Yoga Spirit

13/03/2026

🌬️ Just four days/nights to go… Metta Breathwork is coming to Whanganui 💛

Ayurvedic experts Sri Ganesh and Maliya are currently travelling New Zealand sharing their beautiful Metta (Loving-Kindness) Breathwork workshop, and we are lucky to be hosting them here soon.

These internationally respected Ayurvedic practitioners, authors and retreat facilitators guide a powerful evening of breath, meditation and heart-centred practice designed to help you soften, release stress and reconnect with yourself.

💬 One participant from Dunedin shared:
"The metta practice was beautiful and created a space to practice loving kindness towards ourselves… Both practices left me with a deep sense of contentment and we were guided through them with expert care." — Esther

🎁 And incase you missed it, there’s an incredible giveaway!
One lucky participant will win a 2-week fully sponsored Panchakarma retreat at Vaidya’s Ayurveda Village in Kerala, South India valued at approximately $2,000 Euro. 🌿

🗓 Thursday 2 April
⏰ 6–8:30pm
📍 Whanganui Yoga Centre
💰 $53

Spaces are limited.
👉 Book here: https://yogaspirit.co.nz/metta-BW/

06/03/2026

Metta Breathwork with guests Sri Ganesh & Maliya will be landing in Whanganui for their special Metta Breathwork workshop.

More and too book your spot here - not to be missed!: https://yogaspirit.co.nz/metta-bw/

15/02/2026

Hello lovely yoga community! 💛

I’m moving my Yin Yoga class from Tuesdays to Thursday evenings at the Whanganui Yoga Centre, swapping with Martin’s Hatha class! ✨ Later in the week means more space to slow down, unwind, and settle into a gentle pause — the perfect way to nourish yourself before the weekend.

📅 Starts: Thursday, February 26th (so no Yin Yoga this Tuesday)
🕠 Time: 5:30 pm – 6:45 pm
🧘 Location: Whanganui Yoga Centre

Whether you’re curious about Yin Yoga for the first time, or it’s your regular mid-week reset, come slow down, breathe deeply, and restore your body and mind.

✨ New students are always welcome! Come as you are and experience the softness, stillness, and harmony that Yin Yoga brings.

More info here and to book online:

A nourishing floor-based practice to help you slow down, release tension, and restore balance in body, mind, and heart. Longer-held poses target the body’s deeper connective tissues, improving mobility, circulation, and posture while calming the nervous system.

14/02/2026

🌿 METTA BREATHWORK with Sri Ganesh & Maliya
A Journey into Loving-Kindness 💛

We are deeply honoured to welcome back Sri Ganesh and Maliya, visiting from India as part of their New Zealand tour.

Sri Ganesh and Maliya are internationally respected Ayurvedic practitioners, authors and facilitators, sharing decades of combined experience in traditional healing, breathwork, meditation and transformational retreat work. Their teachings weave together classical Ayurveda, heart-centred spirituality and embodied breath practices in a way that is both profound and accessible.

They have guided participants across India and internationally through powerful healing immersions, including Panchakarma retreats and therapeutic breathwork journeys — and we are so fortunate to host them here in Whanganui.

🌬 What is Metta Breathwork?
This guided conscious breathwork experience is rooted in metta — loving-kindness — and is designed to gently support:
✨ Emotional release
✨ Nervous system regulation
✨ Deep heart connection
✨ Greater compassion for self and others

Through rhythmic, conscious breathing, embodied awareness and guided meditation, you’ll be invited to soften, open, and return home to yourself.

This is powerful inner work — held safely, compassionately and with deep expertise.

🎁 Special Giveaway
One participant will win an extraordinary opportunity:
A two-week fully sponsored Panchakarma retreat at Vaidya’s Ayurveda Village in Kerala, South India. The winner may choose from three Panchakarma programs, with the first two weeks 100% sponsored.

🗓 Thursday 2 April
⏰ 6:00pm – 8:30pm
📍 Whanganui Yoga Centre
💰 $53

Spaces are limited for this special event.
To find out more and to book your place:

Metta Breathwork Metta Breathwork with guest Sri Ganesh & Maliya When:Thursday April 2nd6:00PM-8:30PM Rate:$53 REGISTER Sir Ganesh & Maliya are back visting from India, a year after their last visit to offer Metta Breathwork. A journey into the heart – a synthesis of Ayurvedic wisdom, conscious br...

29/01/2026

Calling all Cacao Lovers 🌿❤️

Ceremonial cacao for sale!

As many of you know, I am a devoted cacao lover—I drink it daily and cherish the sacred ritual it creates in my day. Beyond the delicious taste, cacao is a gentle yet powerful plant-teacher that soothes the soul, opens the heart, and expands our connection to ourselves, our families, and our communities.

🌱 Why I love medicinal cacao:

-Enhances receptivity to your own inner magic
-Opens the energetic field of the heart
-Acts as nature’s medicine: mood enhancer, pain moderator, antioxidant, and superfood
-Rich in iron, potassium, magnesium, and other amazing bioactive compounds

Ancient Central and South American cultures called cacao a 'gift from the gods'—and for good reason! It can improve memory, support heart health, boost immunity, energise, and even enhance focus and sensory awareness—making it a perfect elixir to prime your body, mind, and spirit for Yoga Nidra or any meditation practice.

✨ Experience it yourself:

The best way to know what cacao can offer is to drink it, feel it, and allow it to guide you.

I trained as a ceremonial cacao practitioner in 2000 with Seleno Health, learning the sacred ways of the Peruvian people who have served this particular blend of plant medicine for community, wellbeing, and healing. I have been hosting ceremonies privately and in groups ever since. As a certified facilitator, I have access to discounted ceremonial cacao—and I’m putting in an order soon.

💌 Here’s the special offer for you:

Message me by Monday 5pm to request pricing or place an order. Or with any questions about how to set up your home cacao ceremony or what blend or products you may need.

You can view all the available products on the offical Seleno Health website - my favourite is the Jaguar blend, but Amaru is also amazing: https://selenohealth.com.

Expect 20%+ off most cacao products when ordering through me.

Open to a wider group than usual, so don’t miss out!

Why? Simply because I want to share the heart-lifting, soul-soothing magic of cacao with you and our community!

Pick up required - location TBC.

🌸 Namaste

Simone

29/01/2026

🧘‍♀️ Friday Yoga – New Start Date & Deeper Intention (Waitangi Day) 🧘‍♂️

A little update… I’ve decided to postpone the start of Friday Yoga by one week, so we now begin next Friday💛.

Not because anything is wrong — but because this series deserves space, momentum, and the right people to gather. I want it to land with presence, not rush. And I want you to feel genuinely called, not squeezed into another thing on the calendar. Plus it falls on Waitangi Day so what better day to connect into your soul!

✨ This six-week themed yoga series is an invitation to slow down, regulate, and come home to yourself — while still moving, flowing, and building strength in a way that feels nourishing and alive.

🌿 Week One: Nervous System Reset – Return to Yourself
(Starts Friday 6 February – Waitangi Day)

This first class sets the tone for the whole journey. We’ll focus on calming and regulating the nervous system through gentle, intelligent vinyasa, slow rhythmic breath, grounding practices, and deep rest. Expect to leave feeling settled, clear, spacious, and more like yourself again — not depleted, not rushed.

If life has felt loud, busy, or demanding lately, this class alone is worth coming for. It’s a reset you can feel in your body and carry into your week.

About the Series:

Each class is rooted in vinyasa flow, with other yoga “goodies” lovingly woven in to match the weekly intention — including yogic philosophy, breathwork, mudra, mantra, meditation, Yoga Nidra, and sound.

The encouragement is to commit to all six weeks so the practice can build and unfold… but if you need to drop in when you can, that’s absolutely welcome too.

Weekly Themes
🌿 Week 1 – Nervous System Reset: Return to Yourself
🌀 Week 2 – Spinal Care: Strong & Mobile for Life
🌟 Week 3 – Balanced Brain, Grounded Body: Inner Resilience
🔄 Week 4 – Twist & Release: Spinal Freedom
⚡ Week 5 – Total Body Energy: Flow & Vitality
🌸 Week 6 – Poised for Change: Flexible Body, Flexible Mind

(With a shared cup of 100% pure ceremonial cacao in our final week 🍫)

Details
📅 Dates: Friday 6 February – 13 March 2026 (skipping 20 February)
⏰ Time: 10:30am – 12:00pm
📍 Location: Whanganui Yoga Centre
💰 Cost: $25 casual | $135 for the full 6-week series
(Includes credit for up to 2 missed classes for future classes or events).

There’s something very special about Friday morning practice — a chance to land, integrate the week, and step into the weekend feeling resourced and whole.

If your body, heart, or nervous system is quietly whispering yes, trust that.

💌 Message me with any questions or to book.

🔗 Register & pay online here: https://yogaspirit.co.nz/vinyasa-flow-yoga/

I’d love to practice with you ✨

26/01/2026

Yin is the practice of listening—beneath the stretch, beneath the story.

A gentle return to the ancient, soulful ways of yoga.
Time to slow down, soften the edges, and come home to yourself.

Nothing to fix, nothing to prove - come exactly as you are 🤍

Yin Yoga
Tuesdays | 5:30–6:45pm
All equipment provided

✨ Begins tonight ✨

26/01/2026

🧘‍♀️ Friday Yoga is Back – with a Special Twist! 🧘‍♂️

Announcing a special themed yoga series starting this Friday, designed to help you reap the full benefits (siddhis) of your practice. 🌿

✨ The encouragement: Sign up for all six weeks to experience the full journey, but if you can only drop in when you can, that’s perfectly fine too. This is your time—take it for yourself. You are so worth it! 💛

Details:
📅 Dates: Friday 30 January – Friday 13 March 2026 (skipping 20 February)
⏰ Time: 10:30am – 12:00pm
🕒 Duration: 1.5 hours per class
💰 Cost: $25 per class, or $135 for the full 6-week series (option to credit up to 2 classes, for future class or events, if you can’t make them)
📍 Location: Whanganui Yoga Centre

There’s nothing like gathering with a beautiful group of souls at the end of the week to reconnect, recharge, and celebrate yourself through yoga. 💫

About the Practice:
We’ll flow through vinyasa-based asana, while weaving in yogic philosophy, breathwork, mudras, mantras, meditation, Yoga Nidra, and sound to align with each week’s intention.

Weekly Themes:
1️⃣ Nervous System Reset – Return to Yourself 🌿
2️⃣ Spinal Care – Strong and Mobile for Life 🌀
3️⃣ Balanced Brain, Grounded Body – Inner Resilience 🌟
4️⃣ Twist & Release – Spinal Care for Flexibility 🔄
5️⃣ Total Body Energy – Flow & Vitality ⚡
6️⃣ Poised for Change – Flexible Body, Flexible Mind 🌸

✨ Special Treat: In our final week, we’ll share a cup of 100% pure superfood cacao together to celebrate our journey. 🍫

Make this time yours. You deserve it! 🌈

Message me for questions and/or to book. Register and pay online here: https://yogaspirit.co.nz/vinyasa-flow-yoga/

20/01/2026

✨🧘‍♀️ Happy New Year & I’m Back in the Studio for 2026🧘‍♀️✨

It’s time to make this your year — and yoga can help with that 🌱
You really do have to experience it to believe it - so don’t delay. Make now the moment you finally schedule that class.

I would love to be the teacher who supports you in discovering what you may have been missing — in your body, your work, and your personal life 💛

🌿 Classes resume next week Tuesday 27th January🌿
🕠 Yin Yoga | 5:30pm
A deeply nourishing practice designed to create flexibility in the body, calm in the mind, and space in the spirit ✨

🌸 Something new is coming… 🌸
Stay tuned for a special Friday morning offering
🕥 10:30am start
🔹 Six-week blocks
🔹 A powerful introduction to what yoga can truly do for you — in a short space of time

For now, I’m offering just two public classes a week 🧘‍♀️
📅 Schedule it in.
💫 Make it happen.
Your future self will thank you.

🌙 And there’s more… 🌙
A women’s retreat is on the horizon — a long-held dream finally coming to life with love and intention, alongside Lauren Hokulani🤍
This one is truly too good to ignore.

If you’re ready to go beyond simply stretching the body…
✨ come and join me. ✨

If you have questions or hesitations that are keeping you on the fence, please reach out 📩
I’d love to help you take that first step.

With warmth,
Simone
📞 021 135 3973

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For more visit my website: www.yogaspirit.co.nz

15/12/2025

YIN YOGA 5:30pm tonight - cancelled

I’m sorry, sadly I need to cancel our last Yin Yoga class at 5:30pm tonight as my daughter has her end-of-year school prize-giving at the same time!

Thank you to each of you who has joined me on this evening this year — it’s such a special time we share, connecting within ourselves and with each other.

If I don’t get to see you at my final class this Thursday at 9:30am (with free ceremonial cacao on offer ☕️), I wish you a peaceful festive season with your loved ones.

I look forward to coming together again in the New Year! 🤍

13/12/2025

Our final Vinyasa Flow of the year is coming up — and you’re invited! 🌿✨

We’ll begin with a warming cup of ceremonial cacao, then flow, breathe, and land together in a practice designed to leave you feeling clear, connected, and energised.

🍫 Free cup of heart-opening cacao
🧘‍♀️ Feel-good mindful movement
🌙 Deep rest + year-end integration

This Thursday Dec 18th | 9:30–10:45am
Whanganui Yoga Centre
From $16 (with a pass)

Let’s close the year together with intention, movement, and a little magic 🤍

Ceremonial cacao is a sacred superfood known to elevate mood, support the heart, and bring emotional clarity — a beautiful companion for conscious movement and rest. Simone is a trained ceremonial cacao practitioner with Seleno Health.

👉 Register here: https://yogaspirit.co.nz/vinyasa-flow-yoga/
Or simply message Simone (Yoga Spirit) to book your spot (and your cup!)

08/12/2025

“Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths.”
— Etty Hillesum

Join me tomorrow evening—an hour designed to help you unwind your nervous system. A slow, spacious practice to soften the edges, breathe deeply, and reset before the festive rush really begins.

If you need a pause button… come.❤️✨

What: Yin Yoga (summer aligned TCM practice)
When: 5:30pm-6:45pm
Where: Whanganui Yoga Centre, Level 3, 76 Guyton Street (parking right outside)
Why: To slow everything down
Who: Any body! All ages and stages. Including anyone new to yoga.
How: Book here or message me if it's easier to simply turn up: https://yogaspirit.co.nz/yin-yoga/

📸 Atene weekend shot.