Dunedin Yoga Teacher: Emma Furness

Dunedin Yoga Teacher Emma Furness

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...]

Dunedin Yoga Teacher: Jude Mahood

Dunedin Yoga Teacher Jude Mahood

Jude is originally from Canada but for a long time has called New Zealand home. She has always had an interest in health and is a Registered Nurse, Registered Nutritionist and a yoga teacher in Dunedin. Originally, Jude got into nursing not for benevolent reasons, but because she wanted to travel. Those travels gave her many opportunities to try yoga. Over the years her interest shifted from “acute” nursing into a health promotion/disease prevention focus. This passion led her to a … [Read more...]

Christchurch Anusara Yoga Teacher: Katie Lane

Anusara Teacher Katie Lane

I'm delighted to introduce our first Christchurch yogi, and our first Anusara teacher. Anusara means “flowing with Grace,” “flowing with Nature,” and “following your heart", and it was founded by John Friend in 1997. It's a style of hatha yoga with an uplifting philosophy, epitomized by a "celebration of the heart," that looks for the good in all people and all things. That goodness and that delight shines forth clearly in Katie's answer to the questions below. She may be … [Read more...]

Nelson Hot Yoga Teacher: Dana Morgan

Nelson Hot Yoga Teacher Dana Morgan

Our profiles of Hot Yoga teachers continues with Dana from Nelson. It's so wonderful that these two Hot Yoga studios, Nelson and Wellington, have got behind Prana Flow Yoga and taken the time to fill in the yoga teacher profiles. (Thank you Claire!) There is such delight in getting to know all these teachers, their different passions and journeys, through their profiles. As you may have guessed from her photo, Dana's other passion is coffee - you can find her at the market in Nelson … [Read more...]

Queenstown Yoga Studio Owner & Teacher: Peggy Preston

Queenstown Yoga Teacher Peggy Preston

Peggy Preston is owner of not just one, but two yoga studios - she's one busy woman. Dedicated to the healing power of Bikram yoga, she's also passionate about the benefits of Hatha yoga. Not willing to compromise on what she taught and what she offered her students, Peggy managed to open both studios, side-by-side in Queenstown, within 18 months of each other. It's testament to her passion and zest for both yoga and life. She simply loves yoga, and wants as many people to be able to … [Read more...]

Nelson Yoga Teacher: Chaitanya Deva, Hot Yoga

Deva

There is something so exuberant about Chaitanya's profile photo that it makes me want to take a special trip down to Nelson's Hot Yoga studio just to take one of his yoga classes. That and to quizz him on the special technique he learned in order to be able to go from touching his shins to touching his toes within two weeks. Chaitanya is just one of the many yoga instructors employed by Hot Yoga in their Wellington and Nelson studios, and over the coming months, The Yoga Lunchbox will be … [Read more...]