Yoga Ground - Grey Lynn

17/10/2025

“You should sit in meditation for twenty minutes a day, unless you’re too busy; then you should sit for an hour”, so the saying goes.

The sentiment here is that, sometimes the thing you need the most, the thing that would be most helpful to us, is the very thing we don’t make time for.

It has been a stressful year, and we are heading into a very busy season with loads of demands on our time and energy. This is the perfect time to think about bringing in practices like Yoga and Meditation into your life, to help you manage challenges and stressors.

Join Yoga Ground studio owner, Kara Sweney for her relaxed, and often fun, six week series of introductory yoga. The course is aimed at the physical elements of the practice - the postures and the breathing - so don’t worry, you don’t have to listen to lots of theory!

It aims to help you to cultivate a home practice and the confidence to join group classes but even if you just learn to breathe a little easier in your daily life, or carry less tension in your body, it can make a world of difference to your every day happiness and wellness.

Check the link in our bio for more information.

05/10/2025

FIVE YEARS OF ASHLEE X YG.

This gorgeous human gave me the heads up today that this month is her five year anniversary with Yoga Ground. Happy Anniversary . We are so lucky to have you on our team - you kind, radiant, fun and passionate human!

The tenure of teachers is really long at Yoga Ground. We have super duper low turnover and it’s a huge benefit for our community.

Our teachers know our students so well - not just their names and faces; their practice, their priorities, what they are working with in their bodies and in their lives.

So this is an appreciation post. For lovely Ashlee and for all our amazing talented and loyal teachers!

Love you and so grateful for you all x Kara

11/09/2025

Friday in-coming…. Whoop!
Don’t forget to lock in your yoga classes for the weekend!

We’re excited for this warmer, brighter weather. It’s been a right Winter of chills and ills hasn’t it, and some of you are only just emerging from your bouts of sickness. We know your body misses the asana, your lungs & mind miss the pranayama, and we’ve missed having you in the studio! But make sure you take it easy as you get back into your practice.

And please get yourself better before you do come back to class - for your own sake and for your neighbours on the mats around you too. 🙏

03/09/2025

Give the gift of yoga this Father’s Day!

Treat Dad (or the father figure in your life) to a gift that supports their body and mind.

If they are a seasoned yogi they can stock up on classes, if they are new to the practice then we have a beginners course coming up!

Buy online via the link in our bio. It can be delivered straight to their inbox - or to yours to print and pop in a card.

03/09/2025

It’s 3 days into September and we haven’t done a Spring has Sprung post yet! Though we did say it in the enews. Did you get it?

So Spring is here! Yay. It’s been a long grey winter and it feels good to shake off the cloak of cold mornings and gloomy skies!

At Yoga Ground we like to bring that same feeling to our classes and the time we spend with you. We move together, breathe together, often laugh together, and hopefully feel a little lighter than when we all arrived.
Teachers included!

Because the yoga is shared, it’s a conversation and we get as much from it as you! Thanks for being part of it.
💓 🌸

28/08/2025

Meet the Team: Kerry

Kerry has been guiding students through mindful, accessible yoga practices for over four years. Rooted in Hatha, her teaching weaves in mindfulness, body awareness, interoception, and the polyvagal approach.

With 500 hours of yoga teacher training, iRest® certification, a Diploma in Fitness, and training in trauma-informed yoga, Kerry offers compassionate and inclusive classes that support a wide range of needs—from studio settings to drug and alcohol rehabilitation programmes.

Her background in nutrition and natural health gives her a unique, holistic perspective on wellbeing that shines through in her teaching.

Outside the studio, Kerry works for a wholefood company and enjoys life’s simple pleasures like coffee in Grey Lynn and strolls with her Bengal cat!

19/08/2025

16/08/2025

MEET THE TEAM: NIKKI

Many of you will know lovely Nikki as she has been a leader in the yoga and wellness industry for many, many years.

Previously the owner of the Urban Ashram yoga studio for 9 years, she has been a featured teacher at numerous wellness festivals and events. She has been the yoga teacher to the NZ Warriors, the Blues and many other national sporting teams.

She has a very fun sense of humour and can often be found upside down - participating in one of her favourite activities of handstands - or lifting heavy weights in the gym.

12/08/2025

12/08/2025

MEET THE TEAM: LIANA

It’s a great day to introduce / reintroduce Liana! It’s her birthday today. 🎂 🎉 HBD Liana!

Liana is one of our longest standing teachers at Yoga Ground, she has been with us since 2013 - that’s 12 years!

She has primarily trained under reknown Yoga teacher Vincent Bolletta including his Hansa Flow training and 200hr Yoga Therapy course, as well as courses with Raphan Kebe and Jo Phee.

Liana is an accomplished dancer. She has been dancing since she was six years old.

Her style of Yoga teaching embodies the grace, discipline and strength that dance requires. Her classes are also playful. She has a cheeky sense of humour and is super down to earth. Which many of you know already and love.

06/08/2025

CHAKRA YIN IS BACK!

For the next seven weeks Dani’s Wednesday night Yin class at 715pm will focus on the chakras (energy centres) in the body.

Tonight you’ll begin with muladhara - the root chakra. The postures and dialogue will focus on helping to balance this centre in the body.

You’ll move up the body attending to each of the seven main chakras over the seven weeks. Come to one, some, or all!

Just like Kara’s Chinese elements classes these are drop in classes, not a course and don’t need to be done in order. Just book in the normal way!

05/08/2025

MEET THE TEAM: JESS

Along with being a Yoga teacher, Jess is also a qualified Multidimensional Energy Healer, Meditation Teacher, Holistic Health and Nutrition Coach, and a Massage Therapist. She has studied Chinese Medicine Acupressure, Breathwork, Sound Healing, Shamanic Journeying, Plant Medicine, and loves to keep learning.

She has spent years living and teaching Yoga in Spain, Bali, and Costa Rica.

Her training includes: Hot Yoga Auckland 200hr, Zuna Yoga 300hr, Yin Therapy 50hr and 500hr Ta**ra Yoga TT with Ta**ra Essence and MYT Yoga.