by Melissa Gardiner | Jun 3, 2025 | Articles
Recently I have been deep in processing, integrating, embodying and resting. I was at a CranioSacral Therapy Retreat with 2 friends over the weekend. And yes whilst we were calling this a Retreat it was based loosely on a CranioSacral Therapy Advanced Training. So...
by Melissa Gardiner | Apr 24, 2025 | Articles
Kīoranga beautiful Souls, It feels timely to reintroduce myself. My name is Melissa, my business name Manaia Yoga & Wellbeing, and I’ve been around the sun 46 times. I have a beautiful family that I adore; including 2 adult children, a loyal husband and a...
by Melissa Gardiner | Dec 18, 2024 | Articles, Featured, News, Yoga
What do you do when you come up against those tight areas in the body? What does it feel like to be restrained? What does it feel like to find yourself stuck in something that you do not like? When you’re caught in a tight spot? During the earlier years of my Yoga...
by Melissa Gardiner | Nov 16, 2024 | Articles, Featured, News, Yoga
Our breath … our natural, radiant, consistent breath teaches us about a deep peacefulness that can be found through creating balance in our lives. When we breathe in, the body expands and this can be felt as the “doing” phase of the breath. When we breathe out, the...
by Melissa Gardiner | Apr 11, 2024 | News
Fasting gives the digestive system a well-deserved rest. This allows the body to use energy that it normally would to digest food, instead to heal, cleanse and detoxify the body. When we eat continually, we build up a toxic load in the body, in particular in the fatty...
