Donna Farhi is a Yoga teacher who has been practicing for 40 years and has taught since 1982. She is one of the most sought after guest teachers in the world, leading intensives and teacher training programs internationally. Her approach to Yoga is informed by the refinement of natural and universal movement principles that underlie safe and sustainable Yoga practice. This concentration on fundamental principles allows student of all levels of experience and from all traditions to build their own authentic Yoga practice. Considered the “teacher of teachers” students return to Donna’s intensives year after year to be a part of the inspiring evolution of Donna’s own practice and teaching.
Donna is the author of four contemporary classics:
- The Breathing Book
- Yoga Mind, Body & Spirit: A Return to Wholeness
- Bringing Yoga to Life: The Everyday Practice of Enlightened Living
- Teaching Yoga: Exploring the Teacher Student Relationship
Donna’s books are a curricular text for teaching trainings worldwide. Her fifth and most recent book, co-authored with Leila Stuart, Pathways to a Centered Body: Gentle Yoga Therapy for Core Stability, Healing Back Pain and Moving with Ease is becoming the go-to text for Yoga teachers, therapists and somatic practitioners.
After nearly four decades of practice Donna believes that Yoga is about learning to befriend our self. To be in friendship with others as a means to building greater fellowship with all of humanity. American born, Donna now resides in Christchurch, New Zealand. She lives on a 30-acre farm with her partner and her horses Santosha and Pavana.
Visit the Donna Farhi website https://donnafarhi.co.nz/