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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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An apology to the Ashtanga community

February 13, 2011 By 8 Comments
Apologising to the Ashtanga Community

Yep - I messed up. My recent article Why I may never take another yoga class was intended to articulate a view that it doesn't matter what kind of yoga we practice, only that it is the right kind of yoga for us. Instead, because I was unclear, and less than skillful in my use of metaphors, many people have felt that I was dissing Ashtanga as a practice. In the article, I used my recent experiences in yoga classes to demonstrate that doing a particular practice when it's no longer right … [Read more...]

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What I love about Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga

February 11, 2011 By 6 Comments
Ashtanga practitioner Nick Potter

by guest author Nick Potter Nick Potter is a 'renew-ability practitioner' and writer on Re-Be. His passion for yoga gels well with his interests in positive personal, social and environmental change. He’s practiced Ashtanga yoga regularly since 2005. He's also part of the Off the Mat, Into the World NZ & Australia leadership team. Last week’s article on Why I may never take another yoga class generated some lively discussion. Some people also felt it was critical of … [Read more...]

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Whangarei Yoga Teacher: Amy Bankoff

February 4, 2011 By 6 Comments
Whangarei Yoga Teacher Amy Bankoff

As a wife and mother of two small children, Amy has made yoga an essential part of her family. After owning and managing a natural health clinic for five years, Amy returned to studying yoga and being a full-time mother in 2010. She passionately believes that yoga is and has been a positive, powerful, transformative factor in her Life, one that effortlessly leads to deep peace, acceptance and love. Amy’s interest in yoga as a personal, therapeutic practice has led her to work in Yoga … [Read more...]

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Why I may never take another yoga class ever again

February 2, 2011 By 20 Comments
Tara Stiles - not real yoga?

There's a lot of debate going on in American yoga circles right now about what is yoga and what is not yoga. Elephant Journal is full of it, even the New York Times has got in on the act. I'm no yoga scholar, and I know there's various yogic texts which one can refer back to that expound on exactly what yoga is and isn't. Patanjali is oft-quoted, although he's not the only guy that wrote about yoga back in the day. His take on it is simply that yoga is: the cessation of the … [Read more...]

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Wellington Yoga Teacher: Jenifer Parker

December 17, 2010 By 2 Comments
Wellington Yoga Teacher Jenifer Parker

Born in California, and born to travel - that's Jenifer Parker. And you can blame Lord of the Rings for her and her husband's interest in New Zealand - Ryan was obsessed by the movie series so a trip to New Zealand was deemed imminent. As a result, in 2007, Jenifer answered an advertisement online to come and guest teach at a studio in Nelson. She loved NZ from the beginning, and in particular fell in love with Wellington, but unfortunately that trip was only for a short time. It was just … [Read more...]

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