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They say that you don’t just decide to go to India, Mother India calls you home ❤️ I’m beyond excited to announce my INDIA RETREAT NOVEMBER 2020. Spend 7 nights and 8 days with me exploring the motherland of yoga, Rishikesh.

During this retreat you’ll dive deep into the richness of Rishikesh, the birthplace of yoga. This retreat is perfect for the curious yogi who’s always wanted to venture into the motherland of India. We will practice yoga each morning, partake in rituals on the banks of Ganga, explore local temples and waterfalls, meditate in some of the most famous yogi caves, eat incredible food and fully immerse ourselves in all that India has to offer.
Our accommodation doubles as an Ayurvedic Centre where upon arrival you will meet with the onsite Dr who will set a meal plan and treatments based on your individual constitution.
This is truly the trip of a life time. Space is strictly limited so be sure to get in quick. Head to the link in my bio for all information or DM for more info.
If India is calling, listen. 🙏❤️💫 #india #indiaretreat

Lurking behind each moment is an opportunity to grow, to connect and to evolve. This path is often long and windy and with a western mind that revels in process and outcome it can feel sticky to navigate.
I pose a question. What would it look like to be in complete surrender? To understand that your emotions, traumas and stories do not define who you are, they are but energy moving through the vessel you inhabit. Would it make it easier to let them go?

I believe so, but in my experience it’s a non-linear path. It expands and contracts and is multifaceted nothing is simple and yet everything is simple. You know who and what you are and yet you forget over and over. You know you have a choice to hold on or let go and yet you grip so tightly to that which causes suffering. See? It’s complex by intellectual understanding but simple by nature. And here in lies the point of these words, it’s a practice. A practice of holding on and letting go. Of surrendering over and over to the greater wisdom and intelligence within. A practice of remembering what you already know to be true. 🧡 @emmamaidment_ 📷 @eyesofanomad

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I’ve been trying to explain just how incredible my experience was presenting, sharing and being immersed in @nurtureherretreat and this picture pretty much sums it up, open hearted JOY! Each and every person I encountered sparked joy in my soul. The open hearts, vulnerability and immense amount of knowledge shared was enough to fill this yogis cup for a long time! Thank you for having me @nurtureherretreat ❤️ and thank you to each and every being who made this experience so special. Shout out too all the first time yogis who gave it a go and are now converts. Special mention to @honjuliebishop and @paulroos1 for taking it next level and daring to learn to headstand. 🙊 @tami_roos @justinbabet @sipdesilva @libbybabet @zac.desilva @paulroos1 - you’ve created something so magical ✨ 📷 first pics @bodyimagemovement bodyimagemovement with edits by @penguinthemagpie

Connection and a sense of belonging are two vital contributors to improving mental health. In my humble opinion 🙏 In a world where we are technically more connected than ever but feeling more disconnected. Where we can go weeks without even seeing, touching or smelling nature. Where we see more people in a day then our hunter gathered ancestors would have seen in a lifetime and yet experience intense feelings of isolation. Where anxiety and depression are on the rise and there is still a lot of darkness around mental health, it’s easy to slip into despair. This is unfortunately the world that we live in. But I believe change is possible. I believe through the power of true connection to yourself, others and nature you can shine a big bright light into the darkness and truly support those who are suffering.

One of the amazing events and organizations that I’m proud to be apart of that’s doing exactly that is the @mindfulwalk. On October 27th this year we will be sharing a Mindful practice of walking through Kings Domaine in the beautiful botanical gardens guided by expert facilitators as a way of experiencing mindfulness in the city as a community. All of the money raised will go to @lovemeloveyoufoundation to support their efforts in suicide prevention. Come and be the light with us! Bring your friends, your partner, your kids and your neighbors. Let’s walk together and be a big bright force of light in the world ✨ Head to @mindfulwalk to book.
#worldsmentalhealthday #mentalhealthawareness #mindfulness #bethechange
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The beautiful and often confronting mirror of ‘other’. There’s this lovely concept that everyone is a mirror back into yourself and that which you don’t like in another is typically highlighting an aspect of your own self that you perhaps need to focus attention on or heal. It’s wonderful in theory, we are all one, I am you, you are me and what triggers me about you is that which is in myself to be worked on... have I lost you yet? 🤪 the thing with these more complex and abstract thoughts and teachings is that they are often easy and eloquent to listen to and understand but to live them is another story. To be in your very HUMAN experience. Your ego, desires, conditioning and past samscaras (stories) continually playing out. Your attachments to outcomes and worldly possessions as well as your very real thoughts and emotions can often make it challenging to see beyond the intellect, the physical and into the lens of something bigger, something more abstract, something beyond your skin and bones
Relationships for me are a beautiful way to experience this union, oneness or yoking (aka yoga) with a deeper part of myself. The feelings we have for another whether it be a partner, friend or a child are often indescribable with words
Our capacity to express ourselves with language is so limited. But you know it’s true because you feel how that person makes you feel (I experience this big time in relationships and when I’m with @monica_yoga’s little miracle bubba Jackson). The ‘other’ becomes not only a mirror but the experience of relating invoking an experience of something beyond, in a space that exists deep inside yourself
That vast limitless space that cannot be expressed with words. So don’t question it. Allow the experience to unfold and your mind to expand far beyond what you think and feel. There are many paths to this unity point and our relationship with others is one I find to be most powerful ✨see every encounter as an opportunity to unravel another layer of yourself. ❤️ 📷 @eyesofanomad ❤️ @lululemonausnz #lululemonambassador #yogitravels

I love any excuse to celebrate life and my birthday is always one of those momentous occasions in the year. I’ve spent the last week in deep reflection of the heartache, joy and growth I’ve experienced in the past 365 days. It’s been a wild journey of dissolving old ideas and beliefs, shedding stories and attachments, opening my heart up and continuing to live into my heart forward approach to life with strength and grace. Today is also #internationaldayofpeace and #worldgratitudeday so in terms of things to celebrate, I’m in good company. Evolution is inevitable, but growth is optional. Every day I choose to grow. It’s not always easy and it’s definitely not always graceful, a lot of the time I feel like a hot mess making it up moment to moment but what I have learnt is that to consciously grow is powerful. To fully realize your inner potential, not just on an intellectual level but from a place of embodied understanding takes time and is a process of unraveling. I’m eternally grateful for the beautiful beings and teachers who stand beside me and continue to lift me up. One aspect of myself that’s become extra potent this year is JOY, sparking it, sharing it and allowing others to experience it within themselves. I have no idea what the next 365 days will bring, but I’m excited to find out. ✨ 📷 @caiirose for the beautiful @shokuiku - yes that’s a raw vegan donut and yes, it sparks joy 😍 #sparkjoy

I am here to empower you. From a place of fierce love, grace and joy. To be the embodiment of love, and emanate that through all that I do. To empower you back to you. To connect you to your true essence, your power, your light and your brilliance. The most powerful tools I have to do so is the science of yoga and meditation and my open, vulnerable heart. This is my dharma in this moment. I may loose my place at times and I will continue to learn lessons the hard way but my conviction is unwavering. I am simply here to remind you to be who you are, by being who I am. ✨ 📸 @eyesofanomad #empowered #empoweredyoga #dharma #purpose #passion #power

Let you heart and thus your deepest instincts drive you. If you’re forever looking to the people to the left and right of you, you will loose the course of clarity on your own path. Be who YOU are. Own it. Own ALL of who you are. Unashamedly. For you are an expression of love and that is perfect ❤️ 📸 @eyesofanomad wearing @lululemonausnz #lululemonambassador #thesweatlife

JOY is one of the highest states of consciousness and vibrational energies. It’s often found in the simplest of moments whilst enjoying the simplest of things. So often, we take ourselves so seriously. We turn our practice into a spiritual pursuit and become so goal orientated on the path to growth that our experience becomes ridged and forced. Joy is freedom, freedom is your nature. Embrace it and celebrate it ✨ #sparkjoy #lululemon #lululemonambassador @lululemonausnz 📸 @sallygoodallphotography

Something special happens when you take time to pause. When you remove yourself from your day-to-day to press the reset button. It’s one of the magical things about retreats and seeing that change in people is one of my favorite things about offering them.
If winter has gotten you down, you’ve overindulged in Netflix and comfort food and you’d like a long weekend away before summer arrives to reset your healthy habits then join us in Jan Juc this November 1-4th. We’ve put together a wellness weekend with all the trimmings. Full of all things yoga, surfing, meditation, exercise, healthy food and chill time this long weekend retreat will kick start your summer and leave you feeling inspired to continue your new healthy habits into the rest of the year. Space is limited to 8 guests - link in bio for more info 🏄 🧘‍♂️ 🥘 #yoga #yogaretreat #wellnessretreats #lululemonambassador #thesweatlife @lululemonausnz 📸 @eyesofanomad

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