Gaura Yoga Bhakti Centre introduces a vinyasa flow class with musicians and kirtan

If you’ve been reading The Yoga Lunchbox for awhile, you’ll know that I’m a huge fan of Kirtan, or call and response chanting. Kirtan is a practice of the Bhakti Yoga path, the path of devotion, and as a heart opening practice it’s awesome for challenges we face in the 21st century. We all need [...]

Music as a spiritual tool

by guest author Premratna (Sarah Spence) Over the last few years I have started to see the difference between the different levels that music can take me to. After the hip hop, pop and theatre music of my teens and early adult years, I was relieved and excited to find a world of fun upbeat [...]

Why kirtan is one of the most powerful yoga practices you’ll ever do

I want to let you in on a secret. Ok, it’s not really a secret, because I’m telling you right? But until I actually experienced this for myself I had absolutely no idea of how powerful this particular yoga practice is. It is the most powerful practice I have done. Ever.

Bhakti Yoga & Kirtan – it’s how yogis get high

The mission of this website its to get everybody in New Zealand doing yoga – but it’s really important to remember that yoga is not just about the physical postures called asana. One of the lesser known and yet perhaps most powerful forms of yoga is Bhakti Yoga. This is the yoga of devotion, and [...]

Wellington Satyananda Yoga Teacher: Tyag Fenton

It is my pleasure to introduce the second of my profiles of Wellington Yoga Teachers. I found Tyag and his Satyananda classes through a retreat I booked for, but was unable to attend. It was enough to get me on his mailing list though, and when I saw a Bhakti Yoga night advertised in my [...]