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

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 [...]

Gaura Yoga Bhakti Centre introduces a vinyasa flow class with musicians 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 [...]

Twee Merrigan teaches an on-line Prana Flow Yoga Class

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 [...]

Workshop: How to awaken the flow of Prana and build your home practice

You’ve been regularly going to yoga classes for awhile now, maybe even my Prana Flow Yoga classes at Pump Dance Studios. You love how you feel after class, and you’re thinking you’d like to start practicing some yoga at home, but where to start? Never fear – it’s far easier than you think to start [...]

The joys of introducing yoga to children

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 [...]

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

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.)