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Rishikesh Ashtanga Yoga & Yātrā Sept./Oct. 2025

Join us for a Rishikesh Ashtanga Yoga workshop with Mike Berghan of Te Aro Astanga Yoga in Sept. 2025. Limit of 14 people. You can then follow this with Panch Kedar the “Circuit of Lord Shiva”. 12 days, 5 holy temples dedicated to Shiva. Limit of 5 people. CLICK for more info.

Practice, Practice, Practice….What Practice?

Thank you for the intelligent questions in relation to my Blog post “Time to Give up Asana, Old...

“The Professor” & Imagery Borrowed from the Bhagavad Gita.

On my first few trips to Mysore in the 'nineties I would study Sanskrit chanting with a beautiful...

Ex Shearer’s Guide to Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga – Part 1

We are now well into the new year and enjoying the warmth of Summer. Often at this time of the...

Pandemics and Politics 2020

An Aotearoa/NZ Ashtanga Perspective: Now that we have finally got to 2021, I thought I'd do a...