John Butler’s Running River
Listening to the preview of John Butler’s new meditation album Running River I was struck by a few strong impressions. Aside from general delight at…
Ayurvedic Marma Therapy
Marma Therapy: 20hr Professional Development Training with Dr Shishir Prasad If you’re a yoga teacher or student looking for an additional healing modality to integrate…
Modern Yoga: Interview with Duncan Peak
Understanding the unconscious thought patterns that run your life Is pain and tragedy a prerequisite for spiritual progress? Probably not, but there are so many…
The Goal of Yoga is Awakening
When I am meeting new people and they learn that I am “into” yoga, what they think yoga is quickly becomes apparent. I know that…
Stigma and Silence: Menopause out of the shadows
There’s remarkably little awareness in society around menopause, let alone the equally important leadup period known as perimenopause. It’s odd, because Australian culture has become…
Seclusion and the City
A core teaching of yoga is the idea that each person possesses a series of layers, sheaths, or bodies, varying in subtlety. Our senses can…
Research Skills for Yoga Teachers
Why you need them and how to do it While yoga is based on ancient principles, it is also accruing a substantial evidence base thanks…
Protected: The Pros and Cons of Registering as Health Practitioners in Australia
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Witnessing Global Wounds – an Australian yogi’s international tale
Josh Pryor, CEO of Yoga Australia, sat down with Rachael O’Mara, Programs Specialist, to talk about how yoga has supported her almost 20-year journey in…
Heart Rate Variability and Yoga
‘We had better results with yoga in people with chronic PTSD than any medication that I or anybody else had ever studied,’ he says. ‘That,…
