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An interview with Donna Farhi

May 31, 2010 by 3 Comments
Donna Farhi

I first discovered Donna Farhi in my local library in Queenstown. Her book Yoga Mind, Body and Spirit: A Return to Wholeness was liberating, informative and challenging. She taught not asana by asana, this body part in that body place, but through universal principles that underlay every asana. It was a watershed moment in my Yoga journey as my home practice had begun to diverge from anything resembling a standard hatha class. With Donna's book within easy reach, I felt able to honour the … [Read more...]

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How yoga has helped me… with Sarcoidosis

May 30, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Yoga has helped Danelle Wilson with sarcoidosis

This is the fifth post in a series of yoga stories from readers. Tell us how yoga changed your life and go in the draw to win a yoga prize package. Submitted by Danelle Wilson of Pennsylvania, USA I have been living with Sarcoidosis for three years. It has caused scarring on my lungs and prior to practicing Baptiste Power Vinyasa Yoga, I only had 40% lung capacity. At first my practice was very difficult. I could not breathe or focus on my asanas. It has been just a little over … [Read more...]

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An interview with Rishi Nityabodhananda

May 29, 2010 by Leave a Comment

This is the second interview with two of the most senior Satyananda teachers touring New Zealand this June to deliver workshops on various yoga topics including Ajna Chakra, Yoga & Art and Kriya Yoga. You can read yesterday's article here: An interview with Rishi Yoga Diwali Today's interview is with Rishi Nityabodhananda. He is a Yogacharya (Master of yoga), a versatile teacher with decades of experience, and he has just written a book called Ajna Chakra (available from Anahata … [Read more...]

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An interview with Rishi Yoga Diwali

May 28, 2010 by Leave a Comment
the Rishis

This month two of the most senior Satyananda teachers are coming to New Zealand to deliver workshops on various yoga topics including Ajna Chakra, Yoga & Art and Kriya Yoga. Rishis Nityabodhananda and Yoga Diwali Saraswati are an internationally acclaimed couple, dedicated to practicing and sharing yoga and meditation. They have also raised a family thus sprinkling their teachings with plenty of life experience. The Yoga Lunchbox has been fortunate enough to interview both Rishis - … [Read more...]

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An interview with Anusara Yoga teacher Katie Lane

May 26, 2010 by Leave a Comment

It's a style of yoga nobody knows too much about in New Zealand, but Christchurch Anusara teacher Katie Lane is doing her best to change that. She's just taught an Anusara Workshop in Wellington, and she's coming to Dunedin in June to share her knowledge of Anusara in a two-day workshop hosted by Jude Mahood at Suburban Yoga. (See workshop details at the end of this interview.) The Yoga Lunchbox caught up with Katie fresh from a Bali yoga retreat with the founder of Anusara, John Friend. … [Read more...]

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Will you still be doing yoga at 90?

May 24, 2010 by 1 Comment
What's hip in the world of yoga?

by guest author Emma Furness, owner of the Dunedin Yoga Studio I recently attended the Yoga Aotearoa IYTA convention in Auckland.  This was a wonderful opportunity to connect into a wider yoga community – a community that included teachers that had been teaching and practicing yoga for more years than I had been alive. In my practice I often run into my own expectations of what my practice ‘should’ bring me: health, longevity, enlightenment, great body.  None of these is … [Read more...]

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