- This event has passed.
Kapiti Coast Events with Swami Karma Karuna
Friday 21 February, 2025 - Sunday 23 February, 2025
Event Navigation
Join Swami Karma Karuna for a weekend of events…
She starts her visit to Kapiti on Friday evening with Kirtan Chai & Satsang together with the Kapiti Kirtan Collective. On Saturday, take the opportunity to book in for a private Yoga Therapy session and later on in the day you can join the Practice of Havan Workshop. On Sunday afternoon, learn more at the Developing Resilience workshop.
For more details on all offerings, continue reading below.
Developing Resilience Workshop
A Sunday afternoon focused on practical ways to develop resilience and manage daily life through yoga practices. Held at The Lotus Yoga Centre, in Paraparaumu.
This will include:
- restorative practices
- mantra
- traditional tantra (attitude of embracing everything for our spiritual growth).
Bookings
Kirtan, Chai & Satsang
Swami Karma Karuna will also be at The Treehouse in Raumati South with the Kapiti Kirtan Collective on Friday 21st February 7-9pm for Kirtan, Chai & Satsang.
She has recently returned from the Ashram in India feeling inspired and ready to share the wisdom of her lineage.
All welcome, no experience necessary. $25
The Practice of Havan Workshop
Saturday 22nd Feb, 1-5PM | The Treehouse, 21 Clunie Avenue, Raumati South
In this 3 hour workshop-space we will co-create our own havan from scratch and it is an opportunity to deepen your existing practice of havan.
Together we will …
- learn about the protocols and wisdom underpinning the practice
- delve into the science of ritual, how and why it works
- learn about the sacred herbs for the fire
- work together, taking responsibility for a key role for the Havan, such as chopping wood for the fire, creating the ghee for the fire, making the prasad (sweet offering), setting up the havan space, flowers, incense, and sacred water, honouring the directions
- use the tikka/tilak/kumkum practice (the third eye red dot)
- learn the Ganapati Stotram, Agni Mantra and the Poorna hurti mantra that is used for all Havans
- and finally, experience the Havan, chanting 108 rounds of a simple mantra
There will be space afterwards to sit quietly and reflect on your experience and to ask any questions that may arise from this practice.
We will provide recordings of the mantras for you to take away and learn.
This workshop is perfect for beginner and experienced havan participants alike. You will get exactly what you need to receive.
Suggested koha $15-$45 (please don’t let finances deter you from coming; pay what you can afford. If you can reach further up the scale, this will support others to attend and make future offerings sustainable for us to host).
RSVP by emailing wellingtonkirtan@gmail.com to book in. Pre-bookings appreciated so that we know numbers in advance.
Private Sessions with Swami Karma Karuna
Take the opportunity to have a tailored private Yoga Therapy session with Swami Karma Karuna on Saturday 22nd February.
For more info on private sessions click here
For all bookings & enquiries please contact Adhyatma on adhyatma108@gmail.com or 021 0548 756.
Teacher
Swami Karma Karuna Saraswati is an engaging, intuitive yoga and meditation teacher, inspirational speaker, writer and IAYT certified Yoga Therapist with 30 years of experience in the yoga field including significant training in Nepal and India and ongoing training in the ashram with her teachers.
She is also certified by Yoga Alliance and is a senior teacher of Yoga Australia/New Zealand. A Bachelor of Arts in Interpersonal Communications with a minor in Psychology determined an early interest in working with groups and individuals. Swami Karma Karuna specialises in a range or areas such as Yoga Nidra, Restorative Yoga, Prana, Chakras, Yoga Psychology and Women’s Health. She is also a co-founder and director of Anahata Yoga Retreat, New Zealand and travels throughout the world, leading workshops, training yoga teachers, presenting at international events, guiding spiritual sadhana retreats and offering therapeutic one to one yoga sessions.
Swami Karma Karuna is passionate about sharing an authentic and down to earth approach, weaving together the ancient practices with a touch of psychology and brain science aimed at motivating people to live their yoga here and now.