HelenBreathe Easy - A Covid UpdateBreathe Easy without a Mask The Health Minister has announced that we no longer need to wear masks while we are on our yoga mats. Please...
HelenOur Letter to ANZRecently, we sent a letter to ANZ as a customer... asking them to also withdraw their financial support of oil and gas.
HelenNo More Stretching in Yogaif we describe ourselves as "being a bit stretched at the moment" we mean that we are overdoing things
HelenKeeping Good Mental HealthKeeping the timetable means you can keep your routine. When so much has changed in such a short space of time...
HelenSetting Up Your Home Practice SpaceAs we move to more online classes and prepare ourselves for the possibility of the studio being fully online for a period of time, it is...
HelenFacing FearHow do we move from inwardly focused and centred around the self to an outward practice of compassionate work in the community?
HelenDifficult Discussions within the Iyengar CommunityOur blog this time covers an issue that we feel needs to be discussed openly. We have talked several times about recent events within the...
HelenYoga SequencingHave you ever noticed that in a yoga class, we generally start with something quiet, then some standing poses? We always end with...
HelenCreating a Yoga SpaceI have been looking through the teachers' notes from the Home Practice Workshop recently. In the Home Practice Workshop, we conduct an...
HelenWhy Am I Here?We're all part of a yoga community in some form or another, whether you're reading this just because you like reading this type of...
BruceSelf SoothingMy partner and I certainly can’t claim to be young Dads, but we are new Dads. And we’re six weeks into a different phase in our lives –...
HelenPerception is Reality?This morning in class I showed Kate how, because she hyperextends her knee, when she bends the knee (just slightly), her leg is straight....
BruceYoga vs. Defqon.1The Defqon.1 Festival hit Penrith over the weekend and drew a huge crowd to the International Regatta Centre. The event even made its...
HelenIn Our Bodies"... seeing a healthy body as one that is vital, sensual, at ease, regardless of its size and shape."
HelenYoga for WomenI looked around the group of usually vibrant, fresh-faced women in my class, and on this day I saw bags under eyes, pale skin, a dullness...
BruceCan I do yoga if I don’t fit in?“Fitting in is about assessing a situation and becoming who you need to be to be accepted. Belonging, on the other hand, doesn’t require...
HelenWhat Is Iyengar Yoga? A Personal PerspectiveWe recently added the phrase “An Iyengar Yoga School” to our website. As certified Iyengar Yoga teachers we have permission to use this...
HelenIs Looking Inward the Same as Naval Gazing?Just recently, I went to a talk by Hugh Mackay on “community”. I was nodding my head as he talked about rampant consumerism and how it...
BruceWhy Standing Poses? Answer 3This blog is the last in our series on standing poses. In this discussion, Bruce looks at his own experience of how standing poses have...
HelenIn Search of the Perfect PoseI read an article recently that described Iyengar yoga as being in search of the "perfect" pose. My first reaction was defensive: That's...