AWHI Yoga & Wellbeing

05/08/2026

🙌 300 HR YTT - Early Bird rate extended til 1 September 🙌

Pay-in-full by 1 Sept to lock in this absurdly low rate for our Yoga Alliance accredited 300 Hr Yoga Teacher training, which begins with our first required module, Mantra, Pranayama & Meditation on 5 Sept with Thomas O'malleytheallycat Brotherstone

We’ve also got one 15hr elective happening this Friday-Sun (Prenatal Yoga), too!

Flexible modules and payment plans available!

Details at awhiyoga.co.nz/300hr

03/08/2026

How do YOU adapt movement, cueing & sequencing for pregnant bodies in your classroom?

This is a relevant question for anyone who teaches movement practices, be it yoga asana, Pilates or other forms of functional fitness. As teachers committed to inclusive, accessible classes, a basic understanding of how hormonal changes in hapū bodies affect joints, stability, breath and energy can help us adapt with real confidence — not just avoidance or guesswork!

Most of us aren't taught this in our initial teacher training. So when a pregnant student walks into class, we're often adapting on the fly, hoping we're getting it right — or quietly steering them away from certain poses (or certain classes altogether) because we're not sure what's safe. This isn't inclusive; it's alienating and uncomfortable.

If that sounds familiar, our Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training will change how you teach — for every body in the room.

📅 Fri, 7th Aug (5:30-8:30pm), Sat 8th Aug (10am-6pm), Sun 9th Aug (12-6pm)
📍 AWHI Yoga & Wellbeing, 2/15 Johnston Street, Wellington Central
💰 $399

Spots are limited — link in bio to book your place or awhiyoga.co.nz/events

Facilitated by - Prenatal yoga expert, doula, birth training, PT / PE background and loads of teacher training + teaching experience! You're in the best hands!

31/07/2026

❄️ AUGUST AT AWHI ❄️

Loads to choose from this month whether you want to upskill, dig deep, relax, learn, support ...we got you! Spoilt for choice!

🌟 Wed, 5th Aug, 6:45pm: ABC - AWHI Book Club! This month's read is When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron. FREE!
🌟 Fri-Sun, 7-9th Aug: Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training with . For any teacher looking to empower their students through their pregnancy journey. $399.
🌟 Sat, 15th Aug, 12-2:30pm: RECLAIM - Nervous System & Identity Reset Experience with . Connect to yourself beyond survival mode. $89-$130.
🌟 Sat, 29th Aug, 11:45am: Hīkoi with . Enjoy a reading from Hana's new pukapuka, Kupu Whenua and then join her on a guided walk to bring the words to life. $20-25.
🌟 Sunday Koha supports through August-September.

Bookings for all events through our website at awhiyoga.co.nz/events

31/07/2026

A moving podcast with AWHI co-founder Justine Hamill and Blaine Collinge who run Red Door Recovery, an addiction recovery organisation and recipient of our August & September Sunday 10am Koha! Have a listen to learn more about the important healing work they're doing, it's a fantastic interview and a great reminder of how important their mahi is to our wider community

Blain Collinge was once the reason his parents started — refusing help, deep in addiction, with "no desire to change." Over a decade later, he co-leads the very organisation built to save him.

Justine Hamill came to Red Door Recovery after her own relapse and recovery, bringing a background in psychotherapy and yoga. Together, they now run a 24/7 recovery service in Upper Hutt — and they don't do it from behind a desk. They lead from lived experience.
In this episode, Blain and Justine talk honestly about the toll of running a business built on crisis, and the story of one young client who arrived labelled "the most difficult client in the mental health system" — and who's now finding her way home.

Click the link below to hear why Red Door doesn't do healing by the textbook.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4YmmzmMHtV19tMJkfIREvr?si=Cv1H37gOSj6w4gmOyuTzrQ

30/07/2026

🍂 ABC August Read: When Things Fall Apart 🍂

Our AWHI Book Club pick for August: When Things Fall Apart by 📖 Real talk about sitting with uncertainty instead of running from it. Equally, a gentle, no-BS guide to staying present when life gets messy (which, let's be honest, is most of the time).

FREE, hosted in AWHI reception with and .

No pressure to have finished it — half a chapter counts, kei te pai.

🗓Wed August 5th, 6:45-7:45pm in AWHI reception

FREE!

28/07/2026

1 day left. Serial procrastinators, this is your final nudge!

200hr YTT starts tomorrow, and we've got one spot left with your name on it. Make it a story for the ages.

We've got an epic rōpū this year — an incredibly diverse, knowledgeable, and exciting facilitation team, and a lot of good energy behind your transformation. Haere mai!

awhiyoga.co.nz/200hr

28/07/2026

PRENATAL YOGA - TEACHING TO PREGNANT BODIES

No matter what kind of asana practice you teach (Vinyasa, Hatha, Yin, etc), this course is for any teacher who wants to better support AND empower hapū students in their practice.

You'll learn:
✨Hormonal and structural changes across each trimester
✨Pelvic floor anatomy and its relevance to yoga practice
✨Birth-supportive movement and positioning
✨Common pregnancy ailments and how to adapt your teaching
✨Contraindications and safety considerations
✨Inclusive, trauma-aware cueing for pregnant students

🗓 Fri, 7 Aug, 5:30-8:30pm; Sat 8 Aug, 10am-6pm; Sun 9 Aug, 12-6pm
📍AWHI Yoga & Wellbeing, 2/15 Johnston St, Wellington Central
🔗 https://awhiyoga.co.nz/events/prenatal-yoga.html

Facilitated by Marcelly Ribeiro (she/her; they/them), a Brazilian-born yoga teacher and dancer based in Aotearoa New Zealand for the past 10 years. She holds a degree in Physical Education, 200-hour Vinyasa and Hatha Yoga Teacher Trainings, and certifications in Childbirth Education, Doula support, and Active Birth. Her teaching blends alignment-based yoga with the fluidity and expression of dance, reflecting her belief that both practices are powerful tools for connection, presence, and self-awareness. Specialising in prenatal yoga, Marcelly integrates asana, pranayama, and birth education to support women in preparing their bodies and minds for labour.

Follow Marcelly at

27/07/2026

🚶🏽‍♀️Hīkoi with Hana🚶🏾‍♂️

Book Talk and Walk with AWHI kaiako and author -- a pre-spring event that weaves words, walking and talking, and will nourish all aspects of your whare tapawhā!

The event starts at AWHI (Whare Oho). Hana will introduce the kaupapa of her book Kupu Whenua and its connection to holistic wellbeing. Delight in listening to a curated selection of toikupu — poems from her pukapuka, Kupu Whenua — as well as the kōrero that sits behind and within those words. We'll then move beyond the whare for a short hīkoi to neighbouring sites where the words, the kupu, the whenua, the land, and the tangata (Tangata Whenua, Tangata Tiriti) will come to life!

🗓 Saturday, 29 August, 11:30am - 12:45pm
📍AWHI Yoga & Wellbeing - 2/15 Johnston St, Wellington CBD
💲 $25 (Members, students, concession - $20)
🔗 Book online: awhiyoga.co.nz/events

26/07/2026

👩🏽‍🏫 The Countdown is on! 👨🏻‍🏫

Our 200 hour Teacher Training starts *this* Thursday, 30th July and there's still just a few spots left!

There's FIVE DAYS REMAINING (you'll get that joke if you join our training...🤣). Mats down, mahi begins. If you're feeling the pull towards deepening your practice or becoming a yoga teacher, then now is the time.

Payment plans available, and receive a FREE Unlimited studio membership over the duration of training.

Modeled on Te Whare Tapa Whā, we meet over five weekend modules between 30th July - 15th November. HAERE MAI!

25/07/2026

🔥😅 SUNDAYS ARE FOR SWEATING 😅🔥

Shake off those winter blues and build a little heat with the rest of your AWHI whānau because Sundays are for sweating!

Kick off the morning at 8:30am with a 60 min Heated Power Vinyasa, then stick around for our most popular class of the week -- our 90 min Koha Heated Flow at 10am (koha entry)!

At 3pm we've got an hour-long Hot Pilates and then we cool down the day with a lux 90 min Yin at 4:30pm.

Sunday Schedule:
🔥 8:30-9:30am: Heated Power Vinyasa
🔥 10-11:30am: Koha Heated Flow
🔥 3-4pm: Hot Pilates
💧4:30-6pm: Yin Yoga

Sunday Koha proceeds go the for July.

See you on the mat!

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