Vrschikasana

The scorpion pose. This posture resembles a scorpion as it arches it’s tail up over it’s back and prepares to sting it’s victim. This pose in an inverted arm balance taking a lot of arm strength and back flexibility. There are many benefits from this pose. It strengthens the shoulders, abdominals and back and improves [...]

Declutter

Aparigraha is one of the Yamas in the eight limbs of yoga. It is to be free from hoarding, not to take or collect things you are not going to use immediately. Most people use 20%of their belongings 80% of the time, keeping things ‘just in case’. This creates a lot of unnecessary clutter in [...]

Fear

Most people will regret more things they didn’t do in life than things they have done. Each opportunity that is presented to us no matter how big or small is a wonderful gift. Fear is something that stands between most people and their dreams. When we break through this fear we discover amazing potential and [...]

Sleep

You don’t need a cup of coffee to get you up in the morning, all you need a is a good night sleep. 70% of people in Australia are sleep deprived. The quality of your sleep is just as important as the quantity of sleep. Yoga will benefit your sleep in many ways.  Yoga has [...]

Drink up with a smile

Our most precious resource is what makes us what we are. A fertilized egg is 96% water. At birth a baby is 80% water, as a child matures the percentage drops and stabilizes around 70%. The human body is mostly made up of water. So how can so many people not drink enough and expect [...]

Effort to Effortless (or atleast less effort)

It is amazing. One month out from the teacher training and I am starting to feel the results of all the effort I have put in. It is true what Paalu kept telling us. The more effort that you put in now, the less effort that is required later. My body has decided that it [...]

Take your blinkers off

 Everywhere you look, such intricate design We’re all surrounded by such obvious signs The spider’s web that covers the grass There’s beauty in a blade of grass The sound, the stem, the butterfly With nature there is just no lies Where did they all come from To fit together this wondrous song A flower is [...]

Wholeness

I start to smile from the inside. Something stirs inside me and makes me happy. There are many changes I have noticed in my body and my thoughts. Sitting at the KL airport on the way home from the teacher training I began to think about how different I felt to when I sat in [...]

The sound of the universe

Through the sound OM we retune our inner rhythm and experience the vibration of all being.  The humming sound of OM is called Pranava as it is connected to our life force or Prana. OM. Opening your mouth wide, forcing the air out past your glottis you turn breath into sound. This powerful vibration created [...]

The Power of your Breath

The first day Satya arrived. I had been going along quite happy with my practice, staying focused and breathing my way through the sore muscles, endless sweat dripping and lots and lots of pushups. I felt I was getting stronger and more flexible with each day.         Until now. What makes it possible to do the [...]