Driving anywhere in Tanzania takes a very l o n g time… One of the reasons why it takes so long to drive from Dar es Salaam to Iringa is the A-7 highway which crosses straight through the Mikumi National Park. So you’ve got no choice but to slow down and enjoy the odd sighting […]
Haven’t we all gone through life wanting something so badly that we’ve made every effort to make it happen just for the opposite to come into effect? Such was the story with the whale sharks… I decided to host a retreat at the beautiful Butiama Beach Lodge on Mafia Island. Not the easiest (or cheapest) […]
Updated schedule for March at the Tokai Yoga Studio.
Join us for a month of inspiring and supportive yoga.
See you on the mat!
Nina and the YAA Team
This 4-part course (4 x 1hour videos) is for pure beginners and novices, as well as anyone recovering from an injury or ailment. Each Hatha yoga sequence is led by Nina in a slow, gentle, mindful and clear way, with precise and easy instructions.
A beautiful hike up Constantia Nek this morning. Taking a moment to sit, breathe and enjoy the clear cool water. Allowing the blue hues to fill and surround me.
We had a truly memorable stay at this beautiful, peaceful, spacious, clean and quaint retreat center owned and managed by Lisle and Anja Shallcross.
Each year the Yoga Awakening Africa studio does a little Christmas community project. This year the studio has joined up with Roseanne Turner who helps run Girls Matter: Providing a Tailwind. This is a wonderful project close to home that supports a group of teenage girls living in extreme poverty in Hanover Park, and who have dropped […]
This is a little gem of a find. Tucked away in the heart of the Overberg region just outside Stanford and is owned and run by the lively, warm, kind-hearted and inspiring Sybille.
As a Yoga studio owner my teachers are my biggest asset. If they are happy, deeply inspired and motivated, it makes them better teachers.
Knit and Breathe was born because I, (obviously), love Yoga, Gina, loves anything to do with yarn and Beth is this crazy awesome pattern designer.