About Aroha Nui Yoga

Nau mai haere mai, welcome to Aroha Nui Yoga! ​

Aroha Nui Yoga is an holistic yoga studio offering classes and workshops both online and in person for over 2 decades.  

 

Ko wai ahau? Who am I?

Ko Linsey toku ingoa, he uri ahau no Ngati Whakaue, Ngati Rangiwewehi, Ngati Pikiao, Ngati Makino, Ngati Whatua - Te Uri o Hau, Pakeha.

My name is Linsey and I am a descendant of the Te Arawa confederation of tribes, from the Bay of Plenty, Aotearoa/ New Zealand. My ancestors are both Māori and Pakeha of Scottish, English and Irish origin.

 

My yoga journey -

My journey with yoga began over 25 years ago through attending a pregnancy yoga class, I went on to practice on and off for several years. 

 

As a mum of four I found yoga to be an excellent way to practice self-care, for my body, mind and spirit. The holistic and spiritual side of yoga resonated with my intuitive understanding of my culture, whakapapa and wairua.

 

And I found that practice enabled me to let go of stress, renew my body and mind, and just be in the moment. I left classes renewed and restored and ready to face the world. 

  

The focus and awareness gained with regular practice helped me to balance my nervous system and stay connected to my essence.  

 

I went on to train as a yoga teacher, and open my own studio in Helensville, Auckland. 

 

I've been teaching yoga ever since, and provide classes that are intuitive, therapeutic and compassionate, I continue to learn and develop my teaching practice.

 

I believe yoga increases your resilience and gives you tools to manage stress, encourages wellbeing and spiritual growth, and helps us to ride the waves of life.

 

Training : 

 

  • IYTA NZ Introduction to Yoga Teaching Certificate 2000
  • Ashram Yoga  - Teaching Certification 2001 - 300 hours
  • Certificate in Intermediate and Advanced Teaching Ashram Yoga NZ 2005 - 500 hours
  • Pre-Natal Yoga - Teaching Certification 2014
  • Yoga Nidra  - guided deep relaxation 2001/2005/2014
  • Restorative and Therapeutic Yoga, Living your Yoga with Judith Hanson- Lasater Phd. Pt. 2010 and 2014
  • Nervous System Yoga - Subtle Yoga 2022
  • Rongoa Level 1 -  with Donna Kerridge 2019
  • Mirimiri and Romiromi - Manawa Ora Mirimiri - 2019

 

While my yoga classes offer a chance to stay balanced and restored for everyday life - workshops/ wānanga and retreats go deeper, and encourage healing and promote holistic wellbeing - Hauora.

 

It is also one of my goals to share yoga in Te Reo Māori when/where I can, and in 2020 I was fortunate to be able to do this with the Harakore TV crew - watch the episode here

 

We can custom design retreats, waananga and workshops, and have offered custom designed classes for the following :

 

Kurawaka Retreat Centre/ Eastern Institute of Technology - sunrise beach yoga classes for waahine, karanga wānanaga 2018 - 2019

 

iWahine Leadership Hui - Presenter at the 2019 Wahine Maori Leadership Hui

 

Māori Tourism NZ - classes for the members during lockdown via zui online 2021

 

Massey University Alumni -  Te Whare Tapa Wha based yoga for wellbeing programme - 8 week course incorporating te reo maori for alumni online 2022

 

Waipareira Trust - yoga for rangatahi 2019

 

Mahitahi/ collaboration with Jerome Kavanagh Poutama -  Oro Atua and Aroha Nui Yoga - A collaboration of taonga puoro and yoga. Yoga and sound healing workshops  2018 - 2021

 

Hei Ahuru Mowai Maori Cancer Research Hui a Tau - AGM

A custom class for members to experience Aroha Nui Yoga 2023

 

Aroha Mai Cancer Support Services -

Gentle chair yoga for Wellbeing 2023 /24, for cancer patients and survivors  

 

A little more about me

 

I am a mum of four and nanny to 9 mokopuna. I owned a boutique fashion and art space for 18 years and gave it up to focus solely on teaching yoga, and developing online courses to enhance the wellbeing of students.

When not busy working and being a nanny I enjoy; mahi toi/ art, being in nature, studying, travelling, and will often spend time at art exhibitions or markets.

I am studying Toi Māori - māori and indigenous art at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa, weaving, and learning Te Reo Maori.

 

What our name means -

Aroha means Love and compassion, 

​Aro- to direct, turn to face

​Ha-  the breath, the essence

 

​Nui- abundant, vast, plentiful, important

Yoga - union, unity, oneness, to join

This name resonates with me deeply.

It guides me in my practice of teaching, and personal practice of yoga.

It also connects me to my whakapapa...

My grandmother, Isabella Riparata Macfarlane, signed of every letter and card she sent me with arohanui x Nanny.

 

Aroha  Nui x

Linsey 

 

P.S to work with me please contact [email protected] or see my offerings below-

 

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