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Tossing aside the familiarity of struggle for the mantle of success

June 12, 2012 by Kara-Leah Grant 9 Comments

by Kara-Leah Grant, Musings from the Mat A friend asked me this week (and I'm paraphrasing and editing for dramatic effect): How come you always write/talk about your struggles with life? Does your life suck that bad? And I explained that I had to write that way... that I loved writing about life, and only had my life to write about, and that meant sharing my struggles with the world - so other people could resonate, realise they're not alone, feel inspired and connect with me as a human … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Musings from the Mat Tagged With: ease, failure, job search, relax, struggle, success, surrender

If you can’t publicly own it, don’t do it (easy to say right?)

February 12, 2012 by Kara-Leah Grant 4 Comments

John Friend, founder of Anusara Yoga

Forget the Ten Commandments. Forget even the Five Yamas or Niyamas. Here instead is the Golden Litmus Test. Apply it to all your behaviour. Everything you do. Everything you say. And everything you think. (If you really want to up your game...) Can you publicly own this action, word or thought? Can you publish it in the newspaper? Talk about it on Tv? Answer to it on radio? Yes? Sweet... do it, say it, think it. No? Don't do it, say it, think it... At … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Musings from the Mat Tagged With: accusations, anusara, courage, empowerment, john friend, satya, surrender, trust

The joy hidden within chaos

February 7, 2012 by Peter Fernando Leave a Comment

by guest author Peter Fernando, Meditation and Mindfulness On the surface of things, spirituality can seem to be about control, right? 'Mind Control' perhaps. Or 'Body Control'? On the far end of the spectrum you even get teachings suggesting that the point of life is to have ultimate control over the universe. Sounds good, doesn't it? But is that what 'spirituality', or more accurately, freedom is about? I personally wonder if it is. What could be more gratifying to our ego than … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Meditation Practices, Practices Tagged With: chaos, control, joy, letting go, meditation, mindfulness, peace, suffering, surrender

Falling in love with seated postures, falling in love with me

March 10, 2011 by Kara-Leah Grant 6 Comments

Feeling the chill in Lotus

Once upon a time,  seated postures were so impossible for my rigid and bound body that I could only ever practice a standing series. Now, seated postures are exactly what I need. Partly it's because my body has opened up enough that it is now possible for me to sit on the ground with my legs straight out in front of me and my spine extended upward. Until that point is reached, seated postures either need modification, or props. But also, it's because I've changed. Once a driven, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Musings from the Mat Tagged With: let go, soften, surrender

Why nothing is a problem anymore

September 3, 2009 by Kara-Leah Grant Leave a Comment

My work mates thought I was nuts. A four day meditation retreat, three and a half days of which were in silence. Doing nothing but sitting meditation, walking meditation, eating and sleeping. To me it sounded like bliss. No work. No website. No teaching. No relationships. No internet, tv, media, newspaper, books, magazines. Just unadulterated being, led by one of New Zealand's most prominent meditation teachers, Stephen Archer in a beautiful retreat house in Otaki. The day's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Musings from the Mat Tagged With: buddhist, retreats, surrender

Inside the experience of a Loving-Kindness sadhana to day 29

August 7, 2009 by Kara-Leah Grant 3 Comments

Kundalini, or prana, rising up the spine

Kundalini, or prana, rising up the spine Meditation is a cumulative experience. That is, the more you do it, the more you get it, the more you want to do it, the more you get out of it... creating this constant feedback loop of encouragement. Unfortunately, it also works the other way. We begin to meditate, never having done it before, likely with many expectations of what meditation is "supposed" to be like. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Home Yoga Practice, Meditation Practices Tagged With: kundalini, pranic body, surrender

How yoga practice teaches you to listen to your intuition through life’s transitions

June 23, 2009 by Guest Author 1 Comment

by guest author Lynda Miers-Henneveld of Yoga Unlimited Yoga teaches us to embrace the natural rhythms of life. Through our practice we can ground ourselves in times of instability, or motivate and energise ourselves when we feel stuck. A personal practice has to reflect our changing circumstances if it is to support us in our journey through this life. If we stay present to what is happening in our bodies, minds and hearts, we can adapt our practice intuitively. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: How Yoga Helped Me Tagged With: change, child, intuition, patience, surrender

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