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How Yoga Kept Me Rolling!

Wed, 01 Mar 2017 00:46:04 +0000

~ contributed by Urban Yogi Dan Jacka ~ “Are you any good?” is a common question when people find out that you’re a skateboarder. “Good enough to have fun!” is my standard honest-yet-noncommittal answer. After having children though, I wondered…

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Authenticity ~ An Evolving Daily Practice

Wed, 02 Nov 2016 19:52:26 +0000

~ Sarah Morris ~ I love this time of year because some favourite things start to resurface in my day-to-day experience. Fresh asparagus, peony roses and late evening walks are some to name just a few. They are a sweet reminder…

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Yoga by the Glass – Review

Thu, 02 Jun 2016 20:47:01 +0000

By MaiLynn Stormon-Trinh I’m not sure what circumstances or intentions brought others to the Urban Yoga studio for Yoga by the Glass. I, however, couldn’t resist an opportunity to combine two of my favourite things. Although I’ve enjoyed both for…

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Five minutes with Shelley McCarten

Tue, 27 Oct 2015 09:25:20 +0000

Have you met Shelley McCarten? Shelley is one inspirational human who happens to also teach at Urban Yoga, including heading up our Pregnancy Yoga Course offering. It is an honour to have such a down to earth individual on our…

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Everything is vibrating

Wed, 27 May 2015 18:06:08 +0000

Contributed by Amy Fitzgerald. At Octavio Salvado’s recent workshop Mythic Yoga Modern Flow we spent time deeply exploring our yoga practice with the myths of ancient India as our inspiration. We were also given the opportunity to explore a less familiar…

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A new wave in the cycle of life

Mon, 24 Nov 2014 01:45:49 +0000

In the natural world, there is a predictable cycle of creation, sustenance and dissolution. For example, as human beings we are born, we live and eventually, we die. Every microcycle within that macrocycle flows through the same process. A thought…

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Amy’s experience with Tara Judelle

Tue, 16 Sep 2014 21:18:15 +0000

By her own admission Tara Judelle is a ‘yoga facilitator and a change agent traveling the world creating yoga happenings in amazing spaces’. This November Tara will bring her Embodied Flow Workshop to the Island Bay Surf Club, on the…

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“No coffee, no Prana” – Pattahbi Jois.

Sun, 31 Aug 2014 18:52:13 +0000

I wasn’t a morning person when Kelly offered me to teach the Friday morning classes. That first morning my alarm went-off and I wondered what I had done. After a couple regular Friday mornings teaching at 7:00am, I was hooked.…

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Higher, Deeper, Further

Tue, 26 Aug 2014 23:09:00 +0000

What a whirlwind new motherhood has been! There is nothing anyone could have said to prepare me for the immensity of it. I think there are some human experiences that simply transcend words and parenting is one of them. I…

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Pigeon pose made me ANGRY

Wed, 09 Apr 2014 03:50:28 +0000

Pigeon Pose made me angry. So, so angry. Not visible on the surface, because looking at me you’d never know. A quick glance to your left or right in any given yoga class and you’d find me looking like someone only slightly…

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