The Ultimate Escape to the Beachpod Beauty Retreat will be announced this Mothers Day - Sunday 11th May!

For every Decléor product or treatment you purchase at Mount Skin & Body this week, ensure you put your entry in to Win before Sunday!

Your package includes 2 nights at the boutique Beachpod accommodation here in Mount Maunganui, a personalised yoga session with your very own YogAlign instructor, followed by an indulgent afternoon at Mount Skin & Body for a Decléor Aromaplasty Facial & a Decléor Aroma Relax Body Treatment!

Check to see if you are the lucky winner of the Self-Love Package published this Sunday on the following websites:

www.beachpod.co.nz or www.mountskinbody.co.nz

4.  Learn Concentric/Eccentric PNF Neuromuscular Exercises.

Beneficial spine alignment becomes intrinsic in the body as we recode neuromuscular patterning. Concentric-to-eccentric muscle engagement techniques are designed to help us quickly become strong & flexible, with no pain or strain to our joints.

The way to flexibility is in the understanding that muscle tension is controlled with our brain.

Proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation, or PNF, is a powerful tool for overriding the stretch reflex, changing muscle tension, & gaining flexibility.

PNF facilitations can be self-applied, or can be practiced with a partner or teacher. Learning to employ these neuromuscular techniques will give us flexibility & strength throughout our body quickly, with no pain in the process.

MauaoPAC is the only place to be on Good Friday this Easter!

From 10am the House of Jazz & Blues swings open @ MauaoPAC

Friday 18 April 2014

11 Totara Street, Mount Maunganui

$5 entry @ the door.

From 8pm the doors re-open for the Hurricane Party!

$29 General Admission

Tickets @ www.ticketdirect.co.nz or on the door.

3.  Establish Natural Spine Alignment.

Establishing natural spine alignment is essential to becoming balanced & pain-free in your body. YogAlign has specific exercises that engage muscular action, which encourages natural spine alignment.

When practiced in combination with core breathing, these exercises bring us into beneficial alignment patterns from the inside out.  Creating natural alignment & beneficial breathing habits are the keynotes to health, happiness, & longevity.

The majority of all pain in the body comes from poor posture; therefore, alignment is the primary focus of YogAlign postures.  Emphasis is upon achieving natural alignment via functional yoga poses & breathing exercises that recode how we use the body at the nervous system level.

2.  Learn to Activate the Psoas - "The Core of Your Core".

The psoas group connects your upper body to your lower body, & your inner emotional body to your physical body.

The psoas is involved with moving, breathing, organ support, emotions, & spine alignment. Activating your psoas in synergy with the rest of your core abdominal muscles is the key to a pain-free body & a strong, stable core.

Many common abdominal exercises strengthen through flexion, or shortening, of the trunk muscles. This eventually leads to pain, misalignment, & injuries.

The focus in YogAlign is to train your core muscles predominately as stabilizers of the truck & extenders of the spine.

Does an opportunity to spend two nights away in a little oasis, the Beachpod in Mount Maunganui with your very own YogAlign Instructor & then an afternoon of pampering Decléor treatments sound appealing to you?  Check out www.mountskinbody.co.nz for details or ring 07 575 0777 to speak to one of the lovely staff at mount skin & body.

1.  Create the Foundation with SIP Breathing.

It is not what you do that is most important, but how you breathe while you are doing it. Optimal fitness requires learning to breathe deeply & efficiently.

Breathing brings oxygen into our body, & is the most important exercise in which our body engages. Our breathe creates basic structural body alignment, directs our nervous system responses, & defines our emotional well-being.

Learning to breathe deeply with your inner core muscles is the most important life skill you can learn.

6 - 7.30 pm 26 March 2014 - free event

Meet at Maxwells Road entrance to Daisy Hardwick Walkway, Otumoetai, Tauranga

Ride the 9.1km loop track around Waikareao Estuary Reserve

Bring bike suitable for dirt, boardwalk & paved sections

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Night Owl Cinema & Little Big Markets

Tauranga Waterfront, The Strand

Friday 14 March 5-10.30pm Gold Coin donation

Come & get involved in creating pedal power for the screening of Carving the Future

A documentary about young people working on Climate Change action in NZ

Cycle powered smoothies at Envirohub stall

The Russian Imperial Ballet Company presents Don Quixote

Wednesday 12 & Thursday 13 March 8pm

Baycourt Theatre, Tauranga

www.baycourt.co.nz or call 07 577 7188 for more information

Photographer/Marine Biologist Dr Kim Westerskov 

Takes us on a photographic journey under the Bay of Plenty seas.

Meet blue whales, friendly seals, huge crayfish, and many more.

Tuesday 4th March 6.30-7.30 pm

Gold coin donation

Bongard Centre, Lecture Theatre 104, 200 Cameron Road, Tauranga

Brought to you by University of Waikato

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Walk Month

1st - 31st March 2014

Check out Sport BOP's Play in the Bay Walk Month calendar - full walks

that explore the great walkways & recreation areas around Tauranga - free events.

Pick up from local library or www.sportbop.co.nz

Mozzarella and Ricotta

1st March 10.30 - 1 pm

$70 includes cheese making kit

Katikati Community Resource Centre

Discover how easy it is to make your own cheese & make sweet

& savory dishes with your cheeses.

Register:  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Mountain Bike Ride

Waterfront, The Strand, Tauranga

1st march  7.30-10.30 am - free event

Discover & explore the great network of urban mountain bike trails around Tauranga.

The ride will be about 30 km long.  By BOP Community Trails Trust.

Register on the BOPCTT Facebook page.

Twigs of Gold album release Tour

Incredible Vocals backed by a six piece Band

Playing at the Tauranga Art Gallery this Friday 21 February 2014

Corner of Wharf & Willow Streets, Tauranga.  Doors open 7.45pm

www.mamakuproject.com

[caption id="attachment_368" align="alignleft" width="300"] The Mamaku Project Live[/caption]

National Jazz Festival Tauranga

Five Fantastic, Jazz-Packed Days of Live Music!

A star-studded lineup of world-class jazz coming to you this Easter!

17 - 21 April 2014  Tickets on Sale Now!  0800 842 538  www.ticketek.co.nz 

[caption id="attachment_317" align="alignleft" width="213"] Let the music inspire & move you this Easter weekend![/caption]

Summer been a little Hectic?

In need of embracing, celebrating & rejuvenating your mind, body & soul?

We are providing just that for one Lucky Winner! 

www.mountskinbody.co.nz

Mills Reef Stars under the Stars 2014 - Classic Kiwi 80's Music!

Promising to be one of the most memorable concerts ever!

Two shows only - 4pm 25th & 26th January 

www.millsreef.co.nz

Ingredients  - per glass:

15ml Malibu Coconut Rum

15ml Peach Liqueur

15ml Pineapple Juice

Tablespoon of Grenadine Syrup

Squeeze of Fresh Lemon Juice

Pink Coloured Sugar for Rimming

Directions:

Dip the glass rim in pineapple juice, then dip in pink sugar.  Chill glasses in freezer.  Pour all other ingredients into a martini shaker filled with ice & shake well.  Pour into your chilled glasses & garnish with a fun pink umbrella or plastic flamingo!

[caption id="attachment_221" align="alignleft" width="300"] Celebrate life wherever you may be! Happy 2014![/caption]

Have a wonderfully peaceful, healthy & prosperous 2014!

[caption id="attachment_260" align="alignleft" width="200"] Wishing you fun, bubbles & sunshine in 2014![/caption]