e-zine ISSN 2422-9105 New Zealand Scene - Summer 2016-2017

1 Yoga Scene New Zealand - Summer 2016-2017 New Zealand Yoga Scene - Summer 2016-2017

ॐ Morning, afternoon and evening yoga classes ॐ 60 minute Reiki healing session ॐ Delicious organic vegetarian cuisine ॐ Plenty of free time to enjoy the salt water pool, sauna and spa ॐ 2 nights accommodation at Vartamana Retreat in the spectacular Waitakere Ranges 10th-­‐12th February 2017

Bookings and Info: 021 2521660 2 www.shantitaleta.com/yogaretreats/ 3 Yoga Scene New Zealand - Summer 2016-2017 New Zealand Yoga Scene - Summer 2016-2017

Contents Part 2 - Sacred Feminine and Yoga 6 Sanskrit Lesson - ‘Vayu’ 9 Inspired by Nature 10 A Yogalicious Revolution 14 Yoga Safari At Wanaka 17 Inner and Outer Ecology 24 Amaranthus - Wild About Weeds 30 Dancing in the Sun with Le Rire and Gaia Tribe 34 De-constructed - Camel Pose 40 Little Bird Raw Cacao & Macadamia Nut Butter 43 Natural Beauty - Burns, Bites, After Sun, Rashes 45 Heal Your Body With The Help of Bees 47 Anatomy of Yoga - A Space for Your Heart 48 A Mindful Choice - Ascention Meditation 54 Asana Class - Sun Salutations for Summer 58 Invitation to Six with Shanti Taleta 64 Whangarei Heads Healthful Ways 67 Suess by Aum 71 Summer Skin Care 74 Janet Balcombes Latest Literary News 78 Book Reviews 79 Diary This 80 Editorial Yoga 101 ‘Sitting at the Feet of The Gurus’ 81 Namaste, Aligning Head and Heart in Unsettled Times 82 Teachers Corner 87 The inspiration of nature, our spectacu- The Yoga Lounge 92 larly beautiful outdoors and the balance Yoga Directory 94 and harmony this restores in our lives About New Zealand Yoga Scene 98 is presented in our Summer 2016-2017 edition. Cover Story: Dancing in the Sun - Wai- Inspiration - Nature heke Style! Le Rire, Franko Heke and Motivation - Being one with nature Gaia Triube put on a welcome to Wai- Take Away Lesson - Yoga is simply about heke and dance Yoga Rhythms at Mati- ‘Being’ anywhere, anytime, by following atia the island gateway Photography by the breath on a journey that leads you Graham Hooper- Page 34 to movement and stillness, from infinity outward to infinity inwards.

Our beautiful Earth is our Studio - our breath and the Vayu’s our guide, our being, our teacher.

In Peace, Love & Joy

‘I Am’ Om shanti shanti shanti, Susan 4 5 Yoga Scene New Zealand - Summer 2016-2017 New Zealand Yoga Scene - Summer 2016-2017 Sacred Feminine and Yoga Part 2 It’s all about Balance! By Swarmi Karma Karuna

The Tantric view of creation is that there are two forces called Shiva and Shakti representing the male and female aspects of creation, which exist within each and every person. Shiva also called Purusha is the masculine force and is pure ‘consciousness’. Shakti or Prakriti is the feminine force that is pure ‘energy’. They cannot exist without the other and both are within each of us. This duality is also described in the word Ha Tha Yoga. Originally was not just twisting oneself into knots and standing on the head, but signifies the two great forces within every human being. The purpose is to balance theses forces and awaken a third force, the spiritual energy or Kundalini Shakti. The Ha represents the sun energy flow or Pingala Nadi; active, hot, logical and external in nature related to the sympathetic (fight and flight) nervous system. The Tha signifies the moon energy; internal, cool, creative, intuitive and connected to the para-sympathetic (relax and digest) nervous system. This duality is seen in the Yin and the Yang of Chinese philosophy, the two poles of a battery that make our car drive and out flashlight work. The positive and negative, winter and summer, day and night, sun and moon, hot and cold are a part of everyday experience. It is expressed in the way we think through the left and right brain, which have predominate expressions considered more m