If you are @ Earth Beat Festival make sure you visit Meditation New Zealand for Kirtan & Yoga Wisdom! For all those thinking of attending...

Kiwi blokes dont do yoga!... I’ve always just thought of myself as your average Kiwi bloke. You know the one, a bit rough around the edges, loves a few beers and a game of rugby on the weekends. If you’d asked me two years ago to give a live All Blacks game a miss and maybe watch it later because we were going to meditate on a Saturday night instead, I’d tell you you were absolutely dreaming! Like most kiwi blokes I was always in search of a reason for a few beers or a high to get into a...

......the meditation part scared me! My first experiences of ‘meditation’ were stressful to say the least. I found myself getting anxious about even going to classes because the meditation part scared me. I enjoyed the postures but found myself making excuses to leave the Astanga yoga class early so I didn’t have to lay in the darkened room trying to meditate. When I closed my eyes and tried to relax I found my mind was my worst enemy. Frightening thoughts, feelings and images came into my...