HG Yoga

04/09/2026

Grateful for a mother who warned her daughters about the price she paid for trying to conform to nice girl culture in the 1950’s. We didn’t know all of the details of her wounds, but we fully understood the depth of her pain.

When she died she had framed pictures of Gloria Steinem and Angela Davis over her desk.

Quote: Gloria Steinem’s remarks at the National Organization for Women’s March for the Equal Rights Amendment, Washington, D.C., July 9, 1978, as reported in James Lardner and Neil Henry, “Over 40,000 ERA Backers March,” Washington Post, July 10, 1978

📸 Warren K. Leffler

03/09/2026

And what’s that noise - I couldn’t work it out. Cats!!!!🐈‍⬛

30/08/2026

That’s a wrap in Napier for the Hawkes Bay festival. Glad both classes went well and look forward to next year. Yoga Festival Tribe. I would love to do an opening power infusion on the Saturday morning- there’s definitely interest in more power classes.

16/08/2026

I wrote these 7 guiding principles for your yoga practice many years ago and they have recently emerged - they still resonate.

No matter where we start our yoga practice from, our goal is to deepen our self-awareness through the integration of breath, body and mind.

- value your uniqueness
- you too can change
- everything is practice
- be your breath
- come from your centre
- be full present
- align yourself

13/08/2026

This morning, on my drive in to teach yoga I was listening to this, which is sort of a go to for me.
The power of mantra is beautiful and with my desire always to sing gospel but not finding my thing, I found it with mantra through kundalini.

The Guru Ram Das mantra is a sacred Kundalini yoga chant known as the "Miracle Mantra". It translates to the wisdom that guides from darkness to light and connects the practitioner to the healing, protective grace and humility of Guru Ram Das

As part of the closing ceremony for 2011's Sat Nam Fest, Mirabai Ce...

31/07/2026

For Kapiti yogis who come to my Sunday class - sorry won't be there tomorrow as I have a kids family birthday. woop, woop.

Keep the afternoon of the 5th September free for a yoga workshop - will be kundalini based.

31/07/2026

I was watching a very brief post about a yogi's realisation that yoga is more than fancy or strong poses, its about moving with the breath. of course it is, but it is also a reminder to me that we forget to connect with our breath a lot, for me it has kinda become second nature now. But let's remember our breath really is a giant key to unlocking who we are - inhale, suspend, exhale, suspend and be in the space.

19/07/2026

I realised today when I got home from teaching yoga - pants on inside out.... again!!!

always up for a laugh at myself. :-)

Ahimsa, non-violence has been our focus the last few classes. The first yama of the 8-limbed practice of yoga. I came across the 8 limbs close on 25 years ago and it has been the foundation that has stuck with me, it just makes perfect sense and it's incredibly practical. Well worth a read and a reflection, I'd certainly encourage it.

Happy mid-July.....