Rotorua Yoga Studio

Timetable updated August 2011. Please note we have moved Studios again to 1158 Pukuatua Street which is located in the building called 304 (Tutanekai Street) and is well sign posted - we are on level one. This is only one block North of the previous Studio location.

Yoga - Integrated mind body consciousness - Paul Barton is trained in meditation, and well qualified to a senir level of JI III for teaching Iyengar Yoga.

Classes held at Yoga Studio, 1158 Pukuatua Street Next to Cash Converters Rotorua.Phone: 3491 654, Mobile: 02743 93910, E: [email protected],          

Class levels are: Introductory Class: For folks new to Iyengar Yoga. L Intro = Introductory course for those new to Iyengar Yoga. L1 = Suitable for folks who have completed an introductory course as well as more experienced students. L2 = Suitable for those who have completed Level 1 and are able to do or working towards, head and shoulder stand. Cost: $20 casual attendance, $100 for 8-class concession Monthly membership:

Paradise Valley Retreat = Paul’s Home, take Paradise Valley Road from the top ends and junctions of Clayton Rd and Pukehangi Roads. Travel along Paradise Valley Rd past the stock car track and on a bit taking the fist road on your left (Te Miri Rd) and follow this to the end (there is a name change to Te Manu Rd at a small road with a locked gate here via right onto Te Manu). At the end of the tar seal, go straight ahead and do not turn off to the left or right and you will see signs to the start of a 400 m drive way which is passable by 2 wheel drive but some folks get emotional about it and prefer to park at the top gateway and walk down – you will need a torch to get back to your car after class if you park at the top of the bush driveway.

Your retreat guide is Paul Barton who is a qualified Iyengar Yoga teacher with 30 years of practice and a passion for understanding mind states, ways of perceiving and evolving consciousness and Self.

Yoga can be defined as having three phases: practice, enquiry and attitude. True enquiry into what is mind and what controls mind and what is living leads to effortless returns to practice and the attention to developing attitudes which lead increasingly to states that see as God sees – integral vision based on love, compassion and presence. Obviously we do not jump AHEAD and leave the body behind. Staying  with the base while going to the subtle. Or grounded in earth reach the heavens.

This retreat will include yoga, pranayama (breathing work), and meditation (in sitting, walking and in yoga poses). The retreat will be silent except for teaching times and organisation needs. There will be a profound shift in your experience of life and the inner world. This is a ideal setting to return to our deeper self and integrated functioning. Learning to take more control of our mental states, (mind and consciousness), and health and well-being is very invigorating and empowering; it does not have to take a lot of time for busy folks but it requires we learn the experience of it and create an attentive and disciplined approach. Establishing a regular practice moves us towards greater wellness and clearer perception.

Places for  23 students exist for this retreat and preference will be given first to those who register and pay in full. Please register with Paul providing contact details and payment.