Prana yoga and pilates

03/05/2024

Come along and join me for reformer classes on Sunday mornings at Udara Studio, Hobart. The classes focus on alignment, whole body integrated movement with the underlying support of breath and fundamental movement patterns. In this photo I am aligning around the head to tailbone connection to maintain the integrity of the spine.

Jackie's beautiful reformer classes will help you find your form, grace and core! There's no better way to spend you Sunday morning.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Be sure to check out her classes:

💚 9am Sunday
💚 10am Sunday

Only 8 spots in each class, but waitlist always available (and they do move!).

03/12/2023

Gentle Restorative Yoga class Mondays 6.30pm at Okines Community House, Dodges Ferry.
Experience the transformative power of gentle restorative yoga, and leave each class feeling replenished, centered, and ready to embrace the week ahead with renewed vitality. These weekly classes are suitable for all levels, including beginners and those seeking a gentle approach to yoga.

13/07/2021

Keep Moving Through Winter

Join me for winter classes at Okines Community House Starting for Term 3 on Monday 19th July at 6.30pm. Message me for more information.

As we move away from the winter solstice the days slowly lengthen as the cycles of the seasons shift. The growth in the garden is still slow and the fruit trees are bare showing the shape of the branches. We stay indoors more during these winter months cosying ourselves by warm fires. But our bodies tighten and our joints stiffen against the cold so it is so beneficial to keep our bodies moving. Our yoga practice nourishes the fire within fanning the embers with our breath and keeping the river of life flowing.

12/10/2020

Prana Yoga and Pilates class tonight 6.30pm at Okines Community House in Dodges Ferry. Join me on tha mat.

18/09/2020

Come and join me at Mana Movement Studio for Reformer classes Friday mornings.

Every FRIDAY 7am + 9.15am

Practice the fundamental Pilates principles of control, precision, alignment and concentration and develop the all-important mind-body connection.

Our Foundation classes in both Reformer and Yoga are suitable for all levels to get back to basics and discover safe ways to move your whole body, on the reformer machines or your mat xx

07/05/2020

Let your breath guide your practice to increase Prana. Start with this simple breathing practice that brings about a more relaxed state of body and mind. Lie on the ground. Connect with the pull of the earth. Feel the contact of the body and the ground. Place your hands on the abdomen around the navel. Deepen the breath slightly and feel the rise and fall of the belly from within.

The word “prāṇa” occurs in the upanishads, yoga texts, and in ayurveda. It doesn’t mean exactly the same in every context: it could be life force, breath, inhale, or a part of vāta. (It is worthwhile to explore this; it would take a chapter in a book.)

The connection between breathing and life force reflected in these meanings is unmistakable. Life force is, by definition, intangible. Life force animates the functions of the organism, of body and mind. It is in the function of every cell in your body. It is not a thing to be experienced; it is what makes experiences possible.

How does one connect to such intangibility? Through the functions it manifests. The body function closest to intangible life force in humans is breathing. Without breath, life functions cease.

Breath is the gateway to connect with the less manifest functions of your body, the involuntary mechanisms that keep life going: digestion, heartbeat, circulation, inner movements and more.

When you do breathing exercises, you want to feel the inner experiences in your body, connect to the subtle functions that escape your attention at other times. Breath guides you to deepen these inner experiences, and even regulate and control them. This is among the keys that the ancient hatha yogis discovered: that breath control can help with inner body control.

Conversely, if your breath is a mess, your other body functions are also impaired. Learning skillful prāṇāyāma, therefore, is a foundation for good physiological function—for the unimpeded flow of prāṇa or life force.

Dr. Ganesh Mohan

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17/09/2019

Cultivate balance and stability in your life through mindful movement and breathing practices.
I am now taking bookings for classes next term starting October 14th
Dodges Ferry Mondays 6.30pm Yoga and Pilates Fusion
Howrah Tuesdays 5.30pm Slow and Mindful Yoga
Howrah Tuesdays 7pm Pilates for Strength and Alignment
Hara South Hobart 11am Wednesdays Yoga therapy for those recovering from illness or injury.
Message me for more details.

26/08/2019

Pop up Pilates mat class this Thursday 9am at Okines Community House, Dodges Ferry. This class is suitable for beginners. Learning to activate deep core muscles is central to the Pilates method. Strengthening is balanced with releasing muscle tension and stretching.

07/08/2019

What the spiral means to me. We see the image of the spiral throughout all of nature: inside sea shells, in the patterning of tree branches and even in the growth rings of our own bones. I feel this pattern as a deep expression of connected embodiment in the balance between the three pillars of the nervous system: sympathetic, parasympathetic and enteric (abdominal brain), all speaking to each other in a triad of communication. It is felt as honesty in movement: moving outward is simultaneously balanced by moving inwards. It is embodied as inclusive awareness: awareness of oneself and awareness of the world. So when I describe "moving from the core", I am not only speaking of a physical movement, but also of an energetic, mental, emotional and spiritual patterning that is opening outward and connecting inwards at the same time. These are some of the deeper expressions of core I'll be exploring in the upcoming Sydney intensive "Moving From the Core" Website: www.qiyoga.net/events/moving-from-the-core-with-donna-farhi5-day-yoga-intensive/

24/07/2019

Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment I know this is the only moment.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh

~ Image by Bahman Farzad