BeCalmed Studio

01/03/2026

One layer moving south. Another layer morning north. Something still. Constant opposing change. What remains constant, that we can rely on, no matter the weather? Close your eyes, try to feel your heart beat. Open your eyes, try to feel your heart beat with your eyes open. Close your eyes. Heart beat. That's what doesn't change: Your awareness. The watcher. She is calm and unaffected by the weather.

15/02/2026

It is absolutely a thing to be freaked out by weather. Our nervous system hears the havoc winds and pounding rain. It waits, in the stress response, ready to save you. Wild weather also brings us an opportunity to switch what our mind is telling our body, to experience something else. Calmer, unchanging. Be prepared for rough weather, and then switch so you can sleep, digest and balance. Find your breath. Breathe deep into your belly, and on the outbreath let go of what you've been holding since the warnings began. The forecast inside your breathe is calm, soothing... like a still forest at sunrise.

This simple, short meditation track focuses on your breath for times when your mind is racing. Bring mindfulness to the way you are right now. Yoga is as much about your breath as it is about moving your body. In fact, yoga is meditation - when your body, breath and mind are one joined, harmonious

07/02/2026

Namaste Porirua, come support this awesome mahi... a temple for us to get closer to our Indian communities and learn about philosophy and Yoga ! The Trust is currently fundraising. Cobham Court, weekends. Or pop into Indo Kiwi Grocers and the closing down sale in the shop next door. Gorgeous Indian things for your home or work. And they aren't closing down - they are getting ready to transform the space into a temple. I keep going back to buy more chai mugs, bowls, saris, insense etc. Gee, you'd think I'd hadn't just back from India!

06/02/2026

A beautiful young person said to me this week, "I want to bring back boredom because what we do is too crazy". What an enlightened thing to say. Stopping, stilling, expanding silence, being... does more than bring us calm. It leads us to Truth under the crazy. We have an inkling that the overwhelm and business is not who we truly are or want to be. Yogis over thousands of years who had/have nothing to prove cannot be wrong can they? The purpose of physical yoga is to prepare you for meditation: to be bored of how our mind currently holds us down. https://www.becalmedstudio.com/blog/the-truth-of-who-we-are

Learn meditation and learn how to still the mind so you can see who you truly are. Learn to meditate at BeCalmed Studio, meditation classes in Porirua, including yoga and sangha.

29/01/2026

Try yoga? Come to Kai Tai, Sunday 9am. Great for all bodies and experiences.

27/01/2026

Something has shifted. Things are the same. Balancing in the middle. Tilt. One breath forward.

21/01/2026

We are wired for drama because our mind is scared of calmness. Calmness allows insight. Drama or calm?

21/01/2026

View from an ashram. I'm still processing my recent time in India. Luckily, you get the benefits of my experience! BeCalmed Studio classes have started for the year. Less than 10% of yoga is about the physical asanas (poses). Come and explore the other 90% at BeCalmed Studio this year. Your view will change. https://www.becalmedstudio.com/studio-classes

09/12/2025

Meditation is not stopping your thoughts. Meditation is watching your thoughts from a position of such nonresisted kindness, that they feel seen enough to pass on through. Next year BeCalmed Studio will align more with meditation.

07/12/2025

It has only taken three years! Ka pai!

29/11/2025

Need some chill time? Tomorrow's Sunday 9am Yoga for All Class at Kai Tahi is FLOW: move without strain. Mats provided. $10. Second to last one for 2025. Beginners very, very welcome.