Yoga Bloke Life

Hi I’m Richard Norris. I’m a web designer and live in Wellington, New Zealand, with my wife Jolanda.

After many years or working and observing human nature I decided to launch www.yogablokelife.com – all about happiness, mindfulness and feeling great.
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Much of the material is taken from everyday life experiences. My motivation is to give something back to a world that has given me so much – and the hope is that someone, somewhere reading this just might realise some of their dreams.

Life is Not a Rehearsal for Living . . .

Today my daughter, who is backpacking through Vietnam as we speak, asked me if I have heard of The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle. I looked it up and, one of the first things I came across, was this quote . .  “Wherever you are be all there” Jim Elliot Years ago,...

The Art of Saying Nice Things . . .

Not so long ago I took a contract assignment helping a company move from one system to another. It was quite a change. The current system wasn’t working terribly well. A series of work arounds had been developed, which inevitably relied on a few highly technical...

Kissing The Earth With Your Feet . . .

“The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.” Someone called Thich Nhat Hanh said this and i think its pretty cool. Mindfulness is very “in” at the moment. There are...