WHAT's ON: Meditation Month - Citywide FREE meditation classes/workshops
In response to growing urban problems of stress and declining mental health, Hour of Peace Meetup organisers and Auckland’s Sri Chinmoy Meditation Centre are offering a citywide free program throughout March which will share basic meditation skills with anyone keen to learn.
Meditation Month will introduce the key steps in getting started, and cover a variety of techniques in calming the mind and coping with the often complex challenges of living in today’s world.
Meditation Month is an admission-free initiative simply dedicated to a more peaceful world and to the quest for happiness that we all share.
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Grey Lynn
Date: Thurs 7 Mar and 14 Mar; 6.00pm - 7.30pm
Venue: Grey Lynn Community Centre, 510 Richmond Road
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Birkenhead
Date: Tues 12 Mar; 7.00pm - 8.00pm
Venue: Birkenhead Library, 204 Hinemoa Street
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Green Bay
Date: Every Thurs for 3 weeks from 14 March; 6.30pm - 7.30pm
Venue: Green Bay Community House, 1 Barron Drive
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Botany
Date: Fri 15 Mar; 5.30pm - 6.30pm
Venue: Botany Library, Botany Town Centre
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Highland Park
Date: Sat Mar 16; 2.00pm - 4.00pm
Venue: Highland Park Community House, 47 Aviemore Drive
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Albany
Date: Tues 19 Mar; 7.00pm - 8.00pm
Venue: Albany Community Hub, 575a Albany Highway
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Auckland CDB
Date: Mon 20 Mar; 12.30noon - 1.30pm
Venue: Auckland Central City Library, Te Mārama Room, 44-46 Lorne St
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Meadowbank
Date: Mon 25 Mar; 6.00pm - 7.00pm
Venue: Meadowbank Community Centre, 29 St Johns Road
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Course details can be found on our website: www.meditationauckland.co.nz....
All classes are free of charge. Registration is not necessary. Simply turn up at the venue. For further inquiries, please contact Jogyata: 0221887432
⚠️ DOGS DIE IN HOT CARS. If you love them, don't leave them. ⚠️
It's a message we share time and time again, and this year, we're calling on you to help us spread that message further.
Did you know that calls to SPCA about dogs left inside hot cars made up a whopping 11% of all welfare calls last summer? This is a completely preventable issue, and one which is causing hundreds of dogs (often loved pets) to suffer.
Here are some quick facts to share with the dog owners in your life:
👉 The temperature inside a car can heat to over 50°C in less than 15 minutes.
👉 Parking in the shade and cracking windows does little to help on a warm day. Dogs rely on panting to keep cool, which they can't do in a hot car.
👉 This puts dogs at a high risk of heatstroke - a serious condition for dogs, with a mortality rate between 39%-50%.
👉 It is an offence under the Animal Welfare Act to leave a dog in a hot vehicle if they are showing signs of heat stress. You can be fined, and prosecuted.
SPCA has created downloadable resources to help you spread the message even further. Posters, a flyer, and a social media tile can be downloaded from our website here: www.spca.nz...
We encourage you to use these - and ask your local businesses to display the posters if they can. Flyers can be kept in your car and handed out as needed.
This is a community problem, and one we cannot solve alone. Help us to prevent more tragedies this summer by sharing this post.
On behalf of the animals - thank you ❤️
Poll: Would you rather: Christmas in summer forever or winter forever?
Just a bit of a fun poll to get you thinking.
If you had to live out your Christmas days, would you prefer it was a summer Christmas or a winter Christmas?
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61.9% Summer
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36.6% Winter
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1.5% Other - I'll share below
Worst Xmas ever?
There's a a lot of planning that goes into Christmas day and sometimes things just don't go to plan. But it can be a good thing - a family mishap or hilarious memory that you can laugh about in Christmases to come.
Whether you burnt the dinner or were stranded at an airport...
Share your Christmas mishaps below!
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