Rangitaki Pūāio - Yoga Blog

We've all been there- good intentions to begin something new, to get healthy or support our wellbeing with yoga. But what do you do when staying on the path seems like such a rocky, slippery path that you can barely see your way? Maybe you don't know where to begin, or you just can't find the motivation ?

The breath is the bridge between our body and our mind in yoga. It contains the life force, and links us to our divine nature.

The stiffness, swelling, and pain may make you want to avoid movement — but, the right kind of movement is one of the best ways to support your joints and ease discomfort. This is where yoga comes in.

It is the slow, deep diaphragmatic breathing that promotes the parasympathetic nervous system response. It is telling your body that All is Well. 

The feminine life force energy (Shakti) is considered the creative force in yoga philosophy, the energy that brings all things into physical form This energy is radiant and powerful, it is active and creative, receptive and nurturing.  I don't recall being told this over two decades ago, when I first started my yoga journey...

- You are ready to start your home practice journey... but you don't know exactly what to do? You're not alone, this is something I hear often at workshops and classes, so this post aims to give you a simple way to look at what to do, with 5 essential things to include.

...Each time that we arrive on our mat, really we are arriving at much more than a rubber rectangle on the floor. We are arriving home to our bodies, to our breath and our essence. We are letting go of the expectations of who we are, what we should be doing, we are arriving home to ourselves.