deep Rest

June 1, 2017 by Lucinda Staniland Leave a Comment

by Lucinda Staniland I’ve been practicing yoga for eight years, and while I’ve experienced many benefits from a regular practice, deep sleep hasn’t been one of them. Despite my daily home yoga practice—and the deep relaxation and release that it enables—until recently, a really good night’s sleep was an elusive thing for me. Let me get this straight; I've never been an insomniac. I've never experienced the terror of a full blown sleep disorder or extreme sleep deprivation. But I do know what … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Deepening • The Yoga of Life, How Yoga Helped Me, Yoga & Ayurveda Tagged With: darkness, health, seasons, sleep, yoga

Why MYOGA uses a seasonal structure to map it’s yoga classes

August 6, 2012 by Melissa Billington 9 Comments

by Melissa Billington Over the last few years, I've been using a seasonal map to organise my yoga teaching. Until I witnessed myself gesturing the same way when I referenced the calendar year, I didn’t realize that I had an innate sense of time being egg-shaped instead of linear. For some reason I’ve always seen winter at the narrow top of the egg, summer at the wider bottom and spring and autumn on the longer sides.  Growing up in the four seasons of the northern hemisphere on the northeast … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Living Your Yoga Tagged With: Melissa Billington, MYOGA, seasonal structure, seasons, time, yoga

What’s the point of winter – whether of the soul or of the seasons?

June 21, 2012 by Melissa Billington 5 Comments

A season for all things...

by guest author Melissa Billington, Creatrix of the Powa Centre & MYOGA Driving into Wellington there’s a big billboard by the docks that reads, “Cancel Winter.”  It’s advertising warmer climes, in this case, Nelson. I know we can travel and many with means become snowbirds following the warmth of the sun around the globe.  Yet I wonder if we’re missing something crucial by avoiding the dark and the cold and the seemingly difficult. I’ve lived in equatorial countries and the monotony … [Read more...]

Filed Under: The Foundations Tagged With: depression, light, Melissa Billington, seasons, solstice, soul, winter

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