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Roast Vegetables with Tempeh and Tofu

Roast Vegetables with Tempeh and Tofu

Cut all the vegetables in ½ inch chunks. Mix in a bowl with olive oil, salt and pepper. Add to a oven pan and cook on high for 35 minutes. Saute the garlic and ginger...

Yoga and Grief

Yoga and Grief

My friend Anthony is staying with me with his two young children. His wife died of brain cancer a week ago. We walked this afternoon to the beach near my house in...

Interview with Beth Borowsky

Interview with Beth Borowsky

About you.. Beth, training, mission etc…. Not sure where to start! It’s a 32 year journey of practicing yoga and 13 years of teaching both in the kids and adult...

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Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

I woke up at sunrise today in Sydney. The thought popped into my mind to go practice with Eileen Hall. It had been years since I got up to practice with her.

Yoga To Get Relief From Headache

Yoga To Get Relief From Headache

When a person has a headache, several areas of the head can hurt, including a network of nerves that extends over the scalp and certain nerves in the face, mouth...

Dr. Joe Dispenza is teaching the world how to empower and heal our mind through meditation and mindfulness. His studies have proven that when well practiced these tools can put us on the path to understanding and breaking deep-rooted bad habits and even heal illnesses.

The Power of Will

On this full moon, I am contemplating the power of will in make a change in my life. I have been listening to a lot of Joe Dispenza podcasts about the how we as...

Interview with Katie Manitsas

Interview with Katie Manitsas

Katie Manitsas is an advanced level Jivamukti Yoga Teacher and a Wise Earth Ayurveda master teacher. She is also qualified in Kundalini Yoga and as a doula (childbirth...

Interview with Consta Georgoussis

Interview with Consta Georgoussis

I was first introduced to yoga in 1989 and started attending classes regularly in Newcastle at the Satyananda school. Nearly 30 years later I’m still going and just...

Pranyama Introduction

Pranyama Introduction

The Breath is vital for human life and powers all the functions of the body. It has an effect on each and every cell in the body. We as humans breath over 16 times...

Yoga Sutras and Bhakti

Yoga Sutras and Bhakti

I’ve recently been reading BKS Iyengar’s book on the Yoga Sutras. Rather than go through each Sutra one by one in this text Iyengar (who not undeservingly is labelled...

Interview with Cate Peterson

Interview with Cate Peterson

What does Yoga mean to you? To me yoga is about regaining your grasp on the handlebars of your life because life is a wild ride! Every time I do my practice I feel...

The Four Heads of Brahma Meditation

The Four Heads of Brahma Meditation

I won’t lie about it, I find meditation tricky. The sitting still thing is hard enough for me, let alone trying to focus on a single thing or on my breath… Mind...

Little Yogis

Little Yogis

Imagine if you could give your kids the gift of yoga! Kids could develop a tool bag of emotional resilience, acceptance, relaxation and control. Then there’s the...

Interview with Duncan peak

Interview with Duncan peak

What was the inspiration for starting Power Living? I was inspired to make Yoga less mystical and more accessible to people like me who love to be still, practice...

Yoga for Every Body

Yoga for Every Body

It’s been great to see a more body positive approach to Yoga bubbling up to the surface of late, showing out the bottom line inclusivity that Yoga truly represents...

The Pathless Path

The Pathless Path

I must confess that I really dislike being asked that question. For sure, it comes from a deep underlying resistance to being pigeon-holed in general, and I fully...

Meditating with Mala

Meditating with Mala

Life can be tricky. I’ve read that life is the highest energy that you believe in, experiencing itself. I think that’s a beautiful description. But life is also...

The Way of the Warrior

The Way of the Warrior

Are you ready for the Warrior? Warrior is a standing Yoga posture with many different aspects and modifications that make it a really versatile addition to the Yogin...

Essential Oils

The good drop – using Essential Oils for Yoga.

To say Essential Oils are the latest craze is probably unfair. They have truly been around since the Ancient Egyptians. Much more recently than the Ancient Egyptians...

Yoga is rEvolution.

Yoga is rEvolution.

Yogis have always been outcasts. Through the ages, they lived on the fringes of society, shunned for their different ways. And I’m not just talking about crazy pretzel...

Meditation Made Easy

Meditation Made Easy

I think it took me almost twenty years, and lots of stops and starts and dead-ends, to establish a regular meditation practice. At one level, we simply have to realise...

Yoga and Turmeric

Yoga and Turmeric

When you first decided to go along to a yoga class, one of the reasons is quite often because you were feeling kind of rubbish and thought yoga might help to make...

Yoga by Nature

Yoga by Nature

Do you ever think that we limit Yoga too much? We confine it to the studio, to the mat, and to specific times and days. What would happen if we set our Yoga free...

Forceful Yoga

Forceful Yoga

Have you noticed the rising number of blog posts and news articles being posted about Yoga causing injuries? Whether or not you think that what’s being done in those...

Are you Ready to Teach Yoga?

Are you Ready to Teach Yoga?

If you're considering a Yoga teacher training course, you may find the doubts come not too far behind. Are you really ready? Have you done enough? How can you really...

The Future of Yoga

The Future of Yoga

It can seem that we live in a wonderful time for Yoga teachers and students alike, with plenty of Yoga everywhere. Unlike previous generations, a huge percentage...

Yoga and Anxiety

Yoga and Anxiety

Anxiety. Many of us suffer with it, carrying it with us in our tight chests and hunched shoulders, our minds chasing themselves as we clench our hands in jacket...

Seven Ways to Daily Yoga Practice

Seven Ways to Daily Yoga Practice

You’ve been a fan of Yoga for quite some time now. Yes, you and Yoga have spent a lot of time together these past few months. At first it was an occasional class...

Plastic Free Boy

Plastic Free Boy

This is PLASTIC FREE BOY and his mum (Karin Ecker), who is helping him get the kids connected on speaking out about protecting their future and keeping the ocean...

Partner Yoga

Cosmic Partner Yoga

Yoga is more fun with a friend. Actually life is more fun with a friend and yoga is a great metaphor for life. When I feel a bit alone or sad, I like to play with...

Yoga and Asthma

Yoga and Asthma

Just imagine that it's the middle of the night and you suddenly wake up feeling uneasy. You are unable to catch your breath and getting suffocated. The whole world...

Yogi: Question everything; learn something!

Yogi: Question everything; learn something!

In our both 200hr Ihana Yoga Teacher Training and Post Graduate Yoga Teacher Training it becomes obvious very soon that we as yoga students, yoga teachers, and lecturers...

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What Is Yoga?

There are many different ideas related to Yoga, where it comes from, what it is all about, and how to practice a range of techniques.

Nancy in Shoelace pose

So what is Yin and what poses do we do in a Yin class?

Yin poses are held from 1 to 10 minutes and are a slow, quiet practice letting gravity assist open hips, release neck, shoulders and the lower back.

Pratyahara - Withdrawal of the senses.

The ability to withdraw attention from sensory experience distinguishes between those who experience meditation and those who experience physical relaxation.

5 Yogic Ways to Have an Easier Pregnancy

5 Yogic Ways to Have an Easier Pregnancy

Yogic Ways to Have an Easier Pregnancy For some mothers-to-be pregnancy is a dreamy time of happy anticipation and nesting. For others it is much more challenging...

Visiting Woodstock, New York State, USA

Visiting Woodstock, New York State, USA

At my holy teachers Sharon Gannon & David Life's home in Woodstock. 'Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu' May all beings everywhere be happy and live free

It was a pleasure to participate in the Australia's first Kundalini Yoga Festival. On the first day, Suraj Kaur Khalsa presented a powerful workshop called 'Love the Life We Live'. Listen to her wise words with footage of this inspiring event. Watch until the end to see the 'good-bye', Kundalini style.

Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training 2016 - an opportunity for personal transformation.

Each year a wonderful inspiring group is coming together to embrace the opportunity for personal transformation.

200hr Yoga Teacher Training Commencing March 12th!

200hr Yoga Teacher Training Commencing March 12th!

Immerse Yourself in Yoga!

It was a pleasure to participate in the Australia's first Kundalini Yoga Festival. On the first day, Suraj Kaur Khalsa presented a powerful workshop called 'Love the Life We Live'. Listen to her wise words with footage of this inspiring event. Watch until the end to see the 'good-bye', Kundalini style.

Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training 2016 - an opportunity for personal transformation.

Each year a wonderful inspiring group is coming together to embrace the opportunity for personal transformation.

www.riseyoga.com.au MELBOURNE'S NEWEST COMMUNITY HOT YOGA STUDIO Rise Yoga offer a range of different styles for yogis of all backgrounds and experience levels. Level 1 232 Bridge Rd, Richmond Victoria 3121 info@riseyoga.com.au 9421 5105 "It is my greatest wish that through the art and practice of yoga, we can begin to develop greater self confidence, self worth, energy, vibrancy and presence in the moment.

5 HIP OPENERS

Our hips are one of the most complex joints in the body, and add to the physical restriction created by our increasingly sedentary lifestyles, we hold so much more...

Keeping Your Yoga Teaching Fresh and Vital by Katie Manitsas

Keeping Your Yoga Teaching Fresh and Vital by Katie Manitsas

We’ve all had the experience as yoga teachers of getting stuck in auto pilot mode while teaching...

FIRST class at YSOH FREE for NEW students! come along and fall in love with our teachers and studio.

NOW YOUR YOGA IS ON THE FLY, TIME FOR A SELFIE IN THAT POSE, RIGHT ?

NOW YOUR YOGA IS ON THE FLY, TIME FOR A SELFIE IN THAT POSE, RIGHT ?

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Venue for hire for Yoga classes Sydenham

Venue for hire for yoga classes in Sydenham - Are you a Yoga group wanting to branch out? or a Teacher wanting to give their own school a go?

Established in 1967

Diploma of Yoga Teaching - 460 hrs - ENROL TODAY

The IYTA Diploma of Yoga Teaching (IYTA TTC) is a fully accredited 460-hour course. It is acknowledged and registered internationally with Yoga Alliance, and nationally...

Open the heart Chakra

Open the heart Chakra

In Sanskrit, the Heart chakra is called Anahata which means unstuck or unhurt if you feel stuck or hurt, incorporating heart-opening asanas such as Ustranasa...

Term 2 - Yoga Class and Workshop Timetable

Term 2 - Yoga Class and Workshop Timetable

General Yoga for Womens Health and Wellbeing

Monday Night - 7.30pm-8.45pm
13th April - 22nd June
10-week term (no class Queens Birthday)
Term cost: $165
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