The teacher

Sannyasi Pragyadhara

Educator, Teacher-trainer, initiate and dedicated student of the Satyananda, Bihar Yoga tradition for over twenty five years.

The Record

2003 - 2014

Five years in residence at the Bihar School of Yoga, India. Course coordinator SYA Academy, NSW, Australia. Three year residential - Sannyasa training(2012 - 2014) Bihar School of Yoga, India. Four month residential - Certificate in Yogic Studies, Bihar School of Yoga, 2003.

Sannyasa

Formal initiation into the tradition. Given not purchased.

Since 2009

Training diploma-level teachers; Program Advisor & Curriculum development roles. Lead Trainer and Senior Teacher, (Yoga NZ).

Credentials

Master's in Yoga Psychology, Bihar School of Yoga, India, 2003 - 2005.

E-RYT 500, Yoga Alliance, U.S, YCEP Provider. Senior Level 4 Yoga Teacher, Yoga NZ.

BA/B.ED, Diploma of Secondary Teaching.

In her words

"I trained inside the lineage, not next to it."

Pragyadhara began teaching in 2006 and left for India in 2012, spending five years living and studying in residence at the Bihar School of Yoga. She returned to New Zealand carrying the tradition as it is actually practised: systematically, daily, and with the meditative core intact.

Since then she has taught continuously, trained teachers, mentored graduates, and built a yoga community where classical yoga is taught in full rather than in fragments.

The studio

A home studio, next to the ocean

The Torbay studio is small on purpose. Manduka mats, handmade bolsters, and meditation cushions, everything sourced natural and local where possible. Offerings are intentionally personal; you will be known by name.