5 Tips to slow down and stay well during Winter
Seasons are a natural way to self-regulate, and now with Winter around the corner it’s time to slow down…
The Magic of Yoga Nidra
Yoga Nidra first entered my life whilst travelling. I was visiting a tiny Peruvian town full of alternative healing wonders. Upon seeing a poster for Yoga Nidra class I thought, why not? The sleeping woman pictured looked blissful. I was the only participant later...
Autumn and learning to let go
Updated March 2022 Letting go. It’s a gentle, soft sounding idiom that floats frequently from the quiet lips of yin yoga teachers, weaves itself through the texts of ancient yogis and spiritual teachers, and has no doubt made an appearance or two on your social media...
Rediscovering Inspiration: The Power of One-Day Retreats
We all dream of month-long getaways… but if you feel like you can’t be inspired by a one-day escape, we can prove you wrong. It may not always be feasible to fly across the globe to unwind at a Yoga Retreat. Sometimes it’s just too hard to find the time. Still,...
Flowing forward with yoga-inspired resolutions
2020 was a year of hurdles, shocks and radical change, for all of us – and on many levels. It was an unprecedented year that many of us are still recovering from to varying degrees. With the initiation of any new year, we move to set goals and resolutions. Though,...
All about the 7 Chakras
According to many schools of Eastern philosophy, on the most basic level our bodies are made of energy. This energy structures itself into our physicality, emotions and thoughts… but before this, it structures itself into meridians and chakras. In other words,...
The Best Yoga Accessories: Our Teachers Have Their Say
Yoga is an amazing practice. Its deep, ancient wisdom carries the potential to benefit anyone. This beautiful tool heals and strengthens both body and mind. A wonderful perk is that yoga requires no equipment, except for the body. Still, there are yoga accessories...
Mindfulness Makes You More Creative
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if creative ideas flowed effortlessly any time we needed them? Unfortunately, for most of us this is not the reality. We often feel stuck, replaying the same situations in our minds again and again with the same results (or lack of results)....
Developing your intuition: a beginner’s guide
When we need to make a decision, we often ask everyone around us what to do. We ask our friends, our families, the experts, strangers and even our dogs, but we forget to ask ourselves. Yet, deep inside, we all have the answers. It’s just matter of being quiet long...
5 Tips for a Spiritual Summer
There’s no denying the magic of lazy summer days. You know, the ones where soft sand calls our name, and we spend our eating fruit and drinking in sunlight. It’s the time of the year where adventure beckon us, to create some of our most treasured memories… On...
Ways to be More Eco-Friendly at Home
At Happy Buddha Retreats, we look to the yogic principle of ahimsa; meaning “non-violence” – to guide how we treat ourselves, each other and our planet. This is why we’re all about practising small acts of kindness around the Happy Buddha home that benefit the...Destination Happiness
Happy Buddha is on TV!Talk about happiness!! In the midst of winter a film crew retreated with us and here’s the final result. We can’t thank Angie Hilton and the crew from Destination Happiness enough for having a laugh and experiencing what it’s...
The Nature Connection: Benefits of a Bush Wander
Feel renewed after some time in the bush? Find out how to use the nature connection to boost mood and restore mental energy.
Nurturing your Inner Child through Music and Movement
Is there anything more endearing than watching a baby bop up and down to a tune on the radio? As humans, we are born with an innate joyful response to music. We naturally tap our feet, hands and bob our heads when a good song comes on. But somewhere along the way we...
The Blue Mountains as a Healing Ground
If you have spent any time in the Blue Mountains, you will know that there is a special kind of energy in this area. We look into the indigenous heritage of the area….
Welcoming the Winter Solstice
‘What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.’ ― John Steinbeck While our neighbours in the northern hemisphere move into summer this weekend, June 22 brings us the Winter Solstice. A solstice describes the annual moment when the...
Ignite Your Spirit
“IGNITE YOUR SPIRIT” ~ Our new tagline. But what does this mean, we hear you ask? Do you want me to set myself of fire, I hear you ask? Well, not literally, but metaphorically, YES! Come sit down with us beside our beautiful cosy Happy Buddha fireplace and...
Tips for a Tech Detox
No matter how deep our heads are in work and every day life, we cannot deny that we live in a very technology centered world today. Mostly everyone, down to even children in primary school, has mobile phones. Research from the latest 2018 Yellow Social Media Report...
The Power of Gratitude
Sometimes when we wake up in the morning, our alarm screaming at us, and responsibility smacking us in the face… it seems like we’re immediately being forced to run a hundred-meter hurdle race. Flannelette pyjamas flailing in the wind as we rush around our busy...Mindful Moment 1
Spotted at Happy Buddha Retreats, this bee, doing what he does...
Learning from nature and living intentionally
“Your attention is your currency, practice how you spend it, save it, give it.” – Elena Brower Living with Intention This morning a kookaburra sat on my veranda for close to an hour. He was completely still – but far from idle – his attention never...
Mindfulness in May and Every Day
Mindfulness is very much a buzzword in our society today. People today live life at a much faster pace than every before, thanks to instant connection and instant messaging, and mobile phone technology meaning that people are somehow ‘on’ all the time. The lines...
The Benefits of Yin Yoga
Derived from Hatha yoga, the practice of Yin yoga is based on the Taoist concepts of Yin and Yang; the opposite and complementary principles of reality. Simply put; as an energetic state, yin is feminine. It’s stability, passivity, downward moving and cold. Yang on...
5 nutritional benefits of chia seeds + Khan’s easy vanilla chia pudding recipe
Chia seeds are native to Mexico and Guatemala and come with an ancient history. They were staple crops in the Aztec and the Mayan civilization and, for a period of time, they were even used as a form of currency. The word ‘chia’ is said to originate from Mayan meaning...
Your Relationship Re-Connection… Not Just A Weekend Getaway
Are you currently in a relationship? Whether you’re married or dating, at times your connection with each other can suffer. Most times it’s no fault of your own, it’s the result of not having adequate time to focus on spending that high quality time together. One of...
How to Quieten Your Mind: Part Two
According to many of the great Eastern spiritual traditions, our inner awareness or energy is exactly the same as the energy that creates and sustains all life. If we quieten our mind we can sit within this energy, experiencing stillness and a deep sense of peace. In...
Success And Happiness… Can They Both Co-exist?
In our modern world, it seems that our pursuit of high achievement can sometimes detour us from true and lasting happiness. But what if there was a way for you to use yoga to increase both? Your Yoga Retreat: Downshift To Dominate That’s right… in order for you to...
How to Quieten Your Mind: Part One
It’s easy to rattle off the main functions of our physical bodies without encountering much debate at all. You may have noticed however, it’s not the same case when we look at the Mind. In fact, it’s quite baffling to consider the different ideologies...
Kick Start Your Healthy Lifestyle With A Wellness Retreat
When it comes to you deciding to kick start your healthy lifestyle… step one right out of the gate is to change your thinking. Just like that pic above says… same old thinking, same old results. So if you’re looking for a fast track to change your thinking and give...
Put Yourself First: Serve More By Becoming Selfish
“Dare to be selfish first so that you can become truly selfless always.” Jason “J-Boom” Legaard This is a quote that tends to shake up a lot of people when they read it for the first time. The initial reaction is wait a minute… be selfish first? But we’ve all been...Self-discovery starts here >> Silent Meditation Retreat
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