What is Yoga? How to prepare your body and mind for your first classes If you’re planning to attend your first Ashtanga yoga class in the near future, you may be wondering what you need to know or do before you begin. While we welcome those with no prior experience to...
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Last Yoga Essentials Intensive Courses in 2015
Yoga Essentials Intensive Course Monday & Thursday 6.15-7.15am early mornings 30 November– 17 December – 3 weeks – 6 classes for $155 or $124 for newcomers Book your space now! New members of our studio receive a 20% discount on courses and multiple class passes...
New Class – Beginners Drop-in Ashtanga
Join Lisa on Mondays 7.30-8.30pm for a Beginners Drop-in class. This class is for those with little or no experience of Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga; or those with an existing injury or condition that requires an easy pace and a gentle approach. We recommend a minimum of 10...
The Joy of Practicing Yoga
The Joy of Practicing Yoga We all strive for a life of love, health, purpose, contentment, fulfillment and laughter. We are advised to find a balance between work, family and friends, time to attend to our physical body, personal growth, and quiet time - ideally...
Yoga helps heal back pain
Yoga helps heal back pain The back can ache in many different ways and to different degrees. I have long put off writing about this, because it is such a vast topic. Having had issues with my own back for some time - which over the years I have addressed in quite a...
Time Lapse Video
The beauty of a Mysore practice - A look at a winter morning at North Sydney Yoga. Surya Namaskar means salute to the sun, and just as the the day begins with the sunrise, the Ashtanga Yoga series starts with the Surya Namaskar sequence. In this time lapse video shot...
Yoga is Relationship
Yoga is Relationship "The success of yoga does not lie in the ability to perform postures but in how it positively changes the way we live our life and our relationships." - T.K.V. Desikachar Recent research revealed – so a good friend tells me – that most people...
Guruji lives here
In Celebration Of Sri K Pattabhi Jois’ 100th Birthday The film is called “Guruji Lives Here.” This title was chosen because, as was so apparent from all the footage that was received, it is clear that his teachings have been carried throughout the world and live...
Yoga may be Declared Indian Heritage by UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, known as UNESCO, was created in 1945 to build intercultural understanding and promote freedom of expression, among other goals. As of this year, the organisation has added yoga to the list of...
Professional Athletes Turn to Yoga for Injury Prevention and Treatment
Pro Athletes turn to Yoga for Injury Prevention and Cure The benefits of yoga, ranging from increased flexibility to improved concentration, are not the preserve of those who have struggled with their physical or mental health in the past. In fact, athletes who...