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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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Wellington Yoga Teacher: Jenifer Parker

December 17, 2010 by 2 Comments
Wellington Yoga Teacher Jenifer Parker

Born in California, and born to travel - that's Jenifer Parker. And you can blame Lord of the Rings for her and her husband's interest in New Zealand - Ryan was obsessed by the movie series so a trip to New Zealand was deemed imminent. As a result, in 2007, Jenifer answered an advertisement online to come and guest teach at a studio in Nelson. She loved NZ from the beginning, and in particular fell in love with Wellington, but unfortunately that trip was only for a short time. It was just … [Read more...]

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Wellington Yoga Teacher: Adhyatma of Satyananda

November 9, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Satyananda Yoga Teacher Adhyatma of Srinivasa

It was a long time between The Yoga Lunchbox asking Adhyatma to do a yoga teacher profile, and her finally sending in her answers. In between came Global Mala, which raised money for one of Adhyatma's passions, the Yoga in Prisons Trust. She's on the board of directors, and has taught in prisons too, writing about her experience in Broken Warriors - reaching out to prisoners with yoga. There's no doubt she's doing great work here in Wellington, and it's so lovely to finally be able to get … [Read more...]

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Wellington Yoga Teacher: Greg Colson

April 21, 2010 by 5 Comments
Wellington Yoga Teacher Greg Colson

He's just brought his family to New Zealand from the UK - a home-coming for the Kiwi-born Greg, but a big adventure for his English wife and son. Like many people, a bad back got Greg into yoga and the impact it had on his mind and emotions got him hooked. The former self-professed tech geek is now a Sivananda-trained teacher. You can catch his classes in Seatoun every Saturday morning. … [Read more...]

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Wellington Astanga Yoga Teacher: Kiri Sutherland

March 24, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Wellington Yoga Teacher Kiri Sutherland

Astanga is one of the most physically demanding yoga styles, which is why that photo of Kiri displaying such grace and ease in the midst of challenge is so beautiful. She's demonstrating the mix of hard and soft, strong and flexible that epitomizes yoga. Like many yoga teachers, Kiri first began yoga to help with physical issues, which lead to a daily practice. It's that commitment to daily practice that really helps the benefits of yoga to unfold, and is the beginning of the … [Read more...]

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Wellington Yoga Teacher: Melissa Billington of MYOGA

February 22, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Wellington Yoga Teacher Melissa Billington

Born and bred in the United States, Melissa now calls New Zealand her home. You may have caught her on TV One's Good Morning Show, distilling her wealth of yoga knowledge and understanding down into a five minute snippet digestible and accessible to the daytime TV audience. It's something that takes considerable skill, but Melissa was brought up immersed in yoga and spiritual practice. She's used to translating traditional practices for a contemporary world - without losing the … [Read more...]

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