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. We end up feeling grumpy and resentful because we never get to do what truly matters to us. 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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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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Are you stuck in the swamp of ‘Aboutism?’

People want to change, but they don’t want to change. What I’ve noticed is many people talk about positive inspiring change in their lives, but don’t really live it. They are still in the cognitive mode, the philosophical mode. 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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We are all looking for meaning in our life

Do you find yourself asking the question ‘Is this all there is in life?’ What seems to be underneath this unhappiness is a disconnection from a deep sense of purpose, place and perspective in our lives. 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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This time of year……a slippery slope

Christmas is a time when social conditioning is strong. The human hive mind is on full power, almost reaching a collective madness as the western world goes into hyper-consumerist mode. 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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Why family conflict is not always a bad thing

For many of us this is a time of year for family, and the TV is full of adverts showing happy families gathered around the table, or excitedly opening presents. But what if your family isn’t like this? 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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Everybody is a genius

There is a genius within you, some unique gifts that the deepest part of you is asking you to bring this to the world. 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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Embracing Difficulty as a way to a Life Lived Fully

I think of our relentless desire to have more, to feel more comfortable and to be free of suffering which prompted me to get curious about unpacking some of the myths of happiness (and suffering) in our society. Jo Jarden is a yoga teacher, personal trainer 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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What is stability, really?

Recently I moved into my own home, that I’m proud to own and very much enjoying. Someone said to me recently ‘that’s good, now you’ll have some stability’. That got me thinking, what is ‘stability’ really?Jo Jarden is a yoga teacher, personal trainer 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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Mental Health Awareness – why we are making it worse, not better

With Mental Mental Health Awareness Week being this week 18th-24th September,  it’s got me thinking about the approach we are taking in New Zealand toward ‘mental health’ and why it is not working.In fact, not only is it not working, it seems to be making things worse (and in some cases causing harm). Jo Jarden is a yoga teacher, personal trainer and founder of Heart and Mind Yoga 147 Papanui Road Christchurch. She offers yoga and fitness, relaxation, retreats, beginners yoga, and workplace yoga.

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6 Ways to Build your Inner Steadiness and Strength

This week I share 6 ways to build your inner steadiness and strength based on values such as taking responsibility, courage, authenticity, awareness, finding wisdom.Jo Jarden is a yoga teacher, personal trainer and founder of Heart and Mind Yoga 147 Papanui Road Christchurch. She offers yoga and fitness, relaxation, retreats, beginners yoga, and workplace yoga.

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Build your inner steadiness amidst the turmoil of the world

Many of us have lost our connection to a stable sense of reality.. Based on the yoga wisdom, I have decided to share some of my latest reflections on how you can connect to our inner steadiness. Jo Jarden is a yoga teacher, personal trainer and founder of Heart and Mind Yoga 147 Papanui Road Christchurch. She offers yoga and fitness, relaxation, retreats, beginners yoga, and workplace yoga.

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The downsides of relying on health fads

The human life form is a living system. All parts of this system have to be in harmony for true wellbeing. We are not like a computer or a machine, where you can swap out a defective part. Jo Jarden is a yoga teacher, personal trainer and founder of Heart and Mind Yoga 147 Papanui Road Christchurch. She offers yoga and fitness, relaxation, retreats, beginners yoga, and workplace yoga.

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