MY YOGA BLOG
Lessons from throughout my yoga journey. Breathing techniques, strategies for living with less stress in your life, advice on finding the right yoga style for you a lots more. I hope you enjoy.
Yogafire Origins – Part 8 – Our New Life in New Zealand
In my previous post, I talked about our journey and arrival in New Zealand and the instant adjustments we had to make in life. It was the adventure we were looking for, but little did we know where it would take us. As I settled into life for the next year, I loved...
Yogafire Origins – Part 7 – Final Preparation for our Trip
As I shared last time, there were many stressful situations with NZ immigration, with tight deadlines and getting information sent to London while there was a postal strike in Canada. But somehow, we persevered and overcame, and we received permanent residency. As we...
Yogafire Origins – Part 6 – Almost Arrested and Other Obstacles
In my previous stories, I mentioned how we went from going on a trip to Roatan to finding a firefighter exchange to Whangarei, New Zealand. If only it were that simple. Little did I know that to get to New Zealand, I would almost be arrested, which could have ended...
Yogafire Origins – Part 5 – The Immigration Quagmire
The last time I wrote about my story, we were ready to go on a firefighter exchange to New Zealand. We would take anywhere in the country but hoped for Whangarei, as we had been here before, and we had friends living there. As 2010 ended and 2011 started, I was...
Yogafire Origins – Part 4 – The Odyssey Begins
In my last message, I told you about how I started doing yoga at my fire station in Canada and how different firefighters I worked with tried it out with me. This next chapter in my story is how the process of getting to New Zealand started, and how our lives changed...
Yogafire Origins – Part 3 – Firefighters Doing Yoga
To fit yoga more into my life, I started to do yoga at the fire station. Since I had no idea what I was doing, I bought a yoga DVD into the station and started doing that on shift. I had a pretty cool crew of firefighters at the station with me, so a few of them began...