Te Aro Astanga Yoga

31/03/2022

Kia ora tatou. I have not been on FB, other than Messenger, since before Xmas and it has been a liberating experience. I am ditching my account. If you want to contact me or if you want to get the latest news and read my very occasional blog then visit my web site contact page and/or scroll down any page and sign on to my Newsletter: https://www.astanga.co.nz/

Ashtanga Yoga in central Wellington

22/12/2021

25/10/2021

More on Covid? I just felt as if I had more to say on the subject, but I promise that this is the last one. Please remember that I offer this as my opinion only, not as the last word. Do not read this if it will upset you or if you can't cope with a different opinion than your own. Writing does not come easily to me but I do find it really helpful in clarifying what I feel about something that I have struggled to comprehend. Maybe it will help you as well...https://www.astanga.co.nz/2021/10/yoga-and-covid-what-to-believe/

Ever since the emergence of Covid 19 as a global pandemic it seems like I have been inundated with opposing views. Is it “just a flu”? Is it a massive conspiracy? Has it been over hyped in order to control people or to generate profit for the major drug companies? Are there really that many...

22/10/2021

Labour Weekend. Te Aro Astanga Yoga is CLOSED on Sun. 24th and Mon. 25th Oct. Enjoy the long weekend everyone and see you next week.

11/09/2021

When a vaccine for Covid-19 was first announced my reaction was that I would take a lot of convincing before offering my shoulder. I am now fully vaccinated. What happened to change my mind? Read my latest blog to find out -- https://www.astanga.co.nz/2021/09/vaccine-hesitancy-why-i-changed-my-mind/

When the Covid-19 pandemic first broke I admit to saying “It's just a bad flu. Why the over reaction?” Then the numbers just kept growing and people started dying. Lots of people. Evidence of some of the worse effects started to build up. We heard about long Covid. We heard about hospitals being...

07/09/2021

We are open tomorrow from 4.30 p.m. Level 2 protocols apply. We have all done this before, so we know we can do it again. See you soon....

21/06/2021

Struggling to practice through Winter? I wrote a blog that I hope might help. Read it at; https://www.astanga.co.nz/2021/06/winter-ashtanga-yoga-whats-happening/

It is Winter in Aotearoa/NZ at the moment and this can be a difficult season for practice. We often have more time but experience the resistance in the body and the challenge to be motivated that are hallmarks of the colder months. Next year, 2022, I will have been doing this practice for 30...

23/04/2021

Tomorrow, Sunday 25th is ANZAC Day and Monday 26th is a Public Holiday to celebrate. Te Aro Astanga is closed both days. Remember also that Tues. 27th is a Full Moon so there is no morning Mysore session. The evening session is on a normal. Enjoy the long weekend.

30/03/2021

We will be closed for the Easter Holidays. There will be a Mysore class tomorrow morning 1st April but NO evening session. We are then closed until our Mysore morning session on Tues. 6th April. Enjoy your weekend.

27/03/2021

Full Moon tomorrow, Monday 29th March. No morning Mysore session. Evening session is on. Enjoy the sleep in, morning practitioners. :)

11/03/2021

Mysore Style Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga was called the "slowly , slowly" method by Guruji. In my latest blog I give a couple of examples of what can happen if you get ahead of yourself. You can read it at https://www.astanga.co.nz/2021/03/when-am-i-ready-for-the-next-asana-ashtanga-yoga/

I have written before about the “slowly, slowly, Ashtanga Yoga” method but want to emphasise it again in the light of a couple of recent examples I have had. We all know that the method is that you can comfortably do an asana in the Ashtanga sequence before you move on to the next one, and yet.....

28/02/2021

We're Open. Level 2 protocols in place. You know what to do.....

24/02/2021

Peter is back. Contact Mike to book your spot; Email info@astanga.co.nz

10/02/2021

Tomorrow, Fri. 12th is a New Moon. No morning Mysore class. Enjoy the sleep in, I know I will. :)

06/02/2021

No Sunday Led class tomorrow and No Classes Monday 8th Feb. in observance of Waitangi Day. Enjoy the break and see you at Te Aro Astanga Yoga soon.

28/01/2021

It is a Full Moon in Wellington tomorrow. No early morning Open Mysore class. Have a sleep in and see you on the mat on Monday. :)

21/01/2021

I review 2020 in my latest blog. If you like it and want to receive my occasional newsletters then click on the link and scroll way down below the blog to sign up. 🙂 https://www.astanga.co.nz/2021/01/pandemics-and-politics-2020/

An Aotearoa/NZ Ashtanga Perspective: Now that we have finally got to 2021, I thought I'd do a review of 2020 given that it was such a momentous year. It started for us with the Australian bush fires and the smoke haze that made it all the way across the Tasman sea and created beautiful and...

14/12/2020

Don't forget, tomorrow, Tues. 15th is New Moon. NO morning Mysore session. Evening session is on as usual.