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Wellington Yoga Teacher Profile: Scott Milham

February 28, 2011 By 5 Comments
Wellington Yoga Teacher Scott Milham

Scott Milham has practised yoga for 20 years and been a teacher for 11 of them. Prior to bcomeing a fulltime yoga teacher he was a professional dancer for over a decade working with such companies as the Hong Kong Ballet, Sydney Dance Company, Footnote Dance Company. Over the years, Scott has trained with T.K.V. Desikachar, Sean Corne, Saul David Raye and Erich Schiffmann. He has also assisted Erich Schiffmann with his annual teacher training in 2009 at Exhale Sacred Movement yoga studio … [Read more...]

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Why practicing ‘Freedom Yoga’ can work wonders for your practice

May 18, 2009 By 4 Comments
Yoga teacher and author Bruce Foley

by guest author and Wellington Yoga Teacher Bruce Foley The term 'Freedom Yoga' has a very nice ring to it.  I immediately attach the emotion 'Joy' to the idea of 'Freedom'.  Other associated words that come to mind are 'liberation' and 'self-determination'. That last word leads us towards another more weighty word which is 'responsibility'. Almost verbatim, Erich Schiffman describes Freedom Yoga as: Not deciding in advance what you are going to do, but instead listening inwardly, and … [Read more...]

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Wellington Yoga Teacher: Bruce Foley

May 13, 2009 By 4 Comments
Wellington Yoga Teacher Bruce Foley

One aspect of running this site I'm really enjoying is the people I'm meeting along the way - people like Bruce Foley. He appeared a few weeks ago and began leaving thoughtful, in-depth and at times controversial comments on various articles. Here was a man who was passionate about and committed to yoga - and it turns out he lives and teaches in Wellington. I have yet to make it to one of his classes, but am looking forward to going along and experiencing the way he teaches. From the … [Read more...]

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