Emma Beattie

~If you can’t figure out your purpose, figure out your passion. For your passion will lead you right into your purpose~

Yoga has had a profound and positive effect on my life since that first class nearly 20 years ago!
It fosters a wonderful sense of community, it’s taught me to accept, love and look after my body, it’s given me the tools to slow down and chill out when life inevitably gets a bit overwhelming or stressful and it’s made me a happier and healthier person.
Passion, purpose, mission, obsession, calling - it’s now all of these things.

After teaching for a number of years in Paris & London, I moved back to NZ with my partner and founded and opened the first Flourish Yoga NZ studio in August 2019.

I love to draw on my years of experience with various styles to create a light-hearted class that incorporates breath work, mindful movement, strength work to balance out the flexibility work, and lots of personalised adjustments to help each person delve deeper in their practise.

Classes are varied, but all leave you refreshed and re-energised. I am qualified to teach Mat Pilates, so you can expect lots of core strengthening sequences woven through my yoga flows. I am also certified to teach Pre & Postnatal Yoga to look after all the beautiful yoga mamas and yoga mamas to be.

Selina Gilbert

Selina is a dedicated yogini who is passionate about bringing the nourishing practice of yoga into everyday life.

Selina’s first experience with yoga was from tagging along to class with her mum when she was 15 – she immediately fell in love with the graceful movements and quietening in her mind.

This love grew deeper when she observed the enriching effects of yoga on her life ‘off the mat’ – physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. As a result, Selina completed a 2-year teaching apprenticeship, comprising 2,000 hours of intensive in-class training, culminating in registration as a Yoga Alliance 500 hours yoga teacher (RYT 500 hours) in 2009. With over 10 years of teaching experience, she has also gained accreditation as an Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher (E-RYT 500 hours).

She hopes that her students will leave her class a lighter, freer, more authentic version of themselves.

Michelle Allen

Michelle's offerings are steeped in the Vinyasa roots and infused with luminous life learnings between Earth and Sky. Gentle flow embodiment practices woven together with light language transmissions, sound healing, sacred plant elixirs and meditation. Her intention is that you leave your practice feeling grounded, connected, empowered and immersed into your softest way of Being. That you return to and remember the expansive capacity of your own Hearts wisdom, receiving the nectar of your own knowing, the fruits of our inner listening. 

“My Yoga journey began in 2004 as a devoted student of Yoga. Eight years later in 2012, with a curiosity in deepening my practice, I began my journey into Teacher Training. This led to studying with Duncan Peak, Tiffany Cruikshank, Shiva Rea and Elena Brower. A qualified Shamanic Cacao Ceremonialist, Reiki - Masters level, Earth Warrior, Mama & Light Language channel. It is my deepest privilege to be in your practice, your presence, your Light.”

Together, may we breathe our way Home. Aho ~ MIchelle.

Stu Larson

Stu was introduced to yoga as a teenager, and has maintained a regular practice since 2014. He completed his 200HR RYT in 2019 at RAW Yoga on the North Shore.

He loves outdoor adventure sports like surfing, snowboarding and multi-day hikes and his classes reflect his calm demeanour whilst bringing plenty of dynamic, energising physical movement.

When it comes to a yoga practice, Stu is most passionate about being playful with balance, creating more mind-body awareness by using the breath, building physical confidence in challenging poses by taking one step at a time, keeping the core activated and finding regular moments of stillness and appreciation for the present moment. This is what he loves to share in his regular classes.

Stu loves to teach Vinyasa and Hatha inspired classes; using strong activation cues, a variety of options of each pose and a steady pace throughout each class. Expect to build heat, strength and flexibility as you groove to some fun beats during his dynamic classes!

Alyssa Bird

Having witnessed and experienced the transformative power of Yoga, my purpose is to help others connect to their inner stillness and peace through this ancient and inspiring practice. I strongly believe in Yoga being available for every person, and truly feel that ‘if you can breathe, you can do Yoga’. My teaching style has a strong focus on safety, accessibility and working with the breath to journey inwards and create space in the body and mind.

I have been on the yoga path for over 14 years and teaching consistently for 5 years.  I started out teaching in Sydney after completing the comprehensive IYTA 460 hour teacher training course, going on to further my training in Restorative, Yin, and Pre & Postnatal yoga.  Having recently returned to NZ with my family, yoga continues to be an invaluable tool for keeping balanced and calm in a busy life juggling 3 young children.

Emma Stone

Emma comes from a background of theatre and dance and has always experienced a strong connection to nature, travel and adventure. Training in music gave Emma an understanding of creativity and harmony, which she brings to her Yoga practice.

Emma has been practicing Yoga personally for fifteen years and felt a desire to pursue training after living in Bondi, Sydney, where she attended weekly workshops and built in a daily practice. Her love for teaching has led her to further her study, and she is now a qualified Trauma-Informed Yoga Teacher (RYT500).

Slow flow and yin-style practice is where Emma is most passionate and the gentle tone of her voice will lull you into the deepest relaxation! Her warm presence and enthusiasm will help to gently guide you on your Yoga journey. Emma is also trained in pre and postnatal yoga and loves looking after mums to be!

Kristy Meyer

Kristy came to yoga on a journey of self discovery and inner peace. She completed her teacher training in 2015 RYT200 and then fell in love with the slow, mindful practice of Yin. This lead to more in-depth Yin Yoga teacher training with Yin Culture.

“Yin Yoga is my passion and a medicine I love to share. I have experienced some deep shifts in my life through this beautiful practice. It brings me back to my centre, balances my energy and allows me to get out of my head and into the wisdom of my body and my heart space.  It also allows me to be present and to move through this world with more grace and ease.”

With a passion for Yin Yoga that transcends the physical practice, Kristy strives to create a sacred and safe space where the nervous system is nourished, while mind, body and soul are united in harmony and balance.

To  teach others how to slow down, to let go and to listen to the wisdom of the body and whisperings of the heart is truly a blessing. “To empower others with this deeply healing practice fills my heart”

Bonnie O’Neill

Bonnie’s passion lies in health, awareness and conscious living. She has walked the path of yoga for over 30 years, completing her training in Ashtanga Yoga (Led and Mysore Style) with certificates in both Hatha and Pregnancy Yoga. 

For Bonnie, yoga is a method of living well. As said by T.K.V. Desikachar "Yoga is the process of examining our habitual attitudes and behaviours and their consequences....and to change something about ourselves: To be able to think more clearly, to feel better, and to be able to act better today than we did yesterday in all areas of our lives" From, The Heart of Yoga.   

Expect an Ashtanga-inspired flow, a great workout for the body and a work-in for the mind.