by Mike Berghan | Jan 14, 2025 | Mike's Blog
Table of Contents 2 3 FirstHeadingTe Aro Astanga Yoga in 2024: A Year of Growth and CommunityPersonal Practice: Challenges and Resilience in YogaEmbracing Te Reo Māori: A Full-Time Journey in 2024In Memory: Honoring Lives and LegaciesLooking Ahead: Yoga Retreats and...
by Mike Berghan | Dec 16, 2024 | Mike's Blog, Events
Table of Contents 2 3 FirstHeadingRishikesh Ashtanga Yoga W'shopRishikesh and Yātrā 2025 DepositPanch Kedar YātrāCombined Cost + Contact Rishikesh Ashtanga Yoga W’shop 14th — 24th September 2025 10 nights on the banks of the Ganges River 2 x 4 morning...
by Mike Berghan | Jun 14, 2024 | Mike's Blog, Uncategorized
In late Sept./early Oct. of 2023 we went on our second Yoga Pilgrimage in India. We started with 7 nights in the holy city of Rishikesh doing and Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga workshop. Our venue was on the banks of the Ganges and the river certainly worked her magic. All the...
by Mike Berghan | Nov 3, 2023 | Mike's Blog
Yoga and Cultural Appropriation A little while ago a good friend was telling me that he’d been listening to a pod cast in which they were discussing yoga and cultural appropriation. He felt that they were basically accusing most New Zealand yoga studios of...
by Mike Berghan | Feb 17, 2023 | Mike's Blog
(With apologies to Robert M Pirsig) Ashtanga Yoga and the Art of Motorcyle Riding Those of you who know me well also know how much I love riding my motorcycle, so I thought I’d write about Ashtanga Yoga and the art of Riding. I own a Honda NC750X and it makes a...
by Mike Berghan | Sep 19, 2022 | Mike's Blog, Uncategorized
It is starting to feel as if we are finally coming out the other side of the Covid pandemic and I’ve been thinking about how it has changed things and how I am dealing with those changes. Our response to the pandemic and our government’s handling of it has...
