Rather than drop your jaw... Close your mouth, come along and breathe... Breathing correctly? Yoga teachers and students alike - Are you breathing or sleeping with the mouth and jaw dropped? It may just be damaging your health... and your facial symmetry (attractive beauty!) Yogi’s and … [Read more...]
Yoga Teaching: Interviews with Full Time and Part Time Teachers
Are you thinking of becoming a yoga teacher? If you are interested but not yet sure if it’s for you, read on. In this article we look into what the routine of a yoga instructor is really like. We’ve interviewed both a part-time instructor and a full time yoga teacher, so you can make an informed … [Read more...]
Yoga Pose: Emotional Anatomy of Warrior pose
This week’s focus pose is the Warrior Pose. We use this posture to cultivate strength in the legs and our base chakra. Psycho-emotionally, we aim for excellent security and stability in our base. On a physical level, we aim for a strong musculoskeletal and nervous system with Warrior pose. Our … [Read more...]
Emotional Anatomy: Interview with Swami Mukti
I was so fortunate to exchange time with Swami Mukti who so generously shared some of her knowledge and teachings with me on the subject of Emotional Anatomy. I in turn share it with you in the form of this interview and hope you feel as enlightened and nourished by it as I was. How did you first … [Read more...]
Brisbane Yoga Location: Mt Cootha Botanical Gardens
We hit the Botanical Gardens to catch up with three incredible yoga teachers who studied at YIMI three years ago now. They have set up the most amazing experience at the Mt Cootha Botanical Gardens – all for free. Free yoga classes run in the open air on Saturday afternoons at 4pm -5pm. I brought … [Read more...]
What can you expect from a meditation retreat? What are the benefits?
Many people just float out of meditation retreat at Brookfield and feel amazing, often with lasting effects for days afterwards. It is not only the relaxation response at play, there is a spiritual dimension that is touched upon during deep meditation. On the scientific front, it is through … [Read more...]
What is your gut IQ? Therapeutic Yoga for Gut Health
What is your gut IQ? It might be worth finding out if you are dealing with a genius or a fool? Your gastrointestinal health is the most important base for stunning health in therapeutic Yoga for gut health. In Ayurveda, we always start the healing process through the gut. This can also been done … [Read more...]
Being
I opened my bedside drawer last night and found this little piece of paper that reminds me of my own purpose. I have had written down for a decade and it always bring me home. I hope it means something to you... "Being is our most precious gift to the World ~ a powerful transformer and the most … [Read more...]
The Matrix
Yoga's Matrix The Matrix is a concept that comes long ago from the ancient yoga text, the Yoga Vasistha. This is the crown jewel of the Ancient Vedic scriptures and is written by Sage Vasistha. We often contemplate the illusory nature of the Universe. Do you ever have that subtle and … [Read more...]
Eye Contact
Eye contact these days is ever decreasing as we all engage in more screen time. Children may be the ones who will suffer the most. An recent article in The Australian points out that eye contact and touch can have a significant impact on how people respond to stress, anxiety and ill … [Read more...]
Tone Your Nervous System
We spend time toning our muscles and thinking we should be getting fit by going to the gym. Our culture even pursues fitness goals that move the body to its extremes - take the Olympics as a fine example. Perhaps, what we now need the most is to be able to take the mind to similar … [Read more...]
Psychic Sleep
One of the most memorable days I have experienced in my yoga lifetime was the day I lay down to practice Shavasana for 8 hours in a day. It was an amazing experience, so deeply restorative and important for my emotional and physical health at the time. It is so rare that we would ever … [Read more...]
FREE Open Day
Come along and learn about your emotional anatomy AND Practice Restorative yoga Join us for a free open day at Zama Yoga Toowong! Places are free but limited, book now. Love yoga and curious about taking the next step into yoga teacher training? Have a read of our blog post Why become a … [Read more...]
Lie Down
Lie Down ~ Take Rest A few worthy events to mention that might give you the opportunity to take the mental and physical rest you need. 1. This Friday ~ Half day Meditation Retreat $50 Book here 2. Shavasana and Yoga Nidra Sunday Retreat with special guest Swami Muktibhodhananada $108 … [Read more...]
Soft Bellies
It is certainly a controversial idea and the opposite of what we are told to believe, but yoga and meditation believes in softness, kindness and the gentle nature of both mind and body. Positivity researcher, Dr Barbara Fredrickson, points out how a soft torso may bring ease into our … [Read more...]
Teach Love
Teach Love for that is what you are... There is a light that shines beyond all things on earth, beyond the highest, the very highest heavens. This is the light that shines in your heart. ~Chandogya Upanishad NEW CLASS TERM 3 STARTS TOMORROW Book now for reduced class term … [Read more...]
Synthetic Happiness
Synthetic Happiness is a concept coined by scientist and Harvard Professor, Dan Gilbert. Dan Gilbert believes that, in our ardent, lifelong pursuit of happiness, most of us have the wrong map. He argues that our brains systematically misjudge what will make us happy. In this engaging TED … [Read more...]
Mystical
Mysticism What you dream always becomes a reality. This is a yogic law and unfolds with deep our concentration and will. The power to listen to feelings in your own heart without mental interference gives enormous capacity to intuit the feelings and thoughts of others. With this … [Read more...]
Awake
Join us for a free yoga in the park session at Kangaroo Point followed by a trip to the flicks to see AWAKE, which marks the legacy of the life of a great Indian Saint, Yogananda. 13th May Find out more here. Great fun to be had! This Friday we are due for our monthly meditation … [Read more...]
Towards Suffering
Move Towards Suffering That which we most wish to avoid in our lives is our own suffering and the suffering of others. Perhaps the most compassionate action we can take is to move towards and to truly understand it ~ for ourselves and for others. Our own suffering is our greatest teacher. … [Read more...]
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