Auckland Yoga Teacher: Katy Carter

It’s such a pleasure to introduce our first Auckland yoga teacher, Katy Carter.
Not only does she teach yoga, but she also works for a New Zealand yoga clothing company, We’ar Yoga Cothing.
I’ve yet to buy anything from the range – mainly due to being pregnant – but have spent time browsing the We’ar online store, [...]

Wellington Yoga Teacher: Megan Collier

Want arms like Megan Collier?
Then you need to get start get to one of her Astanga classes. She’s another of Wellington’s passionate yoga teachers, fitting in her teaching around a busy life of work, family and friends.
But Megan still finds time to dedicate to her own astanga practice, proving that no matter how busy one [...]

How yoga has the power to transform and release avidya (self-ignorance)

My first experience with the power of avidya came about twenty minutes into my third ashtanga yoga class. Or maybe my second. The exact number is not important, just that I was a broke backpacker partway through a pre-paid ten week yoga course.
The teacher, a long, lanky woman in her early forties, brought us into [...]

Havelock North Yoga Teacher: Doris Blum

One of the many blessings of creating The Yoga Lunchbox is opening my inbox to find teacher profiles like the following picture and profile from Doris Blum.
What a sensation photo! It’s not of an asana, but captures so much of the spirit of yoga – the connection between earth and sky, the connection between us [...]

Wellington Yoga Teacher Profile: Mike Berghan of Te Aro Astanga

There is a grace and purity that flows in the practice of astanga. A never-changing series of postures combining pranayama and bandha throughout, astanga is strong, fluid and powerful. It encourages those qualities not just in the body, but also in the mind.
Astanga is the path of Sri K. Pattabhi Jois of Mysore, India. When [...]