Kelly practicing Virabhadrasana I on the dock
It was the most perfect day.
Four yogis.
Two cameras.
Brilliant sunshine.
A cast of thousands.
Taisuke in Urdhva Dhanurasana at the skatepark
And Wellington city shining in all it’s glory.
Months in the planning…
One day in the execution…
… and hundreds of joyful, laughing, expressive yoga photos for use on this website.
For a long time now, I’ve had a vision of doing a yoga photo shoot – not of yogis deep in the perfect pose perfectly silhouetted against a black/white background…
But of yogis playing yoga out in the world, breaking into spontaneous asana whenever the urge hit them.
On top of walls
In the water
Kelly, KL & Lauren with the Digger
On children’s playgrounds
Next to skate parks
Beside statues
On top of sculptures.
I wanted to capture the free-flow form of Prana Flow Yoga…
Lauren plays with the Bronze Man
The joy of practicing yoga with the sun on your face or the ocean lapping at your feet.
This is what yoga is all about.
Connection.
Laughter.
Friends.
Sunshine and water.
Going with the flow.
Good times.
Beauty.
Kelly in Ustrasana
Form.
Breath.
Working with what’s there.
It’s part of the plan to bring the yoga to the people.
To get yoga off the mat and into life.
So if you’re at the beach one afternoon.
And you feel like doing some postures.
You just do it.
For the fun of it, and the joy of it.
Feeling the Prana and feeling the Flow.
What a wonderful day – can’t wait for the next one!
Taisuke moves in for a photo of KL
Girly chat on our way to the next location
Yogis, beach and laughter
KL captures Taisuke in Urdhva Mukha Svanasana
Three yogis on a log
Lauren with her best tiger in the grass face
Four happy yogis at the end of a joyous day
Many thanks to my fellow yogis and photographers (from left):
- Kara-Leah Grant, The Yoga Lunchbox site author,
- Kelly Fisher, owner of Yoga Unlimited
- Taisuke Tanimura, former yoga teacher at Sadhana Yoga
- Lauren Sinreich, dedicated yogi student
Awesome photo’s guys!
Taking ‘getting amongst it’ to the next level, right on.
They are all really cool, reckon the digger one ranks up there.
Showing Wellington and its Yogi’s in a beautiful light to be sure. Well done!
That does look like the perfect day!!!
Blessings,
Andrea
Hey Tyag,
Cheers! It was such a fun day… and there will be another one in a few months if you’re keen. Different yogis, different locations, mixing it up and bringing yoga to the people!
Hey Andrea,
It sure was – I think Lauren put it perfectly when she said later “Just looking at all those photos makes me feel happy!”
Blessings,
KL
Awesome KL! Great to see yogis I know and love having fun off the mat, integrating yoga into their lives! Very inspirational (makes me want to head outside with a camera too…). Thanks for your beautiful work
ArohaNui Trudi xx
Hi K-L,
It’s amazing to see you doing this. You guys are bringing everything beautiful about our rich spiritual lives outside, into the sun.
Vitor
Hey Trudi,
Cheers babe – we did have so much fun! Hopefully it does inspire other yogis to get out and about and do something similar (and I can always publish the results here if people are interested…)
Hey Vitor,
I love how you describe the photo shoot – it is about capturing that internal spiritual sense of life… how can we explain to people what it feels like to enter into a spiritual understanding of life? It’s tough… but through images, you can show it. Just like you do with your amazing images too I guess!
Blessings,
KL
Love your Photoshoot .. And so much sun .. Browsing through the pics …It’s a bit like being in Welly again. Thanks for sharing!
Hey Chiaradina,
It was such an incredible day, Wellington certainly looked her best, which was inspiring for all of us.
Blessings,
KL