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A Tribute to Mike Byron-McKay

Pam McDonald

18/1/2018

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My name is Pamela McDonald, Mike Byron McKay was my first yoga teacher back in the early 90’s, his school was in Herne Bay, Auckland.

It was a small community of yogis in those days. The yoga school was a place you could go and do yoga with like-minded people. I am still friends with some of those people today.

Mike was a hard taskmaster, coming to class was an exercise in getting over fear, but out of the fear came courage and I kept turning up to class.
He was very generous with his time a 1½ hour class at times extended to 3 hours, at no extra cost.

As a teacher trainee he was always there to support me in my teaching and guide my practice – Mike was very big on self practice.
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Thank you Mike.
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    YOGA LINEAGE

    *In this Blog section all the authors are former students or colleagues of Mike Byron Mckay who wish to share stories in the wake of the NZ School of Yoga closing down. Each Contributing Author is listed in the Contributors Section Below. 

    The first post (Yoga Stories : Mike Byron McKay) was authored by Nicole Allan.

    Contributors

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    1. Nicole Allan
    Amber Goh
    Ella Richardson
    Eveline Hauptli
    Fiona Fleming
    Kim Godsen & Irene Leat
    Leah
    Lester Easton
    Martyn Barry
    Melodie Batchelor
    Nicole Keddie
    Pam McDonald
    Paul Barton
    Stephanie Hall
    Vincent Bolleta
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