Once we finish class, we simply roll up our yoga mats and hurry off back to reality without giving it another thought. I know I’m guilty of this! However, the...
5 Ways To Nurture Your Mental Health with Awhina Wellness
Looking after our mental health should always be a priority, but in light of the resurgence of Covid-19, it is now a great time to...
Get Natural with Thrive In Light
You, me and everybody has an innate need to get back to nature. In times gone by human lives were at one with nature. We...
What I'm Doing Differently To Finally Keep My New Year's Resolutions
Each year always starts the same for me. I would make a couple of new years resolutions, having good intentions, but find myself already giving...
A Slow and Enjoyable Festive Season
We hear about slow food, slow living and slow yoga but rarely does anyone utter the words: slow Christmas. And yet it seems, more than...
Plastic Free Gift Guide for a Clean Green Diwali
Diwali (or Deepavali) is the five-day festival of lights from India, celebrated by over a billion people all over the world. The festival, which coincides...
Why Copper is the Best Material for a Tongue Scraper
Ayurvedic literature recommends tongue scrapers being made from copper, silver, gold, tin or brass. But why do people still use copper tongue scrapers instead of...
A Helpful Guide To Start Living With Your Intuition
We often seek answers outside ourselves. However, we already have all the answers inside ourselves. It’s just about learning how to find these answers within...
How to Make Friends at a Yoga Class with Ally Cohen
Always cheerful and full of positive vibes, Ally believes a smile is a gift we can give for free, and almost always we get a...
Musings of a Yogini: On Yoga, Mental Health and Healing
In this article, Upper Hutt's resident yogini, Mikayla Mary talks yoga and psychology. Mikayla embarked on her yoga journey and teacher training as a teenager....