Soma Yoga

Soma Yoga Sharing the path of transformation & healing through the wisdom of the body. Yoga, Somatics, Ecstatic Dance, Sound Healing, Trauma Recovery & More

YOGA JOURNEYS term 3, 2022. Tuesdays:

BEGINNERS
Each term, 4 x per year
Tuesdays 5:45pm
Starts Tuesday July 26th
(Please register by message)

SOMA YOGA
Open Level
Each term 8 x Sessions, 4 x per year
Tuesdays 7.30pm
Starts Tuesday August 2nd
(Please register by message)

Thursdays:

SOMA YOGA
Intermediate Level
Each term 8 x Sessions, 4 x per year
Thursdays 5:45pm
Starts Thursday July 28th
(

Please register by message)

ATTUNE-UP: 3 WEEK Sessions
(Some Terms)
Thursdays 5.45pm

Fridays:

WILD AT HEART - MONTHLY Community Dance Gathering
First Friday of the month 7pm

Solstices:

AYANAANT: YOGA & SOUND JOURNEY
Please enquire


REGISTRATIONS NOW OPEN
please see event page or PM me

I feel seen!  It's honestly so cool hearing that you're picking up what I'm putting down, and it's such an honour to be ...
22/07/2025

I feel seen! It's honestly so cool hearing that you're picking up what I'm putting down, and it's such an honour to be here for you in this way.

Thank you.

Announcement for this yoga intake here in Dunedin:I'm looking forward to seeing you all starting this week and next week...
15/07/2025

Announcement for this yoga intake here in Dunedin:
I'm looking forward to seeing you all starting this week and next week .dunedin , and I have a couple of UPDATES to mention 👇

SOMA HEALING JOURNEY
✨ Starting this FRI 18th
Women's Group = 10am session
*** 1 SPACE Has become available
Mixed Group = 1pm session
*** 1 SPACE is now available

www.somayoga.co.nz/soma-therapy

Message me or email: soma.yoga.nz@gmail.com for more info

&

YOGA FOR BEGINNERS: 8 Week Course
✨ NEW start date is next week THURS 24th July 6pm
SPACES AVAILABLE 💥

www.somayoga.co.nz/yoga

SOMA YOGA: 8 Week Journey - Thursday sessions
✨ NEW start date is next week THURS 24th July 7:30pm
SPACES AVAILABLE 💥

www.somayoga.co.nz/yoga

( SOMA YOGA: 8 Week Journey - Tuesday sessions remains the same and is WAITLIST ONLY )

If you have registered for one of the groups that has a changed start date, you also have an email from me :)

See you soon!
Jasmin

You can also follow me on Instagram to see more.
15/07/2025

You can also follow me on Instagram to see more.

Are you out of your mind?I hope so.  At least sometimes.How many times have you tried to think your way out of overwhelm...
13/07/2025

Are you out of your mind?

I hope so. At least sometimes.

How many times have you tried to think your way out of overwhelm… only to find yourself even more tangled up? Even more stuck?

The mind is a powerful tool — but sometimes it needs a different guide home.

A circuit breaker for the BUSY.

The body.

When we drop our attention into the body…redirect our energy away from the mind, to the breath, the sensations, the quiet messages that live in the cells.

We create a bridge back to what’s real. Away from rumination, back to the here and now.

It gives us a break from the mental chatter.

It's an antidote for the busy.

So the whole person can take a long sigh.

If we do it regularly enough, it can create a new pattern where we spend more time here (body, being, doing), and less time there (mind, analysing, critiquing, comparing).

It’s like a breath of fresh air for the soul, who wants this space.

The soul who wants to feel present and free, instead of maintaining a habit of busy stuckness.

This is why I practice and why I share.

Because again and again I’ve found that the medicine is in the pauses, in the spaces in between.

In my sessions, we don’t chase a pose for the sake of it.

We listen for the moment when the body says, Yes, I’m here.

We breathe to remember our selves as whole.

I’m here to give you that pause, that space in between

So you can come home to your self.

Let me show you what I mean, come and join me for beginners & open level sessions starting again this week on Thursday…6pm or 7:30pm

Follow me on insta here for workshops, sessions, rituals and retreats as well as more applied yogic philosophy: .yoga.nz

Kia ora,My name is Jasmin and I'm a yoga teacher with 17 years teaching experience.  I've developed the approach of 8 We...
08/07/2025

Kia ora,

My name is Jasmin and I'm a yoga teacher with 17 years teaching experience. I've developed the approach of 8 Week Journeys to give people the opportunity to really feel the body, mind and soul progress of cultivating regularity with this practice.

The journeys reinforce and accentuate the physical, mental and spiritual benefits of yoga, while also developing our most important relationship - with our selves.

All my sessions are trauma skilled, from my professional expertise and my lived experience, and I welcome people from all walks of life.

The practices have a nice balance of active, challenging (but not too challenging), stretchy, and restful in each session. They include breathwork, asana (yoga postures), somatic movement, flowing sequences and deep relaxation.

I'm not a very serious person, although I'm serious about these journeys, so you'll get to hear the occasional silly joke and I occasionally mix up the word feet with hands, lol. I am an ex DJ, so I make sure the tunes are the right vibe too, for your experience.

I have some spaces available for 8 Week Journeys starting soon, and if this sounds like a bit of you, I would love to have you come join our lovely groups that attend. I'll list the spaces available and times etc. below.

DM me with any questions, or get your spot by registering here: www.somayoga.co.nz/yoga

Jasmin

🎯 Yoga for Beginners: 8 Week Course
Thursdays 6pm, starts on Thursday 17th July
7 SPACES AVAILABLE

🎯 Soma Yoga: 8 Week Journey (all levels welcome)
Thursdays 7:30pm, starts on Thurs 17th July
6 SPACES AVAILABLE

🎯 Soma Healing Journey: 8 Week Journey
Fridays 10am (women's) & Fridays 1pm (mixed)
BOTH SESSIONS ARE FULL, WAITLIST ONLY - next intake is October

🎯 Soma Yoga: 8 Week Journey (all levels welcome)
Tuesdays 6pm, Starts on Tues 22nd July
FULL, WAITLIST ONLY

Word.The sometimes painful, but beautiful truth.
07/07/2025

Word.

The sometimes painful, but beautiful truth.

Take a breath this winter…Come in from the cold and reconnect with yourself through yoga. Whether you’re curious about s...
02/07/2025

Take a breath this winter…

Come in from the cold and reconnect with yourself through yoga. Whether you’re curious about starting your journey or ready to deepen your practice, there is something for you.

8 Week - Yoga for Beginners - Starting Thursday 17th July

A fun, welcoming space to learn the foundations of yoga with an experienced teacher guiding you every step of the way. Perfect if you’re new, returning, or just want to move with intention.

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8 Week - Yoga Open Journey

Dive deeper into your practice with our Open Level series. We’ll explore an easeful blend of movement, stillness, and breath progressing into more challenging sequences to meet your energy and goals this term.

Starting on Thursday 17th July
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Starting on Tuesday 22nd July WAITLIST ONLY
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All held in our warm and inviting studio at A Y U Community Space

Not sure which class is right for you? Feel free to reach out with any questions you may have.

Look forward to being part of your Yoga journey.

💥 WHAT YOU’RE NOT CHANGING... YOU’RE CHOOSING💥Is it time to break the cycle?Time to start a new chapter - one that puts ...
01/07/2025

💥 WHAT YOU’RE NOT CHANGING... YOU’RE CHOOSING💥

Is it time to break the cycle?

Time to start a new chapter - one that puts YOU and your wellbeing first?

✨There’s no magic fix — but there IS a powerful truth:

💥 It’s easier to add something new than to cut something out 💥

So I invite you today, to choose YOGA — not just as a movement practice, but as a whole person wellbeing habit that prioritises your mind, body, and soul.

A practice that means you are CHOOSING YOU exactly as you are. That gives you space & time to reconnect, to breathe, to embody and remember....you & your power.

To create real, meaningful change, we have to be bold.

We have to step outside the old stories, and into something nourishing, sustainable, and real.

🎯 Are you ready for radical self care?

Let’s do it - together.

🎯 Join me for an 8 Week Yoga Yourney - Starting Mid July

ALL LEVELS available, with limited spaces.

👇 Comment “IN” or DM me to be sent a registration link.

The reporter didn't quite capture my rage...jk, but here's some stats that keep me passionate about this seva (on the bo...
28/06/2025

The reporter didn't quite capture my rage...jk, but here's some stats that keep me passionate about this seva (on the board of )

🧶 NZ has one of the highest rates of imprisonment at 197/100,000, compared to OECD ave which is around 145

🧶 36% are re-imprisoned within 2 years of release

🧶 Māori are disproportionately represented at every stage of the criminal justice system:
➡ 37% of those proceeded against by Police
➡ 45% of people convicted
➡ 52% of people in prison

➡ Despiite Māori being only 15% of the population

➡ 11%-13% of convicted Māori receive sentences of imprisonment, compared to 7 - 9% of Pākehā

***I'm not drawing a conclusion of systemic racism, (although it's definitely likely), there are other factors which mean it may be related to ethnicity, or could be factors *associated* with ethnicity (poverty or education for eg)

It's a crying shame and really hard not to see it as an effect or side - effect of colonisation.

🧶 We know we can't help everyone, but then we get a letter containing:

“I am learning that all my choices have consequences and in the end it is not what happens to me but how I react to it that matters” from a correspondence course Ākonga,

and we know it's helping, we are offering practical tools to pause before reacting, and changing the minds of some.

🧶 We're not doing this to reward bad behaviour. We're doing it to give people a chance to make a change, to support rehabilitation with practical and effective nervous system regulating and self reflection tools. We're doing it for the whanau and communities they go back to.

🧶 Approx 3% of all prisoners RN are doing our Correspondence Course - we'd like to increase that to 10%. Prison TV has our Yoga shows on daily in most prisons - we need to add to our series.

🧶 WE NEED support to expand our impact - ests: $170 per student to go through our 6 mod Course. $36k to create the next 6 modules. $65k to add to our TV library. $18k to re-ignite our affiliate program and get more teachers into prison

LINK to RNZ article: www.rnz.co.nz/news/indonz/565308/yoga-gains-ground-behind-bars-in-new-zealand

CONTACT if you are an individual or biz who'd like to support our mahi: soma.yoga.nz@gmail.com

LINK to donate: www.yogainprisonstrust.org/donate/

LINK to my blog post: www.somayoga.co.nz/thealchemyofhealing/yoga-in-prisons-and-the-ripple-effect

He mango wai koia kia kore e whītikia
It is a big river indeed that cannot be crossed

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