Yoga Adds Years to Your Life & Life to Your Years
Who amongst does not want a long and healthy life? A life that’s rich and fulfilling. Days spent pursuing our passions. According to some researchers this pursuit of …
Yoga Tips & Inspiration
New Beginnings: 2020 Here We Come!
January is a time of new beginnings. It is the month we make our resolutions, when we try new things, and when we reflect on and evaluate the …
Make the Most of Spring
Spring and the weather is warming up! I love it when there is a warmth to the atmosphere and the breeze is gentle and caressing, a little delicate …
Defy Gravity with Yoga
In our everyday language we talk about being, ‘depressed’, ‘weighed down’ and ‘carrying the load of the world on our shoulders’ – all terms we use to describe …
A Yoga Guide to Winter Wellness
In our plans about how to keep well for winter how many of us consider the lymphatic system? Many of us don’t really know what it does! Well …
5 Tips for Becoming More Flexible
You may have noticed that some people are naturally very flexible. They swoop into their lunges with effortless ease, their forward bends are deep folds and their back …
Hamstring PNF Stretching
Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF) is a way of stretching, which involves both the stretching and contracting of the muscle group being targeted. It is said to be one of …
How to Ensure a Happy New Year The Yoga Way
What’s on your happiness bucket list this year? I bet its not hard to make one! But what is hard is to find is a way of keeping …
3 Tips for a Sustainable Holiday Practice
Yoga at Christmas time, is there a place for it? Here in Australia Christmas time brings hot, hot summer days and nights, full tummies and days filled with …
Can Yoga Help Fight Depression?
All it takes is an hour or so on your mat on a regular basis to feel uplifted! In fact many studies using written questions to assess the …
Opening Our Yoga Heart
The heart is the sitting place of the soul. This is where, deep within the body, the living entity resides. For so long we may have built thick …
Pros and Cons of Hot Yoga
Hot yoga sounds very tempting to me in these cool winter months where every flash of warmth is cherished lovingly. A growing number of people however love hot …
3 Warming Shoulder Stretches for Winter
Before you do your yoga asanas it’s a good idea to do some warming exercises like joint mobilities first to loosen up your joints and increase the heat …
The Happy Yogi
Yoga is more than a great stretch. Much, much more. Let’s look at some of the wonderful benefits of all aspects of yoga and celebrate this wonderful gift …
How You Can Prevent Back Pain with Yoga
It is estimated that over a lifetime there’s an 80% chance of developing back pain. Some back pain passes quickly never to be seen again but all too …
2 Energizing Bandhas for Core Support
Bandhas Bandhas are energy locks. They are ways of holding the muscles, so that energy moves in an upwards direction. They can be performed with strength as in …
A Well Balanced Yoga Ritual
Early April and the Commonwealth Games are upon us. Sounds like it could be hard to get anywhere! What about our yoga practice? It’s the perfect time to …
Tips & Inspiration for Your Summer Yoga Practice
Did you start off the year with good yoga intentions which are slowly dwindling? Summer is a time of intense heat and humidity especially here in Queensland, which …
5 Yoga Poses to Inspire New Beginnings
2018 HERE WE COME! January is a time of new beginnings. It is the month we make our resolutions, when we try new things, and when we reflect …
Taking Your Asanas Outdoors
Isn’t it lovely that the weather is warming up! In Queensland we have a wonderfully mild winter, and the hardy souls only usually drop swimming for a couple …
Springtime Refresh with Yoga
Spring is seen as a time to detox; of cleansing away the excesses of winter comfort foods and helping the body reach new heights of energy and freshness. …
Three Reasons to Take up a Yoga Practice
1. Physical Well-being – Yoga asanas (poses or exercises) do so many amazing things to your body, I could be here all day explaining just a few of …
Are Yoga Asanas Spiritual?
One time a student asked, ‘How can I spiritualise my yoga asana practice? Are yoga asanas and pranayam intrinsically spiritual?’ Yoga asanas are not intrinsically spiritual, but they …
Boost Your Immunity with Yoga
You always know winter’s here when people start getting sick! In fact my son and his family are wading their way through a stomach flu while my daughter …
Celebrating All Things Yoga
Life is full of ups and downs. Let yoga be one of your ups! Yoga in all of its variety of practices including asana, pranayama, relaxation and meditation …
Eye Exercises
Just like all the other muscles in our body the eye muscles respond very well to a little exercise each day especially if we strain them by spending …
Phases of the Moon Sequence
While the influence of the sun is felt strongly in the change of seasons and in the passing of the daylight from dawn till dusk, the influence of …
Yoga Techniques for Anxiety
Find deep peace within with these simple yoga practices for Anxiety. Anxiety is all too common. So common in fact that it is showing up more and more …
Swap the Morning Coffee with Yoga Asanas for a Natural High!
Do you drag yourself out of bed each morning stiff and grumpy and head straight for the coffee? Yep that used to be me. I was a complete and utter …
A Yoga Game For Children – Rock/Archway/Bridge
For this game you need 4 or more people and some space. The children get into either one or more groups of four and line up. The first …
Cooling Asanas for the Hot Summer Months
Summer is a time of heat and humidity especially here in Queensland. Mostly people try to avoid it by either staying in air conditioning or swimming. The really …
Yoga at Christmas Time
I have been mulling over what to say about yoga with a Christmas theme. I had ideas of talking about coping with the stress of Christmas with yoga, …
Chin and Jnana Mudra
A hand mudra is a gesture usually used in meditation practices to help direct the energy towards the brain. Because each of the fingers are said to symbolise …
Yoga When You Are Under The Weather
There are so many ways that yoga can help while suffering from a disability – believe me I’ve just broken an arm and a leg! There are many …
Shoulders – Safe and Strong
I meet so many people whose asana practice has given them very sore shoulders. More often than not this is from the very popular vinyasa movement where we …
Yoga Asanas for a Restful, Refreshing Sleep
We all want a good nights sleep, but it doesn’t always happen spontaneously as we’d like it to. Sometimes it takes some effort to wind down from …
Developing a Home Practice Part 3: Plan Your Practice
A great way to get your home practice started is to follow a set program. It doesn’t have to be a complicated one! Five poses a day is …
Developing a Home Practice Part 2: Injury Prevention
Preventing Injury During Practice: The most common areas for injury are in the knees, lumbar spine and neck. When movement in the major joints above and below these areas …
Developing a Home Practice Part 1: Safety First
Asana is a Sanskrit term meaning ‘seat’, or ‘comfortable seat’. Keep this in mind throughout your practice! Your asana practice may take you beyond your perceived flexibility …
Focus on Women, the Reproductive System and Yoga
Interview with Yoga Teacher – Sami Q: Namaste, which yoga practices help support the reproductive system? Sami: All yoga practices and yoga meditation help the reproductive system by lowering …