Yogatherapyworks

23/07/2025

It's time to spend some time with ours 🥰
I'll be away from work and taking a break from media updates for a few weeks
Stay warm and safe
Aroha nui
Jane

18/07/2025

Self-care Abhyanga - a nourishing Ayurvedic warm oil massage ritual to nourish mind, body and temperament. Learn how in my latest blog ...
https://yogatherapyworks.co.nz/resources/bodywork/abhyanga-massage

11/07/2025

Feeling winter-logged?
Although we're into the second half of the year and light should be increasing, it's been feeling pretty dark and heavy lately
We can experience a dip in motivation towards the things that make us feel more like us, the things that stimulate energy and vibrancy, and the choice to be more active when it's cold outside
It is natural to want to hibernate a little more as we drop into rest and regenerate time - just take a look at the garden and nature - we rest to replenish and prepare stores of energy for the lighter, brighter times of growth that are ahead
So don't be too hard on yourself
1. Eat well - fresh, nourishing food that has an energy to it
2. Not too much - notice comfort eating tendencies without denying them - just a watchful awareness to feel good about what you consume
3. Mainly plants - balance heavier, sluggish foods with lighter, more easily digestible veggies, light grains, and stewed fruits and aim for less-no dairy & sugar at this time of year to avoid accumulating heavy kapha qualities

Be kind
Be compassionate
Take rest
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09/07/2025

Such a great place to work from, with an incredible team of colleagues and clients 🙌🏼

05/07/2025

Yoga therapy has multiple facets that offer ways to work with body, breath, mind, movement, and emotional health through the nervous system. Wherever and however concerns, pains, or restrictions are felt ~ each affect, and are affected by our nervous systems, in all their complexities.

Yoga therapy's body-mind approach to optimal health works from a bottom up, nervous system orientated focus to guide you to recovery, restoration, repair, and balance

Sessions available The Well Studios at the Tannery, Woolston ~ Weds & Fridays
and Purau bay / Diamond Harbour ~ Tues & Thursdays

https://Yogatherapyworks.as.me/ to book
https://www.yogatherapyworks.co.nz/ for website info

28/06/2025

The Art & Science of Rest

November 29th - December 7th, 2025 ~ 10 day residential & fully catered advanced teacher training
Golden Bay, Aotearoa (NZ).
jane and .mcconachy offer a fascinating exploration into The Art and Science of Rest.

This advanced module takes students deeper into the knowledge and embodied experience of being beyond the rush and drive to keep up, to perform, to produce.
Together, we explore ways of living in greater relation to the ebb and flow of Rest.

As teachers of yoga, therapists, body workers, or somatic movement guides Rest is a terrain we must know well and have access to in ourselves if we are to guide others into the most nourishing and generative ground of their own being.

See https://awakeningarts.co.nz/the-art-and-science-of-rest for details

Reach out to / or PM Jane here

25/06/2025

Two totally fabulous groups of wonderful learners ~ now practitioners of pilates for spinal health. We've had an amazing 6 weeks of exploration, practice and getting to know how to be in these bodies to develop strength, awareness, capability and inspiration.
Thank you all for your enthusiasm and commitment.
Love & respect
Jane x

24/06/2025

If the thought of a silent retreat feels daunting - begin at the beginning with a gentle, supported space that offers a steady foundation for inquiry and self-compassion

La Douceur du Silence - is a 5 day retreat with 3 days in silent practice as a way to gently enter silence and self-exploration
🌿Surrounded by nature
🧑‍🍳 Nurtured with delicious home-cooked Ayurvedic foods
🫶 Connect with like mind-bodied women
🧘‍♀️ Practice somatic yoga
🌬 Experience regulating breath practices
🧠 Learn how to notice, and regulate your nervous system
🤍 Experience deep rest with yoga nidra & iRest
🧘‍♀️ be guided in meditation

Friday 31st October 4pm - Tuesday 4th November 1.30pm 2025
Ridgeclif, Little Akaloa

Join Margaux Pelletier, Natasha Godetz and I for the perfect introduction to the joys and benefits of silent practice

Check out this link for more details and booking https://www.margauxpelletier.com/event-details/la-douceur-du-silence-entering-silence

19/06/2025

Seasonal health insights - https://mailchi.mp/yogatherapyworks/seasonal-insights-winter

13/06/2025

Where are you as you move through the world?

Being you, exactly as you are, is the most important fundamental part of your Self

Yet we may not feel as though we know, or are able to feel this truth as felt experience

Somatic awareness illuminates this ultimate source of truth as felt experience
Guiding what is right in this body, this moment

Body-mind sensations are the ultimate GPS
Finely tuned to our needs
Refined and adaptive to our experiences

Once learned, this capacity to feel, sense and be with Self is always present
Ready to receive awareness
Enabling us to be

06/06/2025

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01/06/2025

Latest blog post 📲

Whether it’s adenomyosis, endometriosis, fibroids, perimenopause, or post surgical recovery - pelvic pain can create a debilitating cycle of inflammation, immobility, restriction, more pain, and more inflammation.

Read my latest blog to understand more, and learn how yoga therapy can help

https://yogatherapyworks.co.nz/resources/movement/pelvic-pain