For help with your account or Zoom ZOOM - Thanks for your feedback We are lucky that so many of you have been able to create space for a yoga mat. Despite not always having yoga props at home, this hasn't stopped you from joining us. We have created a waiting room on our zoom [...]
2019 a year of comings and goings. It all started years ago but Bali was the catalyst for the renewal of a loved yoga practice, Shakti dance. During a long meditation using movement and sound. I found over a few weeks I was able to build up my reserves each day. The repetition [...]
Alert Level 2 guide Finally with our government announcement New Zealand is in Alert Level 2. We will be opening our Albany Yoga Room for students. Our guidelines are important please note: Booking is essential and we will be limited to a maximum of 11 students in a class. If you are booked and you [...]
Your spine is a long curving river. Within the experience of asymmetry, and indeed, in all spinal terrains, it is important to sense the course of the river, the riverbanks, the surrounding country. To encounter the inflow of the tributaries of the limbs, and observe their impact on the course of the river-spine. Unique Workshops, [...]
Shakti Dance The yoga of Dance Shakti Dance® is the ‘yoga of dance’ – A harmonious blend of Flowing Yoga Stretches, Energising Dance Exercises, Free Dance Meditation, Relaxation, and Synchronised Mantra with Movement. Connect to a space of Inner Peace; Reduce Stress; Liberate your Body and Mind in Free Expression of the [...]
We absolutely loved meeting the seven and a half-year-olds at Manuka school this term. The classes were fun and creatively mixed up to help children get in touch with themselves. We had games and yoga poses, breath work and relaxation. All the enthusiasm was contagious and we look forward to offering a pilot class during their [...]
Congratulations to our winners of the 40-day challenge - Building Resilience Scroll down to read about the benefits of a regular yoga First prize goes to Val Boag Keeping restored and resilient by regular yoga classes including restorative yoga. Walking and swimming, spending time with family and friends, creating a good work/ life balance [...]
Often we hear that something is good for you and at the same time it’s bad for you? What should we believe? In fact the body responds well to a small amount of stress or toxic load. To much and we become sick or to little and we become weak. Our Hormesis is the toxicology and physiology, [...]
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"rest and digest" Neuropsychologist and meditation teacher Rick Hanson says the PNS (Parasympathetic Nervous System) and the SNS (Sympathetic Nervous System) are connected like a seesaw; when one goes up, the other one goes down. If your SNS constantly jumps into action throughout the day, your daily experiences will tend to create an imbalance. By [...]
