Chrisna Ashforth

I studied at the University of Pretoria, where I completed a degree in Physical Education. After my degree I moved to Durban, and there I found the yoga that changed my life. I was playing beach volleyball for South Africa, and the injuries and demands of the sport led me to Kundalini yoga. It healed my body, and something in me began to change as well. I started to get to know myself.

In 2010 I completed the international Kundalini yoga teachers training, and in the same year Eagles View Yoga Studio was born in Gillitts, KwaZulu-Natal. I have since qualified as an international Restorative and Hatha yoga teacher. I teach classes in person and on Zoom, and I offer individual yoga lessons.

My spiritual journey began when my son was diagnosed with ADD. After two years I realised that Ritalin was doing more damage than good. It wasn’t an easy journey, but I persevered. I did every course under the sun and read every possible book, and that search led me to qualify as an International Applied Kinesiologist.

Most recently I completed five years of shamanic teachers training. I am a sacred pipe holder, and in those years we learned how to communicate with animals. Today I teach this as the African Animal Communication System: every person is born with an animal ally, and I help people meet theirs.

My sister Salomie (Masters in Psychology) and I hold retreats together. In Bela-Bela, twice a year, we teach yoga, raw food awareness, inner child activities and Native American healing. We run Vision Quest retreats in the Drakensberg, and we co-host retreats in nature for women and teenagers in Durban.

In September 2026 we took our work to Sweden, and we now travel to other countries to hold retreats for hosts who invite us. Read about hosting us.

One of my passions is to empower people by teaching The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron, a 12 week course of discovering your creative self, which I run twice a year.