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Join me for a LUXURY WEEKEND RETREAT this winter!! I'm thinking somewhere close, accessible, with optional accommodation. It will include breathework, yin/restorative yoga, delicious food (last time I brought along our own personal chef!), hot tub, sauna and nature. One weekend sometime in mid August/early September 2026. I quite like this luxury Villa in Whakamoenga point complete with sauna and spa - who’s keen?!! Email or send me a DM with dates and requests! Here's a glimpse of what you can expect from the venue :-)

Indigo and I are taking part in the Big Swim this June, our team name is The Sharks! Please sponsor us and help bring awareness around water safety, thanks. First swim done and dusted 🙂

The Sharks - Take part in The Big Swim, raising funds for Coastguard NZ Why not dive in for Coastguard's Big Swim this June to help save more lives on the water? Or show your support by making a donation.

Come and join us to celebrate the Winter Solstice with 108 Sun Salutes! A true Meditation in Motion Thurs 18th June from 5.30pm, members FREE non members $25. The number 108 carries deep symbolic meaning in yoga and many Eastern traditions. At a simple level, it’s about focus and endurance. Repeating the sun salute sequence 108 times becomes a moving meditation: your breath, body, and mind start to sync, and distractions fall away. It’s challenging, but also rhythmic and calming once you settle into it. The number itself is where it gets interesting. In yoga philosophy and related traditions:

🔥 There are said to be 108 energy lines (nadis) that converge at the heart.
🔥 A traditional mala (prayer bead necklace) has 108 beads, used for meditation.
🔥 In astronomy, the distance between the Earth and the Sun is roughly 108 times the Sun’s diameter, which adds a cosmic layer of meaning.

The practice of doing 108 sun salutes is often treated as a kind of ritual or reset. It’s commonly practiced at times of transition—like the change of seasons, solstices, or the new year—to mark letting go of the old and welcoming something new. 21st June marks the winter solstice, our practice will run from 5.30pm - 7pm on Thursday 18th, members FREE non members $25. By the end, most people feel both exhausted and surprisingly clear - like they’ve worked through something, not just in the body, but in the mind too.

If you’re ever thinking of trying it, it’s completely OK to modify, rest, or even do a smaller number. Let me know you're keen!

Looking forward to the Ashtanga Yoga workshop coming up next month!! Come join me for 10 hours of Ashtanga 15th - 17th May 🙂 This promises to be a beautiful space for connection, growth, support and fun. We'll delve into asana/postures and movement exploring the Primary and a little Intermediate series. Share pranayama/breathwork, lengthening, deepening and playing with our lung capacity. Practice mindfulness, awareness, the art of stepping into new spaces, and one of my favourites: the neuro science behind how we build habits, how to motivate ourselves and tools to stay focused.

If you want to step deeper into your yoga practice, come and ask questions, share delicious food and immerse yourself in a weekend of nurturing, challenging, inspirational yoga. Teaching for over 20 years, come join our beautiful friendly shala. Limited spaces, message me to sign up!

INTRO TO HUMAN DESIGN WORKSHOP

Join us for a one day journey into your Human Design.

DATE: Saturday, 18 April 2026, 2:30 pm

LOCATION: Love Yoga, Taupo

SPACE HOLDERS: Ely (Myxtica Rituals), Ryan (Human design Kitchens) and Estefania.

WHAT IS HUMAN DESIGN?

Human Design is a language of awareness , a system based on combined disciplines like the I-ching, astrology, the chakras and the Kabbalah. It has the goal of shining a light into our unique purpose.

WHAT IS THE WORKSHOP ABOUT?

In this workshop we will dive deep into your energy type, where to make decisions from, and how to navigate your life in alignment with your design. We will also share with you a voice practice called vocal toning and experience using your own voice to bring awareness into different parts of your body, including your main energetic centers.

Our approach is to bring a practical way to understand and apply Human Design into your every day life.

This is a great way to launch you into your personal experiment if you have been curious about what Human Design is about.

RSVP at

https://www.myxtica.com/events

We would love to see you there!

Events | MYXTICA RITUALS rituals to return to you

Just had to share this photo and the beautiful story behind it ☺️ I’ve been going to Archery for 3 weeks now with my son Max and we have been loving it! Every time I shoot, I pull the bow, hold it steady, inhale and really focus on the bullseye 🎯 This is at the heart of yoga - just like the story of Arjuna and the target. Turns out I’m pretty good too 🥰 if you don’t know the story, here it is:
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Arjuna the mighty bowman of the epic Mahabharata, provides us with an example of what is meant by
Dharana - the sixth limb of yoga.
Drona, teacher of the royals and our hero Arjuna, organised an archery contest. Students were called upon one by one to describe the target, which was pointed out to them. It
was a nesting bird. The first Pandava brother described the grove of trees, the next the particular tree and the last brother the bough on which the nest stood. When Arjuna’s turn came, he described to his teacher first the bird. Then fine tuning his focus, its head,
and lastly he could see nothing but the shining eye of the bird, which was the centre of the target chosen by Drona.
This story highlights how our focus is absolutely essential to the practice. The Maharabharata continues
later on: Taking the bow of the great weapn of the Upanishad, one should put upon it an arrow sharpened
by meditation. Stretching it with a thought directed to the essence of That, pe*****te the Imperishable
as the mark, my friend. The mystic symbol AUM is the bow. The arrow is the Self (Atma). Brahman is the
target. By the undistracted man is It pe*****ted. One should come to be in It, as the arrow in the mark.
Everything is inside of us and outisde of us - we are everything. When we chant, we focus the mind, we
offer ourselves the opportunity to return, to re-unite with that oneness - to BE that oneness
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