Yoga

Sir John Kirwan is one of the faces of mental health awareness in this country, so it's fitting that we catch up with him on the eve of Mental Health Awareness Week. JK joins the show to share some of… Audio

Amid dwindling numbers of international visitors, a novel attraction is helping luring Aucklanders to their city's most popular landmark.

Twice a week at dawn, the country's highest yoga classes are… Video, Audio

Southland man Michael Anderson moved to Ecuador with his German girlfriend Tanja to take up a teaching position, but the couple currently find themselves on strict lockdown in the port city of… Audio

Jase Te Patu teaches yoga in schools to children to promote mindfulness and wellbeing. He speaks to the Panel about the success with the approach in contrast to the US where it's been banned in public… Audio

He's the stereotypical tight-trousered, big-haired rock lothario, but Whitesnake singer David Coverdale insists he can sleep comfortably at night in the #MeToo era. He's about to play an Auckland… Audio

Bikram hot yoga has grown to be a global brand, with studios around the world and hundreds of teachers training each year under the guidance of its founder and guru Bikram Choudhury. Choudhury came to… Audio

A Catholic Bishop in Ireland says that yoga is not appropriate for schools in his diocese. Bishop Alphonsus Cullinan sent out a letter last month, warning that yoga was "not of Christian Origin"  Audio

One of the world’s most famous yoga masters was to some a beloved teacher and a guide to enlightenment. To others, he was a sexual predator and a bully. Audio

We've got dog yoga, wine yoga, lemur yoga, drunk yoga ... whatever happened to plain old "yoga"? Audio

Marjorie Woollacott's a professor of neuroscience at Oregon University as well as a keen meditator. She has also researched what may control us outside of our physical brains. Audio

If you're looking for a bit of well-being and serenity perhaps start this weekend, Saturday is New Zealand's first Yoga Day. The inaugural day has been created by Franko Heke and Niki Rhodes and their… Audio

Downward dog and pigeon pose may be familiar to you, but how about ke raro and kererū? More than 100 people turned out in Wellington for a yoga class with a twist - it was taught entirely in te reo… Audio

Former member of Canterbury rap duo Dark Tower Jody Lloyd is now based in Bali and going by the name Trillion. He talks about his talent for finishing things and how he could have been Moby. Video, Audio

Kim Hill talks to Leigh Hopkinson, a New Zealand-born, Melbourne-based writer and editor, whose first book is a memoir about her years working in striptease - Two Decades Naked. Audio

Kim Hill talks to Andy Bearpark arrived in New Zealand in 2013 after a 40-year career as a war zone reconstruction expert. He was one of Margaret Thatcher's five Private Secretaries for three years… Audio

Adhyatma is the director of The Yoga Education in Prisons Trust, a registered charitable trust providing yoga and meditation education in New Zealand prisons. Audio

When you think yoga do you picture a slim young white middle-class woman? Yoga teacher Dianne Bondy is part of a movement to reclaim yoga for everybody. Audio