by yogabloke108@gmail.com | Sep 8, 2024 | All Posts
In today’s fast-paced world, it can be easy to fall into the trap of searching for quick fixes to happiness—whether it’s through material possessions, fleeting distractions, or the latest trend promising instant joy. But true happiness doesn’t come from a pill, a...
by yogabloke108@gmail.com | Jan 18, 2024 | All Posts
In the ever-evolving landscape of yoga business, the way we approach challenges and opportunities can significantly impact our success. While traditional deficit-based models focus on identifying and fixing weaknesses, Appreciative Inquiry (AI) emerges as a...
by yogabloke108@gmail.com | Nov 1, 2023 | All Posts
Planning isn’t everyone’s cup of tea. It’s hard to get started and when you finish your plan it somehow seems to get forgotten about as life just takes over. I am fortunate enough to be a volunteer Director for a yoga centre in Golden Bay, New Zealand. I have a...
by yogabloke108@gmail.com | Sep 28, 2023 | All Posts
My wife and I have decided to choose and practice a weekly “itie”. Ities are a way that Swami Sivananda, one of the greatest yoga masters of the 20th century, described the virtues that should be developed by a spiritual aspirant. Serenity, Regularity, Absence of...
by yogabloke108@gmail.com | Jan 13, 2022 | All Posts
There is certainly a lot going on and being talked about on the subject of mindfulness. I have to admit when I first heard the term it didn’t quite make sense Like isn’t everyone “mindful” on the basis we all have a mind? And so is this just some new fad based on...
by yogabloke108@gmail.com | May 20, 2021 | All Posts
A few years ago I felt I was stagnating. I didn’t feel lazy or idle, in fact quite the opposite. I was busy leading a full time change management project, training for a 160km cycle race and undertaking (or at least trying to) a heap of other commitments. So it wasn’t...