Story: Yoga, Pilates and other exercise systems

Yoga class, Wellington, 1959

These women are performing a yoga stance called sirsasana at a class in Wellington in 1959.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP/1959/1957

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Mark Derby, Yoga, Pilates and other exercise systems – Traditional exercise systems, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/40362/yoga-class-wellington-1959 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Mark Derby, published 3 December 2012.