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This is the 4th article in honour of our Yoga Retreat: OM the Silent Yoga Retreat coming up in March next year (22/3/24 – 24/3/24). When I started teaching yoga, I was given some great advice from one of my mentors, to stay on the Classical yoga path. To keep my classes abundant with not just… Continue reading Choosing a Different Way Forward Dec 2023

This is the 3rd article in honour of our yoga retreat coming up on Fri 22/3/24 – Sun 24/3/24, Springbrook, QLD. Thich Nhat Hanh likened anxiety and rampant stress in the mind to a wild, rainy storm raging through your house. Blowing away papers, knocking over vases, slamming doors and turning everything into chaos. His… Continue reading Control your Mind, Control Your Life Dec 2023

This is the 2nd of my articles on our Silent Yoga Retreat coming up soon on the 22/3/24 – 24/3/24 in Springbrook, QLD. When I started teaching yoga there were a couple of profound teachers that influenced my path. Jack Kornfield, one of Americas first Buddhist monks, talked about how on his first training at a… Continue reading Will a Silent Retreat bring up all my trauma? Nov 2023

Have you ever socialised with a group of people very different from yourself? A different nationality perhaps, a different social class, a different educational or career context?  Conversation can be quite laboured, particularly in the beginning, because, for the sake of understanding each other, you must give a background precis: some context, to the point… Continue reading The relief of not having to explain yourself Nov 2023

This is the first of a few articles letting you know what we are going to get up to on our Silent Yoga Retreat  (Fri 22/3/24 – Sun 24/3/24). So why Silence? There were a couple of synchronistic events that made me realise we are all ready for a deeply meditative, yogic, Silent retreat. The… Continue reading What to expect on a Silent Yoga Retreat Oct 2023