coming up...a workshop

something to enjoy when the weather is not so warm... a fun day in which you will learn your body type and how this can help you keep your body and mind in balance for the rest of your life so you can enjoy longevity with good health - the Ayurvedic way -which goes back 5000 years with its simple profound wisdom for self healing. We will also learn how to do a face massage with all its benefits- all in a relaxing setting at Waihi Beach.

You will receive a full lifestyle plan, morning and afternoon tea and a delicious lunch. After lunch will be yoga nidra (a guided deep relaxation session) and you will also learn how to give and receive an ayurvedic face massage. Blisss!

Saturday 4th August 9.30 to 4pm. $95 all inclusive
phone jeannette 07 863 4454 or 0273 855 636 or  email at info@yogaandreflexology.co.nz

feel a cold coming on?

 A lady came to a yoga session last week and thanked me for the suggestion to stop a cold in its tracks. Well, it wasn't my brilliant idea - it is another yogic suggestion originating centuries ago - and as my mum said, if these old ideas didn't work they would have been phased out long ago.

Skip a meal and instead - sip on a cup of hot water in which a teaspoon of ground ginger, black pepper and cinnamon has been mixed.

It doesn't taste too bad  - it sounds worse than it tastes - and it certainly beats the horrible headiness and chestiness of a cold for days on end.

And remember maybe  a cold is your body's way of telling you to slow down. And if you don't listen, maybe your wise body will make you.

Stunning Waihi Beach

As the sun comes up Waihi Beach

looks stunning. Usually no one else on beach to share the beauty of a new day.

Read the website about a yoga conference in the States - the Yoga Alliance of Yoga Teachers that I belong to and thought this was an easy to read article about yoga and how it is so easy to do and good for everyone.
http://www.samata.com/Facts4.php

15 things to give up in order to be happy

love this...

http://www.purposefairy.com/3308/15-things-you-should-give-up-in-order-to-be-happy/

Article about Yoga and Reflexology at the Beach a friend found from last year

http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/life-style/people/4911350/Blissed-out

A new grand daughter born on Saturday 26th May at 10.44pm. What an amazing privilege to be present at a birth and I have such admiration for Hollie as she pushed her body to the limits to birth her daughter. Being there was a reminder  how children as blessings and gifts for us as we guide, love and appreciate them.

Hollie, my daughter was a legend - no pain relief, just total focus and in tune with her body and her baby. She chose to have dim light so the baby would be born in peaceful surroundings, a meditation CD to help Hollie through her fierce contractions, lavender oil burning for relaxation and positive, supportive midwives who said little apart from supporting and giving advice about pushing and pausing. Even as she was in the throes of pain, she still smiled and her beautiful nature shone through.

Right through Hollie's pregnancy she did pregnancy yoga. In the last month especially Hollie had Jin Shin Jyutsu treatments, reflexology treatments most days and in the last week, lots of acupressure as well. When I see how relaxed, healthy and positive Hollie has been right through her pregnancy I know what she did was very helpful - it could have been different - in the last month or so, Hollie had gestational diabetes - and she controlled her diabetes with her diet, so not only did she look amazing, keep her weight down, keep baby healthy - her family also benefited from a healthier awareness of  balanced diet and good food.