Yoga Academy

Yoga in the heart of the city. Start your yoga journey today at the Auckland Yoga Academy.Whether you are brand new to yoga or you have been practicing for years, we provide classes for you with support from experienced yoga teachers.

Peter Nilsson

Peter Nilsson, the founder and Director of the Auckland Yoga Academy, has been immersed in the practice and study of yoga from the age of 30. Now at the young age of 68 he endeavours to live life by the principles of yoga. The Auckland Yoga Academy is a reflection of the culmination of this yogic journey of love and dedication.

Jude Hynes

Jude is the Yoga Academy’s Training Director; mentoring future Yoga Teachers in the ways of the ancients. She brings over ten years of teacher training experience to the workshops and courses she facilitates. In particular, her skills in course development, communication and facilitation, as well as knowledge of educational and developmental psychology.

Facilities at the Auckland Yoga Academy

According to the ancient texts (including the famous Hatha Yoga Pradipika), yoga needs to be done in clean quiet surroundings that are free from disturbances, so the student is free to focus inward with purpose intent and then the mind becomes quiet, the breath steady and the body willing.

The Auckland Yoga Academy has:

• Beautiful wood (Tawa) floors
• Large yoga rooms
• Large changing rooms
• Two showers in each changing room
• Two toilets
• Meditation area
• Yoga shop