How to find the purpose in your teaching

Have a purpose when you teach and help your students find it in their practice

by guest author Elissa Jordan Once upon a time there was a young yoga teacher who spent her days cleaning the windowsill in her acharya’s home, up on a ladder, terrified of heights, scrubbing away. The other students of this one acharya were packed off to teaching assignments, but our young yoga teacher was made to wait. As days became weeks and weeks became months, our young yoga teacher waited patiently, perched upon her ladder, for her big day to come. On the verge of despair … [Read more...]

A day in the life of a Prana Flow teacher trainee

Shiva Rea

Ever since I first took a Prana Flow teacher training module with Twee Merrigan in Wellington, I'd been dreaming of going to study with Shiva Rea, Master Prana Flow teacher, in the USA. Something was always in the way though... I was working as a speechwriter paying the mortgage on the house my partner was renovating. I was pregnant. Then I had a new born baby boy, Samuel. All the while, I'd keep an eye on what Shiva was up to, where she was teaching, what courses were on offer. Nothing … [Read more...]

Experiences of Prana Flow yoga teacher training

Prana Flow with Twee Merrigan

There is a joy and a playfulness within a Prana Flow yoga class that makes the heart open and the soul soar. Music, mantra, mudra (hand positions), asana (postures), pranayama (breath work) and meditation merge to create a journey away from separateness and into unity. Fears are faced, emotions are released, thought patterns are changed and the body is opened. This is not yoga as we know it. It is not a static stretch of the body. It is not something we do because we have to. This is … [Read more...]