WHAT’S ON HERE AND NOW.
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One-off events
Today: Lockwood New Zealand Aria Celebration of Song, All sections, Novotel Rotorua Lakeside
Today: Lockwood New Zealand Aria Finals Night Concert, Sir Howard Morrison Centre.
Today: Roller Derby Double Header. Watch roller derby action and dress up in your best and brightest rainbow colours. All door sales will be donated to Tauranga’s Gender Dynamix. There will be a bake sale, raffle and derby merch for sale. Tauranga Queen Elizabeth Centre 2pm-5.30pm.
Today and tomorrow: Bay of Plenty Garden & Art Festival — celebrate the beauty and diversity of our region’s gardens and the creativity of talented artists. Get ready to explore the wonderful Bay of Plenty and visit your choice of over 60 beautiful gardens and meet more than 100 magnificent artists.
Today and tomorrow: Bloom in the Bay — part of the Garden & Art Festival — will be held at the festival’s hub at the Tauranga Racecourse from 9.30am to 6pm today and 9.30am to 3pm tomorrow. Speakers include Tauranga photographer, writer, and teacher Kim Westerskov, artist Marion Murphy, Carol Long, florist Shontelle from Sweetpea & Jasmine and Bug Man Ruud Kleinpaste. There will also be a musical lineup.
Today and tomorrow: NZ MTB Orienteering Champs, three events based around Rotorua. Championship and recreational grades for all ages and abilities, including e-bikes. Check out mtbochamps. nz. Entries close November 13.
Tomorrow: Bay of Plenty Symphonia is celebrating 75 years by presenting
Celebrating Greatness. The concert will include Schubert’s C Major Symphony (known as The Great), a short piece by Douglas Lilburn and an up-and-coming young soloist Stefenie Pickston in a clarinet concerto by Louis Spohr. The celebration will be held at 4pm, Holy Trinity Church, Devonport Rd, Tauranga.
Tomorrow: Youbeyou Younity 22 — The Laughs seeks to celebrate a vibrant, diverse, inclusive, and equitable Tauranga Moana. Featuring Chris Parker, Ben Hurley, Justine Smith, Cori Gonzalez Macuer, Donna Brookbanks, James Mustapic, Michele A’court, Liv Mckenzie. Baycourt at 7.30pm.
Monday: Tauranga will host the NZ Premiere of The World of Musicals, the first show on the concerts 21-dates nation-wide tour of New Zealand at 7pm, Baycourt
Addison Theatre. Tickets on sale now at Ticketek. The show features an ensemble of multi-talented international performing artists who perform classic hits, emotive ballads, big-screen anthems and iconic show tunes. Hits from The Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables, We will Rock You, Sister Act 2 and many more.
Friday: Maraea Timutimu in conversation with her parents Charles and Ngareta Timutimu, 6pm, at Tauranga Art Gallery. Further information on the Tauranga Art Gallery website.
Sunday, Nov 27: Creative drawing workshops with Maraea Timutimu. Koha appreciated; limited spaces available. Bookings made at the Tauranga Art Gallery website.
Monday, Nov 28: Soroptimist International of Tauranga presents Liz Pennington, trustee of Cure Our Ovarian Cancer speaking at the Lyceum Club, 68 First Avenue, Tauranga at 7pm. Gold coin entry. Raffles.
Saturday, Dec 10: Rescues Palooza is a festival for animal lovers and fundraiser for local animal rescues.from 11am to 4pm at Papamoa Sport and Rec Centre. Entry via donation of money, pet food or supplies. It will be a one-day market-style festival with stalls, food and more.
Sunday, Feb 12: Matapihi hikoi with Maraea Timutimu. Join Maraea on a guided walk from her exhibition at Tauranga Art Gallery to Matapihi, followed by kai and music. Reservations through the Tauranga Art Gallery website.
■ What’s On runs weekly in essence . To include your event, email details to whatson@dailypost.co.nz at least a week before the event.
MOST OF US have heard at one time or another that disease and debilitating illness is stress induced. That means that stress is a primary player in bringing on disease in our bodies.
If we truly want to achieve the balance our body is crying out for through mood swings, depression, weight gain and illness we must address both our physical body and our mental/emotional state.
They are intricately connected and without a doubt doing challenging physical exercise is an important tool to keeping both sides happy and healthy.
But keeping the physical body “tuned up” is only half the battle. Sure you get “feel good” hormones as a bonus when you challenge your body physically but the mind requires its own space and time to heal when the body is quiet and at rest.
Physical activity is what shapes and challenges our body to be stronger, it’s a good thing. Our minds need the same kind of nourishing … some form of exercise that build its muscles (its resolve) or it will continue to weaken and fall prey to destructive thoughts.
Without attention to our “inner selves” where the controls are we soon give in to stress, destructive feelings and eventually actions such as anger and violence.
It’s not hard to see that stress makes us miserable and reduces the quality of our lives and taxes our immune system to the max opening the door to illness and disease.
The immune system is an amazing arsenal of defence, however enough extreme stress has devastating effects on its strength and function.
There are actually a few different kinds of stress that we experience and should take note of.
The kind we experience most often is acute stress. It’s those little annoyances and bumps in the road of life that challenge our resolve for peace.
We react to these situations emotionally with anger, anxiety or irritable mood. This type of stress of often causes physical symptoms like headaches or back pain.
Short-tempered anger, ceaseless worry, anxiety, high blood pressure and heart disease are all the result of frequent bouts of recurring stress.
Chronic stress is the most draining and dangerous type of stress because it consistently pounds on you from all angles, wearing you down day after day.
The source of chronic stress is usually a condition that you cannot presently see any way out of. It prevents you from feeling whole and content as a human.
Chronic stress if left alone can eventually lead to the worst of health conditions such as heart attack and stroke. Violence and suicide, both destructive actions, are results of chronic stress.
Stress weaves its way throughout our whole body and affects all our body systems. Our respiratory, musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, endocrine, gastrointestinal and reproductive systems are all negatively affected by stress.
There are many methods readily available to proactively deal with stress and taking some time out of your week for exercise sessions can help release bottledup emotions, reduce tension and relieve stress.
The purpose is to consciously induce a feeling of wellbeing and peace, and if you use relaxation like self-hypnosis or meditation techniques your blood pressure, oxygen consumption and the release of stress hormones are all reduced.
This is in stark contrast to the body’s stress response which kicks in stress hormones like cortisol … the “fight or flight” hormone. Using exercise as a form of “moving mediation” is a very effective and time-efficient “stress dissipating” method too.
If you don’t already have one, it’s time to find some form of relaxation, meditation or exercise technique that works for you. It’s only fair to give your mind the same respect you give your body and give it the tools it needs to survive in a world that demands so much.
Carolyn Hansen is co-owner Anytime Fitness