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Marianne Elliott dishes up the goss on why Wellington’s Prana Flow classes have morphed into Yoga Sangha

July 16, 2010 By 3 Comments
Marianne Elliott, Yoga Sangha teacher

As the recent article on Gaura Yoga Bhakti Centre's new Thursday night Vinyasa & Kirtan yoga class showed, there's more than one way to teach yoga. Also in Wellington, Marianne Elliott is spearheading a series of yoga classes at Yoga Unlimited called Yoga Sangha. These classes are delivered by seva - that is, they have no set price and students decide what they'd like to offer in exchange for attending class. The Yoga Lunchbox caught up with Marianne to find out more about Yoga Sangha, … [Read more...]

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Gaura Yoga Bhakti Centre introduces a vinyasa flow class with musicians and kirtan

June 21, 2010 By 4 Comments
Live music accompanies the vinyasa flow and kirtan

If you've been reading The Yoga Lunchbox for awhile, you'll know that I'm a huge fan of Kirtan, or call and response chanting. Kirtan is a practice of the Bhakti Yoga path, the path of devotion, and as a heart opening practice it's awesome for challenges we face in the 21st century. We all need to be doing it! So I was super excited when I heard from Gaura Yoga Bhakti Centre in Wellington that they're introduced a regular Thursday night vinyasa class that adds in music and kirtan. What an … [Read more...]

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Twee Merrigan teaches an on-line Prana Flow Yoga Class

August 2, 2009 By Leave a Comment

I was delighted to receive Twee Merrigan's latest newsletter as it included a link to a recently-posted twenty minute on-line Prana Flow Yoga class. Yeah! It's so exciting to be able to watch Twee, and get some inspiration for my home practice, and for the classes I'm teaching. It's the first time I've seen Twee do a class without music, but it's still an inspiring practice. So check it out, do it at home, and pass it along. Twee Merrigan delivering Prana Flow Yoga on-line. … [Read more...]

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The joys of introducing yoga to children

April 21, 2009 By 3 Comments
Kids love yoga!

Theresa is a former primary school teacher and now an office manager and yoga teacher at Wellington's Hot Yoga Studio. She is teaching kids' yoga classes there starting Wednesday April 22nd. See the bottom of the article for more details. By guest author Theresa Bowen Kids love movement and love exploring the potential of their bodies.  It is so much fun to offer them different options for doing so and watch them delight in the outcome. … [Read more...]

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Prana Flow Yoga launches classes where students decide how much to pay

February 6, 2009 By 4 Comments
The Goddess of Spiritual and Material Wealth, Lakshmi

Lakshmi, the goddess of material and spiritual wealth, of generousity, purity, beauty, grace, charm and fertility stares down at me as I write this post. She looks content, perched upon a lotus flower, dribbling coins in one hand and holding a beautiful urn in the other. (Two other hands wave lotus flowers.) … [Read more...]

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