by Jude Hynes | Apr 12, 2016 | Jude's blog
The choice seems straight forward: Do you contract flu after flu and pack on a few kilos chomping your way through bread, potatoes and cheese to keep warm? Or will you commit to a yoga regime, devouring a scrummy, yummy, healthy diet? It’s a no brainier,... 
by Jude Hynes | Mar 30, 2016 | Jude's blog
It is six am, Wednesday, November 13, 2002: the first day of the five day workshop with Ashtanga Guru Pattabhi Jois and his family, in Auckland. The Yoga Academy has opened magically into one large practice space, the ... 
by Jude Hynes | Mar 16, 2016 | Jude's blog
A serious commitment to the ashtanga Yoga practice inevitably precedes the decision to head for Mysore and the guru, Sri Pattabi Jois. But nothing can really prepare first-time-to-India students for life outside the super-intense but still familiar routines of... 
by Jude Hynes | Mar 8, 2016 | Jude's blog
BENEFITS OF STANDING POSES ( Images of Helen Nicholson – Senior Hatha Yoga Teacher at the Yoga Academy) Teach us to stand on our own 2 feet. Invigorate heat and strengthen the entire body increasing circulation and stamina. Corrects spinal imbalances and teach... 
by Jude Hynes | Mar 1, 2016 | Jude's blog
In 2014 on Kawau Island at the Stillwaters Yoga Retreat the journalist Jenni-Mc Mannis asked Jude to talk about how she came to yoga and then became a yoga teacher. Here is Jude’s response: I came to yoga at 29, after separating from a 10-year relationship. My...