Tending The Flame
an Open Floor Dance Workshop
with Sacha Paddy
19th-20th July 2025
Christchurch
ALIVE
a Conscious Dance and Yoga Retreat
with Sacha Paddy and Neal Ghoshal
at Mana Retreat, Coromandel
29th - 31st August 2025
iRest Yoga Nidra Level 1 Training
Palm Beach, Waiheke Island
31st Oct to 5th Nov 2025
with Fuyuko Toyota
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with Contemporary Yoga
Open Floor Movement | 5Rhythms
with Sacha Paddy
Auckland, Waiheke and New Zealand
Yoga with Neal
Yoga Teacher Training
on Waiheke, Auckland and New Zealand
Inspired by Yoga, 5Rhythms dance, Open Floor, somatic and functional movement … and sometimes just pure simple kindness 🙂
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Blog Posts / Articles / News
For A New Beginning, by John O’Donohue
Then the delight, when your courage kindled,And out you stepped onto new ground,Your eyes young again with energy and dream,A path of plenitude opening before you. Though your destination is not yet clearYou can trust the promise of this opening;Unfurl yourself into...
For Courage, from John O’Donohue
”...Close your eyes.Gather all the kindlingAbout your heartTo create one spark.That is all you needTo nourish the flame…A new confidence will come aliveTo urge you toward higher ground....”
Love After Love by Derek Walcott
The time will comewhen, with elationyou will greet yourself arrivingat your own door, in your own mirrorand each will smile at the other's welcome, and say, sit here. Eat.You will love again the stranger who was your self.Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heartto...
Feeling Stressed? Yoga Can Help
There is little doubt that our modern way of living is stressful. Stress is endemic in our society and is proven to be a major contributing factor to headaches, anxiety, insomnia, back pain, and even life threatening illnesses such as heart disease. Not withstanding...
Thank you for coming to Yoga in Prisons fundraiser
The Yoga In Prisons fundraising event was a lovely success today - thank you to all who turned up. I truly enjoyed teaching the class , hearing the speakers, and sharing the movie The Dhamma Brothers - it was more moving the second time around! The Waiheke cinema is...
Yoga Poem From A Student
Thought I'd share this lovely poem which Penny Holmes, a yoga student, wrote for me - I was really touched. Thanks Penny! I get so excited. Things will be different. He folded the blanket in a way that the spine lay in steps of release. The art of knowing how precious...
On Gratitude For Another Year
It's the end of another year - seems like the older we get the quicker time moves! It's been a big year for us with the birth of our beautiful baby girl Tula. She has come with many teachings for us, learning patience, endless kindness, being with tears and upset, and...
I Want To Be Ordinary
A couple of years ago Sacha and I were walking the Camino De Santiago, an 8ookm pilgrimage across northern Spain. An incredible journey, one of the best experiences of my life. Rich, rewarding and certainly challenging, it became a walking meditation that we just...
About Vulnerability
Looking down at our baby Tula at 3am a few days ago and she seemed so utterly vulnerable. She is fully and absolutely reliant on either Sacha or myself for survival. It is quite a responsibility. And it is also an amazing opportunity! For what I recognise is the inner...