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Restorative Yoga
April 17th, 2008In these classes, we work deeply with your breath to relax your body in fully supported, restful postures. If you’re recovering from injury/ illness, are worn out, have a weakened immune system, are suffering any of the stresses and strains of modern living or would just like to try a more heart-centred approach to yoga - this class is for you. Classes are structured around classical Hatha Yoga, with some essential refinements to give your body and mind time to renew and heal ~
Yoga Beginners Courses
April 15th, 2008 Beginners 1
Introductory level for new students
Beginners 2
Consolidate beginner level practice
10 week courses
Apr 24 - Jun 26
B1 Thursday 6:30 - 7:50pm
B2 Thursday 8 - 9:30pm
$150 / $120 (part waged) / $100 (conc)
Places limited. Bookings essential.
0422 995 208 / radiobody@gmail.com
Teacher: Jaye Hayes
Beginners 1
This course introduces the basics of yoga practice, by breaking down the challenging beginner poses (asana) into more accessible forms, utilizing all the equipment of the Iyengar method. Suitable for those new to yoga, or those who prefer a less strenuous class. Also suitable for students with injuries/illness.
Beginners 2
This course consolidates the practice of beginner level asana by applying the foundational skills learnt in the introductory level. A dynamic & challenging class, suitable for those in good health, with basic body awareness skills.
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Interview
April 15th, 2008Older Woman Stand taller
April 15th, 2008The herald sun had an artical about how yoga makes woman stand taller
Time table for Resonate Term two
March 22nd, 2008The Resonate Yoga Term Two time table has been updated
We have kept all of your faves and added some new ones
Minding Life’s Rhythms
March 19th, 2008At the Heart is Yoga -19th March 2008
A Yoga Blog
It is another gorgeous Autumn day in Melbourne. The sun is shining, the sky is a cloudless blue, the birds are chirruping cheekily as they flit from one tree to another and there is a delicious hint of tea tree floating on the cool breeze. Someone some where is mulching tea tree branches and it’s fresh and invigorating.
I’ve been getting into the timelessness that comes when one has few work responsibilities (thanks to that fractured wrist of mine). And its given me an opportunity to connect more with my own natural rhythms, and those of the world around me. Everything has its own natural cycle, and with it, its own wisdom. But until now I kept myself too busy to notice.
Every afternoon, usually at about 3pm, my energy begins to slump, and my mind dives deeply into a pity pool. I splash about lamenting the confines of responsibility, wishing I was free to be anywhere else and invariably reach for some chocolate or a coffee to provide the energy I lack. Very yogic I know! Today I hit the same low point but instead of fighting it, I gave myself the gift of 20 minutes in a beautiful park. I went and bought a white nectarine, my favourite fruit at the moment and found a shady spot under a young sapling and let my senses take off. It was time for my mind to let go of activity and doing and for my body to reconnect with being. And the easiest way to do that I find is to reconnect with my senses. I noticed colour, the way the light played with the trees, casting long shadows on the green lawns. I felt the way the cool grass tickled my bare legs. I listened to the birds chattering and the gentle hum of the traffic in the distance. I focused on each sensation, one by one, immersing myself in each and then letting it go so that I could give all my attention over to the next sensation. Then I closed my eyes and slowly bit into the nectarine. Nothing else to do but enjoy the sweetness of it all- of the fruit and the moment.
After 20 minutes I felt energised and ready for the next part of the day. So next time you hit a ‘low energy’ point, I invite you to find a quiet space, allow the mind and all the doing to take a break for 10 minutes, and let your senses reconnect you with life. For when we listen to our rhythms, we invariably hear the answers we need.
Find Yoga Listing
March 19th, 2008Resonate Yoga has up dated its find yoga listing, along with all up coming workshops and goodies
you can see the listing here
Magic Mat yoga workshop for Kids and Children
March 18th, 2008You are invited to join us on a
Magic Mat
for a day of…….
Yoga for Kids
When : March 30th and or April 6th
Where : Resonate yoga Studio 159 Darebin Rd Thornbury 3071
Time : 10am - 2pm
Cost : $45 per sesion
Contact : Bonnie 04064589 or bonnie@resonateyoga.com.auWe’ll Bring lunch and all the yoga games Just Bring along your …..
Imaginations and lets see where our mats take us
Flowing with Life - Ishwara Pranidhana
March 15th, 2008At the Heart is Yoga - 14th March 2008
A Yoga Blog
When I was told by the doctor who was re-setting the cast for my wrist that I was unable to return to work until sometime in April, my reaction was somewhat confused. Initially I thought “fantastic” 6 weeks to reconnect - with life, with my meditation practise, and with all that’s important to me without the demands of work eating up all of my time.
What I discovered was that when I took work out of the equation I just found other things to do. Instead of resting, I have busied myself following up things for work, chasing doctors, and organising paperwork for the accident claim. I don’t know when phrases like “I really should…” and “I just have to…” entered my vocabulary, but they have certainly made themselves at home. But most of my energy this past week has been devoted entirely to worrying. I felt like I had been swept up by an avalanche of “what ifs” that had gathered so much speed there was no stopping them. But life, in all of its wisdom had other ideas. On Tuesday, whilst my head hurried forward on in its self-important quest to control everything, my feet became entangled in computer cords, tripping me up. As I fell, I heard the words “be here now”. I laughed, I cried, and then promptly forgot. The avalanche of panicked ‘what ifs’ continued. A few days later, I stubbed my right big toe and as I watched the blood drip down my foot, I surrendered. I am Here. Here is Now. Now I Am.
Ishwara Pranidhana (ish-var-a Pran-i-dan-a) is one of the Niyamas or ethics for living our yoga, on and off the mat. In its simplest translation it means surrender. It is not about a passive supplication rather, it is a practise of discerning that which we cannot influence, from that which we can and knowing when and where to channel our energy. I realised (eventually…) that I had no control over whether I would receive a payment for the lost work hours due to this injury. I had done all I could do and now I just had to wait… surrender… and allow life to look after me. If the payment doesn’t come through then something else will happen that will provide me with exactly what I need to look after myself. Some of the greatest experiences in my life have come when something I thought I wanted didn’t actually work out the way I had thought it needed to.