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The Gratitude Project

Asia Pacific Yoga Gratitude Project Live Your Dreams

Watch the Magic happenGratitude. What a simple practice. Yet, so powerful.Steve and I have always practiced gratitude. If you’ve been on one of our trainings or dinners with us, you know that we’ll always practice ‘joyasana’ before eating – our way of saying thank you for our meal and all the things that we are […]

Yoga Assignments

Asia Pacific Yoga Asignments Taupo

Yoga AssignmentThroughout the training, students are required to pen down their understanding of these 10 yogic principles.Above and below are some of the beautiful artwork submitted by some of our students.OUR YOGIC PRINCIPLESWhat we think are important :1. EVERYTHINGISCONNECTED 2. AHIMSA IS THE MINDSET – HEARTSPACE3. BREATH IS THE BRIDGE 4. WHERE ATTENTION GOES ENERGY […]

Yogi Sisters For Life

Asia Pacific Yoga Taupo

Yogi Sisters For LifeOne thing we love about yoga teacher trainings are the lasting bonds of friendship formed. And for 7 girls on the last training, they will be bonded for life in ink as they all got matching beautiful lotus tattoos. The girls are showing off their tatts in the pic above. The idea came about when during the […]

Yoga Exercises to Help Prevent and Relieve Back Pain

Pregnant yoga Joleen

Yoga Exercises to Help Prevent and Relieve Back PainLower back pain is a common pregnancy symptom caused by ligament-loosening hormones, weight gain and a shifting center of gravity, especially towards the 2nd& 3rdtrimester.Here are some yoga exercises for expecting mothers to help prevent and relieve back pain during pregnancy, as well as improve your core […]

Congratulation Yoga Teacher Graduates May 2020!

Big congratulations to our May 2020 Asia Pacific Yoga Teacher Graduates who completed their RYT200 Yoga Teacher Training in beautiful Taupo, New Zealand.Lots of laughter, shared dinners, explorations, growth and transformation. It was such a pleasure and honour to mentor and share our passion for yoga with these nine amazing individuals.  It’s time for them […]

Asia Pacific Yoga Free Yoga Classes

Saturday 6 June 2020, Empower Fitness TaupoSo proud of all our May-June 2020 Taupo yoga teacher trainees as they taught really well at their first public classes yesterday. ❤️❤️The classes was conducted as part of our current 200 hour yoga teacher training where our teacher trainees lead members of the public through a lovely 60 minute […]

Baby Yogi In The Making

We are delighted and excited to announce a new coming addition to our little yogi family. Looking forward to welcoming this wee yogi in October 2020.

Moon Salutations

Moon Salutation

Supermoon – Wednesday 8 April 2020, 2.35pm Auckland time.Sun Salutations are said to be a yang practice, related to activity, heat and light, whilst Moon Salutations are associated with a yin practice – receptive, meditative and cooling.In honour of the Supermoon today, we practice the moon salutation sequence to recognize and respect the lunar or […]

How to make Kombucha (fermented tea)

I would like to tell you how I make Kombucha tea. I would not say that I am an expert in kombucha making but I’ve made a few rounds already and it has all turned out alright so I’ll share my method with you. What is kombucha? First things first, what in the world is […]

Pounamu Blessing at Lake Rotopounamu

Blessing / charging the pounamus in Lake Rotopounamu, named for its beautiful jade green colour, just in time for our Oct and Nov yoga teacher trainings in Piha. I like to think that the lake bed is made out of pounamu hence the name 🙂These beautiful sacred stones were blessed with our students in mind, […]