Lady carrying black yoga mat after practice
Valka Yoga

Once we finish class, we simply roll up our yoga mats and hurry off back to reality without giving it another thought. I know I’m guilty of this! However, the...

Christmas Candle
Lifestyle Minimalism News

A Slow and Enjoyable Festive Season

By Valka Yoga

We hear about slow food, slow living and slow yoga but rarely does anyone utter the words: slow Christmas. And yet it seems, more than...

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Plastic Free Gift Guide for a Clean Green Diwali
Lifestyle News

Plastic Free Gift Guide for a Clean Green Diwali

By Valka Yoga

Diwali (or Deepavali) is the five-day festival of lights from India, celebrated by over a billion people all over the world. The festival, which coincides...

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Copper Tongue scraper
Ayurveda Health Lifestyle

Why Copper is the Best Material for a Tongue Scraper

By Valka Yoga

Ayurvedic literature recommends tongue scrapers being made from copper, silver, gold, tin or brass. But why do people still use copper tongue scrapers instead of...

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Start living with your intuition
Lifestyle

A Helpful Guide To Start Living With Your Intuition

By Valka Yoga

We often seek answers outside ourselves. However, we already have all the answers inside ourselves. It’s just about learning how to find these answers within...

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Yogalates teacher Ally Cohen
Health Lifestyle Yoga

How to Make Friends at a Yoga Class with Ally Cohen

By Valka Yoga

Always cheerful and full of positive vibes, Ally believes a smile is a gift we can give for free, and almost always we get a...

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Mikayla Mary on Yoga and Mental Health
Health Lifestyle Yoga

Musings of a Yogini: On Yoga, Mental Health and Healing

By Valka Yoga

In this article, Upper Hutt's resident yogini, Mikayla Mary talks yoga and psychology. Mikayla embarked on her yoga journey and teacher training as a teenager....

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Yogini carrying NZ designed yoga mat
Lifestyle Minimalism Sustainability Yoga Yoga Mats

How To Reuse Or Dispose Of Your Old Yoga Mat

By Valka Yoga

In New Zealand alone we discard 15.5 million tonnes of waste each year. That is 3,200kg for every Kiwi! Right now we only recycle 28%...

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