Emma Balnaves

BIOGRAPHY​

Emma Balnaves is an independent documentary filmmaker, director of AGNIYOGANA, and an internationally respected teacher of the traditional forms and philosophies of Hatha Yoga

She has been teaching since 1995 and is the co-founder of Shadow Yoga.

Emma was introduced to yoga in her early teens when she became intrigued by the mystery of the practices and the feelings they evoked inside her. 

After graduating in visual communication, majoring in photography at the University of Adelaide and working in the creative arts in Sydney, New York, and London, Emma committed herself to a life of teaching yoga.

Decades of in-depth study followed with research in yoga, Ayurveda, and other internal arts. Emma began incorporating the full spectrum of the yogic process in her teaching.

In 1998 both Sundernath and Emma began extensive travel – teaching and training internationally.

In 2019, Emma completed her first film AGNIYOGANA, a documentary inspired by a desire to present a better understanding of all aspects of the practice.