This is my second article on what we are going to get up to on out Yoga Retreat: Feel to Heal 21/3 – 23/3/25. So much of this retreat was inspired by the Somatic Yoga approach I use in my Trauma Informed Yoga Classes with private clients. And the greatest learning for me, working with… Continue reading Listening with the Reptilian Brain. Oct 2024
Blog
Yoga Retreat 2025: Why Feel to Heal? Oct 2024
This is the first of my articles briefly explaining what we are going to achieve on this deeply introspective, somatically inspired and very joyous yoga retreat. So how does feeling my pain help me heal my pain? How does feeling that sadness, give me tools to address that sadness? In all my 35 years of… Continue reading Yoga Retreat 2025: Why Feel to Heal? Oct 2024
Choosing a Different Way Forward Dec 2023
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
Control your Mind, Control Your Life 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
Will a Silent Retreat bring up all my trauma? Nov 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