Welcome to BIYOME’s pilgrimage! This could truly be the life changing journey you are seeking.Just over 7 years ago I was drawn to a 30 day silent retreat in Myanmar – it was challenging, yet I was forever changed. You can see from the images that there was a simplicity to the experience that … [Read more...]
What’s on at the Brisbane Botanic Gardens Mt Cootha
Mt Cootha Yoga Announcement! Due to personal reasons, we must hand over the weekly organisation of this class now 🙂 I personally would love to thank Sarah Goulopoulos for all her fantastic organisation. I also thank from the bottom of my heart the many (many) teachers that have volunteered their … [Read more...]
Sacred Space
Sacred Space by Elizabeth Egan Staying true to ones own vision can be challenging. But for two yogini’s, taking a leap of faith to change their lives and open their own studios has given them not just a sacred space for practice, but a sense of peace and wellbeing. It is a typical weeknight in the … [Read more...]
An Interview with Prof. Paul Gilbert, founder of Compassion-Focused Therapy
Celia speaks with Prof. Paul Gilbert, founder of Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT) and Compassion-Based Mind Training, and Brisbane's own research leader in CFT, Dr James Kirby of UQ. This conversation spans the boundaries of psychology and yoga and includes a taster of practical techniques from CFT … [Read more...]
Children’s Yoga with Aya
A state of deep tranquillity, Sublime peace that penetrates body, mind, spirit...Hi my name is Aya! I am 13 years old and starting to teach yoga to younger children. I really love younger kids and find a lot of enjoyment in teaching them. I've done yoga since age 2 with my mum, Celia Roberts, who … [Read more...]
Meet Steve… Yoga Teacher Training Brisbane Graduate
Yoga, without doubt has helped me tremendously in life, with both physical and emotional pain. I aim to use my teaching practice and life experience to help other people experiencing similar issues. Steve Williams, Graduate 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Trainer, 2018We recently began speaking to some of … [Read more...]
Women’s Health and Wellbeing
"...We can honour our femininity by seeking to see symptoms as imbalance first rather than issues. This in no way intends to remove the need to seek medical assistance when symptoms are unbearable, rather this is an invitation to become more aware of your own body. To become mindfully aware … [Read more...]
An Interview with Craig: Clinical Yoga Therapy for Stress and Anxiety: Breathing, Posture.
In just two weeks Celia will be hosting Craig Smith for an amazing retreat designed to combat Stress and Anxiety. Craig is one of YIMI's trusted teachers who studied a 3 year Post Graduate Diploma of Yoga Therapy under the expert guidance of Dr N Chandrasekaran from The Yoga Vaidya Sala in Chennai, … [Read more...]
Transcend suffering and awaken your inner potential with Kundalini Yoga
Kundalini Yoga is also known as the Yoga of Awareness; its focus is on self-awareness and delivering an experience of your highest consciousness. The technology of Kundalini Yoga is a science of the mind and body, to elevate the spirit, which has no boundaries, no discrimination. Therefore it is for … [Read more...]
Embodied Wisdom and the need for Restorative Yoga & Meditation
More and more I am coming to recognise, especially as a yoga teacher, that although I may be trained in, and acquainted with, the “right knowledge”, my practise as a yogi and certainly my role as a teacher relies heavily on the ability to truly embody this knowledge. I have been thinking a lot … [Read more...]
Friends with (not so micro) MicroBiome Benefits
Though sometimes in the chaos of life we may not always see and recognise it, there is an inherent and always present need within us for balance. Physiologically we may hear it as "homeostasis" or perhaps we may acknowledge the term "equanimity"; yet, I can discern within myself, there is a huge … [Read more...]
The simple life: Live Simple
A very simple life is good for everything. You will not find any pleasure in plenty. This is the truest saying, yet many of us still feel the want, or perhaps the drive, to do more, more, more - as if somehow more is better. And I guess the question that I pose to you today is: In a world of … [Read more...]
The power of gratitude
In gratitude we find awe and appreciation of that which surrounds us. I am often captivated by the simplistic beauty that surrounds us: The paradox that anything and everything can be both something that so easily is dismissed against complexities that reach far beyond what human minds can … [Read more...]
The Intuit Heart: Cultivating your true heart’s desire
Last week we began our discussion by articulating the reality that in today’s modernised, technologized culture we are prone to intellectualising the parts of our being that are innately not designed to be conceptualised. We considered in detail the physiological and psychological effects of … [Read more...]
The ache in heartache: why grief and loss is more than in the mind
Is grief and loss more than in the mind? There is no denying that we live in a world where knowledge and intellect informs our very being. We are surrounded by technology that allows us, each minute of the day, to tap into resources which have the power to intellectualise away the innate part of … [Read more...]
Insomnia – What to do when you need a good night sleep
It is 2am. In the silence of the night you could hear a pin drop, the darkness is broken only by the single street light that shines outside your bedroom window. That light is so bright, so all consuming. Yet it isn't the light that keeps you from sleep, the light is merely something tangible you … [Read more...]
Holistic wellbeing and the power of Restorative Yoga
Have you ever experienced chronic pain? There is certainly no lack of evidence supporting the value of holistic wellbeing, and if you have ever suffered from any form of physical illness, or even a physical irritability, there is no doubt you have been privy to the effects this has on your mind and … [Read more...]
Inspiring Sisters – An Interview with Anna & Em of Soul Sister Health
Women's health and wellness - let's talk! Recently we had the pleasure of spending a weekend with Anna and Em of Soul Sister Health. These women are not only energetic, inspiring, and oh so intelligent, they also have a contagious passion for women's health and wellbeing. Anna and Em are are … [Read more...]
Is my Skin’s Microbiome related to my Gut Microbiome? Lifestyle & Movement
Yoga for digestion We have been unpacking the fascinating and significant truth that we are a complex system in which we, much like the rhino needs the oxpecker, have a symbiotic relationship with the microorganisms (microbiota) that live in us and on us. That of the twenty million microbial genes … [Read more...]
Compassion for your Gut Microbiome
The significance of the interrelated connectivity of the gut microbiome and their influence over holistic health is an aspect of wellness not to be dismissed; hence, why we have been focusing on understanding the mechanisms that encourage optimal wellbeing though food, environment, and movement. … [Read more...]
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