Marianne Elliott dishes up the goss on why Wellington’s Prana Flow classes have morphed into Yoga Sangha

As the recent article on Gaura Yoga Bhakti Centre’s new Thursday night Vinyasa & Kirtan yoga class showed, there’s more than one way to teach yoga. Also in Wellington, Marianne Elliott is spearheading a series of yoga classes at Yoga Unlimited called Yoga Sangha. These classes are delivered by seva – that is, they have [...]

An interview with Donna Farhi

I first discovered Donna Farhi in my local library in Queenstown. Her book Yoga Mind, Body and Spirit: A Return to Wholeness was liberating, informative and challenging. She taught not asana by asana, this body part in that body place, but through universal principles that underlay every asana. It was a watershed moment in my [...]

How teachers and studios can infuse their businesses with yogic principles

As yoga infiltrates the western world more and more- with yoga studios popping up in every town and yoga teachers plying their services everywhere from gyms to businesses to schools to community halls – there is a huge opportunity for all teachers to embody the principles of yoga within the business world. Perhaps the biggest [...]

Yoga-In-Action Groups: Small Circles of Change

Announcing first Yoga in Action group in Wellington, New Zealand. These groups are an opportunity to build community around yoga and service, develop relationships with other yogis and activists in your area and collaborate on creating real change.

How yoga helped me find my fortune in the big city

Two years ago my partner and I left Arrowtown to seek our fortunes in the big city. I’d been following my twin passions of writing and yoga as a freelancer in Queenstown, but was struggling financially in a big way. Everything I tried to do, I came up against brick walls- left, right and centre. [...]

Five things I learned in 2009 from my yoga and meditation practice

What a year! Getting pregnant. Completing the renovations on our home. Selling it privately. Making the heart-breaking decision to leave my partner at 7 months pregnant… … only to witness a miracle of transformation that brought us back together in the most incredible space. And of course teaching yoga, sharing yoga, practicing yoga, learning yoga, [...]

Why sangha (spiritual community) is the most precious thing on your path

In Buddhist practice, the three jewels of life – or the three refugees – are what you turn to for support, for guidance, and for friendship. These are: The Buddha nature – the ideal or highest spiritual potential that exists within all beings. The Dharma – the teachings of Buddha, or the path one walks [...]

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