Sundara Yoga and Wellness

05/05/2026

For her senses. With love.

This Mother's Day, give the women who hold your world a gift rooted in ancient wisdom and pure botanical luxury — our Ayurvedic Ritual Oil Collection.

Four sacred elixirs, each with their own beautiful purpose:

🌙 Manjish Elixir Night Face Oil — deeply restoring, radiance-revealing, for skin that glows from within

☀️ Saffron Glow Day Face Oil — infused with the world's most precious spice, Kashmir Saffron, for a warm luminous complexion

💧 Blue Lotus Ritual Oil — a sacred ceremony in a bottle, calming, heart-opening and profoundly feminine

🌿 Brahmi Elixir Hair & Scalp Oil — nourishing from root to tip, for hair that is strong, healthy and beautifully tended

These are not just products. They are rituals. They are the invitation to slow down, to be held, to feel truly nourished — body, mind and spirit.

Available in-studio at Sundara Yoga or online at sundarayoga.com.au ✨

🌿 Pop in and pick up before Mother's Day — I would love to help you find the perfect one.

04/05/2026

For the mother who has everything — give her something she's never experienced. 🌸

The Holy Sanity Vidhi Blue Lotus Ritual Oil is not just a gift. It's an invitation to slow down, to be held, to feel sacred in her own skin.

Rooted in the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda, Blue Lotus is one of nature's most revered botanicals — deeply calming, beautifully fragrant, and profoundly feminine. This is self-care as a spiritual practice.

Available in-studio at Sundara Yoga or online at sundarayoga.com.au

🌿 Pop in and pick up before Mother's Day — I'd love to see you.

04/05/2026

🌿 Public holiday — and I'm still here for you!

While the world slows down, the studio is open and we have a rare gift: around 6 spaces available today (normally just 1 or 2!).

Come sink into a long, deep, slow Yin practice. No rushing, no doing. Just breath, stillness, and the quiet intelligence of the body.

Today we continue our journey through the Metal Element — Part II. A practice of letting go, refining what matters, and finding strength in surrender.

To this beautiful community of mine: you are why I do this. Showing up for you, and with you, is one of the greatest honours of my life. I am so deeply grateful. 🤍

RSVP essential — spaces are limited.
📱 SMS only: 0403 274 576

27/04/2026

This week in yin — THE METAL ELEMENT

The wind has continued to bring the cold, and with it clouds, rain, and a certain stillness. And in that stillness, the air carries a sharpness that can suddenly cut right through you. According to the Taoist tradition, this is exactly as it should be.

This is the season of metal.

Metal is precise and precious. Clear-edged. It carries the quality of a cold, still morning — the kind that sharpens the mind and strips away everything that isn't essential. It asks us: what is of value? what is worth keeping? And what must be released?

Metal governs the lungs. Every inhale is an act of receiving. Every exhale, an offering back.

And within the lungs lives the Po — the corporeal soul, the part of us that is deep and embodied, that knows things the thinking mind never will. The Po doesn't analyse. It simply feels; it knows. It longs, instinctively and wordlessly, for connection with something greater — a reaching upward, toward something warm and luminous, like light finding gold.

We shall slow down, breathe consciously, and sit with our bodies — letting the sharpness of the season clarify rather than harden us. And in the stillness between one breath and the next, we shall listen for that quiet thread that connects us to something greater than ourselves.

Come in from the cold. Roll out your mat. Breathe.
🍂 Classes this week — Monday 5.30pm | Tuesdays 6.00pm | Wednesdays 9.30 am

All levels welcome. Bolsters, blankets, and props provided.
$25.00 | 90mins — For those who enjoy a deeper, soulful experience.

RSVP essential. SMS to 0403 274 576.

20/04/2026

✨ Akshaya Tritiya | Yin Yoga + Lakshmi Practice ✨

There are certain days in the year that carry a different kind of energy…
and Akshaya Tritiya is one of them.

This post is arriving a little later than planned…
because today ended up being one of those days that asked to be lived, not shared.

For me it has been a day of quiet alignment…
of noticing what matters…
Via remembering and connection feeling both my inner and outer worlds meet in a very real way. Akshaya’ means ‘that which never diminishes’… not just money or things, but energy, love, nourishment, and life itself.”

And my day feels exactly the essence of Akshaya Tritiya.

Known as the day of gold, it symbolises lasting abundance — not just in what we have, but in how we feel, live, and receive.

In yogic understanding, today is a rare moment where both the sun and the moon are strong…
our doing energy and our feeling energy in harmony.

✨ A beautiful time to begin something
✨ To set intentions
✨ To align with what you are ready to grow

In this special Yin class, we’ll work gently into the heart space, exploring the energy of Lakshmi — not just as external wealth, but as a deep sense of inner fullness.

This is a practice of:
🌿 softening into the heart
🌿 reconnecting with what already feels full and alive within you
🌿 allowing your intentions to gently rise and take shape

No forcing. No striving.
Just a spaciousness… where you can open, receive, and move in quiet alignment.

If you’re feeling the pull to pause, reconnect, or begin something new, even softly, this energy is still here to meet you.

What in your life feels like it has never diminished?

18/04/2026

Beautiful moments in my day of service

15/04/2026

There is something so powerful about being witnessed in your healing… and even more powerful when it’s shared 💜

I’m so deeply grateful to receive words like this from beautiful souls who have stepped into this work. It’s an honour to hold space for experiences that nourish, restore and gently shift something within.

If you’ve been feeling the nudge to slow down, reconnect, or experience something a little different… this is your invitation.

Whether you come alone or share the journey with someone you love, these offerings are created with care, intention, and heart.

If this speaks to you, I’d love to welcome you in ✨
Feel free to reach out or explore what’s available.

With love,
Jo

13/04/2026

What if the most radical thing you could do this week… was simply exhale?

Autumn has a quiet intelligence. The trees don't fight the falling leaves — they release them. Completely. Without apology.

This week in our yin yoga practice we're working with the Lung and Large Intestine meridians — the energetic channels in Traditional Chinese Medicine that govern our capacity to take in what nourishes us, and release what no longer serves.

The lungs breathe in the crisp, clear qi of autumn. The large intestine lets go of what's no longer needed. Together, they ask the same question of us: are you able to do both?

Because grief is real. So is the weight of holding on — to old stories, old seasons, old versions of ourselves. In TCM, the lungs hold the emotions of grief and sorrow. But they are also the seat of inspiration — the word itself means to breathe in. When the chest opens, something else becomes possible too: wonder, aliveness, the quiet joy of a fresh inhale.

In this practice we'll move through the chest, shoulders, neck and arms — dissolving the places where we've been bracing, tensing, protecting. Breaking up stagnation so that energy can move freely again.

You don't have to be ready. You just have to be willing to breathe.

See you on the mat 🌿

Mondays 5.30pm | Tuesdays 6.00pm | Wednesdays 9.30am
$25 | 90+ mins | All props supplied — bring your socks 🧦

(RSVP Essential - Monday fully booked | 0403 274 576)

10/04/2026

TWO NEW BLOGS just landed on the Discover page and I am SO excited to share them with you! ✨

🌿 AMALAKI – The Ayurvedic Superfood for Vitality, Digestion & Radiant Ageing

What if ONE simple, ancient ingredient could support your immunity, strengthen your digestion, calm your nervous system AND help you age with absolute grace? Meet Amalaki — one of Ayurveda's most treasured superfruits. I've put together a FREE downloadable guide packed with the science, the tradition, and simple daily rituals to bring this powerhouse into your life. 🙌

🌸 RASAYANA – Anti-Aging & Lasting Vitality
In a world where stress has become the norm and true vitality feels just out of reach... what if the answer isn't something new — but something 3,000 years old? This blog is the piece that sits behind Amalaki actually and it dives deep into the ancient Ayurvedic art of Rasayana what it is and how it can help you reclaim your energy, resilience and radiance from the inside out.

Both are waiting for you over on our Discover page — FREE, always. 💛

👉 And while you're there, don't forget to explore our ever-growing range of beautiful Ayurvedic products in the shop — from Ayurvedic Daily Essentials to Hormone Balancing to Daily Rituals, Vata/Pitta/Kapha blends and so much more. Everything hand-selected with so much love. 🛍️

🔗 Read both blogs + explore the full Ayurvedic collection here: https://sundarayoga.com.au/lifestyle-resources/

A living collection of the things that have genuinely moved, nourished and inspired me along the way. From Ayurvedic wisdom and seasonal living to recipes, yoga, and everyday how-to’s and lifestyle gems that quietly make a big difference. This is a space where curiosity meets practical living. May...

07/04/2026

Peaceful Mind ~ Vata Balance 🍂
Yin & Ayurveda | Autumn Grounding Practice

After weeks now of pretty consistent winds, a stillness has settled over us today — yet the effects linger. The air is drier, the mornings cooler, and the season has made its presence known. And with it, the rising of Vata dosha; the elements of air and space. This seasonal accumulation can leave us feeling scattered, restless and ungrounded and with a busy, windswept mind that struggles to find stillness.

In this week's Peaceful Mind practice, we weave together the slow, surrendering depth of Yin with the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda to gently pacify excess Vata — calming the nervous system, settling the mind and drawing you back into the steady, quiet presence of the earth beneath you.

Our postures will lovingly massage the lower abdomen and open the lower back — the home territory of Vata — stimulating the downward flow of Apana Vayu to release stored tension, subconscious stress and mental fatigue, and restore a deep sense of grounding.

We begin with a ritual touch — massaging the marma point Sthapani with grounding essential oils to calm the mind, soothe the nervous system and gently release fear, directly and intentionally, from the very start of our practice.

Come home to the present moment — that is where peace of mind lives. 🌿

Mondays 5.30pm | Tuesdays 6.00pm | Wednesdays 9.30am
$25 | 90+ mins | All props supplied — bring your socks 🧦

30/03/2026

The Wisdom of Autumn 🍂
Attune. Release. Breathe.

March carries us across the threshold from Summer into Autumn — a sacred passage where nature's energy begins its quiet return to the earth. 🌿

Over recent weeks we've moved through the stomach and spleen meridians, exploring what truly nourishes us — digesting not just food, but emotion, experience and thought. This week, we deepen that journey.

Autumn is a time of profound wisdom. A season that asks us to slow down, to come home to the earth, and to practice the art of letting go — releasing all that no longer feeds the body, mind, heart and soul.

In our practice this week we open the lung meridians — the breath of life — and gently compress the large intestine and colon. These are the organs of the season, and they carry the emotional qualities of courage, openness and the willingness to release.

We will also continue to tend to Vata Dosha, weaving in practices that keep us grounded, calm and in harmony with the season — in body, mind and soul.

🌕 Full Moon in Libra — Thursday
This Thursday's Purnima falls in Tula Rashi (Libra), ruled by Venus — the planet of beauty, balance and the heart. In Vedic astrology, the full moon illuminates the mind, so heightened emotions and deeper inner awareness are part of its gift and calls us toward our inner harmony and balance. Libra's energy asks us to weigh what we carry and to release with grace what no longer serves our balance. A perfect cosmic companion for our practice of letting go this week. 🌻