Is the Bikram series a victim of yoga snobbery?

There’s a subtle judgment that I’ve perceived in the world of yoga against Bikram Yoga. Now maybe it’s just me, my filter, my bias, what I think I’m seeing… but amongst yogis there’s this idea that Bikram is not real yoga. Or not good yoga. Or not good for you. Or something. (See the conversation [...]

Mount Maunganui Yoga Teacher: Ross Howatson

After number of years overseas teaching at a variety of places, including Pure Yoga in Asia, Ross has returned to New Zealand to spread the yoga joy here. He opened the first Bikram studios in Auckland and the Mount and is back teaching at the Mount Yoga Studio – for now anyway. While overseas, Ross [...]

Queenstown Yoga Studio Owner & 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 [...]

Why the Government needs to make Bikram yoga compulsory

There is one simple action that the Government could take which would slash hospital waiting lists. It would turn us from a nation of porkies into a nation of bendies. Plus it would seriously put a dent in the increasing number of us who are living with mental illness at some stage in our lives. [...]

Dunedin Bikram Yoga Teacher: Donna Wikio

Donna has spent the last while living in Queenstown with her two children, and working at the Queenstown Bikram Studio. But small business beckoned, so she’s headed over to Dunedin to open up her open Dunedin Bikram Yoga Studio – something that the yogis of Dunedin will no doubt be very excited about. The studio [...]

Wellington Bikram Yoga Teacher: Anika Speedy

Of all the styles of yoga one can practice, few are as controversial, or as demanding as Bikram Yoga. Created by Bikram Choudhury on the guidance of his guru, Bishnu Charan Ghosh, Bikram is specifically designed to heal the Western body. In fact, Bikram spent a few years in a Japanese Hospital working with doctors [...]