Fresh and juicy conversations on making yoga a part of your daily life
The profiles I publish from Hot Yoga's two studios (Nelson & Wellington), the more I realise how blessed we are in New Zealand with a diverse range of yoga teachers. Teachers have come from all different walks of life, and most emphasize that yoga is about far more than asana. Andrea credits pregnancy with helping her make that initial leap, and her home practice demonstrates the power of yoga when we take it off the mat and into our moment by moment lives. … [Read more...]
OK. Here’s what we need to do to shift this whole PC thing that has infected our culture. Let’s start by getting a few things straight. If someone calls me a bitch, does that make me a bitch? According to their world view, it does. But I don’t have to believe them. And more importantly, I don’t have to get upset about it either. … [Read more...]
We live in an infinitely abundant universe. This is a fact. Stare up at a clear sky night and try and count the stars. Cut open a capsicum and try and count the seeds. Stand on the corner of Lambton Quay and Willis Street and try and count the people flowing in all directions. Life is abundant. It flourishes under even the harshest of conditions. Deserts. Mountain tops. Ocean depths. … [Read more...]
After number of years overseas teaching at a variety of places, including Pure Yoga in Asia, Ross has returned to New Zealand to spread the yoga joy here. He opened the first Bikram studios in Auckland and the Mount and is back teaching at the Mount Yoga Studio - for now anyway. While overseas, Ross was able to study with a who's who line-up of internationally renowned teachers including John Friend, Shiva Rea, Paul Grilley, David Swenson, Rodney Yee, Bikram Choudhury, Swami Muktidharma, … [Read more...]
Our profiles of Hot Yoga teachers continues with Dana from Nelson. It's so wonderful that these two Hot Yoga studios, Nelson and Wellington, have got behind Prana Flow Yoga and taken the time to fill in the yoga teacher profiles. (Thank you Claire!) There is such delight in getting to know all these teachers, their different passions and journeys, through their profiles. As you may have guessed from her photo, Dana's other passion is coffee - you can find her at the market in Nelson … [Read more...]
There were so many comments and emails that came in form my original post, How much is a yoga class worth to you?, that I wanted to address everything that was raised in a follow-up post. It's been fascinating to hear everybody's point of view, and hear some suggestions about how to handle the payment of classes. Reading through all of these, it become clear to me where I hadn't been clear. … [Read more...]
