by Lucinda Staniland, Denise Payne is a big-hearted yoga teacher with more than three decades of experience on the mat. Most recently, she spent the last eight years in Bali, where she taught at Ubud's favourite yoga studio, The Yoga Barn and also at Bali's most notorious prison, Kerobokan, where she started a yoga program with Myuran Sukumaran, one of the Bali Nine. In today's yoga landscape, Denise has what I consider to be an unusually deep grounding in Yoga, including twenty years spent … [Read more...]
Justine Hamill on The Process of Unconditioning in Yoga Teacher Training
by Lucinda Staniland Meet the delightful Justine Hamill, co-owner of Wellington's Power Living yoga studio and a Senior Facilitator of the Power Living New Zealand team. With eighteen years of Yoga practice under her belt, as well as training in Gestalt Psychotherapy, watching Justine in action makes it obvious that she brings a very deep level of experience and nurturing care to Power Living's Yoga Teacher Trainings, which she's been involved with for the last four years. Yoga Teacher … [Read more...]
Gina Brezini on the Transformative Power of Circling, or Relational Yoga
Gina Brezini of Circling Adventures as interviewed by Kara-Leah Grant. Kara-Leah: Can you introduce yourself to The Yoga Lunchbox readers? Who are you? Gina: My name is Gina Brezini. I have two passions—for creativity and for spiritual development. As I write this, it occurs to me that both are rooted in authenticity. So, it seems that what I deeply care about is authentic expression. I am committed to teach it in ways that empower, inspire, and create transformation in people’s … [Read more...]
January 13: Bali, Yoga Retreat: Shine On
Get your Shine On! This 7- day renewing and cleansing retreat will leave you shining. Join Ryan Leier in Bali at Soulshine, the magical luxury retreat centre created by Michael Franti to bring community together to share yoga, music, and meditation. Located in Ubud, the epicenter of Balinese culture, art, food, music and medicine, the healing and creative power of this place will leave you shining. For more information, go to One Yoga's website. … [Read more...]