Koha/Donation Online Yoga Classes
2020-12-27 08:00 - 2023-12-01 17:00 (Pacific/Auckland)

Integral Yoga & Mindfulness Programme for PTSD
2022-04-01 - 2023-04-01
A trauma-informed community programme for women experiencing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder which offers a wide repertoire of somatic techniques that can complement ongoing trauma therapy and play a supportive role in promoting trauma healing, self-regulation, and physical and mental wellbeing.

Discover embodied practices that can assist you to:

Cultivate resilience
Nourish physical and mental health
Calm and balance the nervous system
Self-generate a feeling of safety, agency and choice
Expand the window of tolerance and capacity for presence
Self-regulate physical and emotional responses to stress and trauma
Return to wholeness

Additional Information

A free year-long programme starting in April 2022
Limited spaces available
Registration closes 11 April
In-person sessions based in Golden Bay

For more details get in touch with Priyadhara at: hello@creatingbalance.co.nz This year’s women’s Integral Yoga & Mindfulness Programme for women with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is brought to our community through a close collaboration between Creating Balance, Te Whare Mahana and AYHET. Advice and support has been provided by Mohua Social Services, Manawhenua Ki Mohua’s Whanau Ora Navigator and health professionals in the community.
The PTSD programme aims to assist rurally isolated, vulnerable and at-risk women with PTSD in their efforts to manage their healing and wellbeing. This programme also aims to address the need for more complementary pathways of physical and mental health support available to women with PTSD in Golden Bay by offering an integrated and somatic system of integral yoga and mindfulness tools, that are trauma-informed, holistic in nature, have been clinically studied internationally and are known to help relieve PTSD symptoms
AYHET has received grants from Lottery Community Fund and Golden Bay Community Trust, and is welcoming donations to further financially assist this promising community initiative. If you wish to make a donation, please enter the amount below and click Donate.
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Once you have made a donation, you will receive an automatic email that includes a free download of Swami Karma Karuna’s guided Health Yoga Nidra. Enjoy 25 minutes of deep relaxation, to heal and nurture your body.

Teachers

Sannyasi Priyadhara specialises in yogic science education. Her experience in exploring the scientific, transformational and holistic quality of yoga as well as her extensive and continuous training at the internationally renown Bihar School of Yoga in India and in yoga education centres in New Zealand and Australia has inspired her to integrate yoga into daily life and enables her to assist individuals of different backgrounds, cultures and mental/physical health needs on their journey towards positive change.
Priyadhara’s practical understanding of yogic science and yogic lifestyle allows her to offer knowledge and personal insight on a variety of topics in accessible ways. Her work places emphasis on community resilience, integral health and wellbeing and involves the development and facilitation of initiatives that aim to address a specific need in the Golden Bay community through collaboration with key local and regional organisations.
She has worked with Red Cross Belgium, to deliver yoga for refugee youth, and developed integral yoga and mindfulness programmes for teenagers and individuals with PTSD in Golden Bay, in collaboration with AYHET, Golden Bay High School, Te Whare Mahana and community funding organisations.

Havan (Sacred Fire Ceremony) - Every Saturday
2022-11-12 - 2025-04-26
Havan is a traditional fire ceremony to bring balance & healing to our environment as well as to ourselves.

Most Saturday Evenings 5:00-7:00pm.
As spaces are limited, bookings are essential before visiting Anahata. You can book in by emailing: yoga@anahata-retreat.org.nz or calling us at: 03 525 7587

Every Saturday, in our yoga tradition all over the world, 108 rounds of the Maha Mrityunjaya Healing Mantra is chanted during the practice of Havan, an ancient Fire Ceremony, using mantra and fire for means of transformation.
This particular mantra is chanted to offer healing to people in need and to assist those who are wanting to let go of attachments. We read the names of all those we know in need of healing before making offerings to the fire with those names in our hearts.
Come experience this powerful practice of healing & transformation, followed by uplifting vibrations at our heart-opening Kirtan. Check out our blogpost on how the practice of Kirtan can be used to develop Bhakti.
Everybody is welcome to join us and no previous experience is necessary.

Mahamrityunjaya Mantra
Om Tryambakam Yajamahe Sugandhim Pushtivardhanam Urvarukamiva Bandhanan Mrityor Mukshiya Maamritat

Meaning
OM. We worship and adore you, O three-eyed one, O Shiva.
You are sweet gladness, the fragrance of life, who nourishes us,
restores our health, and causes us to thrive.
As, in due time, the stem of the cucumber weakens,
and the gourd if freed from the vine, so free us
from attachment and death, and do not withhold immortality.

To Join Us Onsite
Please ensure to bring lots of layers with you due to the higher altitude.
Please RSVP at least a day before the event by phone on 03 525 9887.
And, if you would like to add somebody to the Healing Book, which is read out before the practice, please contact us and we can add this on your behalf.

Anahata Specialist Teachers

Anahata Teachers – we have an ever-changing group of visiting and resident teachers at Anahata. All are well trained and knowledgeable in their field, and they will lead you through this practice in a respectful and gentle manner, inspiring you to go deeper and explore what you find.

Nervous System Reset - Online Course
2023-01-19 - 2023-03-16
Yoga Nidra & Restorative Practices

Welcome to ‘Nervous System Reset’ — an 8-week learning experience for anyone who is ready to explore this ancient meditation practice for better sleep, less stress and the release of trauma. This online classroom will dive deep into the history, structure, science and philosophy behind Yoga Nidra, in a way that is accessible to everyone.
Every week for 8 weeks, students of ‘Nervous System Reset’ access members-only educational content across a range of engaging formats including written, audio, video and guided home study. Come away with 40hrs Continuing Education with Yoga Alliance & Yoga NZ!
‘Nervous System Reset’ is led by Swami Karma Karuna, founding member and director of Anahata Yoga Retreat, New Zealand, and a dedicated, intuitive yoga teacher and certified yoga therapist with 30 years of experience working with a wide range of people.

Includes…

10 Inspiring Videos
• Yoga Nidra Overview & History • Stress & the Nervous System • Underpinning Principles • Sankalpa • The Body Rotation • Yoga Nidra & the Breath • Yoga Nidra & Opposites • Visualisation • Yoga Nidra & Your Daily Life • Sleep Hygiene
8 Guided Practices
• Yoga for the Joints (Pawanmuktasana Series) • Restorative Yoga Class • Natural breathing practice • 4, 6, 7 & 8 stage yoga nidra practices
Additional Extras
• Downloadable Self-Reflection Journal • Informative Resources • Course Guide & Notes
Bi-Monthly Live Q&As with Swami Karma Karuna 7:30pm NZT
• January 26th
• February 9th
• February 23rd
• March 9th
Discounts on our Yoga Nidra & Restorative Practices Teacher Training
Upon completion of the ‘Nervous System Reset’ online course, you are eligible to receive a 15% discount, which can be used in conjunction with the Early-Bird price, on our upcoming 2024 Yoga Nidra & Restorative Practices Teacher Training (course dates TBC). Alternatively, you are eligible to receive a 10% discount on our 2023 Yoga Nidra Teacher Training at Kawai Pura Pura.

Course Overview

Yoga Nidra is a profound, yet simple, practice that encourages the mind to let go of the external world and turn inwards. It is a fully guided accessible meditation practice that plays with the state between waking and sleeping, allowing us to explore ‘being’ in a world of ‘doing’.
Implemented in 8-week sections, students will have the opportunity to learn about the origins of Yoga Nidra, experience the many benefits and applications and explore a variety of tools such as visualisations, Sankalpa, breath awareness and relaxation techniques. We cover each stage of Yoga Nidra in-depth and delve into the science behind this powerful tool of the ‘yogic sleep’.
Each week covers a new topic that builds upon the next. We encourage you to follow the weekly structure which progresses you through the course in a way that supports a fuller understanding of Yoga Nidra. However, the course is self-paced and can be completed in whatever time frame suits you. Each week we invite you to reflect in the provided self-reflection journal. Observe yourself during your practice of Yoga Nidra and notice how it is enhancing, supporting and inspiring your daily life.
This is an inclusive course. All bodies and levels of experience are welcome, including absolute beginners. Throughout the course you are welcome to contact Swami Karma Karuna, who will be available to help answer questions and offer support. You will also be invited to live Q&A sessions over zoom, bi-monthly during the course. These will be recorded and uploaded to the course platform. The course is a total of 40 hours. All course content will be available to you for six months.

The Benefits of Yoga Nidra

– Gives the senses a deep rest from the activities of contemporary society
-Trains the mind to connect into tranquility effortlessly
-Releases impressions from the past and anxieties about the future
-Effective management in the management of stress, anxiety, insomnia & depression

Please send any questions to education@anahata-retreat.org.nz

CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE THE COURSE THROUGH OUR THINKIFIC PAGE

Swami Karma Karuna

Swami Karma Karuna is a founding member and director of Anahata Yoga Retreat, New Zealand, and a dedicated, intuitive yoga teacher with years of experience working with a wide range of people.
From an early age, she travelled exploring diverse spiritual traditions; finally dedicating herself to the yogic path, guided by Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati. Swami Karma Karuna has received yoga training in Nepal, India and Australia. She spends 3 months each year living and teaching in India at the home and sadhana place of Swami Satyananda. She also travels internationally part of the year, committed to sharing Yoga Solutions for Life™ – simple & powerful techniques for transformation.
During past tours, Swami Karma Karuna has been involved in workshops, retreats, trained teacher trainees at the Australasian Satyananda Yoga Academy, and worked with groups of Yoga Therapists throughout the USA.
By combining yogic lifestyle and Sannyasa tradition with family life, Swami Karma Karuna has a unique and practical approach, inspiring the integration of yogic principles into everyday activities.
In 2007 Swami Karma Karuna released her first yoga and meditation CD called Yoga Solutions for Life™ – Essential Daily and Deepening Practices designed to develop a simple daily practice enhancing health and relaxation. In October 2007, a second CD focused on the chakras and seed sounds was released.
