About Megan

Megan
was first exposed to yoga at a young age having
watched her mother practice the art at home.
She has always been
interested in holistic health and healing and took
up the study of Nutrition and Ayurveda- the
ancient medical healing system of India, of which
Yoga is an important aspect. After gaining
certification in Ayurvedic dietary and lifestyle
counselling she crossed over her studies to
specialise in Yoga which she was most drawn
to. Megan's passion and motivation for yoga
practice ultimately is freedom. She believes in
the science and art of yoga as a tool for healing
and balancing and self discovery. In her own life
and in helping others she offers the teachings of
yoga as a means of overcoming limitations;
negative factors of body and mind that can impede
our natural flow and experience of happiness and
creativity.
Megan is also mum to 2
boys aged 7 and 2 years. She lives in Titirangi
and can often be found in the ocean at Piha or
walking in the Waitakere rain forest. She is also
a student of Kung Fu and Chi Gung, loves
photography, music, gardening and cooking.
What style yoga?

My teacher always laughed at this question and
would answer "the style of yoga where you gain
oneness with the universe of course!".
Yoga is the technology for achieving balance
of the body and mind. When our systems are
harmonized and the mind becomes still we are
able to find what yoga refers to as the atman -
our true self. A self that shares a connection
with all other life - as life itself.
My style has firm roots in Sivananda yoga,
passed on to me by my teacher the late Vasudeva
Venkataya who trained in a Sivananda ashram for
14 years and who I studied yoga with for 10
years.
Over the years I have practiced
different styles such as Iyenga which has a
strong emphasis on alignment and Ashtanga who's
hallmark is the vinyasa (flow) style. I have
also enjoyed dance and pilates. I feel grateful
to the teachings of Krishnamacharya and his
students including Iyenga, Pattabhi Jois,
Desikachar who were responsible for yogas
renaissance. I am also inspired by contemporary
yogis Shiva Rea (pranaflow), Beryl Bender Birch
(power yoga), Donna Farhi (return of the
feminine approach to practice), Mark Whitwell
(yoga of heart). Other components of my practice
include working with the core, creation of poses
from earth to sky and a shift toward
increasingly more circular as opposed to linear
transitions influenced by Kung Fu. My classes
sometimes include Chi Gung.
It is my experience that over time individuals
will find that following a particular style will
fall away as you become free to create and
express your own flow. This freedom arises as we
find and place our inner teacher or wisdom ahead
of external precepts of what the practice should
look or be like. The forming of the mind-body
connection allows us to perceive our bodies
healing needs and as a response to those needs
at that time we let our practice unfold.
Sometimes the body may need a very slow
restorative session and at other times perhaps a
more dynamic flow. The physical practice is then
personalized as opposed to fitting an external
idea onto oneself. All classes have an inner
focus and journey the practitioner toward
meditation.
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