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,…
Expanding Teaching Opportunities
With nearly 60% of Australian yoga teachers identifying as “self-employed” it is timely to explore some less considered revenue streams. It is c…
Yoga Week interview on the 2SER Breakfast Show
Yoga Australia’s CEO, Josh Pryor joined Danny Chifley on the 2SER breakfast show. In the interview Josh and Danny explore the significance of yoga in Australian culture,…
Championing Menopause with Yoga Therapy & MHT
“Minutes, not months.” I first heard this Buddhist adage during a meditation with Buddhist monk Ajahn Brahm some 20 years ago. At the time, I…
