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.

Six Minutes a Day to De-Stress and Relax

If I said all it took was ten minutes a day to de-stress and relax you would probably think this was yet another “get well quick” scheme requiring minimal effort and instant results. And I would have agreed with you . . . a few years ago. I have a busy life. I am the...

Seretonin and the Happiness Foods

According to Wikipedia, Serotonin is a monoamine neurotransmitter. Biochemically derived from tryptophan, serotonin is primarily found in the gastrointestinal tract, blood platelets, and the central nervous system of animals, including humans. Medical News Today is a...

The Plastic Bag Girls . . .

Today I listened to an inspirational TED talk. Melati and Isabel Wijsen go to the Green School in Bali. I visited the adjoining Green Village only a couple of weeks ago and so I pricked up my ears. Anyway, one day these girls learned about significant people at...

Bananas the Happy Food !!

You know how people say, “you are what you eat”. So I decided to do some reading on this topic and clicked on a great article about ripe bananas (of all things) from the “Power of Positivity” site. I have always been attracted to bananas. I have always known they are...

Say Yes and it will all work out . . .

I loved the film “Yes Man” starring Jim Carrey (playing the role of banker Carl Allen) who starts the film as an intensely lonely man with low self-esteem after his divorce with Stephanie, who he is still in love with. He avoids his friends, has a seemingly boring job...