Fresh and juicy conversations on making yoga a part of your daily life
Carmen is both a mother and a studio owner, currently creating an Ayurvedic and Yoga space called Sadhana Yoga & Ayurveda in serene Lake Hawea, just ten minutes from Wanaka. She's offering Ayurvedic consultancy, luxurious therapies and yoga. Carmen says it's 'a comfortable, relaxing, safe space with a strong focus in facilitating a deeper awareness through the knowledge of daily routines, diet, seasons, herbs and other such practices into daily life, that assist with … [Read more...]
There's so much in Lisa's story for women of our generation to relate to. Growing up in the '60s & '70s, we were taught that we could 'have it all' and 'do it all' but real life is so different. Problem is, unlearning all those messages and finding contentment in being is a hard road to walk. Luckily, we've got yoga to hold our hand. Lisa's an IYTA trained teacher now teaching at the Dunedin Yoga Studio, where she likes to make sure that her students know fitting yoga into daily life … [Read more...]
Scattered throughout small towns in New Zealand are people who've discovered yoga somewhere along the journey of their life and now teach it in that place they've ended up. Bron Poole is just of those teachers. She found yoga in Japan, and has been grateful ever since. Not just a yoga teacher, she also does Reiki and energy balancing, working with the chakras. It's work that her yoga informs, and her yoga practice and teaching informs her healing work. She's excited about her new … [Read more...]
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, Pavitra didn't let the lack of a real-life teacher stop her from starting her yoga journey. Now living and teaching in Christchurch, New Zealand, Pavitra - a Satyananda Yoga teacher who studied … [Read more...]
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 encouragement. To me, she sounds like the kind of teacher you want to seek out if you've ever had a bad experience with yoga that put you … [Read more...]
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 spent four months sailing up the East Coast of NZ with her six-year old son. Her practice helped her overcome post-natal depression, and now informs the way she lives her … [Read more...]
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