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 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 [...]

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 [...]

An interview with Anusara Yoga Teacher Noah Maze

Noah Mazé is celebrated in the yoga community as one of the most advanced and proficient practitioners and teachers of Anusara Yoga, and he’s coming to New Zealand in September to deliver a weekend workshop called Heroes and Heroines: Stories and Practices of Yoga. The Yoga Lunchbox caught up with Noah in the middle of [...]

Equaniminity and the dying mouse

by guest author Alys Titchener, author of blog Squashed Mosquito. Below is a story I wrote about being open. Why? Because I found that when I shared this story at a meditation workshop earlier this year, there was a lot of empathy for the situation. And a real life story can start to build up a [...]

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