An interview with Vyayam Yoga teacher Yogitaratna on an up-coming Auckland workshop

Oh I LOVE the sound of this form of yoga – it’s history, it’s execution, it’s purpose… Originally the main training for warriors, Vyayam was prohibited from being practiced or taught for many years. You know something’s got power when the powers-that-be don’t want you doing it! Now Kiwis are super-fortunate to have Yogitaratna Chaitanya [...]

An interview with Barbara Coley on Svastha Yoga Teacher Training

T. Krishnamacharya is likely the man who’s had the biggest influence on the explosion of yoga in modern times. Born in 1888, he was by all accounts a legend. A Yoga Journal article written in 2001 by Fernando Pages Ruiz summed up Krishnamacharya’s immense contribution to yoga by saying: You may have never have heard [...]

An interview with Kausthub Desikachar, son of TKV Desikachar, grandson of Krishnamacharya

If you live in or close to Wellington, and are a serious student of yoga, there’s a seminar coming up that you won’t want to miss. Kausthub Desikachar, son and student of TKV Desikachar,  grandson of the great Yogi, T. Krishnamacharya is coming to Wellington to deliver the fourth in a series of in-depth seminars [...]

Taking yoga off the mat, into the world

by guest author Marianne Elliot My path to yoga came via a decade as a human rights advocate, an activist and a humanitarian worker. Amongst other things, I needed to learn the lessons of yoga in order to make my activism more compassionate and sustainable. These days I see no separation between my yoga and [...]

What if yoga is like religion?

by guest author Melissa Billington, from MYOGA For years I’ve seen the fear people have around Yoga, some claiming it’s a cult or a religion and refusing to take part because they would be seen by the upholders of their own religion as hypocritical or blasphemous.  Many yoga styles and schools are based in a [...]

Global Mala NZ 2010: You CAN do 108 sun salutations

Winter can be a dreary time down here in Dunedin – cold, wet, miserable, overcast, closed in… although to be fair, there seems to have been a decent amount of sun this year. But still, by about mid-August, the city is seriously yearning for the return of summer. Bring on long, almost-hot, clear sky, blue [...]

Yoga in Prisons Trust charity recipient for Global Mala NZ 2010

It’s been a power-packed day and a half in Wellington, catching up with friends – all of whom happen to be part of the local yoga community. There’s so much wisdom and presence out there, and just sitting down to spend time with heart-open, grounded, clear-sighted people is inspirational. In between coffees and teas and [...]

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