5. Yoga Community

Yoga Teacher Interview: Swami Kamalavidya

1. Name: Swami Kamalavidya Saraswati, ( Elvira Banchetti) 2. DOB: 8 January 3. What style of yoga do you teach? Satyananda/Bihar Yoga Tradition 4. Where do you teach? My School, The South African School of yoga, 42 Morsim Road, Hyde Park, Johannesburg, South Africa 5. How long have you been practicing yoga? 34 years 6. How long […]

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5. Yoga Community

YAA Interview: Stuart Kirton

. Name: Stuart Kirton. 2. DOB: 08.04.1981. 3. What style of yoga do you teach? Vinyasa flow. 4. Where do you teach? Yo Yoga |w ww.yoyoga.co.za 5. How long have you been practicing yoga? 10 years. 6. How long have you been teaching yoga? 7 years. 7. Who have you trained with and where? West London Yoga Shala, 400hr in Shadow Yoga. 8. […]

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2. Nina's Musings

Yogi on Fire

“Mother Earth I honour you, I bare my soul and pray for rain.” For those living in Cape Town, we have been heaved, flung, flown and thrown through so many emotions over the last few days that life feels confusing, unstable, helpless and very emotional. The beauty of it? The community has come together as […]

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3. Yoga Lifestyle

Recipe for the month: Fry’s warm sesame toasted strips

Serves 2 Cooking time 25 minutes Vegan INGREDIENTS: 1 box Fry’s Chicken-Style Strips 1 cup toasted Sesame seeds 1/4 cup Raw honey (or Agave syrup) Grapeseed oil As many salad vegetables as you wish to have Ripe avo Thai dressing: 1 tbsp Sesame oil 1/2 cup Lime juice 1 – 2 Red chillies, finely chopped 1 tbsp Coriander leaves […]

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5. Yoga Community

Yoga Teacher Interview: Magenta Smythe.

1. Name: Magenta Smythe 2. DOB: 21/11/1979. 3. What style of yoga do you teach? My style is Hatha and I specialize in pre and post-natal yoga. 4. Where do you teach? I teach from my studio at home, Blossoming Bellys in Pretoria. 5. How long have you been practicing yoga? 10 years. 6. How […]

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3. Yoga Lifestyle

Nancy Andersen’s Yoga Mat Bags

Nancy Andersen is the talented and passionate creator of Nancy’s Yoga Mat Bags made from Shwe Shwe material found in South Africa as well as fabric bought from Java. These beautifully designed Yoga mat bags are lined for Hot Yoga, room enough for the newer larger mats with space for a towel or top… and a pocket […]

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5. Yoga Community

Yoga Teacher Interview: Tine Robinson

1. Name: Tine Robinson. 2. DOB: 15 February 1960. 3. What style of yoga do you teach? Sivananda. 4. Where do you teach? At Lotus Studio and in our local township. 5. How long have you been practicing yoga? About 11 years. 6. How long have you been teaching yoga? 8 years. 7. Who have you trained with and […]

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