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...]
Jase Te Patu on Embracing Vulnerability & Power Living’s 200Hr Yoga Teacher Training
by Kara-Leah Grant I adore Jase Te Patu - he's a man with so much heart, and so in love with New Zealand and his Māori culture. Plus he's passionate about yoga - both the practice and the teaching of it. When he and I sat down to have a chat about Power Living's Yoga Teacher Training here in New Zealand, it was immediately apparent how Jase has grown since we last spoke two years ago. The passionate boyishness has matured into grounded strength, tempered with an open vulnerability. And, … [Read more...]
Will Power Living Ravage the Wellington Yoga Scene?
by Kara-Leah Grant The same month that the new owners of Power Living Wellington signed a lease on their Johnston street premises, unbeknownst to them, Hot Yoga Wellington signed a lease on their second premises just around the corner on Featherston Street. Two new yoga studios, both featuring heat, one with the capacity for 60+ students in class, in a city already bulging at the seams with yoga studios and teachers. Has the market finally reached saturation? Will Power Living, with the … [Read more...]
The Best Guide to NZ Yoga Teacher Trainings 2016
Catch the New Zealand Guide to Yoga Teacher Trainings 2017 here. Catch the Australian Guide to Yoga Teacher Trainings 2017 here. ----- Welcome to the YLB's comprehensive guide* to New Zealand-based Yoga Teacher Trainings available in 2016 and early 2017. Although we can't claim to feature every Teacher Training on offer, we are amazed at the number and diversity of the trainings that we are able to cover. It's a good time to be a yoga practitioner in this country! Note that many of these … [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...]
Duncan Peak on What Modern Yoga Really Is
[Editor's Note: This article was originally published March 5, 2014. As Duncan is appearing at Wanderlust NZ & Australia 2015, I've up-cycled it for people to take a second look.] by Kara-Leah Grant I'm loving this interviews series with Wanderlust teachers because every time I've walked away impressed by the yoga teacher I've interviewed. This time, I was talking to Australian bloke Duncan Peak - and he is a bloke in every sense of the word. He went from high school into the military … [Read more...]
Jason Te Patu on NZ Power Living Teacher Training & Wanderlust {video}
by Kara-Leah Grant Meet Jason Te Patu, dancer, yoga teacher and proud Kiwi. Formerly a competitive sportsman, representing New Zealand in springboard diving, gymnastics, and aerobics, Jason is now part of the Power Living Australia team and will be joining Justine Hamill in facilitating the Power Living 200HR Yoga Teacher Training, starting in NZ in April 2015. (Note: there's another intake in September 2015.) There's a few advantages to the Power Living 200HR teacher training programme - … [Read more...]
Whereupon the Giant Flashes Back to Early Childhood and Wakes Up
by Kara-Leah Grant, Musings from the Mat I'm on a 500hr Yoga Teacher Training with the Power Living Crew called Allow the Giant to Emerge. I'm triggered, massively, and have spent four days of mired deep in my shit. This Thursday evening I'm exhausted and I'm sitting in a Core Belief session with Keenan Crisp and Kristi Clark leading. (Which is really all about working with vasanas.) I'm sick of hearing about core beliefs, I'm sick of hearing about people's childhood memories, I'm even … [Read more...]
Allow the Giant to Emerge: A Review of a Power Living Yoga Retreat
by Kara-Leah Grant It's Friday and I've been home from Bali and Teacher Training with Power Living for four days, however I'm only just getting my feet back on the ground. I knew the training would be intense, but I had no idea how damn intense it would be, or how much it would throw me. As you'll find out in the articles after this one this is a good thing. I've had a major breakthrough, thanks to the process the Power Living crew put me through last week. Who are Power Living? Power … [Read more...]
A Review of Modern Yoga: An Accessible, Detailed and Nuanced Take on Yoga for the 21st Century
by Kara-Leah Grant I love yoga books, and I'm often disappointed by them - not because they don't have great information, but because too often they're just a collection of postures or sequences with very little information about actual Yoga. My favourite books are those that deepen one's understanding of yoga, as a state of presence, as well deepen our understanding of postures - which are simply a tool of yoga. Modern Yoga by Duncan Peak does both of these things. And even better, it does … [Read more...]