Confessions of a shiny new yoga teacher

by guest author Seka Ojdrovic-Phillips. Seka reflects on teaching her first yoga class. You can catch one of her Yoga Sangha classes at Yoga Unlimited in Wellington. Plus you can check out Seka’s writing website and blog here. I never planned on this happening but, in the immortal lyrics of John Lennon: Life is what [...]

Wellington Yoga Teacher & Freelance Writer: Seka Ojdrovic

Like many of us, Seka is a yogi with several passions. She teaches yoga in Wellington through Yoga Sangha (now at Yoga Unlimited) plus she writes heart-felt articles about it. She’s written several articles for The Yoga Lunchbox, and I just knew my readers would like to know more about the woman behind the name. [...]

How to use the creativity of yoga to unleash the child within

We’re all too often wrapped up in the tasks of life.  As we age, we run the risk of diminishing our natural creativity for the sake of ‘being a grown-up’.  The practice of yoga will help keep the inner child alive, and creativity flowing. By Seka Ojdrovic Children can be our best teachers Nearing the [...]

How practicing yoga builds internal strength for day to day living

Finding something to passionately believe in is indeed daunting, but immensely rewarding.  Discover who you are to discover what you passionately believe in. By guest author Seka Ojdrovic I was given an amazing Christmas gift this year. My aunt had taken it on herself to translate from Serbian to English a story written by my [...]

How to approach challenging yoga poses with patience and self-kindness

Though we all know, as good yogis should, that the purpose of our practice is to create a greater sense of inner peace and self-actualization, it’s sometimes difficult to not push ourselves past our physical limits. by guest author Seka Ojdrovic It’s often said that we are our own worst critic.  Part of being human [...]