Saturday, April 27, 2013
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
sunday mini yoga retreat
I am still buzzing after our first Sunday Mini Yoga Retreat. Four lovely people came and we met down on the beach at the north end. Blue sky, no breeze and a full, foaming surf. We walked up to an area of lawn, surrounded by native bush and overlooking the ocean and did yoga there. Nothing beats doing yoga in nature. How I love looking at nature in an inverted pose!
Afterwards we walked to a place where we sat under pohutakawas and looked over the ocean -out to Mayor Island - below surfers caught waves and we could hear the pounding and spraying of the swell on rocks. It was like being on a ship with only the ocean before us. Here we meditated for about 20 minutes as we experienced a different meditative technique, although two people thought the view was too beautiful to close their eyes and they sat and drank in the view.
Back at the studio we enjoyed breakfast on the sunny deck -again amidst bush. Fresh fruit platter, quinoa flavoured with cardamon and cinnamon with chia seeds, linseeds, almonds, ginger, pumpkin and sunflower seeds, dried apricots and prunes for the gluten free ones and crunchy granola for the other with yoghurt. I had made fresh almond milk which was good for the lactose intolerant people and they enjoyed it.
The bread I made early in the morning was very similar to Vogels - and one I will definitely put in my repetoire (from Annabel Langbein's book), otherwise there was gluten free toasted bread with homemade conserves or avocado.
Teas were from the garden - lemongrass and fresh ginger or sage, rosemary, oregano flowers and kaffir lime leaves. All this while the sun shone, the tuis chorused and we chatted.
Meditation workshop was to share thoughts and research and ideas to motivate people into their daily meditation practice and then we did several different practices. Over the morning we did 5 different meditative practices and the advice was to find a practice that they enjoyed and continue on a regular basis for a while.
I am so looking forward to the next Sunday Mini Yoga Retreat on the last Sunday of next month and hopefull they will run all year.
Afterwards we walked to a place where we sat under pohutakawas and looked over the ocean -out to Mayor Island - below surfers caught waves and we could hear the pounding and spraying of the swell on rocks. It was like being on a ship with only the ocean before us. Here we meditated for about 20 minutes as we experienced a different meditative technique, although two people thought the view was too beautiful to close their eyes and they sat and drank in the view.
Back at the studio we enjoyed breakfast on the sunny deck -again amidst bush. Fresh fruit platter, quinoa flavoured with cardamon and cinnamon with chia seeds, linseeds, almonds, ginger, pumpkin and sunflower seeds, dried apricots and prunes for the gluten free ones and crunchy granola for the other with yoghurt. I had made fresh almond milk which was good for the lactose intolerant people and they enjoyed it.
The bread I made early in the morning was very similar to Vogels - and one I will definitely put in my repetoire (from Annabel Langbein's book), otherwise there was gluten free toasted bread with homemade conserves or avocado.
Teas were from the garden - lemongrass and fresh ginger or sage, rosemary, oregano flowers and kaffir lime leaves. All this while the sun shone, the tuis chorused and we chatted.
Meditation workshop was to share thoughts and research and ideas to motivate people into their daily meditation practice and then we did several different practices. Over the morning we did 5 different meditative practices and the advice was to find a practice that they enjoyed and continue on a regular basis for a while.
I am so looking forward to the next Sunday Mini Yoga Retreat on the last Sunday of next month and hopefull they will run all year.
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Expressing our emotions to release resentment
My darling daughter found this blog and I enjoyed reading it. You may too. This article is great as a means for reflecting about our emotions and how we express them.
I believe that to be healthy is to be free from the cause of disease and it comes back to our emotional state and how we handle the present moment of every day of our life - which ultimately comes down to our breathing. Breathe in and embrace whatever emotion we are feeling and breathe it out so we can travel lightly through life.
http://tinybuddha.com/blog/how-to-release-and-prevent-resentment-in-your-relationships/
I believe that to be healthy is to be free from the cause of disease and it comes back to our emotional state and how we handle the present moment of every day of our life - which ultimately comes down to our breathing. Breathe in and embrace whatever emotion we are feeling and breathe it out so we can travel lightly through life.
http://tinybuddha.com/blog/how-to-release-and-prevent-resentment-in-your-relationships/
Sunday, February 10, 2013
Sunday, January 27, 2013
what to do on a full moon
Make the full moon work for you - a lovely article to read and enjoy...
http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-7531/full-moon-harness-the-energy-make-it-work-for-you.html
Sunday, January 20, 2013
how true!
A
Quote from Swami Vivekananda
“In a day when you don't come across any problems - you can be sure
that you are travelling in the wrong path”
Sunday, January 6, 2013
3 day detox plan
http://www.hungryforchange.tv/article/3-day-detox-plan
this looks good - even taking one or two ideas and bringing it into our day would be great for us.
this looks good - even taking one or two ideas and bringing it into our day would be great for us.
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