Nadine Fawell shares why Yoga is her chosen faith

A statue of Ganesh in Bali

by guest author Nadine Fawell, a Melbourne-based yoga teacher, blogger, and author of the yogAttitude cards. She is most interested in yoga's power to heal body, mind, and spirit. I’ve just come back from leading a yoga retreat in Bali. I got on the airplane feeling anxious, for all sorts of reasons: I was about to shoot my first yoga DVD: strong*stretched*serene (which put me so far out of my comfort zone, I couldn’t even see the horizon), I didn’t know whether the hotel would take … [Read more...]

Auckland Yoga Teacher: Maree Martin

Auckland Yoga Teacher Maree Martin

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...]