Wellington Hot Yoga Teacher: Andrea Tutt
November 28, 2009 by Kara-Leah Grant
Filed under Wellington
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 [...]
How yoga supercedes the need for political correctness
November 24, 2009 by Kara-Leah Grant
Filed under Hot topics, Musings from the Mat
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, [...]
The path to true abundance lies within
November 20, 2009 by Kara-Leah Grant
Filed under Musings from the Mat
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 [...]
Mount Maunganui Yoga Teacher: Ross Howatson
November 18, 2009 by Kara-Leah Grant
Filed under Mount Maunganui
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 [...]
Nelson Hot Yoga Teacher: Dana Morgan
November 12, 2009 by Kara-Leah Grant
Filed under Nelson
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 [...]
How much is a yoga class worth to you? Part II
November 10, 2009 by Kara-Leah Grant
Filed under Hot topics, Marketing Yoga
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 [...]
Wellington Yoga Teacher: Roger Livingstone
November 4, 2009 by Kara-Leah Grant
Filed under Wellington
Ah Roger, Roger, Roger. A teacher who makes it difficult for students to find him. A man with previous lives in dance and theatre. Someone I am dearly looking forward to doing a class with. Roger grew up by the beach in Seatoun. States that his teenage and early adulthood was stressful – low-grade family [...]



