Auckland Yoga Teacher Barbara Coley
August 23, 2010 by Kara-Leah Grant
Filed under Auckland
Once a financial controller, now owner of a yoga studio, Barbara Coley makes time in her life to visit India as often as she can to continue her studies with A.G. and Indra Mohan, both of whom were long-time personal students of Krishnamacharya. While she never dreamed that she would ever open a yoga studio, [...]
Auckland Yoga Teacher: Maree Martin
August 16, 2010 by Kara-Leah Grant
Filed under Auckland
Like many natural-born Kiwis, Maree’s lived all over the world including Sydney and London. She now calls Auckland home, and has stayed put for the last four years. Once upon a time she was a fashion designer, but eventually decided to swap the hectic pace for something more rewarding both to herself and others. Yoga was [...]
Christchurch Yoga Teacher: Pavitra of Yoga for You
July 19, 2010 by Kara-Leah Grant
Filed under Christchurch
It’s been a few weeks since The Yoga Lunchbox featured a yoga teacher from around the country, and it is my great delight to introduce you to Pavitra. Born in Germany, she discovered yoga through books at the age of 17. Already burning with a strong desire to know more about the mysteries of life, [...]
Christchurch Yoga Teacher: Kris Woods
June 9, 2010 by Kara-Leah Grant
Filed under Christchurch
Kris didn’t even like yoga when she first started going to class, yet she stuck with it and says now that yoga has completely changed her world. She teaches using a step-by-step progression method, adjusting techniques for the body proportions and abilities of each student and says her teaching style emphasizes positive communication with constructive [...]
Taupo Yoga Teacher: Fiona Links
June 2, 2010 by Kara-Leah Grant
Filed under Taupo
Australian-born Fiona Links fell in love with a kiwi (that’s him there in the photo with her) and as a result has ended up living and teaching in Taupo. Earlier this year, she and her partner Andrew spent an awesome two months living in Mysore, India, studying at the Astanga Yoga Research Institute with Sharath [...]
Dunedin Yoga Teacher: Rachel Dalley
May 19, 2010 by Kara-Leah Grant
Filed under Dunedin
It’s been great moving down to Dunedin because I’ve had the opportunity to meet a whole new crew of yoga teachers. Rachel is one of those teachers. She first got interested in yoga at the young age of 14 years, but didn’t feel comfortable in her first class so it was many years before she [...]
Dunedin Yoga Teacher: Emma Furness
May 5, 2010 by Kara-Leah Grant
Filed under Dunedin
Emma’s one excited yoga teacher – she’s just bought the Dunedin Yoga Studio in Moray Place and will be taking over in early June. She’s been teaching yoga for about five years and used to teach scuba diving before that. A writer with several short stories and one poem published in literary magazines, Emma recently [...]



