by Lucinda Staniland, Meet Vincent Bolletta, one of New Zealand’s foremost yoga instructors and teacher trainers and the founder of hañsa Yoga, a unique style of yoga that integrates both eastern and western thought and methodologies. Vincent's been in the yoga game a long time—he's been practising yoga since 1989 and teaching since 1991—but alongside his considerable knowledge and experience in the field, he still cultivates a beautiful sense of excitement, joy and curiosity towards the … [Read more...]
My Private Yoga Session with Vincent Bolletta
by Kara-Leah Grant Ever since I interviewed Vincent Bolletta last year I've wanted to do a private yoga session with him. I knew from that interview that this was a man who knew his yoga inside out, on the energetic and physical level. Over the last few years, I've worked with a couple of teachers, both teaching in the Ashtanga lineage, Peter Sanson and Paul Scrivener. The problem is, I'm not an Ashtangi yogi and while I deeply respect the intelligence of the Ashtanga sequence, it's not … [Read more...]
Vincent Bolletta on Why Not All Yoga is Good Yoga & More
by Kara-Leah Grant I've done several Skype Video Interviews this year, and most of them have been with overseas yoga teachers, many of whom already have a high profile. Yet those teachers aren't necessarily any better than many of the excellent teachers we have here in New Zealand - it's just that here, our most excellent teachers often fly under the radar, with very little media presence. Auckland-based Vincent Bolletta is one of those teachers. He's been practicing yoga since about … [Read more...]