The problem with goal setting in our modern world

These days, for most people when they dream of their ideal life, they only dream of what they already believe. This is the problem with goal setting in our modern world. Jo Jarden is a health coach, yoga teacher, personal trainer and founder of Heart and Mind Yoga 54 Holmwood Road, Merivale, Christchurch New Zealand. She helps people find mental peace, physical vitality, and to live with purpose. Her services include: Workplace yoga, men's yoga, private yoga, health coaching, and yoga retreats.

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Too good to leave, too bad to stay

I think a lot of people seek ‘a happy life’ but in the end, wind up feeling unfulfilled. I share some insights from cognitive behavioural therapy, the ancient yogic wisdom, and some of my spiritual guides who have helped me find healthier ways to seek meaning in my own life. Jo Jarden is a health coach, yoga teacher, personal trainer and founder of Heart and Mind Yoga 54 Holmwood Road, Merivale, Christchurch New Zealand. She helps people find mental peace, physical vitality, and to live with purpose. Her services include: Workplace yoga, men's yoga, private yoga, health coaching, and yoga retreats.

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What are we really yearning for at Christmas?

Very few people question Christmas and all it involves. There is a vague idea that this is 'just what we do' and we'd better do our best to enjoy it.

Jo Jarden is a health coach, yoga teacher, personal trainer and founder of Heart and Mind Yoga 54 Holmwood Road, Merivale, Christchurch New Zealand. She helps people find mental peace, physical vitality, and to live with purpose. Her services include: Workplace yoga, men's yoga, private yoga, health coaching, and yoga retreats.

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How to rethink death for a life lived fully

The majority of people live in fear of death. But the real part to be fearful of, is a life not lived fully. Jo Jarden is a health coach, yoga teacher, personal trainer and founder of Heart and Mind Yoga 54 Holmwood Road, Merivale, Christchurch New Zealand. She helps people find mental peace, physical vitality, and to live with purpose. Her services include: Workplace yoga, men's yoga, private yoga, health coaching, and yoga retreats.

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How I reframed thinking about confidence

Jo Jarden is a health coach, yoga teacher, personal trainer and founder of Heart and Mind Yoga 54 Holmwood Road, Merivale, Christchurch New Zealand. She helps people find mental peace, physical vitality, and to live with purpose. Her services include: Workplace yoga, men's yoga, private yoga, health coaching, and yoga retreats.

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Can you see the prison walls?

Jo Jarden is a health coach, yoga teacher, personal trainer and founder of Heart and Mind Yoga 54 Holmwood Road, Merivale, Christchurch New Zealand. She helps people find mental peace, physical vitality, and to live with purpose. Her services include: Workplace yoga and wellness workshops, private yoga, health coaching, and events.

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Are you mentally flexible?

Someone who is struggling with their inner wellness is usually someone who has a high level of rigidity in their approach to life. Someone who is mentally flexible has more of a growth mindset. Jo Jarden is a health coach, yoga teacher, personal trainer and founder of Heart and Mind Yoga Christchurch New Zealand. She helps people find mental peace, physical vitality, and to live with purpose. Her services include: Workplace yoga and wellness workshops, private yoga, health coaching, and events.

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6 Ways to Boost your Mental Strength and Fitness this Winter

It’s one thing to workout, but what about ‘working in?’ Just as we can build our physical strength in the gym, there are ways we can build our inner strength and fitness so that we have the inner resilience to face whatever life throws at us. Jo Jarden is a health coach, yoga teacher, personal trainer and founder of Heart and Mind Yoga, Christchurch New Zealand. She helps people find mental peace, physical vitality, and to live with purpose.

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What is success to you?

If we look a bit more deeply at our reasons for ‘wanting more’, it’s not really that status symbol, the riches, the powerful position, or the luxury travel that we all want. Jo Jarden is a health coach, yoga teacher, personal trainer and founder of Heart and Mind Yoga, Christchurch New Zealand. She helps people find mental peace, physical vitality, and to live with purpose.

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Deep down you know you were meant for something better

When the pain you’re in now is greater than the pain it takes to change, you are ready for true change. Pain can be a great motivator, and in my experience can even project us on a more meaningful path in life. This pain you’re experiencing is the exact catalyst to move you toward taking responsibility for where you are in your life, and where you want to be. Jo Jarden is a health coach, yoga teacher, personal trainer and founder of Heart and Mind Yoga, Christchurch New Zealand. She helps people find mental peace, physical vitality, and to live with purpose.

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The invisible part of you

The quality of your human experience in the physical world is dependent upon how we connect with and use that invisible part of us. Jo Jarden is a health coach, yoga teacher, personal trainer and founder of Heart and Mind Yoga, 147 Papanui Road, Christchurch New Zealand. She helps people find mental peace, physical vitality, and to live with purpose.

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The Shortness of Life

In the end, it’s not the years in our life that counts. It’s the life in our years. So the question arises, what is a life lived well for you? Jo Jarden is a yoga teacher, personal trainer, life coach and founder of Heart and Mind Yoga 147 Papanui Road Christchurch. She offers yoga, health coaching, relaxation, retreats, beginners yoga, and workplace yoga.

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Are you trying to 'fix' the ones you love?

One of the traps that we can fall into when we try to help someone close to us, is that we try to rescue or ‘fix’ them. Jo Jarden is a yoga teacher, personal trainer, life coach and founder of Heart and Mind Yoga 147 Papanui Road Christchurch. She offers yoga, health coaching, relaxation, retreats, beginners yoga, and workplace yoga.

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The courage to be disliked

I believe, many of us have fallen for the trap of always pleasing our family and friends, at the cost of our own wellbeing, dreams and desires. Jo Jarden is a yoga teacher, personal trainer, life coach and founder of Heart and Mind Yoga 54 Holmwood Road Christchurch. She offers yoga, health coaching, relaxation, retreats, beginners yoga, and workplace yoga.

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Don't just drift through life, live with intention

If you don’t make the time to work on creating the life you want, you’re eventually going to be forced to spend a lot of time dealing with a life you don’t want. Jo Jarden is a yoga teacher, personal trainer, life coach and founder of Heart and Mind Yoga 147 Papanui Road Christchurch. She offers yoga, health coaching, relaxation, retreats, beginners yoga, and workplace yoga.

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Camping on my own

I recently returned from a week’s camping trip on my own in my tent. I stayed in some fairly remote places, where I could enjoy the simplicity of living close to nature, soaking up the goodness of some of New Zealand’s most beautiful remote beaches, walking tracks, and stunning picturesque views. Jo Jarden is a yoga teacher, personal trainer, life coach and founder of Heart and Mind Yoga 147 Papanui Road Christchurch. She offers yoga, health coaching, relaxation, retreats, beginners yoga, and workplace yoga.

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Who you surround yourself with, matters

Who you surround yourself with has a huge influence on your behaviour – it impacts your view of the world, what you think is possible and what you expect of yourself. Jo Jarden is a yoga teacher, personal trainer, life coach and founder of Heart and Mind Yoga 147 Papanui Road Christchurch. She offers yoga, health coaching, relaxation, retreats, beginners yoga, and workplace yoga.

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Who do you want to be in 5 years time?

Who do I want to be in 5 years’ time?   Have a vision for your life – sounds so simple and corny, but you need to sit down in a quiet space and ask yourself What do I want? Who do I want to be?  Am I being honest about how my life really is right now, and who do I want to become? This is using the power of your imagination, and our amazing ability we have to reinvent ourselves, rather than living reactively. Jo Jarden is a yoga teacher, personal trainer, life coach and founder of Heart and Mind Yoga 147 Papanui Road Christchurch. She offers yoga, health coaching, relaxation, retreats, beginners yoga, and workplace yoga.

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Create openings for your purpose to emerge

No matter where you are in your life, it is possible to start living a more intentional purposeful life. Jo Jarden is a yoga teacher, personal trainer, life coach and founder of Heart and Mind Yoga 147 Papanui Road Christchurch. She offers yoga, health coaching, relaxation, retreats, beginners yoga, and workplace yoga.

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