by Lucinda Staniland Meet Sandey Hoskin and Kylie Rook, two yoga teachers who are committed to doing the hard work of showing up, being seen and constantly learning. They are also part of the team (alongside Fiona Liu) who are leading a brand new 300 Hour Advanced Yoga Teacher Training at Om Yoga Studio in Auckland. Sandey has been a teacher of teachers for a long time, and she's been teaching yoga teachers at Om Yoga Studio for the last four years. She's also been busy bringing some … [Read more...]
The Best Guide to NZ Yoga Teacher Trainings 2019
The Best Guide to Australian Yoga Teacher Trainings 2018
The Inside Story on Nadi Yoga’s 200Hr Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training
By Kara-Leah Grant When you're contemplating which Yoga Teacher Training is right for you, one of the best resources can be speaking to someone who has already done that training. Of course, it can be hard to track down former trainees, so we've done that hard work for you. We spoke to Helen Thomas, a Napier-based yoga teacher who did her teacher training with Nadi Yoga nearly two years ago. Helen had been practicing yoga for over ten years before finally making the decision to train as a … [Read more...]
What is the Heart of Samyak Yoga Teacher Training?
by Kara-Leah Grant Two years ago I interviewed the team at Samyak Yoga Teacher Training and they talked about the difference between Yoga in life versus life as yoga. It was an illuminating interview where we covered many aspects of and details of yoga. Now the team are back to share deeper revelations on the way they lead their yoga teacher trainings, which they lead in India, Cambodia and Paris. What is the heart of Samyak Yoga Teacher Training? Love and Light! Yoga brings out the … [Read more...]
The Ethics of Teaching Newly Learned Material in Your Yoga Class
by Kara-Leah Grant Once, I taught a weekend workshop to an eager group of students, including the studio owner and some teachers from the studio. My style of yoga and teaching was fairly different to the usual style on offer at this particular studio. My offering was lapped up and everyone enjoyed the workshop, excited to have a new way to approach yoga. So far so good right? This is exactly the kind of response one wants from teaching a workshop. A day or two after the weekend, one of 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...]
Mark Whitwell on the True Function of the Bandhas (and his Fiji Retreat) {video}
by Kara-Leah Grant Every year, for two weeks, Mark Whitwell retreats to Fiji, to the island of Taveuni. He invites students and potential teachers to join him, for as long as they can. They can choose to just retreat, or they can clock up teacher training hours. Mark chose this particular location because it's accessible to the entire Pacific Rim, plus there is a Hindi influence with the local Indian population. (Originally brought over as indentured labour in the late 1800s). During the … [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...]
On the Dilution of the Genuine Transmission of Yoga Part 2
by Kara-Leah Grant, Musings from the Mat I've been contemplating the many reactions I received to this article over the past week or so, On the Dilution of the Transmission of Yoga. One person unsubscribed from the website (or at least - one person told me they had because of this article, more people may have!) saying that I had made some good points but she found the article judgemental and unyogic. Other people rejoiced that someone was speaking such things out loud. It does feel … [Read more...]