Swami Karma Karuna at Yatra Festival
Friday 28 February, 2025 - Monday 03 March, 2025
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Swami Karma Karuna will return to Yatra Festival this Summer.
Yatra Opening Ceremony- A Havan for Healing and Transformation / guided by Swami Karma Karuna
Friday 4:45pm
Join in a Havan Fire Ceremony, based on Yajna, an ancient Vedic ritual, involving the offering of various substances into a consecrated fire while reciting specific mantras. Each offering symbolizes an intention or prayer for healing and well-being. The smoke that arises from the fire is believed to carry these intentions to the Divine realm.
The Maha Mritunjaya mantra is a revered chant invoking the qualities of Shiva, the first Yogi; It supports the practitioner to elevate consciousness, develop non-attachment and encourages transformation and healing. This mantra enlivens the power to overcome physical, mental, and spiritual ailments as well as aims to purify the environment and promote positive energy.
ॐ त्र्यम्बकं यजामहे सुगन्धिं पुष्टिवर्धनम् उर्वारुकमिव बन्धनान् मृत्योर्मुक्षीय माऽमृतात् ॥
Om Tryambakam Yajamahe
Sugandhim Pushti-Vardhanam
Urvarukamiva Bandhanan
Mrityor Mukshiya Maamritat
Inner Resilience Yoga and Mindfulness Workshop / with Swami Karma Karuna
Saturday 10:15-11:45 am
Discover your innate resilience in this empowering workshop. In these challenging times, our ability to adapt and thrive is essential. Learn how yogic tools and mindfulness can equip you with ways to navigate stress and bounce back from adversity. This session combines engaging theory, practices, and self-reflection exercises to help you cultivate resilience. You’ll explore how to harness the relaxation response and strengthen your body, mind, and nervous system. Gain insights into returning to your center and responding creatively to life’s challenges. Join us on this journey to unlock your resilience and find new pathways to balance and harmony.
Yatra is a collaborative community of creative and expressive souls, that together manifest a yearly festival in the infamous Golden Bay, New Zealand. A tribe of humans gathering together for deep connections to our earth through art, adventure, music, dance and spiritual experiences working together to create a beautiful shared existence.
For more details about the festival & to book your tickets go to the Yatra website here
Teacher
Swami Karma Karuna Saraswati is an engaging, intuitive yoga and meditation teacher, inspirational speaker, writer and IAYT certified Yoga Therapist with 30 years of experience in the yoga field including significant training in Nepal and India and ongoing training in the ashram with her teachers.
She is also certified by Yoga Alliance and is a senior teacher of Yoga Australia/New Zealand. A Bachelor of Arts in Interpersonal Communications with a minor in Psychology determined an early interest in working with groups and individuals. Swami Karma Karuna specialises in a range or areas such as Yoga Nidra, Restorative Yoga, Prana, Chakras, Yoga Psychology and Women’s Health. She is also a co-founder and director of Anahata Yoga Retreat, New Zealand and travels throughout the world, leading workshops, training yoga teachers, presenting at international events, guiding spiritual sadhana retreats and offering therapeutic one to one yoga sessions.
Swami Karma Karuna is passionate about sharing an authentic and down to earth approach, weaving together the ancient practices with a touch of psychology and brain science aimed at motivating people to live their yoga here and now.