Manaia Wellbeing

Yoga, Health and Wellbeing in Rangiora, North Canterbury

Returning to my Roots

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~ A Reminder to find Balance between Structure and Fluidity

View of Pitt IslandOur flights were booked for Tuesday July 10th to fly to Pitt Island. However, the plane was unable to get out to New Zealand, from the Chathams, due to bad weather. I made the most of being at home and finished laying newspaper and straw in the garden. This is part 1 of an 8-part mission cutting out blackberry, pruning bushes back to waist height, and replanting in my attempts to tame the wilderness along the hill face directly below our house. Tuesday night I was feeling excited about returning home to my roots. However, I also noticed a part of me that was wanting to stay and use this time, whilst I’m not teaching, to continue working through my ‘to-do’ list. We live on a 15-acre property that needs loads of tender loving care and my extensive and ever-changing to-do list reflects this.

We arrived on the Chatham Islands one hour and forty minutes after leaving Christchurch Airport on the Wednesday. It was a real treat the next morning to practice Yoga and be able to hear the sea lapping on the shore just outside our bedroom window. I enjoyed a late shower, followed by a windy walk along the beach. Plenty of time to rest… the body and mind slowly unwinding… my extensive to-do list moving to the back of my mind.

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My Experience at a Recent Yoga Intensive

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I felt blessed to be a student at Donna Farhi’s recent Yoga Intensive in Christchurch – The Heart Aroused. This was an amazing experience… an opportunity to sit quietly, to connect with my body, to hear the soft whisperings of my heart, to bring the attention back to my belly center and the intelligence that resides there. The intensive was a lovely combination of informative powerpoint presentations, joyful Kirtan, active, therapeutic and restorative Yoga, iRest Yoga Nidra sessions, meditation and throughout the Intensive live music by the very talented and conscious Prahbu. It really was something and the feeling in the room was so very warm, safe and loving, providing the perfect container to look deeply within.

I learned many things and have chosen a few to share with you. [Read more…]

Introducing ‘Manaia Yoga & Wellbeing’

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 This is the right time, and this is the right thing. -Thomas Moore

Exciting things are happening in my world at the moment and I am very excited to share it with you all!

As many of you will already know, I have been searching for a space to set up a Yoga Studio and Wellbeing Centre in the Rangiora area. I am very pleased and excited to announce that this space has been found! It is just perfect with a spacious teaching studio, changing and storage areas, and clinic rooms for bodyworkers and wellness experts to operate from. It is just 3 minutes drive from Rangiora in a quiet country setting, perfect for getting away from it all for a little while, to come and practice some Yoga! It took awhile, but the right space has come along and I am so glad it has. [Read more…]