by Jo Stewart, Garden of Yoga A quick google search will turn up all kinds of yoga hybrids—think Bungee Yoga, Antigravity Aerial Yoga, HIIT Yoga, Beer Yoga, Vinyasa + Vino, Doga, Meowga, and Goat Yoga—and these are just a small sample of the pun-tastic world of hybridised yoga. While I might wonder how yogic some of these combinations actually are, my own classes could be on that list. I’ve also been to, and thoroughly enjoyed, hula hoop yoga and SUP yoga workshops at festivals. I’ve … [Read more...]
Yoga as it is portrayed by the media is not always the same as the yoga we practice. These articles explore what happens when the tradition of yoga meets the age of global media.
One Woman’s Experience of Wanderlust Great Lake Taupo 2017
by Persephone Singfield, Courage My Love Courage My Love has a summer sale beginning Feb 15th where all of our stock will be reduced in price. This is a great time to get a bargain and support a New Zealand brand! I've been hooked on Wanderlust since the beginning... Wanderlust Festival began in North America in 2009 and moved to New Zealand and Australia in 2013 via the dynamic duo, Jacque and Jonnie Halstead. The first Wanderlust Festival I attended was 5 years ago in Stratton, … [Read more...]
Top Ten Best Yoga Articles of 2016
by Kara-Leah Grant It's a diverse list of articles that made the Top Ten for this year. As always, there's a few interviews that made the list, including a Skype video interview with Les Leventhal and a written interview with Tom Myers. Kundalini articles prove as popular as ever, as so articles on the relationship between men and women. A how-to article from regular guest author Neal Ghoshal on maximising your potential as a yoga teacher made the list. So too did a parenting article from … [Read more...]
Getting Touchy Feely with Maty Ezraty in the Yoga Room
by Michelle Jayne, Yoga Facilitator, Therapist, Coach One of my favorite teachers, Seane Corn, credits Maty Ezraty as one of the single most important influences in her life. Maty encouraged Seane to become a teacher even when she didn’t want to. Maty is also well known as the force behind the popular YogaWorks brand, which she opened in 1987 with Chuck Miller in Santa Monica. In 1990 Maty created the world renowned YogaWorks Teacher Training Program and teachers like Kathryn Budig, Shiva Rea … [Read more...]
Five Reasons Why Crossfit & Yoga Complement Each Other
By Lucinda Staniland I started doing Crossfit because I wanted to get strong and build good bone density, not because I wanted to improve my Yoga practice. And I didn't think that my daily Yoga practice would help much when it came to the high-intensity strength training and cardio workouts that form the basis of Crossfit. Turns out I was wrong. The thing that surprised me most about Crossfit was not how hardcore it was, or how sore it made me, or how competitive everyone was, but rather … [Read more...]
Is Yoga Really as Dangerous as Downhill Skiing? High ACC Levies Hit NZ Yoga Teachers
By Laura Brookes If ACC’s got it right, all New Zealand yoga teachers should be on immediate hazard alert. They currently face the same risk of injury in their workplace as downhill ski instructors. Yoga instructors are charged $1.37 for every $100 earned in ACC levies, a higher rate than prostitutes ($0.40), firefighters ($0.92) and professional netball players ($1.31). ACC groups yoga instruction into the classification unit for Sports and physical recreation instruction, meaning they … [Read more...]
The Benefits of Yoga: Are They Proven By Science?
by Lucinda Staniland The benefits of yoga are well advertised. We hear that yoga will help us (among other things): lose weight, breathe better, live longer, have better sex, recover from depression, cure sciatica, heal our digestive system, build core strength, alleviate back pain, heal mental illness, and build bone health. But does science agree that yoga can really heal us in all these ways (and more)? Is Yoga really the silver bullet we've been waiting for? It turns out that yoga … [Read more...]
The Eleven Most Influential Yogis Alive Right Now
by Lucinda Staniland Editor's Note: This List was published in 2017 and some information is no longer up-to-date. The yoga teachers and spiritual leaders that established and spread yoga in the Western world—people like K. Pattabhi Jois, Krishnamacharya, TKV Desikachar, B.K.S. Iyengar and Indra Devi—are largely no longer with us. There's no denying their influence on contemporary yoga, but it's the new generation of yogi and yoginis who are creating modern yoga as we know it. Many students now … [Read more...]
Why it’s Important to Enter the P.L.A.Y Instagram Competition
by Kara-Leah Grant Last week, Hannah, the marketing guru over at Power Living, emailed me and asked if I would promote an event that Power Living is running from March 23 - 29, The P.L.A.Y Instagram Competition. The event involves people taking a series of photos of yoga-related topics and uploading them to Instagram with the tag #modernyogachallenge. At the end of the week, a winner will be chosen and receive $2000 P.L.A.Y dollars - money that can be put together toward any Power Living … [Read more...]
The Real Stories Behind The Top 4 Yoga Myths
By Lucinda Staniland The internet is full to bursting with articles debunking the ‘Top Yoga Myths’. They tell us that contrary to poplar belief, Yoga is not a religion, that it’s not just for skinny, rich, flexible young women, and that it really is good exercise, as well as a holistic spiritual experience. Opinion is divided in these articles as to whether yoga really does or doesn’t give you great abs and fantastic orgasms. But, in general all these articles paint the same picture. Don’t … [Read more...]