Edition 6 Winter 2016

e-zine ISSN 2422-9105 New Zealand Yoga Scene - Winter 2016

1 Yoga Scene New Zealand - Winter 2016 “What are the fundamental movements of the human body that we need to make ease-ful, in order to progress in yoga-and have a functional, pain free body?”

“What limits us in these movements-and how can we use mindful practice to overcome these limitations?”

Fine tune your practice and find pain free ways to access a greater range of movement. Join yoga star Flo Fenton on an in depth journey of investigation into creating an intelligent practice that assists us in yoga-and in life. Discover how best to warm up for, sequence, counter-pose and progress in forward bends, back-bends and twists, in synchrony with breath.

Join Byron Bay Yoga Teacher Flo Fenton in New Zealand For ‘Fundamentals in Yoga Asana’

November 12th-13th 2016

At Whakarongo Hall , 17 Stoney Creek Rd, Whakarongo near Palmerston North

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4 New Zealand Yoga Scene - Winter 2016 Editorial Namaste,

Winter is upon us even here in the north!

Contents It is too easy to get house bound so on Ease-ful Yoga 6 the first opportunity you can - get out and feel the vibrant earth energy be- Sanskrit Lesson ‘Hatha’ 9 neath your feet or if you dare through Tips to help you understand Sanskrit 10 the crown of your head - as I am - here Yoga Forum with ExerciseNZ 14 enjoying sirsasana and the view up-side- Breathing to De-stress 17 down! 5th Annual NZ Yogathon 19 Letter from Osho 20 I am enjoying being the first person to The Indra Devi Introductory Asana Sequence 25 read your contributions. We have more How Breaking my Back led me to Wellness 31 from Olivia who is a proud new mum Anatomy of Yoga Psychoneuroimmunology 33 with ‘Olivia and the Guru’s and some wonderful organic cosmetics and beau- Little Bird Unbakery Recipe 34 ty care products as well as a new col- Natural Beauty Olive Oil & Cider Vinegar 36 umn on ‘Natural Beauty’ with recipes for Tina on Thai Yoga Massage 39 products you can create yourself! Asana de-constructed Lord Vishnu’s Couch 41 Sleep our Elusive Ally 45 This Edition 6 is in E-zine format only, Organic Beauty 47 however if you want to print from the A Woman Wild About Weeds ‘Chickweed’ 49 e-zine please contact me directly for Diary This 51 permission. Yoga 101 ‘Olivia & The Gurus’ 52 Yogathon Tips 53 A last minute ‘woooohoooo’ came in Our New Logo 54 when Louise Beker shared her nomina- A Hot Place to Visit on a Cool Day 55 tion for the Ashton Wylie book awards Book Reviews 56 with her book which we reviewd in a Teachers Corner 58 Stop Press last minute addition in our very first magazine! The Yoga Lounge 63 Yoga Directory 65 About New Zealand Yoga Scene 68 We are proud of you Louise - it is well deserved and we are delighted to have Cover Story: Flo Fenton easeful in full been part of your journey. yoga asana a mosque. More from Flo on page 6 ... Also I share with you my recently published book ‘Musings on a Guru’ the celebration and fare-thee-well of my lifelong inspirer Dr Wayne Dyer. More on this and so many other fabulous things are contained within - enjoy!

In light and love and laughter too...

‘I Am’

Om shanti shanti shanti, Susan 5 Yoga Scene New Zealand - Winter 2016 E-A-S-E Full Yoga With Flo Fenton Are there certain yoga postures tha you just can’t get to grips with? Do you feel ‘stuck’ in some aspects of your practice (even though you are pro- gressing in others?) Do you even experience pain in some movments? Senior yoga teacher and experienced yoga therapist Flo Fenton from Byron Bay Australia has spent 25 years practising, and almost 20 years teaching yoga, with a focus on finding ways to ‘break down’ the classical yoga postures into managable steps, to help us identify, and fix, the movements where we are ‘stuck’. Flo has taught teacher trainings for much of her teaching career, but has always had a strong interest in injury preven- tion and management, and in teaching those who are stiff as well, leading to the ability to teach a broad range of ‘levels’ within one class.

“The trick is to present gradual pro- gressions-or ‘break-downs’ of the postures.” She says. “These can be used as warm ups, to gradual- ly progress towards the full pose if able, within the class-or if that is where the student is at right now, they can stay with the modifica- tion, which will assist them to gain the flexibility or strength required to access the posture safely in the long term.”

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Flo has students from all over the world is on finding our natural ease within the attend her retreats and teacher train- postures, and on cultivating an ever ings. She is returning to NZ after teaching deepening awareness of the relation- at Anahata Yoga in Wellington last year. ship between the body, the breath, and This year she is running a weekend work- our state of mind. ‘Paring back’ each shop 12th-13th November, at Whakoron- pose and starting always from the es- go Hall, near PalmerstonNorth, to allow sential foundation of each posture, we for more interested students to access build awareness of where we can remain her unique teachings. with comfort in each pose, through the medium of graceful, flowing sequences Over this two day workshop, Flo will en- in synchrony with the breath. Her style able us to identify the fundamental is both meditative and enlivening, bal- movements of the body that we need to ancing the active and the passive sides make more easeful, in order to progress of our nature. As we focus within, devel- in yoga-and to have a functional, pain oping the capacity to witness ourselves, free body. We will explore what limits us the sessions themselves become a form in these movements-and how can we of Yoga Therapy, which flows out into use mindful practice to overcome these our lives beyond the class-room. limitations. A must for teachers and students alike. Director Intouch Yoga Teacher Training PTY Ltd Bio: Flo Fenton www.intouchyogabyronbay.com Has been practising yoga since 1991, and teaching since 1997. Trained by T: 02 66859910 masters of Iyengar, Astanga, Satyanan- M: 0418 441437 da and Viniyoga traditions, Flo’s focus 7 Yoga Scene New Zealand - Winter 2016

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8 New Zealand Yoga Scene - Winter 2016 Sanskrit (संस्कृतम्)Lesson

It may हठseem strange to be discussing-HATHA a ‘word’ we as yogi probably consider we know well. Or do we? Sanskrit terms have loose translations in English and even this one word ‘Hatha’ when explored opens a veritable Pandora’s Box of subtle meanings. Quite simply ‘Hatha’ is a word that when used in conjunction with ‘yoga’ is considered by some linguists to be a compound word made of the two seperate words and therefore an even more subtle shade of meaning is gained. Most often we see it written as two seperate words. However the dating of the ‘correct’ writ- Bio: Susan Pryor – Language Professor Emeritus, Yoga Teach- ten form ‘Hathayoga’ reaches at least as far back as the Upan- er, past Editor of IYTA Yoga Ao- isads. Hathayoga involves the physical body but only in as much tearoa, Editor of New Zealand as it is intended to ‘unite’ the ‘whole’ body that is mind, spirit, Yoga Scene. Susan has a pas- soul and physical body. Pradipaka says “Hathayoga is not gym- sion for language etymology, nastics even though it contains postures, locks, etc. Hathayoga is and calligraphy she started her a complete system to prepare your psychophysical structure for working career in newspaper as the experience of ... Enlightenment...” a graphic artist in the advertising department- where working Ha and Tha means the effort applied to balance the two ener- with fonts was a large part of gies which is where the notion of ‘Sun’ and ‘moon’ come into pre-computer advertising de- play - the two energies referred to are those of the Ida and Pin- sign skill. gala - however these energies are simply ‘opposites’ so the term yin and yang, male and female, light and dark etc are as rele- Bibliography: vant in garnering the meaning of balance between two opposite http://www.sanskrit-san- scrito.com.ar/en/hatha-yo- forces or energies. ga-pradipika-introduction/619 Ha and Tha are also terms used in reference to banda or energy http://wiki.yoga-vidya.de/ locks applied within the body to balance and thereby stabalise Hatha the body. The Ha banda is ‘compressive, creates heat and in- http://www.sanskrit-lexicon. creases local pressure and pushes energy and blood away from uni-koeln.de/scans/MWS- their region and reduces local blood flow’, while the Tha banda can/tamil/index.html has the ‘opposite’ effect (as one would expect) and is ‘expan- http://68.142.242.246/ search/srp- sive, decreases temperature and local pressure, pulls energy and cache?p=ha+bandha&fr=y- blood away from their region and increase local blood flow’. fp-t-501&ei=UTF-8&u=http:// webcache.googleuser- All physical yoga asana is infact Hathayoga - modern masters content.com/search?q=- cache:2tgg-4IhdDw- have named or branded their preferred and personal style of J:http://grimmly2007. Hathayoga such as Bikram or Iyengar, however the roots of the blogspot.com/2014/10/ employing-simon-borg-ol- physical experience of ‘yoga’ are correctly termed ‘Hathayoga’ ivers-ha-and-tha.html%20 and in our ignornance we abbriviate this to simply (and incor- ha%20bandha&icp=1&.in- tl=nz&sig=SonYnRCnqoWP- rectly) ‘yoga’ the meaning of which I will expand upon in anoth- GxwOe1.hPg-- er edition.

9 Yoga Scene New Zealand - Winter 2016 Tips to help you understand Sanskrit By Sue Fuller

Sometimes it’s hard enough remembering alignment and breathing as well as understanding a different language. Here are a few tips to help you understand basic Sanskrit terms.

Due to Yoga’s origins it is often taught including words and terms from the ancient eastern language of Sanskrit. In some ways this is similar to a ballet class being taught using French words and terms. Yoga was first practiced by the Vedic civilisation over 3000 years ago, so all early texts and scriptures were written in Sanskrit. As yoga grows in popularity the use of some Sanskrit words such as posture names are slowly becoming more common.

There are no expectations for anyone to develop a Sanskrit vocabulary. Yoga is about the way you practice, the benefits enjoyed and the energy that the practice brings not necessarily the words used. However, as with all aspects of yoga as you move deeper into the practice everything evolves. You will come across more Sanskrit and naturally deepen below are a few examples from each group. your understanding of the terms. Please note that I have only selected a few from Here are a few tips to help grasp some of the each category there are many more postures and popular terms and posture names used within a translations. yoga class. Body Parts Let us start with the word Yoga – Yoga translates to mean join union or coming together. It comes from Janu – knee - Janu Sirsasana - head to knee. the Sanskrit word Yuj to yoke. Sirsa – head - Sirsasana – headstand. AUM often pronounced as OM – when chanted the three vowel sounds of A U M are created, after Pada – foot - Pada Hastasana - standing forward chanting it is usual to acknowledge the moment of bend. silence and sit with the effects of the sound. Parsva – side - Parsvakonasana - side angle pose. Om is extremely complex to translate—it is traditionally chanted at the beginning and end of Alignments yoga practices. It is known as a seed sound and regarded as the sound of the universe and of all Adho – face down - Adho Mukha Svanasana - creation. downward facing dog.

Namaste—traditionally Namaste is said at the end Baddha – bound - Baddha Konasana - bound of a yoga class. It also has a complex translation angle pose. and is regarded as a very respectful greeting or way of thanking someone. There are many different Kona – angle - Trikonasana – triangle. translations of Namaste; “I bow to the divine in you” is a briefer translation that captures the essence.

Yoga postures can fall into one of the following YOGA groups: body parts, alignments, animals, plants, objects, sensations, ancient sages and numbers.

To give you an idea of how postures and techniques Anatomy Site: are named and combinations are put together https://anatomy.yogasynergy.com/a/baaab2 10 Ü New Zealand Yoga Scene - Winter 2016 Pavritta – turned or revolved - Pavritta Trikonasana - Vira –Hero – Virasana – hero pose revolved triangle. Virabhadra – A mythical warrior created by Siva – Paschima – west side or back side - Virabhadrasana – the warrior pose. Paschimottanasana - seated forward bend.* Numbers Purva – east side or front side - Purvottanasana - inclined plane.* Ardha – half – Ardha Chandrasana – half moon.

Prasarita – spread wide - Prasarita Podottanasana - Eka – one- eka pada uttanpadasana – one leg wide leg standing forward bend. raised.

Urdva – face up - Urdva Mukha Svanasana - upward Dwi – two - dwi pada uttanpadasana- two legs facing dog. raised.

*Yoga was originally practiced facing the rising sun Tri – three – trikonasana – triangle or three angles so the front of the body is often referred to as the pose. East and the back the West. Chatur – four – chaturanaga dandasana – four Animals limbed staff.

Baka – crow – Bakasana- the crow. Bio:

Bhujanga – serpent - Bhujangasana – cobra. Sue Fuller is a leading yoga teacher with a range of over 60 audio yoga classes; including Gentle Yoga Matsya – fish - Matsyasana – fish pose. classes for the absolute beginner and a range of beginner classes that guide you through techniques Svana – dog – Svanasana – dog pose. and practices to help you establish a solid foundation in Yoga and then right through to strong Ustra – camel - Ustrasana – camel pose. classes for more experienced practitioners. Classes are available on both CD and MP3 from www. Plants wellbeingworldonline.com or from www.yoga2hear. co.uk . Padma – lotus - Padmasana – lotus pose. References/Copyright: Vrksa – tree – Vrksasana – tree pose. With Permission from Sue Fuller Retrieved from: http://www.yoga2hear.co.uk/nz/ Objects articles/cat/Yoga-Basics/post/Tips-to-help-you- understand-Sanskrit/ 1 July 2016 Chandra – moon - Ardha Chandrasana - half moon.

Danda – staff - Dandasana- staff pose. Karina Gough - Flow Yoga

Hala- plough - Halasana- plough pose. Yoga & Pilates · Pregnancy & Childbirth Service · Community Organization Surya – sun - Surya Namaskar - sun salutation.

Tada – mountain - Tadasana – the mountain.

Sensations

Sukha – easy – Sukhasana – the easy pose.

Utka – fierce – Utkatasana – the fierce pose or the chair.

Ancient Sages or Gurus 445 Queen Street, Kurapuni Matsyendra - Lord of the Fishes – Matsyendrasana – Masterton.. seated spinal twist 0210 820 0132 Nataraja - Siva, Lord of the Dance- Natarajasana- http://karinaflowyoga.com/ dancer. 11 Yoga Scene New Zealand - Winter 2016 The PR Richard directed me to says - ‘We are Yoga Forum inviting Yoga instructors and studio owners to Shared by Richard Beddie with Susan Pryor and a series of Yoga Forums being held in three lo- Afterward Notes by Jo Woollacott cations around New Zealand in the week com- mencing 4 July 2016. In brief, we are inviting We all know that Yoga has come into the spotlight all Yoga Studio owners and Yoga Teachers to with ACC and also the discussion surrounding come together to discuss the ways we can best Yoga Teacher Refgistration is endless. Yet both create a supportive network within our country. of these issues have valid points including your legal rights and obligations - which are really Most importantly, learn about the Exercise NZ guidelines put in place to keep you and your & Yoga Teachers Project – a national panel of students safe. Also the notion of yoga not just as Yoga Teachers who are advocating on behalf of an exercise (Yes I hear the sigh of ‘Oh my God; their yoga community in our country. Is this anyone who really knows what yoga is would you?’ never call it ‘just’ exercise!’) - But hey let’s face The flier says; Exercise NZ is a non profit body it the contemporary resugence in yoga’s popu- whose mission is to get more people physically larity has created a whole new genre of Exer- active in NZ. We want to assist Yoga studios cise Pop Culture and for those who do not want more and build a strong community nationwide or dare not teach the underlying ancient philo- for New Zealanders interested in Yoga to refer sphies or for those who don’t ’do yoga’ to learn to. about philosophy - exercise and feeling good are a great place to start). That all said who As a first step, we’re hosting three forums are Exercise New Zealand and what are they at- around NZ to discuss with Yoga studio owners tempting to do with these forums? (Ed) and teachers how we can best create this supportive network within our country. Specific topics include: Well arecently through shared emails Richard Beddie of Exercise NZ CEO told me; • How to make Yoga tax deductible for businesses (Exercise NZ has it in writing from ‘More info will be available after the forums, and also a far better idea of what will happen • IRD that this is achievable now) next - however at this stage we are very much of • The easy “how to” of complying with new the view that we want to listen and find out what Health & Safety legislation the issues and ideas are and then look to how we (as a collective group) may best deal with these. We want to make sure everyone has the opportunity to be involved - this is just step 1 :-) I *think* one of the outcomes may be about con- nections - and support...’ So essentially I gather you are as a yoga teacher the driving force behind the outcomes of the forums and Exercise NZ will be guiding and then framing the issues that arise for the benefit (I hope) of all. 12 Ü New Zealand Yoga Scene - Winter 2016

From having the knowlege of anatomy to safely teach to understanding Tax laws and the safety requirements for teaching indoors or out - do you know what if anything is required of you or your teacher? Do you think these and other issues are important? • Introduction to the Mind Body Award seat in the ExerciseNZ & Yoga Teachers Project which includes step by step implementation and • Category at the annual industry awards support for the topics listed above. • How Yoga teachers can be nationally recog- Don’t miss your opportunity to share your vi- nised for their work in this area sion for Yoga in New Zealand within our nation- • Learn about the Exercise NZ & Yoga Teach- al organisation. ers Project - a national panel of Yoga Teach- If you’d like to know more about Exercise NZ, ers who are advocating on behalf of their please visit www.exercisenz.org.nz, or for info yoga community in our country. Is this you? on Persephone Singfield, owner of Courage My The forums will be hosted by: Love, (Yoga practitioner for over 20 years, Yoga Richard Beddie, CEO of Exericse NZ, and Teacher since 2011), visit www.couragemylove. Persephone Singfield, owner of Courage My co.nz Love, If you know of someone from another studio Yoga practitioner for over 20 years, Yoga teach- that you think should be there / would benefit er since 2011. from attending, please feel free to pass this on to them too – everyone is welcome! Attendance at the forum is FREE. A reminder to please RSVP if you are attend- All those that attend will instantly qualify for a ing to [email protected] with your Ü 13 Yoga Scene New Zealand - Winter 2016

ExerciseNZ is a non profit body whose mission is to get more people physically active in NZ. We want to assist Yoga studios more and build a strong community nationwide for New Zealanders interested in Yoga to refer to. As a first step, we’re hosting three forums around NZ to discuss with Yoga studio owners and teachers how we can best create this supportive network within our country.

Specific topics include: How to make Yoga tax deductible for YOGA businesses (ExerciseNZ has it in writing from IRD that this is achievable now) The easy “how to” of complying with FORUM new Health & Safety legislation Hosted by ExerciseNZ Introduction to the Mind Body Award Category at the annual industry awards, and how Yoga teachers can be nationally recognised Auckland Monday 4 July for their work in this area 1.30pm-3.30pm Learn about the ExerciseNZ & Yoga Fickling Centre Teachers Project - a national panel of Yoga Teachers who are advocating on behalf of their - Waikowhai Room yoga community in our country. Is this you? 546 Mt Albert Rd Three Kings The forums will be hosted by: Richard Beddie, CEO of Exericse NZ, and Persephone Singfield, owner of Courage My Love, Yoga practitioner for over 20 years, Yoga teacher since 2011.

Attendance at the forum is FREE. All those that attend will instantly qualify for a seat in the ExerciseNZ & Yoga Teachers Project which includes step by step implementation and support for the topics listed above.

Don’t miss your opportunity to share your vision for Yoga in New Zealand within our national organisation.

RSVP If you’d like to attend, please RSVP to [email protected] with names of those attending, the forum location and what studio(s) you are from.

14 ÜÜ New Zealand Yoga Scene - Winter 2016 names of those attending, and what studio(s) As a part of our commitment to support the entire exercise community, including those that use exer- you are from and what venue you will be at- cise and movement as a part of a more holistic environment, Exercise New Zealand recently hosted a tending. serious of Yoga forums around New Zealand in conjunction with Persephonie Singfield from Courage We look forward to seeing you at one of the up- My Love, to explore how the Yoga community could be better supported by working collaboratively, and coming forums. the response we had from the yoga community was fantastic, says ExerciseNZ CEO, Richard Beddie. Richard Beddie, CEO, ExerciseNZ The outcomes from the forums will be shared to all those that took place, and these included general Persephone Singfield Owner, Courage my Love support for the setting up of a “NZ Yoga Teachers Council” (a working name), that ExerciseNZ has Meeting Dates: agreed to support. Several other organisations that already had an interested in supporting the yoga •Auckland Monday 4 July 1.30-3.30pm community in New Zealand have also been invited to be part of this project, including the New Zealand Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs), Skills •Wellington Tuesday 5 July 1.30-3.30pm Active, Yoga New Zealand, IYTA NZ, and the Yoga Alliance. •Christchurch Friday 8 July 1.30-3.30pm As a part of the support network, ExerciseNZ is also PS: For those living outside of the three main reviewing its various resources for exercise facilities (such as health & safety, membership agreements centres, we have still invited you to attend, but and employment guide) to ensure they are fit for purpose, and relevant to Yoga Studios. Already several understand if it’s not feasible to travel. The fo- yoga studios have signed up to be part of the review process. rums are only the start of our engagement, so It’s certainly an exciting time to be part of the Yoga we will be inviting input from anyone interested community – with yoga growly strongly every- on a regular basis, so if you’d like to be kept where from studios to school halls, and on to private homes. We want to make sure we are there to in the loop about this but unable to attend any support it all. of the forums, please let us know via the RSVP We’ve seen Yoga work on so many different levels – and provide benefits to everyone from the inactive email [email protected] person through to the ‘gym junkie’ . We’ve also noticed that yoga teachers are just as diverse as their About Exercise NZ: participants, with many coming from a traditional yoga background and education methods, while others find it through gyms and contemporary exercise, The Exercise Association of New Zealand (Ex- and use it to compliment their other disciplines – erciseNZ), formerly FitnessNZ, is a non prof- everything from Personal Training to holistic healing, and we are open to working with all those that it representative organisation, operating under work in this diverse yoga community. an incorporated society structure. Our mission For more information on the forums, and to be kept up to date with what’s happening as a result, visit is to proactively support a sustainable exercise www.exercisenz.org.nz/yoga and fitness industry in New Zealand by growing participation in structured exercise through ad- vocacy, information and industry standards.

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Take your personal practice and teaching to whole new levels. Learn how to apply the deeper energetic aspects of yoga, prescribe yoga therapy, and create yoga nidra guided relaxations. “When people get involved with yoga, their lives take on a certain ﬂavour of amazing” - Swami Shantimurti New Zealand Yoga Scene - Winter 2016 Breathing to De-stress By Jeannette McCallum You settle down to a phone call and a neighbour starts up a piercingly loud lawn mower and drowns out your phone call. A dog barks incessantly each time your neighbour goes out, waking your baby. You receive a random phone call to say an elderly parent has been taken to hospital…. Stress kicks in. Life is full of stress. Every day we deal with stress. And the antidote is in everyone’s tool kit. But it is so simple we may overlook it. The perfect antidote to stress in our daily life is breathing. more oxygen than a ‘normal’ breath. Because our brain receives most of each breath’s oxygen, the Physical Body slower and more fully we breathe, the more oxygen Breathing is a bridge from our body to our mind. As the other 27, 000 billion cells receive. breathing slows down, our parasympathetic system Breathing is our most vital body process. steps in, which activates healing, relaxing responses in our body. As our body relaxes our mind becomes Mental Body still. All that mind ‘monkey chatter’ ceases to matter. ‘When the breath wanders, the mind is also unsteady. Breathing fully is invigorating and brings oxygen But when the breath is calmed, the mind too will be and nutrients to every cell and helps release toxins still, and the yogi achieves long life. Therefore one from every cell. As we focus on receiving a yogic should learn to control the breath.’ Svatmarama, breath, we know that our body is receiving 7 times Hatha Yoga Pradipika. There is so much wisdom packed into these three sentences. When we comprehend its profound message and put it into practice, good health and longevity is the prize. In yoga we are told, ‘Noses are for breathing, mouths are for eating’. Yoga teachers teach the importance of breathing correctly and how to synchronise breathing with each posture. When we learn this we are bringing our attention to our breathing and we learn to stay in the moment. Spiritual Body As we are spiritual beings in a physical world, breathing, our most vital process, must surely be a spiritual practice too. As we breathe in we receive, as we breathe out we give – a rhythm of life. When our mind is still we are at our most intuitive and our heart is most open. ‘Inhale, and God approaches you. Hold the inhalation, and God remains with you. Exhale, and you approach God. Hold the exhalation and surrender to God.’ Krishnamacharya A Five Minute Stress Buster Sit, stand or lie quietly and focus on breathing through your nose. Feel the breath starting in your lower belly. Feel the lower belly rise. Slowly feel the breath coming up into your rib area and upper chest like a gentle wave. As you Ü17 Yoga Scene New Zealand - Winter 2016

Lungs and respiratory system breathe out, feel the wave of breath sliding out of your body with all the stress. Release the stress, starting with your shoulders relaxing and dropping down from your ears. See stress disappear from your body with the exhale. To keep awareness on breathing, silently repeat ‘so’ with the in breath and ‘hum’ with the out- breath. This is the sound of breathing in deep meditation and keeps us focused on our breathing. Otherwise the mind’s barrel full of monkey chatter will demand our attention. But we become aware of the chatter and bring our focus back to our breathing. With each breath feel how the body is responding. You may notice your body relaxing and your mind starting to become still. Feeling angry? Start by breathing in deeply and gently hold your middle finger. This will harmonise your attitude of anger and bring calmness. As you breathe out, gently release your shoulders and feel the relaxation. Continue with awareness for as long as you need to. Feeling stressed / anxious? Start with breathing out fully and gently hold your thumb. This will harmonise your attitude of worry and bring calmness. Continue to breathe in and out. Enjoy a Better Quality of Life The more we focus on our breathing, the better quality of life we enjoy. Yogis say the longer the breath the longer we live – just like the animals who breathe slowly, so too do they live longer. And when we breathe mindfully we connect with ourself – we come to a place of inner sanctuary where we are always safe. So it is a spiritual, emotional, mental and physical process. 18 Ü New Zealand Yoga Scene - Winter 2016 As we give awareness to our breathing it becomes habitual practice to breathe properly. And in a few breaths, we can change from feeling stressed to feel- 5th ing centred and empowered and able to fully enjoy our life’s experiences. Annual New Bio: Jeannette McCallum lives her dream at Waihi Beach, teaching yoga ( 500 RYT ) running Reflexolo- gy and Jin Shin Jyutsu workshops; Wellness Day Re- treats and natural therapy treatments and packages. Zealand www.yogaandreflexology.co.nz email: [email protected] Yoga-Thon

Be Part Of The 5th Yogathon.NZ Annual Event 2016 From 10th to 24th September 2016 New Zealand Yoga Scene is putting together a team - if you want to be part of this nationwide team contact [email protected] (Ed.) 2 week long Sun Salutation 2016 annual event will be held at various locations throughout New Zealand Yogathon nz (a division of Hindu Council of NZ) has been organizing, encouraging and promoting the sun salutation event for a total body workout, nationwide for the last five years increasing awareness of yoga for a healthy body and mind. As you are aware now even the United Nations has decorated YOGA, with the highest international recognition, honor and approval in 2014 for its holistic approach for health and well being. This event is non religious and it is free and open to people of all ages, genders, races, faiths, beliefs and abilities. We invite all the yoga teachers, practitioners, trainers, schools, studios and other groups to participate in this 2 weeklong event at various locations around New Zealand, and con- duct free training sessions and also practice Sun Salutation sequence. We also invite all those who are interested to become a part of our organizing team as a local coordinator and or a volunteer to please contact us immediately. Mohinder Anand National Coordinator: Email: [email protected] Website: http://yoathon-nz.org

19 Yoga Scene New Zealand - Winter 2016 Letter from OSHO childhood upbringing put me on the path of yoga.

My school age years were a disaster as I felt so different compared to the other children, who would often tease me for turning up to school wearing my mala and the colour red and after experiencing severe anxiety, my parents eventually home schooled me.

I can thank my parents now for the upbringing they gave me, however, it wasn’t until many years later that I adopted an asana practice.

I always felt a stirring in my heart and an inner longing to try a yoga class and although it was often on my new years resolution list By Taleta McDonald of things to do, I didn’t adopt a regular asana practice until my sister introduced me to a few postures back in 2013 and from that day On July 27th 1984, before I could even read, I onwards, I was hooked. received a letter from Rajneeshpuram, which contained a mala and a typed letter from Suddenly I was spending my days and Osho’s personal secretary, Ma Anand Sheela, nights balancing on my head and contorting which read: my body in ways that I never thought was possible while running on a yoga high- those “Let this be the foundation of your sannyas: who practice will know this term! playfulness has to be the colour you dye your whole being in; let it vibrate through each One year of regular self-practice quickly fiber and cell of your being.” passed and I began to really question who I was and what I was here on earth to do. The letter contained my new name, Shanti and from that day onwards, my parents, who Up until then, I was living a secure and safe followed the teachings of an enlightened life in a nice cliff top inner city house, which Indian guru called Osho, immersed me into contained my life’s hard earned possessions, listening to Osho satsangs and I was brought beautiful furniture and all the ‘things’ to up within the Indian yogic philosophies of make my life comfortable. I was engaged to meditation and mindfulness. my partner and planning my wedding, my first article had just been published and my Ultimately, at the young age of four, before career in freelance journalism was looking I could even grasp what yoga really was, my promising.Photos By Chris Schreuder - Whangarei 20 Ü New Zealand Yoga Scene - Winter 2016

However, despite having a lot externally, none of it made me truly happy and I could Business no longer ignore the feeling of wanting to do something completely different with my life. Beakthrough I hit rock bottom, shattering into a thousand tiny pieces and in that moment I had an aha moment that would be the most important Opportunity turning point in my life. If you’ve been working to grow your business for a while now and things aren’t happening as fast as I decided I no longer wanted to live in a you want, then I‘d like to help you create a MAJOR house in Auckland City so armed with trust business BREAKTHROUGH. Here’s the scoop… and faith; I sold, gifted and donated all of I’ve heard from a lot of small businesses that are my possessions to charity. I also knew I no having an especially difficult time getting their business to grow fast these days. After hearing about so many longer wanted to be in a relationship with people’s struggles, I decided to do something about my fiancé, so I ended it and I lived in my it… campervan, with only my dog for company. ** NEW, For a Limited Time ** I’d like to invite you to take advantage of a special, For 6 months, I freedom camped around the “Business Breakthrough” coaching session where we’ll work together to… North Island and I lived very basic, often => Create a crystal clear vision for your “ultimate showering in cold public showers and hand- business success” and the “perfect lifestyle” you’d washing what little clothes I had left, in a like your business to provide. bucket. => Uncover hidden challenges that may be sabotaging the growth of your business and keeping you working too many hours. In a matter of days I went from living in a => Leave this session renewed, re-energized, and house, to suddenly finding myself homeless inspired to turn your business into a highly profitable, and living alone in a van with no material revenue-generating machine that practically runs possessions! itself. If you’d like to take advantage of this very special, very limited, and totally FREE 30 minute “Business During this time of intense solitude, I delved Breakthrough” coaching session, go to my website and deeper into my yoga practice but with no complete the questionnaire. room inside a house, I would often practice on the beach or in parks, which connected me even more to the sacred rhythms of mother earth, where the stars and the moon Linda Reid became my nightly entertainments. Business I had fallen off the familiar path of society, Breakthrough far from my old life in inner city suburbia Specialist and into something entirely new. I learned to listen to the subtle signs of the universe, which was continuously guiding me along an unfamiliar path, which felt so foreign to website: ljreid.nz me. I lived simply and not having access email: [email protected] to things like power, Internet, television or Ü 21 Yoga Scene New Zealand - Winter 2016 people, which are often used as distractions, I can remember walking barefoot into Jama gave me the opportunity to awaken to who Masjid, India’s largest mosque, which sits I really was, beyond societal and familial watch over Old Delhi, and as I looked out conditioning. over the corrugated iron roofs of shanty Within this new space of awareness, I towns, I felt so grateful to be born into a realized I had a passion for yoga and I country of relative wealth and privilege, wanted to become a teacher so I could share whereas so many in India lived in poverty it with others so I booked my flight to India and didn’t have the opportunities that I was and armed with only a backpack and the fortunate enough to have. desire to learn and have an authentic yoga experience at the root source, a daily sweat I then went across town to Laxminarayan inducing Mysore style practice beneath Temple, a sprawling Hindu temple located in the intense heat of the goan sun and what the heart of New Delhi, which was adorned felt like a thousand chaturangas, led me to with shrines dedicated to Lord Shiva, Ganesh complete my 200-hour yoga teacher training and Hanuman and it contained beautiful course, in South Goa. statues of Lord Narayan and the Goddess Lakshmi. My heart was happy knowing that I had finally found my calling and I was on the Seeing the contrast between Old and New right path, but I wanted to see more of India Delhi made me think about inequality and so I set off on a pilgrimage of self-discovery how the gap between rich and poor here was where I visited 21 towns and seven states via so evident, unlike in New Zealand where the train, plane, bus, elephant, rickshaw, taxi and working class poor live in modest homes, but motorbike. behind closed doors, they struggle to; eat, pay their bills, provide for their children and

22 Ü New Zealand Yoga Scene - Winter 2016 they are merely in survival mode. and the lighting of candles) at Parmath Niketan during the most spectacular sunset India was having a deep effect on me that I’ve ever seen. and everywhere I looked, I was given the opportunity to reflect on my life and the The following day I climbed a dizzying world around me. 3050 metres up to Surkanda Devi Temple, an auspicious Hindu temple perched high up on A day later, I found myself mesmerized and a hilltop, which provided my first glimpse of in a trance like state, while watching the the snowcapped peaks of the Himalayas. orange hues of the sunrise, glistening against the white marble walls of one of the most My heart instantly melted, and I yearned to beautiful structures in the world, the majestic be closer. That was the beginning of my love Taj Mahal. affair with the Himalayas.

In that moment, I truly felt blessed to be A few days later I visited the home of the alive, even though I had nothing left to return 14th Dalai Lama in the largely Tibetan town to in New Zealand. of Daramshala, and I quietly watched the monks go about their daily duties while I ventured onto Jaipur, the capital of soaking up the peaceful vibes within the Rajasthan, where I received an impromptu monastery. blessing from an old sadhu who was feeding monkeys on a hilltop, which overlooked the The last town I ended up visiting was Pink City. the most polluted yet. The Punjab city of Amritsar, with its deafening traffic noise Although there were no words exchanged and chaotic streets filled with cars, people, and we were of a different skin colour, I felt rickshaws, motorbikes and cows all trying to we spoke the same language and we were maneuver around each other from different essentially one, where the soul knows no directions, was a stark contrast from the quiet boundaries. mountainside village of upper Daramshala. I managed to find The Golden Temple amidst The further I went, the more my heart opened the chaos and as I sat at the sacred pool of and I eventually found myself in Rishikesh, nectar (the large water tank that is thought to where I dipped my feet into the holy waters hold healing powers) that surrounded Sikh’s of mother Ganges while listening to the holiest temple, I found peace amongst all of intoxicating songs during Ganga Aarti (a the people. religious ceremony, which is held at the end India had weaved a magic spell on me and of each day, with singing, chanting, music as I boarded my plane for Nepal, I knew I Ü See the back cover for info on joining a Yoga tour to Bhutan or Nepal this year. If you are interested send and email to - [email protected] and we will forward your name to the co-ordina- tors in New Zealand.

23 Yoga Scene New Zealand - Winter 2016 would return again someday. If anything, the past two years has taught me to have trust in the universe and faith in I spent my last week in a luxurious guest my journey and stripping away everything house perched high on a hilltop in Pokhara, that was previously my life has given me the which overlooked the snow capped opportunity to reconnect with my authentic Himalayas before returning home to New self, so that I could find my soul calling and Zealand, only to find out I had narrowly realize what it was that I really wanted to escaped the April earthquakes, which hit only manifest in my life, rather than just being two days after I left. on automatic replay and going through the motions of an unfulfilled life. My angels must have been looking out for me, however, I was left with the desire I have learned to let go and surrender with to return, so I followed my heart back to where the flow of life wants to take me, Nepal and I lived for half a year adopting rather than resisting or trying to control the a Hindu culture and living with a Nepalese outcome and in the process, I have become family in the middle of Kathmandu, during a much lighter, content, happy and free. humanitarian crisis. If I could give one piece of advice to readers Living in such extreme and challenging who may resonate with my journey: When conditions forced me to find solace within you live in alignment with your true self, you and I continued to delve deeper into my yoga become more energetically in tune with the practice. I managed to find beauty amongst higher vibrations of the universe and you will the poverty and it was then that I found my find that situations will magically appear to yoga teacher. help you create the life you truly desire. The key is to take a giant leap into the unknown, Receiving one to one lessons from an despite feeling fearful! authentic yoga master was a turning point for me in my practice. He gave me an invaluable Even though I have returned to New Zealand lesson into the true essence of yoga, which with no house, car, job or possessions, I is a lot more than doing yoga postures in a have returned a much richer woman from typical western-based class that people often when I had left, and as my childhood letter only attend for a physical workout. suggested, a more playful one!

This experience ignited within me a desire to spread the ancient teachings of the 8-limb path and teach a more holistic form of yoga that is in alignment with the lessons that I had received from all of my teachers, including the ones whom I had met spontaneously, during my yoga pilgrimage throughout India and Nepal.

Two years of traveling and I have finally returned home to New Zealand, after living briefly in Australia.

24 New Zealand Yoga Scene - Winter 2016 The Indra Devi Introductory Asana 1. Start in Savasana. Relax the entire body and let the breath settle into a gentle conscious flow.

2. Roll onto the right side and come up into Thunderbolt Pose. Sit lengthening spine front and back then lift and arch neck forward chin towards chest on the exhale. Lift and roll neck back on the inhale. Repeat 3 times slowly. Eyes closed.

3. Turtle Necking - extend neck forward from cervical vertebrae and retract the neck back. Extend on the inhalation and retract on the exhalation. Eyes closed.

4. Rest in Thun- derbolt pose for several breaths, eyes closed.

Ü25 Yoga Scene New Zealand - Winter 2016 5. Turn the head to right and then the left, keep the spine lengthened and working easefully through the cervical verterbrae and the neck muscles. Hint keep a warm scarf around neck so muscles do not seize up during or after the movement. Exhale as you turn. Inhale as you come back to centre. 6. Tilt the head to the right side then to the left side again gently lengthening through the muscles. Hint keep shoulders level and depressed - use the Latissimus Dorsi to de- press the shoulder. Exhale as the head tilts, inhale as it straightens up

7. Once the neck area has been slowly and gently warmed up start a slow head roll right and then a slow head roll left. Eyes are closed and breathing is free. The movement of the head arouses the energy flowing along the spine. This energy arousal activates the entire spine and chakra system. Throughout keep the body still but not rigid, relaxed and soft but not collapsed.

8. Eyes down, eyes, right, eyes left. 26 Ü New Zealand Yoga Scene - Winter 2016 8. Holding out the thumb arms length from the eyes, focus on the thumb - this is the dristhi point. Keep looking at it and move the thumb to the tip of the nose as you exhale. Then on the inhale move the thumb directly out to arms length, repeat 5 times.

9. Finishing off this part of the sequence with Palming. Rub the palms together to create heat. Place them cupped over the closed eyes- the fingers of the right hand cross the fingers of the left on the third eye chakra. Maintain deep ab- 10. Rocking. Be very careful that dominal/diaphrag- you have both adequate support matic breathing for under the spine and softness as 2-5 minutes. Grad- some people have very boney ver- ually open the eyes tebral protrusions which can easily and as you do so mil- get bruised. limetre by millimetre However the stimulation and ease open the fingers to this movement gives the spine is allow shafts of light a real spinal tonic. Breathe freely, and draw the palms relax and let the pose take on the away until hands ‘perpetual’ motion the movement once again rest on induces. the knees.

11. Part 1 - Gently roll down through the spine on an exhalation and come into a half raised leg pose. Bend the knee and raise the arms overhead as you inhale and as you exhale extend the leg out so both legs are flat and lower the arms. Ü27 Yoga Scene New Zealand - Winter 2016 12. Part two - Lengthen through the leg and this time instead of bending the knee raise the entire leg in one slow and careful movement breathing in as you do so, and exhale as you lower the leg. Repeat Part 1 and Part 2 on the opposite side repeating the entire sequence 3 times.

13. Part three - Lift both legs in the air as you lengthen and extend the energy past the soles and heels Inhale as you lift and hold the pose with active soles and legs sending energy upwards to the skies, for three breaths. Then lower slowly on the exhalation. Repeat three times.

14. Come back into a seated pose and from there rise into a squat feet flat on floor if possible. Bring hands into prayer pose and extend upwards as you do so activate thighs and lift body into standing or Mountain pose.

15. Cross the legs and 16. Exhaling come back lengthen the spine raise down through the squat the arms upwards as you pose. inhale and exhale relaxing the arms and head toward earth. This is a balance pose as well as a back extension/fold. It is important to relax once the head is down stay there for three breaths. Inhale as you raise up into extended mountain and recross the legs with the opposite leg on top. Hint the top leg has the knee bent. 28 Ü New Zealand Yoga Scene - Winter 2016 17. Come into a seated staff pose and bend one leg up lifting the ankle across the groin into a half Lotus Pose.

18. Reaching the arms overhead on the inhale extend through the spine, lifting the body out of the hips into a forward fold bringing the head to the knee and hans to feet, rest in the pose for three breaths, come out on an inhale and repeat steps 17-18 on the opposite side.

19. Prepatory to relaxation pose roll side ways up to the wall to extend the legs up the wall - closer together then further apart until you are ready to roll sideways and come back down. Give it around 5 min.

20. Finally come into corpse pose to relax, listen to some gentle music, the winter rain or the fire. Om shanti shanti shanti. Ü 29 Yoga Scene New Zealand - Winter 2016 Indra Devi studied with Sri Krishnamacharya - Susan has studied the works of Indra Devi incorporating Indra;s gentle, therapeutic and powerful approach into her classes at The Red Thread Yoga Studio, Whangarei and Parua Bay. All the poses in this sequence are contained with in depth explanation in the book: ‘Yoga For You’ by Indra Devi. (1960). Do not let the date put you off - yoga is a timeless wisdom and truth that remains consistent throughout time. Indra Devi born Eugenie Peterson 1899 in Latvia Russia is known as the ‘Mother’ of Western Yoga, and ‘The First Lady’ of Yoga. She first came across yoga in her teens through a book by Yogi Ramacharaka aka William Walker Atkinson (1862-1932). However upon reaching adulthood she set off for India where her eventual teacher Sri Krishanmacharya, considered her proposition to study with him long and hard - turning her away several times before he agreed to share the wisdom of yoga with his first female student a Western woman none-the-less. Indra worked tirelessly and eventually became a teacher herself - offering the asana in acceptable forms adapted for Western lifestyle. Indras books offer a holistic approach to yoga incorporating asana with diet, sleep, daily routines and dealing with stress and illness, aches and pains. And despite the age are well worth the read. Indra taught amongst others - Marilyn Monroe, Greta Garbo, Olivia De Haviland, Robert Ryan and Elizabeth Arden! Indra died aged 102 in 2002.

Bibliography: Yoga For You (Indra Devi) 1960 http://www.amazingwomeninhistory.com/indra-devi-mother-of-western-yoga/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indra_Devi 30 New Zealand Yoga Scene - Winter 2016 How Breaking My Back Led Me To Wellness By Caitlin Reid to go back up the way I’d come, so I slowly and A serious injury can shake you up. Make you think painfully climbed backup the twelve metre cliff with about everything that’s important to you. Make the help of my boyfriend and friends. you grateful. That’s what breaking my back (and thankfully fully recovering) did for me. I was incredibly lucky with the outcome, but things could have been very different. It made me realise Firstly, as a Physiotherapist, the moment I took my firstly; what really mattered to me: My boyfriend first breath after jumping into the water, I knew what (we moved in together straight after) my happiness I’d done. I felt pain right in the centre of my back, and quality of life (I quit my job determined to find and I knew there was nothing there but vertebrae and what I loved) and my family (my mum and sister discs. I wiggled my toes, and could thankfully feel both looked after me and we spent more time and move everything. There was no way out, except together).

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Secondly, it made me realise what it really takes to overcome an injury, setback, or emotional blow: A completely holistic approach. I was nauseous from the pain killers, but every time I’d be sick, I felt searing pain in my spine, limited thankfully by my plastic back brace holding me tight. All I could do was lie on the floor. It was OK at first, but after the first two weeks when my boyfriend had to return to work, I got bored and frustrated.

Thankfully, as a Physiotherapist, I knew what I could safely without disrupting the healing, so with my back brace on safely, I lay on my back and did basic Pilates core exercises with my feet on the ground in the second week. It empowered me; making me feel like I was doing something to move forward www.aprivewellness.com. Say hi to me anytime on and help my recovery. my website or social media @aprivewellness. I was boiling hot in my brace, but I’d walk to the Buddhist meditation centre in Nelson and lie on Emotional setbacks, injuries, being stuck in the ground meditating with the group, just to find a rut, or simply needing a break; I now know a moment of peace away from my frustration. It holistic wellbeing helps people overcome all of helped, more than I can say.I ate psyllium husks and these common obstacles. I’m so grateful for this chia seeds to overcome the poor digestive effects of experience which, while scary, helped me learn my pain killers, and drank milk and extra calcium about the importance of well-rounded health, plus for bone healing. I stopped my anti-inflammatories gave me an incredible appreciation for what our soon after my accident as I didn’t want anything to bodies can do, and finally, led me to my hinder my fracture healing. new found passion; wellness retreats!

After eight weeks; I had the all clear. The bone had mended, but being a nosy physio I knew it took four months for the bone to fully knit back together; this meant no snowboarding or impact sports, but definitely time to get bendy again! I walked to the gym every day for Pilates and yoga, and rode the bike to get strength back in my weak little quads.

After three months I was running again, and doing squats and core workouts, ensuring my pelvis and torso were as strong as they possibly could be to support my spine.

Holistic healing was just as important for me as my doctor’s advice; the yoga, meditation, Pilates, and nutrition helped me regain my sanity in a cloud of frustration. It also empowered me, and made me see my injury as a positive spring board, inspiring me to share what I learned with all of you.

Now, I share evidence-based holistic wellbeing through retreats and experiences in Queenstown and Fiji through my company Aprivé Wellness:

32 New Zealand Yoga Scene - Winter 2016 The Anatomy of Yoga Psychoneuroimmunology By Susan Pryor

Psychoneuroimmunology is the link between the Through yoga the mind is focused and breath is nervous (neuronal) and immune systems of the linked with the movement. Often the practitioner body. Although the term was only coined relatively is instructed to visualise the energy flow or to en- recently the concept dates back to around 200AD velope themselves in the chakra energy colours or with Greek author Galen, who wrote of the psyche extend these outwards towards others in a beneficial and how it consistently affected people of certain and healing but non-judgemental way. Galen de- dispositions in specific ways. scribed that the ‘thoughts’ of those who were healthier or whose immune system overcame disease were The mind has a profound impact on the body and always sanguine that is positive, compassionate, science has proven that simply the effect of reliving healthy and optimistic whereas the person whose or retelling or imaging (visualising) a certain situa- thoughts ran to the melancholy had less resources tion will change the physiology of the body. This is to overcome disease despite their pre-disease condi- why meditation and the things we call intention in tions being equal in every other respect. yoga are very important within the overall practice but also within each pose. Combine these healthy mental images with powerful pranayama and follow that with a gentle focussed The heat that is generated during yoga is as research pranayama that lasts for around one - two hours of a studies have discovered and are continuing to ex- yoga practice and the core temperature has potential plore a result of the combined communications be- to raise even if only slightly, thus assisting the im- tween the mental (mind or physche), neuro (brain mune system in preventing or overcoming disease. and nervous system) and immune system. Yoga creates a mind, body, spirit triangle which is in Core heat is not something that occurs from being part what creates the powerful energy experienced in a heated room. That kind of heat is the result of by practitioners. external forces the sustained healing heat generated in yoga comes from within the body itself. Research historically by Harvard and more recently by an International envoy on Tibetan Monks who throughout history have been known for their ability to raise their core temperature has returned confirm- ing that the monks do indeed achieve this. The primary instrument in raising core temperature was energetic pranayama and to maintain the core temperature gentle pranayama. Without the aid of meditation the monks achieved raised core temperature, however with the aid of meditation the temperature of the core increased significantly and was maintained for longer. Each asana in a Hatha Yoga practice is within itself a mini meditation. Linked in a class they form a longer meditation. One of the effects of yoga is a Bibliography: raised core temperature which ideally is maintained for some period. http://journeyofhearts.org/transition/pni_art.html The core temperature affects the immune system and http://meditation-research.org.uk/2013/07/advanced-tibet- its ability to fight or ward off illlness. an-buddhist-meditation-practice-raises-body-temperature/ Combined with the mental outlook and the fluc- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7818221 tuations of the brain and nervous system the im- Simon Borg-Olivier Conference Notes Psychoneuroimmunol- mune system can be opitimised through a positive ogy bio-feedback communication loop with the mind the energypsych.com/readings/preface-to-energy-psycholo- brain and nervous system and the immune system. gy-in-psychotherapy/

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Easy to locate in your supermarket or organic food store, or even to make at home if you grow olives and apples.

Olive Oil is known for its emolient properties and is extremely soothing, calming and beneficial over the Winter months.

While Apple Cider Vinegar is known to restore the acid mantle of the skin, balancing the skins oil requirements and production with its need for softening and reduucing the effects of drying; which can be ex- acerbated in airconditioned and heated indoor spaces or by the outdoor temperatures over winter.

For internal and external use these wonderful gifts of nature are easy to use.

Internally take a teaspoon or two of apple cider vinegar in warm water first thing every morning. The pH of the human body is near neutral anmd ththe vinegar helps regulate and maintain this.. As wel take 10-20 ml of Olive oil either as a tonic on a spoon or ingest it with food such as a salad!

The Greeks con- sume around 100 ml or more of Ol- ive Oil each week. It is benficial for the heart and brain containing antioxdants and omegas and good cholestrol! 36 Ü New Zealand Yoga Scene - Winter 2016 Recipes for Beauty Care Vinegar Body Tonic Restorative and invigorating.

Olive Oil Skin Cleanser 1 part Vinegar 3 parts water Fabulous for wears of make-up or those who go natural. Rose petals or Lavendar flowers or purfume esssence of your choice. 2 teaspoons of Olive Oil Loofa 1 teaspoon of honey • If you are using petals or flowers pick them in the early Chammomile Tea Bag for Rinse or Toner morning, leave them to dry. Remove any insects or dead parts. Or - Cider Vinegar in water for Rinse or Toner • About 1 cup of petals or flowers will infuse into 1 litre of vinegar and water mix. • Mix together in a small cosmetic jar or jar purposed for the • Place the petals in a wide topped jar - an agee preserviung job. jar is good. Pour the vinegar and water over and steep for • Place jar in warm water if you wish to apply the cleasner at least a week shaking gently daily. You can leave the warm - ideal in Winter! petals or flowers in indefinitely or strain them out through • Massage the cleanser thoroughly in a circular motion all butter muslin or cheese cloth. over the face, jaw and neckline. Keep away from hair line. • If you are using purfume essence add several drops • At night you can inse off with warm calming Chammomile according to instructions on bottle and your preference for Infusion - made by soaking a Chammomile tea bag in 1/2 strength of purfume. a litre of water. However an excellent rinse can be Cider Vinegar warmed in !:3 ratio of Cider Vinegar = 1 and Do not use the same loofa as the one you use for applying the warm water = 3. Or alternativelt rinse off with warm water. Olive Oil Body Buff.

Soak loofa in the Tonic.

Gently rub the loofa over the body in small circles either as a tonic treatment for dry flakey Winter skin or after using the Olive Oil Body Buff Olive Oil Body Buff treatment

Nutrious and nourishing for all skin types. Always use the Tonic prior to a shower or bath.

Light Olive Oil Rinse off the Tonic - there is no need to use soap! Infact it is Rose petals or Lavendar flowers or esssence oil of your choice. healthier to avoid using soap which harms the pH of the skin, Loofa and the environment as it goes down the drain.

• Rose petals or Lavendar flowers or herbal or aromatic After the shower buff with the Olive Oil Body Buff or not as you essential oil of your choice. If you are using petals or choose. flowers pick them in the early morning, leave them to dry. Remove any insects or dead parts. Olive Oil is measured by its pH in Greece and Crete one of the • About 1 cup of petals or flowers will infuse into 1 litre of major producers of authentic traditional Olive Oil in the world. oil. The lower the acidity the better the quality of the Olive Oil. • Place the petals in a wide topped jar - an agee preserviung jar is good. Pour the oil over and steep for at least a week The oldest Olive Tree in the world is reportedly growing in shaking gently daily. You can leave the petals or flowers Crete and is around 3000 years old and still flourishing with in indefinitely or strain them out through butter muslin or regular crops of olives! cheese cloth. • If you are using purfume essence add several drops Bio: according to instructions on bottle and your preference for Recently returned from Crete Susan has rekindled her interest strength of purfume. in and use of 'natural' products after learning about the properties of Olive Oil from the Cretan people and enjoying To use the oil tip amount required about 1/2 cup (depending on a daily regime since of Olive Oil applied topically and taken driness of skin) into a bowl. Soak loofa in the oil and starting internally - the transformation is visible! Susan studied herbs from the feet work up the body massaging in a circular motion for health many years ago with the Australasian College of with the loofa. Herbs (NZ) while living on her houseboat off Waiheke Island.

Use just prior to showering or just after showering or batthing Refs: - however if the oil is to stay on the skin give the skin a good http://www.olivemuseumvouves.com/pages. brisk rub down with an old towel to soak up excess oil - aspx?id=2&lang=en otherwise the residue will end up on your clothing. Larna Horricks - (1987) Natural Beauty. UK

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38 New Zealand Yoga Scene - Winter 2016 TINA ON THAI YOGA MASSAGE The founder of Thai Yoga Massage; Kam Thye Chow, and having them give me feedback and feeling their tech- was born in Malaysia and into a chinese family of healers niques gave me so many tips which I still so gratefully where at an early age was immersed into Buddhist and take with me today when massaging clients. Chinese Martial arts philosophy. Many of the movements in Thai Yoga massage look and feel like Tai Chi and To complete the first 5 days training, we had to go out martial arts by the way we use our body, hands, knees and massage as many different body types as we could. and feet to massage and move the client from one pose to This gave us a well rounded exploration of bodies, indi- next. vidual physical movement restrictions and various physical, emotional, mental and spiritual conditions to learn A Thai Yoga massage begins with the practitioner bring- about. We did 15 free massages and then one assisted ing in an awareness of ‘metta’ loving-kindness. It com- assessment with our teacher. bines meditation, acupressure-points, combined breath awareness between client and practitioner, and yogas A few months later I did Level 2 which was another 90 sister science, Ayurveda. Techniques used in Thai mas- minutes of TYM techniques specifically learning palming sage include stretches, chopping, cupping and sweeping and thumbing but also gave us another sen line along the the body; along with yoga postures in the laying position side of the body and using our elbows to massage with. which the client is massaged in. The whole experience I collated 35 Personal Health Questionnaires and sent brings the body into harmony and relaxation. them off to Lotus Palm (Kam Thye Chow’s school in Thai yoga massage is suitable for all ages. It is performed Canada), and shortly thereafter I received my Essential on a floor mat, and is fully clothed without the need to Certification. ‘Whow, me a Therapist! remove clothing it provides those with the inhibitions The benefits I have seen TYM give to clients is the sense that prevent a ‘naked’ massage of enjoying this delcious of relief and calmness to their soul. It gives them time to healthy experience. connect with their body and breath, noticing how they The traditional rocking movements and stances as taught feel and what is happening in their body, mind and spirit. by Kam Thye are a practice the therapist uses of palming Through the practice of using ‘metta’ - loving kindness and thumbing on the sen lines of the body; bringing the throughout the massage practitioners bring and exchange client into a deep sense of relaxation very much like that friendship and understanding; giving clients a kind and of Sivasana (yogic rest). gentle space where they can just be themselves. This allows the client to deeply relax and let go of any This brings me into a space of listening and trusting what stresses in the body, mind and spirit. I am feeling when massaging my clients body. Listening to my instinctive and intuitive self, asking how they are I came to Thai Yoga massage by a friends suggestion. I feeling and how the pressure is for them. had never considered myself a massage practitioner until I was in the midst of yoga teacher training and a dear After living in Australia and travelling over 17 years, I intuitive friend suggested I do it to go hand in hand with decided it was time to come home and be closer to my yoga. Mum and Dad. I returned in January 2015 with full time work in Porirua. Throughout last year I have felt deeply My TYM teacher had been trained at Kam Thye Chow’s concerned about how hard I see people work and the low school, Lotus Palm in Montreal, Canada. She was bring- hourly rate they receive. ing the training back to Australia and I did her training in 2009 in Canberra, Australia. I resigned from full time employment in May 2016 to pursue my interests in yoga and Thai Yoga massage. I The only thing I had any idea that it could relate to and be wanted to give more and share wellbeing with others. The useful for was in assisting and adjusting students in yoga giving and receiving in Thai yoga massage breaks down poses. I had fallen in love with yoga in 2002 through boundaries and offers loving kindness to ourselves and Iyengar yoga classes I was going to 2-3 times a week. I others. It reminds us to listen to our bodies and take the loved learning the alignment cues and props to assist our rest we need and eat more healthy foods. bodies in and out of poses and thought offering TYM to others will bring a greater awareness like Iyengar Yoga I currently massage one client a week and have a goal had given to me. of massaging as many people as possible and to gather others keen to train and offer TYM to many others. Around the same time I saw Thai Yoga massage techniques being shared between two Acroyoga women I am hosting my teacher in April 2017 to train the first from Brisbane who had come down to Canberra to run two levels of Thai Yoga Massage in the Wellington re- a workshop. They gave TYM techniques to one another gion. The course will be the week before Easter so these after their practise, using the massage techniques to offer practitioners can offer massage to their loved ones over relief and thanks for their acrobatic and yogic flowing the Easter break. movements where one yogi is a base and the other yogi is a flyer. If you are keen to try this beautiful style of massage, get in touch. Maybe this will renew your passion for life. The first level of training in TYM was fun to give to so Sharing our own wellbeing choices with those closest to many yoga friends in the class. Massaging each person, us makes a difference to others also. In the last 2 of the 5 Ü 39 Yoga Scene New Zealand - Winter 2016 years of giving TYM, I have assisted my teacher and seen practitioners with loving kind hearts wanting to offer the deep sense of wellbeing to others. Much is possible in our world when we base ourselves in metta (loving-kindness). Many thanks for reading and I do hope you come to experience Thai Yoga massage soon. Many thanks to Susan, her husband and whanau for all their work in supporting yoga in Aotearoa.

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spine and the parasympathetic nervous system. This pose facilitates the resting in peace that we need to LORD VISHNUS COUCH consciously experience and from which our intuitive self is nourished and communed with, so knowing is profound. This is a place of inner and outer stillness and is restorative so we may be wholly nourished for Anantasana the time we need to rise up off our couch in life. Pronounced: Anan – TARS – anna To Move Into The Pose Sanskrit Meaning: Balance on your right side. Easfully lengthen • Ananta = Infinite /Without end/ through the right side of your body, from Eternal the hip crease through the the armpit to the • Asana = Posture/Pose/Position elbow.Bend the Sink right the elbow.right armpit Support into the the right floor. side The myth is that Lord Vishnu reclined upon a couch of the head. that was infact the body of the serpent Ananta. Stretch through the right leg extending the The story of Ananta is that of enernity the concept of energy through the heel. Allow the right side infinity that which supports the timeless Universe. Lord Vishnu is the mythological ‘Preserver’ and slumbers or sleeps unpon the coils of Ananta. The toPlace engage the left and leg open on topinto of the the floor right (earth). keeping it ideology is that Vishnu takes form on earth while more relaxed. life continues on then takes rest every 700 years or Breathing into the sacrum on the exhalation thereabouts upon the timeless coils of Ananta. working into the core and engaging the lower As yogi the idea is linked to the slumbering state or draw the sacrum (tail bone) in. This is recline we all live in until our safety is threatened when we stir and rise up from our slumber. diaphragm (the pelvic diaphragm).

Physically this is the link between the mind the The Dristhi (or gaze point) is straight ahead at eye level.

Ü 41 Yoga Scene New Zealand - Winter 2016 Pause and breathe. Exhale to your tailbone. (soleus, gastrocnemius, gracilis, semimembranosus, As you breathe in again, expand through skull semitendonsus, adductor magnus, psoas major, and down the spine to the sit bones. See the illiacus). breath as entering and exiting through the crown chakra and when your inhalation is The lower leg: complete imagine the area around the body is Active are the quadriceps and gluts, Passive are alight with this energy. the hamstrings (adductor longus, gracilis, pectinus, gluteus medius gluteus minimus, hamstrings). Bend the left knee.

Externally rotate the left leg from the hip The upper side: socket and lift the left foot so you can catch Active are the abdominal wall, spinal extensors (internal obliques, quadrates lumborum). has pressure points that maximise the energy the big toe. If you can not reach the big toe (it The lower side: you can most comfortably. Active are the abdominal wall, spinal extensors, core flow in the body) then catch the leg where (external oblique, quadratus lumborum). Aim to easefullly align the top shoulder in line Physiology of the Pose

–Exhale (i.e. stacked) and straighten with the lowerthe leftshoulder. leg, while In this position the dome of the lower side of the holding where you can – the toe if possible diaphragm moves upwards towards the head and the upper side of the diaphragm moves towards the Relax and allow the body to settle. As you pelvis. The lower side lung is supported and is more relaxed breathe practice the sinuous movement of the and responsive passively to the movement of the breath from the tail bone (sacrum) through diaphragm with the breath. the vertebrae of the spine (as you will have The upper side is contracted thereby wringing the lung of stale air. andpracticed the earth in supports a pelvic the tilt body. with abdominal breathing). The breath nourishes the spine The pose relaxes the parasympathetic nervous With the breath in; easefully stretch, then as system and facilitates cleansing of the lungs. It is reputed to assist in changing sleeping habits if one 3-5 or more deep relaxing breaths come to has a tendency to lie on one side more than the other. ayou place exhale of softenmental, and emotional settle and and finally physical after stillness. Bio: Susan Pryor has studied Anatomy and physiology Experience unity or oneness with the Ananta, with Tish Rogers and Lorraine Barton of Northtec Whangarei New Zealand and went on to further unchanging. these studies with Usha Vaishanva Ayurvedic abiding peace, calm, infinite, eternal and Repeat on other side. Practitioner and Lecturer in Rishikesh India, and Simon Borg-Olivier of Yoga Synergy Australia.

Bibliography: ThisAnatomy pose ofis onethe Poseto savour, not to rush! Leslie Kaminoff – Yoga Anatomy This is an asymmetrical pose – considered one of the https://yogainternational.com/article/view/the-mythology-behind- only true ‘side lying’ postures. anantasana-vishnus-couch http://www.yogajournal.com/article/practice-section/vishnu-s-repose/ http://www.yogananda.com.au/patanjali/yoga_sutras02.html#two The upper leg: Passively lengthening are the calf, hamstring and Copyright © 2016 Susan Pryor The Red Thread & Mala Media Publishing inner thigh muscles, active are the hip and core

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44 New Zealand Yoga Scene - Winter 2016 t Sleep Our Elusive Ally h By Dr Melissa Gilbert e Sleep….our elusive ally i n t e g r a t i v e

How do we honour the sleepless sufferer? How do we hold them up as a valiant solider at the frontline of life rather than the various forms of ‘neurotic’ that their current titles hold? How can we lull them back d to sleep in this modern environment practically crackling with dirty electricity and magnetic radiation? o These questions should also make us ask what the heck we were thinking when we labelled ‘it’ progress. Ariana Huffington speaks eloquently in her book, ‘The Sleep Revolution’ about how industrialisation steered a c train of thought that rendered sleep dispensable. In this book there is much citation of the importance of sleep and the mistakes we have made with lessening it. However, she also talks in a ‘them and us’ fashion about t those who struggle with sleep and those who don’t, which casts aspersions that the strugglers are somehow o flawed or worse, inferior. For some, there are simple remedies that I prescribe which for the majority work well, however, I am not r talking about prescription medication, at least not at the beginning of the insomniac’s therapeutic journey. Replenishing the biochemical stores that have ceased to be abundant in our modern diet but are intrinsic in ’ the sleep pathway is a good start. Magnesium for example has been stripped from our soil with the repeated s application of calcium phosphate fertilisers. The result of this is that our vegetables are lacking this vital mineral. The primary role of magnesium is muscle relaxation but it plays an important role throughout the production b of our sleep hormone, melatonin. Further along the biochemical synthesis pathway is a precursor called 5-hydroxytryptophan (5HTP) and this can also be taken as a supplement. Theoretically this will drive the l production of a hormone I personally think is on the decline and this is potentially attributable to our modern o environment. In New Zealand melatonin must be prescribed by a doctor however it is not a pharmaceutical agent rather a g bioidentical hormone which can purchased over the counter in other countries. I think this is a relevant option Ü 45 Yoga Scene New Zealand - Winter 2016 a treatment but currently those treatments need to be regular for the improvement to be ongoing.

In my experience insomnia is an ever-increasing problem in our modern world so I keep trying to find the message, analyse the science, blame the environment in the hope that I’ll stumble upon the solution. I do know that pharamaceuticals are not the answer rather they just lead to dependency and a stupor that stops us from asking the questions. Each of us must pause and ask ourselves if we are happy with our own personal footprint on this earth, are we contributing to its progress or demise? for many but we probably run the risk of down regulating our body’s natural production by supplying it with the Biography end product. This occurs via a common biochemical Dr Melissa Gilbert-Smith is an integrative GP work- mechanism known as negative feedback whereby the ing in Northland. The primary focus of her approach body decreases its production of a substance based on is from a mind-body perspective, closely aligning the detection of adequate or high levels. However as with with the work by immunologist/psychotherapist, Dr any replacement treatment, if your body isn’t producing it Brian Broom. Melissa integrates nutritional, hormo- then an exogenous source is the next best option. nal, allopathic and psychotherapeutic elements into her treatment plans but her ultimate goal is to get An ancient remedy used for many an ailment and people to re-engage with their inner doctor. Melis- featuring in bulk for the restoration of sleep is tea or sa also works in the palliative setting and believes herbal tisanes. Most commonly chamomile is used for spiritual healing can occur even as one is dying. this purpose but valerian, passionflower, skulls cap, lemon balm, hops, etc are also tried with varying degrees of success. There are many brands of blended teas The Integrative Doctor promising the world and for the mildly afflicted they may well help but are only a drop in the ocean for those with severe sleep dysfunction. Health and wellbeing from an There is much controversy around electro-magnetic fields and more specifically “smart meters” in terms of holistic GP perspective the contribution to sleep disruption. Apparently having a smart meter connected to your domestic power board is the equivalent of sticking a thousand cell phones to your house. The electricity companies do this without consumer permission and then when discovered refuse [email protected] to remove them! The increase in magnetic radiation is enough to send surges through your adrenal glands during the night that make your body think its 7am about half a dozen times before morning. Recent Posts

And still we struggle so we consult with our naturopath • To Cleanse or not to Cleanse who may suggest acidosis, problems with methylation, heavy metal toxicity all potentially worsened by specific • Miracles and Dying genetic influences. We see our craniosacral therapist or neurolink specialist who manipulates our central nervous • Listen to your inner doctor system with feather light touch and whose science and success is beyond me. However I don’t discount any • Yoga shouldn’t cost twice as much as your dinner! remedy that “does no harm” because by this stage many are desperate and what if it’s the thing that finally works?

Personally, I’ve had the most success with acupuncture For More Interesting Posts Visit: but seemingly it isn’t a quick fix remedy. Insomnia is apparently notorious to treat given the “hard-wiring” and patterning that has been laid down. My sleep initiation, http://www.theintegrativedoctor.com/ quality and duration is improved the night following 46 New Zealand Yoga Scene - Winter 2016 Organ- Our Researcher has come up with a great selection of ic Organic Beauty products You can source locally! More in Beauty our next edition! B E Vanilla Bloom Natural Beauty Boutique is the gorgeous online store focused entirely on natural and organic beauty products from New Zealand and around the world; including natural skincare, natu- A ral deodorant, organic makeup & cosmetics, natural fragrance and haircare. In order to be stocked, the natural beauty products we range need to be U free from unnecessary synthetic ingredients & potential toxins such as parabens, petrochemicals, SLS, oxybenzone and sulphates; and instead embrace T the spirit of a cleaner, greener, natural approach to beauty. http://www.vanillabloom.co.nz/ I F

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Winter is upon us even though it is still mild in my part of the world in Pyes Pa near Tauranga. The leaves have fallen off the trees and we’ve had a lot of rain, but the weeds are flourishing! In this edition we’re looking at Chickweed which you can safely eat lots of.

Chickweed - Stellaria media This is a delightful plant and my favourite edible weed, growing lushly again now that the weather is cooler. It is one of the most common weeds, growing all over the world in gardens, cultivated land and waste places. It is an annual preferring cooler, rich, moist conditions and doesn’t survive dry summers. It’s Latin name ‘Stellaria’ comes from it’s little white flowers that have five deeply divided petals that resemble a star. The leaves are light green, soft, in opposite pairs, oval with pointed tips. The lower leaves are stalked, the upper often larger and without stalks. The leaves are tender to eat, non bitter and good in salads. The stems are thin, weak, round, branched and easily broken. An easy way to identify chickweed is to break the stem and inside you’ll find an inner thread which if you pull it gently stretches - it has its own inner rubber band is what I tell people in workshops. Another peculiarity of chickweed is that the stems have a single row of hairs - have a close look it is quite special. The plant likes to sprawl and can form quite a thick mass making it easy to cut a big handful for putting in your smoothie or for making pesto or a wrap as in the recipe below.

Nutritional properties Chickweed contains mucilage and saponins which assist in the absorption of nutrients, especially minerals. It contains lots of minerals and is a rich source of calcium, as well as chlorophyll, carotenes needed by the liver to produce Vitamin A, Vitamin C, folic acid, essential fatty acids and protein. Chickweed is a nourishing, calming and strengthening food and is used to relieve fevers, infections e.g. bronchitis, sore throats and inflammations, and can help ease the pain of arthritic swollen joints. Growing in cool places gives us good clues as to how it can help up and sure enough it is used externally for abscesses, bites, cuts, dermatitis, eczema and psoriasis. All these wonderful qualities make it an excellent edible weed to include in your smoothie and to eat.

Chickweed can at first glance, when they’re all growing together be easily confused with Euphorbia, milk weed or spurge, which is a plant we must not eat as it is a strong irritant and will burn the lining of your mouth and be very unpleasant. However, externally it can be used for warts and skin cancers. You break a stem and put the abundant latex. Also similar is the pretty and Ü 49 Yoga Scene New Zealand - Winter 2016 common buttercup. nuts chestnuts (on the right in the photo) are low in calories, contain less fat, but are rich in Nutritional properties minerals, vitamins and phyto-nutrients. They are Chickweed contains mucilage and saponins made up of starch and are gluten free! which assist in the absorption of nutrients, To prepare the chestnuts boil them in water for especially minerals. It contains lots of minerals ten minutes, drain them, let them cool a bit, and is a rich source of calcium, as well as then cut them in half and scoop out chlorophyll, carotenes needed by the liver to produce Vitamin A, Vitamin C, folic acid, essential fatty acids and protein. Chickweed is a nourishing, calming and strengthening food and is used to relieve fevers, infections e.g. bronchitis, sore throats and inflammations, and can help ease the pain of arthritic swollen joints. Growing in cool places gives us good clues as to how it can help up and sure enough it is used externally for abscesses, bites, cuts, dermatitis, eczema and psoriasis. All these wonderful qualities

the flour. To get it fine put in a food processor.

I took a heaped half cup of chestnut flour and added 1/2 an avocado, mashed the two together, added some salt, layed it on the nori seaweed sheet, added some fenugreek sprouts and the bunch of chickweed, and hey presto rolled it all up and I had a quickly prepared, nutritious, yummee breakfast!

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Recipe for Chickweed in Wraps

We had a power cut the other morning so I couldn’t make my usual smoothie. Instead I made two wraps using two nori sheets, chestnut flour, avocado, fenugreek sprouts, a little salt and a bunch of chickweed. Chestnuts Castanea sativa are from a large deciduous tree and are falling now in autumn. Unlike other 50 New Zealand Yoga Scene - Winter 2016

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World Meditation Healing Day. November 11 at 11am do the meditation in your - home. A link to the live streamed event will be posted the day before. A link to a prerecorded meditation is here. https://youtu.be/wAZFP2nRS1o There - will be live music before and after the meditation to enjoy. Free if partici pating online. To learn more about the scientific evidence of the Maharishi Effect click here. https://www.mum.edu/about-mum/consciousness-based-ed ucation/tm-research/maharishi-effect/ 51 Yoga Scene New Zealand - Winter 2016 OLIVIA & THE GURUS Yoga 101: Olivia askes all the questions you ask & Yoga Scene goes to the guru’s for answers... Olivia askes - How is breath specifically connected to postures? There is are 3 simple rules of thumb regarding the breath when working into asana (poses/postures). First the breath stasrts or initiates the movement. Second the movement takes as long as the breath in or out takes i.e. if you are inhaling into Tadasa- na the arms are moving upward the entire time it takes you to breathe in and downward the entire time it takes to breathe out. Third ‘usually’ you inhale as the body extends into a pose and you exhale once in the pose, thus relaxing into stillness. Olivia askes - What poses are best directly post birth? There are a few very important things to do post birth. Rest, support, light flexing and contracting particularly around the feet, thighs, abdomen and shoulders. After delivery stay warm and use a corset or binder to support the belly - you can use this for around 10 days, it facilitates the uterus contracting and coming back to non-pregnant size. To help this practice pelvic tilts with the breath Cat and Cow pose is good for tilting the pelvis but once you are familiar with the practice you can do it anywhere in most positions! Moolabandha and Uddiyana Bandha are great locks to tone the pelvis and restore elasticity to the pelvic organs. Along with Kegel Exercises which are a tightening or contracting of the muscles around the vaginal openings best practiced during uri- nation so you stop and start the flow at will, the Moolaband- ha and Uddiyana Bandha combine a contraction of perinium (Moolabandha) on the inhalation - retain the breath with the head bowed and contract the perinium once very slowly holding the contraction as long as you are retaining the breath, slowly release the pose raising the head as you exhale. WithUddiyana Bandha stand with legs comfortably apart, knees lightly bent and lower the body until the hands rest on the knees, exhale during this forward bend and as you complete the exhale pull the belly gently back as if touching the navel to the spine, keep arms straight, straighten the knees and hold the breath out completely. When you are ready release the pose and inhale slightly then straighten up inhaling fully as you do so. Feet often show wear and tear around the arches so to bring back strength, curl the toes down on an exhale and stretch them out, up and back on an inhale. To assist the foot muscles to gain strength try picking up your socks from the floor with your toes and put them on whilst standing on one leg which helps with balance! Also practice rooting down with the feet, roll throuh the fronts, the sides and backs them lift the arch by crunching the toes as if trying to grip onto the floor with the toes and heel forming a Goolf Bandha. Regarding the thighs place a book or shoe box or yoga block between the thighs as you do Tadasana. Float the arms upwards on the inhale and down on the exhale lengthening the spine equally front and back as you raise the arms - this may mean holding the arms a little forward of the shoulders rather than directly up. You can also use the block with Cat and Cow pose. The best asana for arms at this stage is Gomukasana where you bend one arm back so the hand touches or is reaching toward the space betwen the shoulder blades take the other arm down and bend it behind and up your back towards and if possible to link with the fingers of the top hand. Breath deep abdominal breaths until you release the pose. Bio: Olivia is a student of yoga and is training to teach yoga to children. Still just starting on her yogic journey Olivia remembers the questions she asked as a very beginner yogi. Sometimes as a beginner or even as a mature yogi you have questions you would just love to ask but may feel reluctant to do so, this column is about addressing that.By the time this issue is out Olivia will be a proud new mum (again!) Congratulations Olivia! 52 New Zealand Yoga Scene - Winter 2016 YOGATHON 2016 JOIN NEW ZEALAND YOGA SCENE TEAM

YOGATHON is a FANTASTIC FREE FUN EVENT initiated by anyone in your community who wants to feel fit, feel healthy, shed some stress, and find a better way of dealing with day to day life! Here are some tips! Arrange a free place for people to perform the Sun Salutations - outside is great! Get a confident person or people to lead the Sun Salutations - these are your Yogathon Ambassadors Come on .... Yoga teachers & studios to get on board and donate a free Sun Salute session over YOGATHON! Or Yoga Teachers and Studios can offer a FREE 10min start to their usual class that is spent doing a warm-up of Sun Salutations - this gives those wanting to try yoga the option to ‘give it a go’! Keep a tally of the salutations and submit it at the end of Yogathon. Anyone who is keen ... YOU?? .... can lead Sun Salutations at their local school - it is as good as Jump Jam for warming the kids up and they love it. Yogathon is about FUN so modify poses to suit those who are keen - this way YOGATHON can be part of Kindy to University to Work Places to Retirement Villages.... If you want to be part of this event for more info contact NZ.YOGAsceneMagazine@yahoo.co.nz YOGATHON is an annual event that is growing in popularity throughout New Zealand - it was initiated by the Hindu Council of New Zealand who tally all the Sun Salutations and share the grand total perfomed over the period of YOGATHON for that year. LET’S MAKE 2016 AN AWESOME YOGATHON YEAR 53 LOGO DESIGN FOR YOGA SCENE BY KYRA XAVIA

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Ngawha Springs are a fabulous healing experience - New Zealands answer to ‘Tak- ing the waters’. Situated about 1 hour or so north of Whangarei and about 20 mins south of Kaikohe the pools of various colours and temperatures with names such as Bulldog, Baby, Tanemahuta, Doctor, Solomon, Waikato, Velvet and Jupiter all offer healing mineral treatments. Each pool has its own specific mineral mcomposition and a guide as to what pool is best for your condition is available. Conditions relieved by the pools include and are not limited to bruising, sprains, burns, aches, arthritus, rheumatism, skin com- plaints, chest congestion, back ache, tired musceles and fatigue. The pools are in a rustic natural setting and are considered beneficial for pregnant mother’s after the founder Kareariki used the pools to soothe her post birth body. These pools are a taonga (treasure) of the North and cost only $4 for a renowned therapeutic, healing,and relaxing experience.

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Congratulations to Louise Beker...We introduced her book in Ed1 on the eve of her launch and a full review followed in Ed2. Louise has been named as a Finalist in the Ashton Wylie Literary Book Awards 2016 for ‘Her Eight Limbs of Love’. What a wonderful surprise! Louise is “absolutely thrilled!” So are we! Well done and we look forward to more books from Louise! For reference, the purpose of the Ashton Wylie annual book award is to reward excellence for a published New Zealand book in the Mind Body Spirit genre - which includes both fiction and non-fiction work.

This is a fantastic guide to the well known Five Tibetan Rites. Carolinda does a wonderful job of simplifying the process and making the rites a manageable part of any persons day whether you are a yoga buff or “Spilt Milk Yoga: a guided self-inquiry to not! Her www page gives much insight into finding your own wisdom, joy, and purpose her work which she draws from the original through motherhood” is set to be launched text, expanding upon and providing excel- at Unity Books Wellington. Look out for this lent teaching on.For more info go to http:// awesome book by Catheryn Monroe being www.t5t.com/pages/The-Five-Tibetans-The- launched August 4th in Wellington! T5T-Method 56 Ü New Zealand Yoga Scene - Winter 2016 Written in the weeks following the passing of her lifetime guru Dr. Wayne Dyer Susan explores her inner LIVING teachers in this meditative THROUGH LOVE work. INTO LIFE Available from Susan directly by emailing NZ.YOGAsceneMaga- [email protected] or RedThreadYo- [email protected] This volume is on offer for Yoga Scene readers and followers at $20 for two copies - it makes a delightful gift and is a great bedside or coffee table book; or $10 for a single copy +pnp $3 If you want your copy signed tell Susan what you want inscribed and for who. The lifetime of musings offers guidance and tips for living in love whatever life turns up! ‘Musings With pages for your own musings ON A GURU’ inspired from these and your own meditations.

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From one guru to another! ‘the Promise’ is a book that is practical, offers attainable suggestions for living life the way you dream of - in harmony and balance, happiness and understanding. Mark shares his decades of wis- doms learned from the greats of In- dia and brings it to you in this easy to read volume. Suitable as a gift or for your own reading pleasures. Available from http://www.the- promise.com/

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Notes: Remember at start of class to ask if there are any problems. Repeat the Suraya Namaskara 3 times. Always start with the Right side leading. Teaching Point: Standing forward bend explain the connective tissue goes from plantar to forehead up the back of the body, spine needs to lengthen front and back - this might mean bringing arms forward of head in fully raised Mountain Pose Fun asana - Down Dog to Dolphin play with swinging through and up into Dolphin. Class designed by: Little Miss S in her Mini Dress 62 New Zealand Yoga Scene - Winter 2016 The Yoga Lounge Are you a little tech savvy! This page is for you! We bring to your lounge mostly FREE and some pay-for teachings from anywhere on the globe! You do not have to leave home to get the access to the best teachers in real and virtual time...

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FREE!!! http://www.organic- expo.co.nz/magazine/ 63 Yoga Scene New Zealand - Winter 2016 Classified Advertising Thinking of sharing your events, services and products with others? Yoga Scene (NZ) can help… In our 2016 sharing schedule we offer several promo choices: We try to keep it as tailor-made and personal for both you and your intended audience… Some ways we do this are - 1. Direct emailing 2. Face book 3. Magazine 4. Twitter As a rule each are charged out at around: • Direct Mailing x 1 - (approx 100 hits) • Face Book x 10 days includes Heading Post Reach is around 2000 • Magazine Full page feature ad/advertorial - $100 down to class ads $5 each including guar- anteed mention in ‘Diary This ...’ • Twitter x 10 days • Or we can do a combo deal Also we are happy to do ‘Give Aways’ this could be something such as: • A free massage (or some such that they would otherwise pay for) to the first ‘x # of pax’ who book through our site or buy the product or service • Or a discounted ticket, service, event, product • Or a gift such as a book/class/DVD/CD/tickets etc You need to factor this value in to your costs. Otherwise if you post to our FB page I will ‘LIKE’ it and Share it once this goes through to our Twitter account also, and it might get a mention in the ‘Diary This…’ if we have space.

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AUCKLAND ance of each pose. A varied class where participants are Belmont Yoga with Julia Mak @ The Belmont Com- encouraged to take options to increase or decrease the munity on Auckland’s North Shore. Every Monday. www. difficulty. Sunday 10am – A Vinyasa style Workout class. facebook.com/belmontyoga. A continuous movement class using the Sun Salutations East Auckland @ Soul Space Pilates & Yoga with Michelle as a foundation. This flowing type of yoga focuses on Keenan ph 027 471 7156 www.soulspace.co.nz length, strength, balance and opening joints and will take East Tamaki Professional Yoga with Edit Horvath, RYT you through a full range of motion. Phn 210 821 3462 Email: [email protected] Yoga with Odette Friday 9am – This is a general ses- Epsom Community Yoga @ Mosaico Yoga with Natalie sion working on different aspects of the body each week. Thomas & Robert Zotti - mandala group yoga, family Odette combines three styles of yoga; Kundalini, Hatha yoga, mums and bubs, pregnancy and couple workshops, and Yin. Kundalini yoga uses breath-work and moving restorative yoga and slackline-yoga - more info facebook postures to stimulate organs, glands and chakras, while page or website www.mosaicoyoga.com 021 1152 135 building stamina. Hatha yoga stretches and lengthens 0204 0081650 the body while Yin yoga deeply opens joints and releases Karla Brodie Enhance Life Yoga Classes - Remuera & tension. Each class has breath-work, postures, relaxa- Kingsland Please contact Karla to book in for any of the tion and a brief meditation. This yoga works well for peo- below classes and courses. 021 964252 ple who need to de-stress, build some core strength and Manipura Yoga Centre, 19 Formby Avenue, Point Chev- can be adapted for beginners or experienced yogis. Each alier, Auckland. Contact Swami Yogamani Saraswati class has pranayama (breathing) a series of postures that Phone: 64 (0)9 815 2208 or 021 980692 Web: mycyoga. focus on opening a specific part of the body (and mind), com deep relaxation and a brief meditation. AHIPARA COOPERS BEACH O’Neill Surf Academy, O’Neill Surf Academy Contact Yoga & Fitness Class ph: 09 406 0398 Information Surf Packages O’Neill Surf Academy NZ 66 COROMANDEL Te Maika Road, Ngunguru, NZ p 09 434 3843 m 027 Ohui Retreat (Ashram Yoga) Workshops Teacher 7344877 e [email protected] w www.oneill- Training and Retreats. Opoutere BeachCoromandel surfacademy.co.nz Women only surf tours, learn to surf PeninsulaWaikato,New Zealand Phone: +64 (0)7 865 with friends, mix in yoga, wine trail or massage and enjoy 8451Email:[email protected] the fruits of the beautiful north. This is the perfect excur- Mana Retreat Centre - Yoga Workshops and Retreats sion to reward friendships. We’ll tailor a memorable get- 608 SHW 25 (Manaia Road) RD1 Coromandel 3581 NZ away with lots of laughter. http://www.oneillsurfacademy. Phn 07 866 8972 co.nz/surf-tour/4578413098 Te Moata Yoga Workshops & Retreats 180 Paul Rd PO CAMBRIDGE Box 100 Tairua 354464 7 868 8798 [email protected] Balance Yoga Studio Come and practice with Balance Prana Retreat Centre – Yoga Festivals, Retreats Con- Yoga @ The Second Floor Yoga & Wellbeing Centre 60 tact: http://www.prana.co.nz/info/contact-us/ Victoria Street, Cambridge Sarah MacDonald phone/text DOUBTLESS BAY 027 287 3444. Doubtless Bay Laughter Yoga Second and fourth Sat- Mama Mia Pregnancy Yoga @Cambridge Health & urday of each month, 10:00 – 10:45am. Koha. Join us Community Centre, 22a Taylor St Phone: 021 154 5823 at the Far North Natural Health Clinic in Coopers Beach Contact: Mia Karalus Email [email protected] Shopping Centre, State Highway 10, Phone: Helen or ‘You don’t need to have any yoga experience to enjoy Keith on 09 408 5051 for details. and benefit from prenatal yoga. Classes involve practical DARGAVILLE stretches and movements to relieve common ailments Yoga in Dargaville -118 Victoria Street Dargaville, New during pregnancy like sciatica, SPD/PGP, heartburn, Zealand Phn - 021 711 044/09 439 0853 backache, etc. Yoga helps you move with comfort and ELTHAM confidence, teaching you breathing practices and labour Yoga at Eltham Holistic Centre - 214a High Street positions useful during childbirth. Class times are 5.30pm Eltham, New Zealand 06-764 5234 http://www.eltham- - 6.45pm and 7.00pm - 8.15pm holistic.com/ Stretch Class @ Thursdays 6.16-7.15pm @ Aspire Well- FEATHERSTON ness Centre 12 Scott Street Cambridge 3434. P: (07) 823 Yoga – Thursdays @ 19:30–20:30 Kauri Room $10 per 4156. F: (07) 823 4158. E: [email protected] session With Odette Rowe Contact 021 1809452 or odet- ... [email protected] A gentle class for beginners or people Yoga Society Cambridge - Contact info@yogasociety- wanting to restore their flexibility and move with greater cambridge.org.nz or ph 021 1744395 ease. My background is in Kundalini, Hatha and Yin yoga CARTERTON and each class can be from a different perspective or a Gain Momentum @ CARTERTON CLUB ON BROAD- blend of all styles. Some evenings we focus on the physi- WAY (Formerly the RSA) Phone: (06) 379 9073 Mobile: cal body while others explore stress and emotional re- 0212 974 801 YOGA with Mary Tuesday 5.30pm – A lease. Regardless of changing focus, each class includes Workshop class – find the alignment, strength and bal- warm-ups, breath work, postures/asanas, relaxation and 65 Yoga Scene New Zealand - Winter 2016 meditation. All my classes have the ultimate aim to en- Mangawhai Ph: 09 431 4070 presenceosteopathy@ able people to develop their own practice – even if this gmail.com is simply sitting in stillness for a few minutes each day Vinyasa Flow With Carla Rosseels YOGA - Senior Citi- – yes you can even do yoga on the train! If you are keen zens Hall, Fagan Place, Mangawhai Heads carla.ros- to join in please contact me via the details above. Let me [email protected], 021 2968794, www.carlarosseels. know if you are also interested in prenatal yoga or yoga com. for children. MARTINBOURGH FEILDING Yoga – Martinborough with Nicki 06 3086598 or Fitness - Yoga 4 Life @ Knox Church Hall North Street 0211886439 Feilding With Jill Faulkner Phone:06 323 6094 Mobile:022 MASTERTON 010 6487 Email: [email protected] Classes @ Mums and Bubs Postnatal Yoga: Yoga class for mum 5.30pm. Tuesday Hatha Yoga develops the body to be that baby can participate in. Suitable for babies 8 weeks strong and supple and the mind calm and expansive. to pre-crawling. First class FREE. Wednesdays 11.30am. GISBORNE Equipment provided. 445 Queen Street, Kuripuni, Mas- The Yoga Room - 113 Gladstone Rd Gisborne, New terton. Phone 0210 820 0132. Zealand 06-867 2973 Hot Yoga for You - Hot, Yin, Pregnancy, Mums n Bubs, Lotus Yoga – With Peter Sanson and David Timbs 55 Come and see us at ...The Hot Yoga For You Studio, 445 Lloyd George Road Gisborne, New Zealand 027 671 Queen Street,Kuripuni,Masterton office 06 370 8818 mo- 9753 bile 021 0270 7764 GREYTOWN Yoga @ Masterton Robyn O’Neill [email protected] 06 Yoga – Greytown Nicki St Johns Hall - Greytown Fri 377 1802 Mornings 9-10.15am 06 3086598 or 0211886439 NAPIER Yoga - Greytown Yin Yoga Napier - 45a Hastings Street, Napier Phone: 06 Robyn O’Neill [email protected] 06 377 1802 845 0981 www http://www.yinyoganapier.co.nz/ Modern HAHEI Yoga - 5/46 Holden St, Onekawa, Napier 4110, Phone: 06 Pam Dodd – Yoga Instructor @ Hahei Community 8344 601 www http://modernyoganapier.co.nz/contact- Centre, 52 Hahae Beach Road 078663023 Email thom. us.htmlb-r-e-a-t-h-e Yoga – 32 Havelock Road Havelock [email protected] North Phone: 06 847 6039 www http://www.b-r-e-a-t-h- HAMILTON e.co.nz/contact.html Hothouse Yoga Bikram, Vinyasa, Yin & Nidra Yoga Level NELSON 1, 139 London St Hamilton Email: info@hotyogahouse. Hot Yoga - 20 Nile Street West Nelson, 7010 Phone: 03 co.nz or [email protected] Phone: 07 839 548-2298 Email: [email protected] www http:// 6778 www.hotyoganelson.co.nz/ HUTT Studio Evolve – Vinyasa Flow style yoga @ 1 Kinzett Hutt Yoga 346 Stokes Valley Rd Stokes Valley Lower Terrace, Nelson Phone 035451907 Bex or 027 570 9985 Hutt General & Beginners Yoga Classes www.huttyoga. Chai www http://www.studioevolve.co.nz/ co.nz [email protected] 04 563 5901 or 027 206 8883 The Life Centre - located at 9 Towai Street Stoke Nelson, KAIWAKA Phone 03 547 8468 Email [email protected] www Vinyasa Flow with Carla Rosseels - Kaiwaka Memorial http://www.thelifecentre.co.nz/contact-and-directions/ Hall Tuesday, 7pm-8.30pm Friday, 8.30am-10am carla. Yoga Space – Astanga Tradition with Rod Watson at [email protected], 021 2968794, www.carlarosseels. Chapman Employment Relations, 56 Waimea Road, com. Nelson. Phone: 03 545 1668 or 021 0255 6765 email LEVIN rodwatson1 @ gmail.com www http://www.yoganelson. More Yoga - With Peter Macdonald IYTA (NZ)Yoga co.nz/ teacher, organic farmer, Hatha Yoga-based ‘Yoga for All’ Nelson Iyengar Yoga – with Susan Lamont at Brae- classes encourage beginners and more experienced Yo- mar Eco-Village Braemar Place (off Franklyn St) Nelson gis to extend their own physical and Yoga practice bound- South. Phone 03 547 6008 www http://www.nelsoniyen- aries - - whatever their current fitness or experience level garyoga.co.nz/ might be. Classes at Thompson House, 4 Kent St, Levin. Yogalab – Enquiry into breath and body movement with Phn: (06) 368 1454 or (027) 4418 358 Email: peter@mo- Sam Loe at 5 Havenview, Atawhai, Nelson 7010 Phone: reyoga.co.nz 021 524 959 or 03 546 7774 www http://yogalab.co.nz/ Yoga-Nua with Annmarie Coote – classes & individual Jane Pascoe – Yoga and Pilates at Pioneers Park Hast- sessions for children & adults. Workplace Yoga and one- ings Street Nelson Phone 021 995 009 or visit Face Book off workshops. Hatha Yoga classes offer a relaxed and https://www.facebook.com/janepascoedanceyogabarre welcoming atmosphere. The teaching style is eclectic Turning Point – Yoga in Richmond 4 Blair Terrance, but where flow or vinyasa style Yoga is highly utilised. A Richmond Nelson Phone: 03 3544 6145 www http://www. great exercise and wellbeing programme for children and turningpointnz.com/yoga/classes adults that improves health and flexibility. Phone 06 367 Natural Living Yoga – Founders Heritage Park Upstairs 3753 Mobile 027 241 6255 Nelson Printery 87 Atawhai Drive The Wood Nelson MANGAWAI Phone: 03 539 1402 or 0211 801 527 Email: info@natu- Presence Osteopathy – Yoga & Pilates Osteopathy & ralliving.co.nz www http://www.naturalliving.co.nz/yoga- rehabilitation based Jacquelyn Schirmer, Miss., Osteo- pilates/ path/Owner Kakariki, 52 Moir Street, Mangawhai Village, Chaitanya Yoga – Phone 0275 709 985 www http://www. 66 New Zealand Yoga Scene - Winter 2016 chaitanya.co.nz/main-menu/about-us/yoga/ WELLINGTON NEW PLYMOUTH Lyall Bay - Moving Meditaton Yoga with Salena Govind The Yoga Space – 33 Devon Street West, New Plymouth 021 479 393 Email: [email protected] Phone: 06 757 2628 Email: [email protected] Helen Guissane Power Vinyasa, Breath Work, Posture Facebook www.facebook.com/TheYogaSpaceNewPly- and Retreats - I am teaching classes in Wellington and mouth www http://www.theyogaspace.co.nz/ the Wairarapa at various studios and am also available Sivananda Yoga Wellness Centre – 145 Tukapa Street for group and 1:1 sessions by appointment. 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