Learning to Listen

Awhile ago now, Kara-Leah at The Yoga Lunchbox invited people to submit a piece on what they had learned from their yoga practice. This got me thinking, long and hard. What have I learned from 18 years of daily practice, and 6 trips to Mysore, India? In the end, I...

Mid-Winter Break

We are closing the school for a Mid-Winter break. There will be no classes from Sat. 10th to Sun. 18th July. Classes resume as normal on Monday 19th July.

Hints to Maintain a Yoga Practice in Winter in Wellington

Wellington is not the easiest place to do a strong asana practice like Ashtanga Vinyasa in. Especially when there is a cold, biting southerly the temperature drops and you can feel the cold in your bones. After 10 years living and practicing in Wellington, Victoria...

Queen’s Birthday Weekend

There will be no classes on Sunday 6th or Monday 7th June in celebration of Queen’s Birthday. Classes resume as normal on Tuesday 8th. Enjoy the long weekend.

So You Want to be a Yoga Teacher?

Yoga is a lineage. What has this got to do with becoming a Yoga Teacher? The first step on this long journey, is to find a lineage, or method of presenting Yoga that you like and that resonates deeply with you. Yoga has always been passed from teacher to student and...

The Un-Learning of Yoga

Yoga is unlike any other study in that learning more about Yoga doesn’t necessarily make you better at it. Here is the anomoly. Yoga is the un-learning of everything into the “All Knowing”  Yoga is a practical science. Practice, practice, practice,...