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"Your body is designed to heal itself. The ability of a body to maintain its health and overcome illness is, in fact, among nature's most remarkable feats." - Donna Eden, Eden Energy Medicine

Hi, I’m Becs. I’m a certified Ayurveda & Yoga Health Coach, Yoga Teacher & Meditation Guide located in Gisborne, New Zealand. We are all deserving of vibrant health, it’s also our birth right to experience a

life of ease. Yoga and Ayurveda are about living in alignment with nature & the world around us. Through self-care practices, seasonal cleansing, yoga postures, breath work, meditation and deep relaxation I want to empower you to live a more focused, heart-centred and balanced life. I teach specialty courses, group classes and individuals - online and in person. Please visit my website https://www.heartspace.co.nz

11/06/2026

Winter is a good time to go inward.

In Ayurveda, winter is considered a season of restoration. Nature slows down, inviting us to do the same. Yet many of us move through winter exactly as we do every other season - busy, distracted, and always switched on.

Before we know it, winter has passed without us ever really slowing down.

This course is an invitation to do something different.

Over six Monday evenings, you'll learn simple breathwork techniques and accessible meditation practices designed to help calm the nervous system, steady the mind, and bring more ease into everyday life.

One of the gifts of meditation isn't that it helps us escape life. It's that it helps us meet life with a little more clarity, patience, and presence.

Join from the warmth and comfort of your own home via Zoom. Each session is recorded, with replays available for two weeks, so you can catch up if life gets in the way or revisit the practices throughout the course.

Whether you're completely new to meditation or returning to an existing practice, you're welcome here.

6-Week Breathwork & Meditation Course

Online via Zoom | Mondays 7:00-8:15pm
3 Aug - 8 Sep

$150 for the full course

Suitable for all levels

Bookings essential. See link to book or learn more: https://www.heartspace.co.nz/work-with-me/meditation-course/

27/05/2026

A few things people tell us before they arrive at a silent retreat:

"I'm not sure I can stay silent for that long." "My mind is too busy for this." "I probably need more experience first."

These are common worries before a silent retreat. And often, the people who feel most unsure beforehand are the ones most surprised by what the silence gives them.

Here's what we've noticed after running silent day retreats over the past year: the resistance usually isn't a reason not to come. It's a signal that silence is exactly what's needed.

Three days is different to one. A single day of silence offers a pause. Over several days, there is often a deeper settling. People commonly describe moving through restlessness at first, before arriving somewhere quieter and more grounded within themselves.

A few words from those who've joined us for the day retreats:

"It gave me a space to create a world of silence in a busy life, a space to simply exist and observe."

"Today I got to feel silent. I got to feel present."

"Grounding and freeing at the same time."

Our 3-Day Silent Meditation Retreat runs 16-19 July at Tauhara, Taupo.

A note on accommodation:
🌀 All single bunk rooms are now sold out.
🌀 Remaining options are two twin-share bunk rooms and self-contained cottages (single or twin-share).

Link to read more or book: https://www.heartspace.co.nz/3-day-silent-retreat/ or DM us with any of your questions 🙏

Facilitated by Atma Okan and Becs Erickson

18/05/2026

If you didn't make it to the Autumn Align Retreat this year, here's what you missed.

Slow movement and mornings by the fire. A herbal honey workshop. Yoga nidra in the afternoon. Cacao and sharing. Breakfast in silence above Lake Taupo. A Sunday sooo quiet and full that nobody wanted to leave.

Here's what some of the women said:

"One of the best relaxing weekends I've ever had."
"It ticked all my boxes. I feel recharged and privileged to have attended."
"I can't wait to come back."

One of them just drew hearts on her feedback form 🧡

A heartfelt thank you to the beautiful brands who supported our retreat weekend trading 🍂🙏🏼☀️

The next seasonal retreat is coming. Send me a DM if you'd like to be kept in the loop.

17/05/2026

Monday hatha yoga 9:15-10:30am tomorrow. All levels & abilities always welcome. Mats provided. No need to pre book just come as you are 🙏🏼🍂

13/05/2026

There’s something I notice every autumn.

People are eating well, moving their bodies, trying to stay on top of the habits that usually help.

And still feeling tired. Flat. A bit all over the place.

In Ayurveda, autumn is a season of more movement in the body and mind. More dryness, more restlessness, more mental noise. And when we’re already full - of stress, rushing, overthinking, overcommitting - even good things can struggle to land.

The body can only receive when there’s… s p a c e.

Sometimes what helps isn’t adding another healthy habit or practice. It’s creating a little more room. A slower morning. Listening to music while cooking. Eating something warm enough that your shoulders drop as you take that first bite.

We finished our Autumn Cleanse this week, and one of the meals from our autumn recipe book is already back on repeat in our house: a simple kumara and chickpea stew with warming spices and coconut milk.

It feels like an autumn recipe for your nervous system. Not just nourishing because of what’s in it, but because its warming, grounding qualities are exactly what this season asks for - helping the body soften, slow down, and actually receive.

If you’d like the recipe, comment “stew” and I’ll share it with you 💛🍂

05/05/2026

Early Bird pricing ends tonight!

Single occupancy bunkrooms are nearly full - one spot left. Twin-share bunk rooms and self-contained cottages still available.

Link to learn more or secure your place: https://www.heartspace.co.nz/3-day-silent-retreat/

Any questions feel free to DM me 🙏

03/05/2026

Monday yoga is
back tomorrow!
9:15-10:30am. All welcome.
Love to see you there 🙏🏼

23/04/2026

Ahimsa. Do no harm.
What actually happens inside you when your morning doesn’t go to plan?
Phone first. Rushed start. Day already off track.
And then the voice that follows.
For many of us, that voice is quick to judge. Quick to tighten. Quick to make it mean something about us.
There’s a principle in yoga and Ayurveda called Ahimsa.
Do no harm.
And it begins here. Not in how we treat the world. But in how we treat ourselves when no one is watching.
When we’re too much in our heads, we contract. We become harder on ourselves without even noticing. And you feel it - in your breath, in your mood, in how you move through the rest of the day.
Ayurveda isn’t about getting it perfect.
It’s about noticing the moment you turn on yourself… and choosing something softer instead.
A cup of warm water before reaching for your phone. Two minutes of quiet. A kinder inner voice when things don’t go to plan.
That’s what we’re exploring this month inside the Good Change Community - and it’s what Ahimsa looks like in real life.
Just one small act of non-harm tomorrow morning. That’s enough 💛🍂

20/04/2026

Monday yoga is happening tmrw! Love to see you 9:15-10:30am. All welcome ✨️

A reminder that next Monday (27th) is Anzac long weeked so we'll resume the Monday following 🙏🏼

16/04/2026

Looking forward to grounding down into tomorrow's new moon with you all 🙏 See you on the mat 9:30-11am for our new moon yoga sequence followed by yoga nidra (deep guided relaxation). Newcomers always welcome 🌙🌒🌘

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Gisborne
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http://www.heartspace.co.nz/

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