Y O U R T E A C H E R S
Our yoga journeys
All of the teachers at Kapiti Hot Yoga have one thing in common, our passion and love for teaching yoga. While we have all come from different backgrounds, jobs, and even countries, along the way, we all stumbled across our yoga practice and for each of us, our practice has shaped and changed us and ultimately led us to become teachers.
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Anjana (Anj) Mistry
26+2 Hot Yoga Teacher I’ve been practicing the 26+2 hot yoga sequence for over a decade and have been teaching it for just over 6-years and I LOVE everything about it. For me the heat, humidity and, the consistency of the sequence work. I love how the heat warms my body up from the inside out, allowing me to safely stretch. I love how I sweat no matter what and flush out toxins from my body along the way. I love the 'sameness' of the sequence and knowing what is expected of me. I love how the heat and humidity force me to concentrate and focus for 90-minutes, calming and quieting my mind. Opening Kapiti Hot Yoga and being able to share this incredible practice with my community is a privilege and a dream come true, and I look forward to meeting you all soon! |
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Zara Degetz
26+2 Hot Yoga Teacher I’ve been practising various types of yoga for almost ten years, but the first time I stepped into a studio heated for the 26+2 sequence, I knew I’d found the perfect environment – a space that keeps you warm, keeps you safe and helps you explore poses at a deeper level while grounding your mind. For me, this sequence is the perfect blend between physical challenge and meditation. The body is working hard but the mind is at peace. For 90 minutes, I don’t need to think at all, and that perfect place of mental stillness is invaluable. Where else can you get a brain cleanse along with an optimally balanced physical practice? I finished my 250-hour training with Evolation Yoga in April 2022 and am thrilled to be joining the team at Kapiti Hot Yoga. I love chatting about poses and look forward to seeing you on your mats! |
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Cameron (Cam) Castle
26+2 Hot Yoga Teacher I discovered 26+2 hot yoga a few years ago when living in Dunedin, during my medical school training. I began practicing a few times a week and soon realised how specifically the sequence is designed to help heal the body, recover from injury and re-centre the mind. I had many inspirational teachers along the way and so was motivated to embark on my own yoga journey towards training as a Hot Yoga teacher. I recently completed the Original Hot Yoga (OHY) Teacher Training (Bikram lineage of 26 and 2) consisting of 350 hours credentialed by the OHY Association, in Queenstown, NZ. For me, yoga is about the balance between strength and flexibility, exertion, and releasing. My passion is working with people to realise their own potential within the sequence and guide them on their journey toward a positive, energetic, and well-balanced life. |
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Katarina (Kat) Cattermole
26+2 Hot Yoga Teacher I discovered hot yoga just over two years ago and immediately felt the need to come back over and over. I wanted to know more and recently trained in Queenstown as a hot yoga teacher. For me, this yoga offers structure and sharp focus that now also translates to my personal and work life. It feels good. I like our studio because it feels like “coming home” to where I am nurtured. From my stressful but rewarding job as a midwife, this is where I get to take care of me. Every so often, I am noticing progress in the way I practice, no matter how big or small. I learned that putting myself out there, into hard or uncomfortable situations, is the best gifts that one can give to themselves because this is where the real magic happens. The body works hard but the mind remains calm. I hope my experiences can help others guide to find their potential, peace or whatever it is they may find through their hot yoga journey. |
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Ngila Bevan
Yin Yoga Teacher I have been practicing yoga for over 20 years experimenting with Bikram, Ashtanga, Iyengar, and Vinyasa before finding Forrest Yoga in 2015. My teaching journey began in 2014 after completing a 200hr Yoga Alliance training at BodyMindLife in Australia. In 2015 I trained for a month with Ana Forrest in Sydney, and in 2018 became a certified Level 2 Forrest teacher in Bali. Nowadays I am most at home teaching Forrest, Yin, and meditation. I am to keep my classes light hearted, intentional peaceful. I believe that practicing yoga can help us to build the best versions of ourselves, to relinquish what doesn’t serve us, and to celebrate our gifts with confidence and grac |
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Carol Shortis
Yin Yoga Teacher I’ve been practicing various forms of yoga for the last decade, and in 2017 I completed a 200 hour yoga teacher training with Hot Yoga Wellington. It was a pivotal experience, a process of triangulating my own life learnings with a set of established principles, finding commonalities, divergences and new tools for new situations. It helped me grow, on and off the mat, and in my own yoga practice. In 2023, I became inspired to do yin training because of my own experiences in attending yin classes, I discovered a need for balance for my largely yang-orientated life! But specifically for KHY, I think yin is a great counterbalance to the yang of the 26+2 hot yoga practice, and I’m enjoying exploring the points of connection between the two, and how they can each inform and complement the other. |
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Amy Masters
Yin Yoga Teacher Spirituality has been a natural part of my life and began with journaling my dreams as a child, reading cards and astrology forecasts as a teenager, to qualifying as a reiki healer and yoga teacher in my 20’s. I trained as a Hot Yoga teacher in Wellington in 2015 and since then have been teaching classes, workshops and as part of my women's retreats in mainly yin and hatha yoga practice. As a strong women's advocate, I spent my nursing career working in gynaecology, maternity, paediatrics and in the community. Self-development and spiritual practices became both my passion and my lifeline when I experienced postnatal anxiety and depression after having both of my babies. I am now a spiritual life coach and retreat facilitator for women seeking more fulfilment and deeper meaning in life. |
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Min Zi Ng
26+2 Hot Yoga Teacher I started practising hot yoga 2 years ago when I was looking for something to release the stress from my job. I remembered that I slept so well after the first class even though I struggled with the class itself, and I have been hooked since then. For me, the heat and the humidity create a safe space to keep my body warm and provide more opportunity to explore the postures. I love the same sequences in 26+2 as I know what to expect. During the class, what I need to do is to follow the dialogue, concentrate, and work hard. What a blessed to have 90-minutes of quiet mind in this busy chaotic world! After practising for a while, I wanted to explore more about the postures so I took the opportunity to attend teacher training. For me, yoga practice is like life, someday it’s easier, someday it’s harder, what matters is to embrace all of them with an open mind. See you on the mat! |
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Irene Limantara
26+2 Hot Yoga Teacher In 2007, I tried Bikram yoga for the first time in Auckland, but I didn't quite enjoy it back then. When I moved to Wellington in 2010, I was in search of indoor exercise and found a yoga studio where I began practicing hot yoga again. It was on and off until about two years ago when I started to practice regularly and began to feel the benefits, motivating me to continue further. I love practicing in a hot room, enabling my body to sweat, stretch deeper, and feel good afterward. Recently, I completed hot yoga teacher training, which deepened my knowledge of yoga and has given me a greater appreciation for overall well-being. I am grateful for this opportunity and excited to share my knowledge and experiences with you. |
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