Fresh and juicy conversations on making yoga a part of your daily life
Peter Macdonald of More Yoga is a Horowhenua-based certified organic farmer and Yoga teacher. He's shared his life for the last 30 years with his partner Rose Boyle, an example of commitment and union if there ever was one. Peter says he's in his ‘third or fourth career’ life. He first trained as a research biochemist; specialising in protein chemistry and how human immune responses are regulated. Then he was posted overseas as a Trade Commissioner, helping exporters find new … [Read more...]
It was a long time between The Yoga Lunchbox asking Adhyatma to do a yoga teacher profile, and her finally sending in her answers. In between came Global Mala, which raised money for one of Adhyatma's passions, the Yoga in Prisons Trust. She's on the board of directors, and has taught in prisons too, writing about her experience in Broken Warriors - reaching out to prisoners with yoga. There's no doubt she's doing great work here in Wellington, and it's so lovely to finally be able to get … [Read more...]
Yogita's passion for yoga leaps off the page in this teacher profile. She is the only yoga teacher in the country teaching Vyayam Yoga, which is a moving style of yoga that formed the foundation for many martial arts. Her yoga teacher training was thorough, as she spent five years of studying at the Traditional Vyayam School in the Moorish city of Granada, Spain with Shrî Swami Shankaratilakânanda. There she learned about all aspects of yoga, and was particularly impressed by the way in … [Read more...]
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, earlier this year she even hosted the Mohans here in New Zealand for a Yoga Sutras seminar. Barbara's hoping to bring them out again in 2011. Her personal interest is yoga psychology, … [Read more...]
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 six 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 a therapeutic force in her life, so she's made this her focus in teaching others. She wants to see yoga make a positive difference in people's lives and and is also … [Read more...]
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 Jois. Extra studies also included Sanskrit chanting and Yogic philosophy and meditation with Dr M. A. Jayashree and Professor Narasimha, and Yoga anatomy/physiology with Noah … [Read more...]
