sad week for Waihi Beach families

Today was the third day of funerals for Waihi Beach community. Tuesday was the funeral of a local man who died in a crash, returning from a week of work to his home to share the weekend with his family, when a car crossed the middle line and killed him.
Yesterday was the funeral of the driver of one of the cars in the crash, a local teenage boy, with a huge number at his funeral in our Community Hall.
Today was the funeral of a front seat passenger, another local teenage boy. The funeral was at his college and the hall was crowded, with people outside.
Two other passengers, teenage boys are in hospital, severely injured.
What an amazing job Alistair Cochrane (Principal of Waihi College) did and is continuing to do - supporting, organising and consoling.
Apart from the utter tragedy for all their family and friends and our community, it was obvious how close knit Waihi / Waihi Beach community is.
May unconditional love be with all our heart broken families and grieving people.

reflexology for pregnancy

It is great to see young mums getting regular reflexology throughout their pregnancy. As a reflexologist it is a privilege to see their continuing good health and their being able to relax so easily. Combined with pregnancy yoga they are really giving themselves and their baby the best of starts.

Great time for healing right now

Tomorrow, the 20th is a full moon.
Did you know that the evening before the full moon is the optimum time for healing and recharging your health? A good time to receive natural therapies.
The full moon is also the perfect time to release anything you have finished with and the new moon is the perfect time for manifesting new ideas and plans.
By working in with the moon and its powerful connections, we are able to discover how we feel in relationship to its cycles.

Waihi Beach

Today I took my grand children to Little Nippers (a club run for children between the ages of 5 and 16 each Sunday morning from 10 - 12 noon) Volunteers from our surf club run it and I was so impressed. The children are all in age groups and the 5-6 year olds had lots of helpers and their specific coaches. I think they are amazing for giving up every Sunday morning to take this club. The Little Nippers were all dressed in their club colours, complete with little blue surf club hats, rash tops and togs. First they had races, then they ran through the waves, then they boogie boarded. What fun. Great fun for the adults too - we got to get wet and get involved.
The thing I love about little nippers is the chance for children to be involved in both team and competitive sports and to learn awareness of the ocean and hopefully keep involved in our great surf club and give back to our community as they get older.
James, my grand son was a little overawed but I imagine in a few more weeks he will be one of the boys. Lucy got right into the fun. I am looking forward to next Sunday!

Had an amazing day today. Two lovely English ladies are staying at Waihi Beach and had booked in for a Day Retreat. Each year the mum comes from the UK and spends time with her daughter. During their holiday both take time out to do something special together. We met on the beach at 6am - right down the north end with a cave behind us and bush to the left and a 10km surf beach to right. The sun was just coming up over the ocean as we did salutes to the sun. We loved the yoga experience and stayed on the beach for over an hour enjoying the scenery and yoga. Breakfast (fresh fruit platter + cereal with assorted nuts, seeds and dried fruit and organic blueberries + warm bread from the oven with homemade jams + herbal teas and freshly ground coffee) was on the deck under our pohutakawa tree and then we went for a walk together through native bush with sea views. Next were reflexology sessions and saunas, then yoga nidra. Both ladies adored yoga nidra and said they had never experienced it before with its very deep relaxation. They ate lunch (mediterranean pasta dish with organic salad, drinks and biscotte) on the deck and we all decided it was a very special day - as their photos show.

health

Did you know that it has been estimated that every pound of excess fat contains about 20 miles of capillaries for blood to be pumped through? I read this in 'Better Health with foot Reflexology' by Dwight C. Byers.

a mindfulness meditation technique

My darling daughter Marie found this on the net. Meg Ryan and Goldie Hawn have discovered mindfulness meditation. I thought it was very interesting and may give insights into understanding aspects about meditation and encouraging us to deal with everyday stress with meditation - a natural, effective strategy.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/jan/02/mindfulness-meditation-meg-ryan-goldie-hawn

yoga on Waihi Beach to see2011 in

Had an amazing start to 2011. At 6.30am led a group for yoga in front of the surf club at Waihi Beach. About 10 people came along - some yoginis and some holiday makers who had never done yoga before. Together we did yoga for an hour while we listened to the surf, birds and felt the warm sun on us. It was magical. I understand feeling at one with nature when I do yoga on the beach. It probably sounds weird, but when we were doing downward facing dog, I looked at the horizon 'upside down' and was astonished how beautiful it seemed.
People gave a donation to the surf club, and I love helping our surf club who always are there for us. Starting the new year with yoga on the beach was such fun,I would like to make it an annual event. Maybe next year there will be more people coming along.