Wellington Bikram Yoga Teacher: Anika Speedy

Of all the styles of yoga one can practice, few are as controversial, or as demanding as Bikram Yoga. Created by Bikram Choudhury on the guidance of his guru, Bishnu Charan Ghosh, Bikram is specifically designed to heal the Western body. In fact, Bikram spent a few years in a Japanese Hospital working with doctors [...]

Review of Yoga Foundations DVD: Hillary Rubin

I love this yoga DVD. No qualms about it, for people who want to practice yoga at home, this is unreservedly the best yoga DVD I have ever seen for this purpose. Granted, I haven’t seen more than a handful of yoga DVDs, but I will be recommending this DVD to people. Hillary Rubin teaches [...]

Wellington Satyananda Yoga Teacher: Tyag Fenton

It is my pleasure to introduce the second of my profiles of Wellington Yoga Teachers. I found Tyag and his Satyananda classes through a retreat I booked for, but was unable to attend. It was enough to get me on his mailing list though, and when I saw a Bhakti Yoga night advertised in my [...]

Will yoga give me a great body?

Google Analytics provides a wealth of information regarding the type of search phrases that people have used to find my site. Lately this, or a variant of it, has been popular. So, will yoga give you a great body? The short answer is… YES. The more interesting answer is that as you practice yoga, your [...]

What do you mean ‘We are all One’?

In his book, The Elements of Yoga, Godfrey Devereux uses physics to explain how our perspective can limit our understanding of ‘reality’ He says: While we perceive a tree as solid, if we change our frame of reference and perceive a tree from the viewpoint of an electron, a neutrino or any of the elusive [...]

How do I open my third eye?

Many people may think the concept of the third eye is metaphorical, or even mythical. But all of the concepts explained through yoga, including chakra and maya kosha (the five bodies) are experiential. That is, as you practice yoga, you actually experience the reality that these concepts explain. After all – how do you think these [...]

An interview with Hillary Rubin – coming to terms with Multiple Sclerosis

Part of the reason for this website is to gather stories and inspiration of the way that yoga has helped people to manage or heal health issues. My hope is that by sharing these stories and increasing our awareness and knowledge of the power of yoga, more people will be inspired to turn to yoga [...]

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