Fresh and juicy conversations on making yoga a part of your daily life
by guest author Allyson Donnelly Every now and then, I am asked to recall my first yoga experience. The inquiring minds have usually heard transformational stories from some of their favorite teachers and want to hear more… often as though they are looking for the next step in their inspiration to start a practice of their own. Typically, the conversation goes something like this: Eager yogi-to-be: So you really love yoga…how did you get into it? Me: Silence. Eager … [Read more...]
This is the fifth article in a series which has examined what it takes to become a yoga teacher. This installment is from Melissa Billington, who owns MYOGA in Wellington. Melissa writes: Teaching yoga is a product, or a flowing over, of who you are. Yet Ekhart Tolle writes; If you can be absolutely comfortable with not knowing who you are, then what's left is who you are—the being behind the human. A field of pure potentiality rather than something that is already defined. Give up … [Read more...]
Nicky Knoff and James Bryan If you're interested in yoga teacher training, and looking for New Zealand-based training, one of your options is Knoff Yoga Teacher Training. While the Knoff Yoga School is based in Cairns, Australia, they travel to hold their month-long immersion teacher training courses. The next intake of students in the Wellington-based course is this November, 2010. The Yoga Lunchbox spoke to James Bryan of Knoff Yoga to find out more about the training. … [Read more...]
This is the fourth article in a series which has examined what it takes to become a yoga teacher. And who wouldn't want to be a yoga teacher? You get to do yoga all day long, swanning around the world attending workshops and teacher trainings is part of your job, and you're blissed out all the time. Plus you've got hordes of adoring students hanging on your every word. What a great career yoga teaching must be! Sign me up now! But it's not quite like that... and as Mike Berghan … [Read more...]
I'm still getting a fantastic response from yoga teachers on what it takes to be a yoga teacher. This week we have an in-depth exploration from Satyanada representative Swami Karma Karuna. Satyananda teachers are amongst the most immersed in the world of yoga. Their training is both deep and wide, taking many years to complete, but perhaps most important of all, Satyananda teachers all have a relationship with a guru, creating a direct line to true knowledge. … [Read more...]
In keeping with our recent exploration of what it takes to be a yoga teacher, the Yoga Lunchbox spoke to Claire at Hot Yoga to find out more about their six month teacher training programme. It's one of the few teacher training programmes available in New Zealand, and starts every year in July. Why does Hot Yoga of New Zealand hold this training? Our first studio in Nelson grew so quickly and the demand for more classes and certified teachers within New Zealand was pressing. We always … [Read more...]
