Australia Day Retreat – Tyraman, Hunter Valley, NSW Tyraman is a beautiful retreat centre surrounded by gardens and water-lily ponds. A retreat gives us the opportunity to surrender completely to the yoga process in a supportive and peaceful natural environment. Accommodation is shared and linen and towels are provided. It’s about a 3 hour drive […]
QLD Retreat – 15 to 20 July 2020
Immerse yourself in 5 nights and 4.5 days of yoga, meditation, delicious vegetarian food and the beautiful natural surroundings of Emu Park, a small coastal village near Yeppoon. Price includes 5 nights accommodation, delicious vegetarian meals by Melea, restorative yoga class on arrival, 5 days Iyengar yoga – pranayama, asana and inversions and an optional […]
Peter Thomson: There is a method, and an order, in the asana that needs to be respected.
Pixie Lillas: Always go out the door with some Yoga behind you
Pixie Lillas has been a shining light in the Iyengar Yoga world for almost 40 years. She is well known for her commitment to her practice and her ongoing support for younger teachers through her teacher training and the Iyengar Yoga assessments. She started yoga with three practices a day when she was 26 and […]
FAQs
Being or becoming?
This morning was my first class back at the Iyengar Institute (RIMYI) after 14 years. Even though I was here in Pune, India last year for the Geeta Convention, I didn’t attend classes at RIMYI. Some things have changed – no more squat toilets – but mostly it feels the same, my feet opening on the marble floors just as they did all those years ago. Prashant looks older of course, more like his father. Let me predicate this blog with a disclaimer – this is my interpretation of what Prashant said – and as he said, we are all making our own recordings of what’s going on according to the quality of our equipment!
Peace in Paradise at Emu Park Yoga Retreat
Practice Makes Perfect
Active Body, Still Mind
Have you noticed that after yoga you come out of class more centered and calm? Your mind at peace, resting a moment from the incessant activity that often occupies it. Patanjali wrote about this phenomenon thousands of year ago in the yoga sutras, short aphorisms describing the yogic path. Sutra 1.2 yogah cittavritti nirodhah is […]
Yoga Nook DVD Review
Xmas Party
Marrickville Festival
Yoga Nook ran a stall at the Marrickville Festival on Saturday on the Illawarra Road Marrickville. Thanks to everyone that came along on the day, it was a really enjoyable day and great to be part of this diverse and vibrant community day. Marrickville council commented there were record crowds for this years event !
