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Ana Forrest & Jose Calarco on Bringing Mysticism, Magic & Indigenous Culture to Yoga

January 17, 2018 by Guest Author Leave a Comment

Ana Forrest & Jose Calarco of Forrest Yoga

by Kara-Leah Grant For the last four decades, Ana Forrest has been bringing her particular brand of fierce medicine to the yoga world. She's long woven Native American ceremony into her classes and workshops, calling on the forces that helped her heal from an abusive and challenging childhood. So it's no surprise that when she met and fall in love with the man who would go on to become a co-director of Forrest Yoga that he too would have a long history with shamanism and healing - just in a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Paid, Video Interviews Tagged With: Ana Forrest, ceremony, Forrest Yoga, Jose Calarco, OM Yoga

How to Break a Pattern of Attracting Emotionally Unavailable Men

February 12, 2015 by Kara-Leah Grant 13 Comments

by Kara-Leah Grant It began with Ana Forrest's class Tracking Transformation at midday on Thursday, the first day of Wanderlust Great Lake Taupo. I was wary of taking her class that afternoon as I was doing a Speakeasy at 4:30pm and Ana has a reputation for breaking people open. However, it was my only chance to make one of her classes so I took the risk. Early in class, Ana had us scan through our body, tracking sensation, and seeing what was going on. We were instructed to choose a part … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Musings from the Mat Tagged With: Ana Forrest, emotional intimacy, intimacy, Relationship, wanderlust

A Review of Wanderlust Great Lake Taupo 2015

February 4, 2015 by Kara-Leah Grant 3 Comments

by Kara-Leah Grant Wanderlust Great Taupo 2015 - everyone I spoke to agreed it was a resounding success and totally exceeded expectations, on all fronts - even the weather! Despite a forecast that promised solid rain for four days, the festival was mostly dry and sunny, only succumbing to drizzle on the final day. Then, it felt therapeutic and atmospheric. The finale event, Xavier Rudd, was held in The Greatest Place (mainstage) - a large tented space with portable flooring and stage … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Ana Forrest, Cameron Shayne, Kerri Kelly Xavier Rudd, Wanderlust 2015

Ana Forrest on Breaking Down the Barriers With Yoga {video}

December 12, 2014 by Kara-Leah Grant Leave a Comment

by Kara-Leah Grant Meet Ana Forrest. Ana is the creatrix of Forrest Yoga, an internationally renowned yoga teacher and medicine woman, and the author of Fierce Medicine. She's also headlining Wanderlust NZ 2015. Ana's approach to yoga could be summed up in this quote from her: "If you want to use yoga to heal emotional pain, you must find out where it resides in your body and learn to take your breath there. I don't teach yoga to help people to transcend. I want people's Spirits to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Paid, Teacher Interviews Tagged With: abuse, addiction, Ana Forrest, B.K.S. Iyengar, Fierce Medicine, Medicine Woman

What Nobody Ever Tells You About Yoga Teacher Training

October 26, 2013 by Seka Ojdrovic-Phillips 5 Comments

by Seka Ojdrovic-Phillips, Spirit Fire Yoga Many a starry-eyed, full-hearted yogi signs up for yoga teacher training - whether it’s to deepen their practice, to start a career as a yoga teacher or to learn more about the subtle energy fields that guides their life’s direction - they're ready to dive deep. To be sure, your experience will be unique to anyone else’s. Kind of like growing up in the same household with your siblings (I’m an only child, but I’ve heard sisters talk about the same … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Teacher Training Tagged With: Ana Forrest, beginning yoga teacher, seka ojdrovic-phillips, yoga teacher training

Forrest for the trees – no bullshit, just yoga

March 13, 2012 by Seka Ojdrovic-Phillips 2 Comments

by guest author Seka Ojdrovic-Phillips The planted seed of a fruitful vine is a memorable moment. For me, it was hungrily reading through old issues of Yoga Journal on the second floor of the Wellington library. After starting to feel yoga as a lifestyle decision, not just an exercise regime, I wanted to learn everything I could. My body still bore the inflexibility and weakness of someone brand new to the practice, but my soul had expanded immediately. In the haze of too much … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Going to Class Tagged With: Ana Forrest, commitment, fury, Seka Ojdrovic, strength, Teacher training, yoga

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