by Lisa Wade I turned up to be transformed. To give my all to Al Gore’s Climate Reality leader’s training program that promised to take me from being a leader to an exceptional leader, all in the name of the environment. I was expecting slogans, fanfares and maybe a few cheerleaders. When Al Gore mentioned Ghandi I yawned, yep here comes the cliché machine, tick. Then he spoke of Satyagraha, truth force; “Ghandi said the greatest power in the world is truth”. I sat up because I’d … [Read more...]
Sept – Nov: India – World Yoga Convention & inspiring Yoga Retreat packages with Anahata
You are invited with us on a unique and fully guided journey to the home of Satyananda Yoga®, for inspiring yoga retreats in India. Join us for this very authentic experience of traditional yoga and ashram life that will touch your heart. The World Yoga Convention (WYC) in Munger is a highlight for 2013 and we will be leading three groups from Kolkata for this auspicious event. Firstly, a dedicated group will participate in seva (selfless service), helping with all the preparations for the WYC. … [Read more...]
India: The ultimate place for a ‘Holy Day’
by guest author Swami Karma Karuna, Anahata Yoga Retreat There are some parts of the world that once visited get into your heart and won’t let go. India is such a place. A country of mysterious paradoxes; where civilizations and times intermix, a magical place which attracts people from all over the world with the richness of the land, its lush beauty and exotic architecture, its ability to overload your senses with the pure, concentrated intensity of its colors, smells and tastes. From the … [Read more...]
Marianne Elliott dishes up the goss on why Wellington’s Prana Flow classes have morphed into Yoga Sangha
As the recent article on Gaura Yoga Bhakti Centre's new Thursday night Vinyasa & Kirtan yoga class showed, there's more than one way to teach yoga. Also in Wellington, Marianne Elliott is spearheading a series of yoga classes at Yoga Unlimited called Yoga Sangha. These classes are delivered by seva - that is, they have no set price and students decide what they'd like to offer in exchange for attending class. The Yoga Lunchbox caught up with Marianne to find out more about Yoga Sangha, … [Read more...]
Why good marketing is good for yoga and good for yoga teachers
by Kara-Leah Grant I've been having conversations lately with friends who would like to reap the benefits from a regular yoga practice. They see what it's done for me, so have no doubt yoga can do amazing things for the body. There's likely people like this all over the world. People with injuries they know would benefit from yoga. People who are getting older and would like to maintain their suppleness and strength with yoga. People who need the mental release and clarity from regular … [Read more...]
Broken Warriors – reaching out to prisoners with yoga
by guest author Adhyatma, Yoga Education in Prisons Trust I first came across the idea of teaching Yoga to prison inmates when I was staying in an ashram in the northern parts of Bihar, India. I had traveled there without much prior knowledge of why I was really going there, what I was in for, or how it had even happened so easily, and so quickly in my life. But it had! I had been attending some Yoga classes in Mt Eden, Auckland for a couple of years with a Satyananda yoga teacher before I … [Read more...]
The path to true abundance lies within
We live in an infinitely abundant universe. This is a fact. Stare up at a clear sky night and try and count the stars. Cut open a capsicum and try and count the seeds. Stand on the corner of Lambton Quay and Willis Street and try and count the people flowing in all directions. Life is abundant. It flourishes under even the harshest of conditions. Deserts. Mountain tops. Ocean depths. … [Read more...]
How much is a yoga class worth to you? Readers respond
There were so many comments and emails that came in form my original post, How much is a yoga class worth to you?, that I wanted to address everything that was raised in a follow-up post. It's been fascinating to hear everybody's point of view, and hear some suggestions about how to handle the payment of classes. Reading through all of these, it become clear to me where I hadn't been clear. … [Read more...]
How much is a yoga class worth to you?
Six months or so ago, I launched Prana Flow yoga classes with the intention of carrying out a social experiment on value and yoga. I wanted to know: If people were allowed to determine the value of a 75 minute yoga class all by themselves, what value would they arrive at? Here's the original article: Prana Flow Yoga launches classes where students decide how much to pay. Now my experiment had some limitations. Because it was also designed to remove financial barriers to yoga, so that those on … [Read more...]
How to access infinite energy and prosperity using a sadhana
I'm so excited! Today I started a new sadhana. The results from the last sadhana I did, Sodarshan Chakra Kriya were fantastic, and I'd been waiting for another sadhana to make itself known. What's a sadhana? Simply a daily spiritual practice like meditation done for forty consecutive days. On the weekend, while cleaning out my bedroom, I stumbled across a copy of Infinite Energy and Prosperity Meditation, taken from Anmol Mehta's wonderful website. … [Read more...]