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 [...]

Confessions of a shiny new yoga teacher

by guest author Seka Ojdrovic-Phillips. Seka reflects on teaching her first yoga class. You can catch one of her Yoga Sangha classes at Yoga Unlimited in Wellington. Plus you can check out Seka’s writing website and blog here. I never planned on this happening but, in the immortal lyrics of John Lennon: Life is what [...]

How a non-certified yoga teacher with no guru ended up teaching (and should she be?)

This is a question I have contemplated many times since teaching was first thrust upon me. And it’s also one this website has explored extensively in recent weeks. After reading all of the responses from other teachers, I began to wonder… how on earth can I call myself a yoga teacher? I have no qualifications. [...]

How do I go about becoming a yoga teacher? Part V

This is the fifth article in a series which has examined what it takes to become a yoga teacher. This installment is from Melissa Billington, who owns MYOGA in Wellington. Melissa writes: Teaching yoga is a product, or a flowing over, of who you are. Yet Ekhart Tolle writes; If you can be absolutely comfortable [...]

Recommended Meditation Teacher Training online course

Years ago, when I was first getting into teaching yoga through a series of happenstance and opportunity, I spent ages searching the internet for online courses I could do that would give me a thorough grounding in yoga. I had my practice, daily and consistent, but I wanted to up-skill as much as possible for [...]

An interview with James Bryan on Knoff Yoga Teacher Training

Nicky Knoff and James Bryan If you’re interested in yoga teacher training, and looking for New Zealand-based training, one of your options is Knoff Yoga Teacher Training. While the Knoff Yoga School is based in Cairns, Australia, they travel to hold their month-long immersion teacher training courses. The next intake of students in the Wellington-based [...]

How do I go about becoming a yoga teacher? Part IV

This is the fourth article in a series which has examined what it takes to become a yoga teacher. And who wouldn’t want to be a yoga teacher? You get to do yoga all day long, swanning around the world attending workshops and teacher trainings is part of your job, and you’re blissed out all [...]

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