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Tyag, a Satyananda yoga teacher in padmasana

by guest author Christopher Gladwell

There was a time in my life when there was so much unresolved emotional trauma that I sought to dampen the pain of being alive.

I don’t know if you have ever been through this or indeed if you still regularly seek anaesthetic experiences?

For me, this manifested in some serious addictive behaviour with alcohol and narcotics to begin with, the drive towards truth moving me out of this addiction, I fell into addictive behaviour with food, using food as a source of emotional comfort.

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Freelance writer and yogi Seka Ojdrovic at Paekakariki Beach

Like many of us, Seka is a yogi with several passions. While she doesn’t teach yoga (yet), she does write heart-felt articles about it. She’s written several articles for Prana Flow NZ, and I just knew my readers would like to know more about the woman behind the name.

Seka brings a grace, ease and beauty to her yoga that warms the heart and calms the mind. You can see it in that photo of her sitting in the splits on a damp Paekakariki beach on a chilly winter’s evening – big smile and all.

It’s the same quality she brings to her writing – grace, ease and beauty.

Check out the bottom of her Q & A for links to her other Prana Flow NZ articles, and also details for how to get in touch with her in case you need an excellent freelance writer.

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A sadhana creates joy! KL, pregnant & practicing yoga at the beach

Regular readers will well remember I started a forty day sadhana (spiritual practice) oh… a few months ago. It was an Infinite Wealth and Prosperity meditation, and I was loving doing it.

But then something happened.

I found out I was pregnant, and as this particular meditation involved stomach pumps (a no-no for pregnant women), I had to stop.

But I couldn’t write about it immediately, because I had to wait to tell people I was pregnant. Now I can tell people… so I can finally write about what happened to that meditation!

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Wellington Yoga Teacher Lynda Miers-Henneveld

by guest author Lynda Miers-Henneveld of Yoga Unlimited

Yoga teaches us to embrace the natural rhythms of life.

Through our practice we can ground ourselves in times of instability, or motivate and energise ourselves when we feel stuck.

A personal practice has to reflect our changing circumstances if it is to support us in our journey through this life. If we stay present to what is happening in our bodies, minds and hearts, we can adapt our practice intuitively.

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Wellington yoga community at play

One of the joys of being serious about yoga and meditation practice is the community of like-minded friends I’ve built up around me.

Traditionally, a serious aspirant on the spiritual path would have a teacher or guru to turn to for help, guidance and assistance. Life in Wellington means that this teacher or guru usually shows up in my life in the guise of friends and family.

Walking a spiritual path is not easy.

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Four paths of yoga - Bhakti, Jnana, Raja & Karma

The single most destructive desire present in the human race is the desire “to make money”.

In the name of “making money”, we make slaves of other people, we rape and pillage the earth, we abuse animals, we create inferior products designed to break down and crowd our landfills, we compromise our internal values, we trample over colleagues, we burn ourselves out, we spend more time working than with our family, and we write it all off as “just business”.

All this because of our burning desire for money.

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