Volunteers

Lili Wyant 

Lili is based in Dunedin and assists in and fundraising events and managing the overflow of the correspondence for the 6-month course from Milton prison. Lili is a heart-focused yoga teacher with a passion for sharing the beauty and joy of yoga.

After years of suffering from chronic fatigue and experiencing the profound healing effects of yoga, Lili has a deep gratitude for the teachings and a desire to share her love of yoga inspired her to travel to India to complete her first teacher training in Ashtanga Vinyasa/Flow with Tribe Yoga in January 2013.  

This training was the catalyst to leave her ‘fear-based safety net’ of working in the corporate world and was the beginning of a lifelong journey. She has since completed training in Yin Yoga with Yin Therapy and has studied and practiced a variety of yoga styles in Australia, Guatemala, Mexico and India.

Lili believes the gift of yoga is an ongoing and evolving practice and every session is an opportunity for both teacher and student to learn and grow together. 

Donna Wikio 

Donna is also based in Dunedin and helps with the Correspondence Course and fundraising events. Donna started practicing yoga with her mother when she was 12. She doesn’t remember much about the first class other than feeling calm and still afterwards. She continued to seek those feelings as she continued through high school and university. 

In 2006 she completed an intensive 9 week training with Nikki Knoff in Iyengar and Ashtanga styles, including philosophy, chanting, meditation and anatomy. 

Donna started teaching yoga in 2006 and had her second son in 2007. She moved to Queenstown and began teaching at Bikram Yoga Queenstown, a mixed yoga style studio. In 2008 she plucked up the courage to attend Bikram Teacher training in Mexico and I has never looked back.  She has since trained in the Bikram advanced series, Yin yoga and with many senior teachers.

Donna loves what yoga has done for her mind and body and is honoured to teach what she loves. 

Neal Ghoshal

Neal Ghoshal is a Yoga Teacher, musician, massage therapist and in his spare time also a web developer.

He feels the Yoga Education In Prisons Trust is doing vital work for the New Zealand Community and is very happy to use his website and design skills to help the YEPT. 

website: sacredmoves.com
Phone: 021 180 7867