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Wellington Yoga Teacher Profile: Scott Milham

February 28, 2011 By 5 Comments
Wellington Yoga Teacher Scott Milham

Scott Milham has practised yoga for 20 years and been a teacher for 11 of them. Prior to bcomeing a fulltime yoga teacher he was a professional dancer for over a decade working with such companies as the Hong Kong Ballet, Sydney Dance Company, Footnote Dance Company. Over the years, Scott has trained with T.K.V. Desikachar, Sean Corne, Saul David Raye and Erich Schiffmann. He has also assisted Erich Schiffmann with his annual teacher training in 2009 at Exhale Sacred Movement yoga studio … [Read more...]

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Rolling with Gangaji and how she scuttled my boat Part 1

February 27, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Gangaji

You know, I’m often tempted to start many of the article I write with marveling at how synchronistic our world is. How missing out on one event meant that I turned up to another. How I ended up at the right place at the right time. So forgive me for overstating it right up front, but isn’t life’s timing perfect! In this instance, I am referring to Gangaji’s visit to Australasia late last year. Timing had it that I missed out on her New Zealand visit, something I really wanted … [Read more...]

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Don’t look at my ass in asana

February 25, 2011 By 33 Comments
Jessica demonstrating Uttanasana

There are times I fully embrace and enjoy in the relatively hype-free existence of yoga in New Zealand. Coming from Seattle - granola metropolis, yoga studio a stone’s throw in any direction - the lack of flash, and preoccupation with being seen as a yoga practitioner is a relief. How can I worry if I’m wearing the wrong brand name practice pants when there are no brand name practice pants to be bought? In comparison, the American online community - primed by yoga ‘rebels’, … [Read more...]

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What I’m doing in the aftermath of the Christchurch earthquake

February 23, 2011 By 16 Comments
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I'm resisting the urge to head over to Stuff.co.nz right now and watch all the footage of the earthquake in Christchurch. I did earlier, and it was overwhelming. Emotions coursed through my body as visceral as if I was there - which I was energetically. Watching people in distress on camera is just the same as being in the same room as them from an energetic perpective - at least it is when your heart is open. As I watched, and felt the emotions well up inside, I asked myself: Why am I … [Read more...]

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How I finally kicked my co-dependent relationship to the kerb

February 21, 2011 By 19 Comments
Strong & independent or insecure & needy?

Who'd've thought? Strong, independent, courageous Moi was stuck in a co-dependent relationship. Yep, me neither. Despite getting wind of this fact about halfway through our 3 year or so relationship, it took me another 18 months to break the pattern. Which in the end meant breaking off the relationship. This relationship had been increasingly volatile ever since I got back from Prana Flow yoga teacher training in LA. I'd made a commitment to myself on the return plane flight that I … [Read more...]

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Taupo Yoga Teacher: Anandi Greene

February 19, 2011 By 3 Comments
Taupo Yoga Teacher Anandi Greene

Anandi spent around three years in India during her twenties, which led to her first ever Yoga class. It was an Iyengar class and she was hooked immediately! She did her first teacher training in Pune and went on to help her teacher open a new school just off the beach in Candolim, Goa, something she says was a very magical time. After Goa, Anandi travelled to Thailand and taught Yoga at the Healing Child Oasis resort in Mai Nam, Koh Samui. This was a centre for healing and fasting with … [Read more...]

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