Oja Yoga

13/09/2025

India is calling!!!
Hey.. BTW.. who wants to join me there? How wild and wonderful would that be!
It’s literally a possibility tho’… Im being serious !!!
This is what I’m doing there in my last week (after I do a month of advanced yoga study in an ashram) of being in Rishikesh, India 🇮🇳 …
OMG please do come and join me… Yesss 🙌🏽 Really, just enquire with me if you have any barriers or concerns but actually want to come.
We can seriously work out a plan to accommodate your needs be it financial stuff or travel nerves..
Anyway here is a glimps of what I’m gettin up to (and inviting someone -you?- to share it with meeee)
Geez, I am sooo grateful I got asked to co host this epic experience. Such an opportunity Ive held close to my heart for so long and its a dream come true. Ok here it is;

‘In Divine Flow Retreat’ ~ Experience a river of inner becoming on the sacred banks of the Ganga

Presented by Leo Dey Music & Swar Yoga Music Academy.

THE EXPERIENCE

Take the plunge, feel the flow!
Is your Spirit longing for soulful connection to self?

Have you been searching for a unique experience that actually inspires true lasting transformation?

For 7 glorious Himalayan nights from OCT 25th we will gather in Rishikesh on the banks of Mother Ganga and rise together in song, chant, dance, learning and flow.

You’re invited to transform with us through the ancient artful modalities of soulful sound, voice activation training, Kirtan, Mantra, somatic movement, astrology, yoga asana, breath-work pranayama, vagus nerve toning, ta**ra philosophy, energy clearing, ancestry healing, sharing and starlight vedic wisdom and storytelling. You’ll journey to ancient temples, traditions, natural wonders and sacred sites under the watchful, caring eye of your expert Teachers and dedicated hosts; Leo, Kali and Victoria.

The three of us combining all our depth of belief in what we do and wealth of knowledge and sincere passion to turn this retreat all the way on!

Read more and discover the retreat deals/room options, contact, booking, travel, retreat schedule and inclusion details etc on the website: ojayoga.com.au/india

30/08/2025

In today’s class we celebrated spring coming in by doing a special Oja Yoga kapha cleanse.
Including kapalbhati kriya (skull shining/ purification) followed by Pranayama: ujjayi/ viloma (ex), sheetaIi and bhastrika (the healthy ‘shot of coffee’ breath technique)..
Cooling, spacious, grounding yet energising flows had our prana (life-force) circulating and oxygenating our every cell. Making all of our cells grin and win.
Gentle vinyasa was synchronised seamlessly with breath awareness guiding us.
Our heart spaces opened to greet the new spring sunshine leaving us all yoga lit, aligned and sublime.
To tone our vagus nerve and balance tamas (winter qualities) and rajas (summer qualities) we chanted the mahamritanjaya mantra until we fell into a sattvic (balanced/ harmonious) state.
Book in via the website (bio) if your curiosity is sparked to join the spring themed classes to come.
Only running for the following three weeks until I’m off to India.
If you are keen to join our 7day voice activation and yoga/ breath work (and so much more) retreat in India (Oct 25th) please feel free to enquire or direct message me.

28/08/2025

Getting ready to ‘spring’ into life and shed the cold and damp of winter.

In Ayurveda, spring is known as Kapha season, the time when earth and water dominate. The snow is melting as the sun shines through, but also think; wet soil, heavy rains, thick clouds.

The same forces that shape the environment also move through us. That’s why many of us feel sluggish, heavy, foggy, congested, or unmotivated right now.

Kapha is the dosha of structure, stability, nourishment, and cohesion. At its best, it gives us strength, immunity, compassion, and groundedness.

But when Kapha builds up, especially after winter’s stillness and heavy foods… it can tip into imbalance: dullness, inertia, depression, attachment, weight gain, or allergies.

In Ayurveda the principle is simple: like increases like, opposites bring balance. To counter heavy, slow, damp Kapha, we invite what is light, mobile, dry, warming, energising.

And yoga gives us the perfect tools: breathwork that clears stagnation, movement that generates heat, twists and flows that wring out heaviness, practices that spark aliveness and renewal.

This is why spring is considered the best time in Ayurveda for cleansing, rekindling digestive fire (agni), and starting fresh intentions.

If you want more information on the spring season through an Ayurvedic wisdom and yogic science lens simply sign up to my email via the OJAYOGA.com.au website (bio) and be sure to follow me on insta!

I’ll also be teaching this workshop in person in depth at our upcoming retreat in Rishikesh- India. Oct 25th. So if India is calling or you - you can register your interest via link in bio also.

Classes for the next three weeks (until I’m off to India) are in spring theme and honour of kapha balancing. So if you’re around book in.

28/08/2025

Getting ready to ‘spring’ into life and shed the cold and damp of winter.

In Ayurveda, spring is known as Kapha season, the time when earth and water dominate. The snow is melting as the sun shines through, but also think; wet soil, heavy rains, thick clouds.

The same forces that shape the environment also move through us. That’s why many of us feel sluggish, heavy, foggy, congested, or unmotivated right now.

Kapha is the dosha of structure, stability, nourishment, and cohesion. At its best, it gives us strength, immunity, compassion, and groundedness.

But when Kapha builds up, especially after winter’s stillness and heavy foods… it can tip into imbalance: dullness, inertia, depression, attachment, weight gain, or allergies.

In Ayurveda the principle is simple: like increases like, opposites bring balance. To counter heavy, slow, damp Kapha, we invite what is light, mobile, dry, warming, energising.

And yoga gives us the perfect tools: breathwork that clears stagnation, movement that generates heat, twists and flows that wring out heaviness, practices that spark aliveness and renewal.

This is why spring is considered the best time in Ayurveda for cleansing, rekindling digestive fire (agni), and starting fresh intentions.

If you want more information on the spring season through an Ayurvedic wisdom and yogic science lens simply sign up to my email via the OJAYOGA.com.au website (bio) and be sure to follow me on insta!

I’ll also be teaching this workshop in person in depth at our upcoming retreat in Rishikesh- India. Oct 25th. So if India is calling or you - you can register your interest via link in bio also.

26/08/2025

So happy to catch a little ray of sunshine! In honour of the seasonal change coming and in true spring spirit I’ve decided to theme the next few weeks of classes leading up to me departing for India. Four weeks to go!
So I’ll be weaving Ayurveda, yoga, and seasonal wisdom into something you can live and breathe outside the studio. A four week Spring theme can feel like a little yet deep journey, with each week offering a jewel of practical wisdom, a yogic/ayurvedic teaching, and a reflection/journaling or takeaway piece… All curated with much thought to cultivate big Bhakti love! 🫶🏽
This Thursday at 9:30am and Sat at 10am the class theme is;
🪷Awakening & Renewal
Theme: Shake off the heaviness of winter.
Yogic/Ayurvedic teaching: Introduction to Kapha dosha — qualities (heavy, slow, damp) and how to balance with opposite qualities (light, warming, energizing).
Practice focus: Uplifting pranayama (kapalabhati, bhastrika), twists, sun salutations, energising flows.
Take-home reflection prompt: Where in my life have I felt heavy or stagnant this winter? What feels ready to awaken?
Takeaway quiz: “Are you in Kapha overload?”
I will email out an in-depth info e-booklet to attendees on the ‘doshas’ including a quiz to find out which constitution you are, pitta, vats or kapha and what it all means.
The following week on Thu/Sat the class theme will be;
🪷Cleansing & Clarity
Theme: Spring cleaning — body, mind, habits.
Yogic/Ayurvedic teaching: Agni (digestive fire) and Ama (toxins) — how spring is the best time to cleanse and boost metabolism.
Practice focus: Detoxifying flows — twists, side stretches, core work, strong standing postures. Kapalabhati breath for inner fire.
Take-home reflection prompt: What habits, thoughts, or routines do I want to shed this season?
Handout: Ayurvedic spring foods and teas for digestion/cleansing.
I’ll be emailing out some sattvic recipes to attendees.
Stay tuned for the next weeks of spring themed yoga classes. Much more than just yoga here this season!!!
Thursday class is fully booked. Don’t miss out on Sat and be sure to book via message or online on the website (bio).
Namaste! 🙏🏽🌞

11/08/2025

So why does Oja Yoga keep popping up and whats it all about?
Well… I’ll try to do this in a nutshell… My name is Kali. I moved to Byron 20 years ago. I met my best friend Melli, who was a yoga teacher here.
She passed away too soon in her young life due to mental health.
After my own spiraling out from her loss and some other traumatic life events, I eventually decided to learn the sacred, ancient wisdom of yoga (about 7 years ago) that used to save me when Melli was still around sharing her sweetness.
So I could heal and so I could pay it forward.
A natural progression was that I started studying psychology, which I swapped out for councelling and mental health.
So, I run a humble home studio in Mullum. It’s undercover, yet in a subtropical slice of paradise (Balinese shala style) protected from the elements yet in nature being nurtured in my gorgeous garden.
I’ve put extra padding under the mats and provide all the props for pampering and your comfort in mind.
Inside, I’ve got a zen therapy room for 1-1 mental health support sessions through an interesting yogi lens.
The classes are called ‘upward spiral’ (instead of spiralling out) in honour of improving mental health through 75 mins of classic yoga asana and pranayama, (the OG of breath-work) and mantra AND yogic science: Zoning in on vagus nerve toning to regulate our nervous systems and cortisol (stress hormone) levels in all classes.
It’s a genuine, friendly and grass roots experience here.
All levels are invited into this inclusive safe space. Not about being flexi and sexy… all about how we feel and meeting ourselves where we are at. Honouring our bodies natural intelligence. Building healthy habits in place of unwanted ones that don’t give back to us. Connecting and leading from the heart space. Connecting to self energy, breath, body, nature.
Connecting to our sankalpas (solid soul goals) and to eachother if we feel like having a cuppa n chat afterwards.
Recovery is in connection.
Anyway, if this sounds like your cup of tea,, I’d love to meet you and share space and stretch, shake and shakti it all out somatically with you!
And remember ‘You are enough’ (JD🤍)
BOOK NOW - link in bio.🕊️

16/07/2025

16/06/2025

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18/05/2025

This weeks yoga sutra theme is a banger! ‘Brahmacharya’

= Mindset moderation
and self mastery and sensual self control and restraint.

Channelling energy towards living in your truth and expanding beyond the traps and confines of indulgance or trigger happy instant gratification grabs. Honing the powerful frequency of desire and directing it with intention. Digging deeper to listen and tune into the soul space. Honouring your true needs. Following your higher self and discovering discipline (it’s not a dirty word 😉) as a liberating path to ease dis-ease and smooth out suffering.

14/05/2025

Scorpio Full Moon (with a yogic twist)

This Scorpio full moon doesn’t tiptoe quietly—it reveals, releases, and reshapes. Scorpio, the sign of death and rebirth, transformation and truth, brings what’s been hiding beneath the surface into the light. If you’ve been feeling moody, magnetic, raw, or ravenous for change—you’re right on track.

This lunation is a cosmic invitation to shed a skin, yogi-style. Think of it like a deep twist that wrings out emotional toxins—uncomfortable, intense, and yet so liberating once you breathe into it.

What we can reflect on:
Where am I holding onto emotional residue that’s no longer serving me?
What needs to die so I can be reborn into the next version of myself?
Where can I practice aparigraha (non-grasping) and svadhyaya (self-study) more deeply?

Yogi practice for this moon:
Yin yoga or long-held twists to support the body in letting go.
Journaling with radical honesty—Scorpio honours truth, even the messy kind.
Practice nadi shodhana (alternate nostril breathing) to balance the intensity.
Set a sankalpa that runs deeper than just what you want to achieve, or who you are in your ultimate reality / want to be/ think you should be… Set it so you are already there, as you are in your true nature, you are already enough as you are. Feel into the energetic shifts when you reside in that space of not wanting and self acceptance and even celebration.

This moon’s medicine isn’t gentle—but it is sacred. Trust the shedding. Trust the shadows. They are the compost for your next bloom. Imagine all the dark clouds parting. No dark clouds hanging over your world.

Namaste
Kali

10/05/2025

MOTHER’S DAY OJA SPECIAL
Because the world feels better when Mum’s got her glow back.

This whole week we’re celebrating the nurturers, the holders, the givers—the MUMS—with something beautiful at OJA Yoga.

ALL GROUP CLASSES JUST $10 FOR MUMS!
(Usually $20 | 1hr)

Bring your breath. Move your body. Reclaim your calm.

Class Times This Week:
TUES 9:30am + 5:30pm
THURS 9:30am
SAT 8:30am + 10am

PLUS
Feeling like a deeper reset?
1:1 Mental Health Yoga or Self-Care Session for Mums just $70 (Usually $90)
Tailored. Soulful. Yours.
Includes takeaways. Truly a gift that keeps on giving.

Not a mum? Bring one. Gift one. Come anyway.
These classes are open to all, but the special love goes to MUMS this week.

Let’s fill the room with big mumma love.
Book now—spaces will fill!

06/05/2025

THE SELF-CARE HYPE
What I don’t hear or see much of on socials however wish I did, and I fully advocate for…

“Self-care isn’t a checklist — it’s a biological need.”

Let’s be real.
You don’t have to cold plunge at 5am, journal under moonlight, or drink activated turmeric mushroom matcha to be doing it “right.”

Sometimes, self-care is just not doing.
Sometimes it’s guilt free rest.
Or a Netflix binge in a pillow fort.
Or choosing toast (in the pillow fort) over green juice.
Or hiding under a blanket with zero shame.
Or (god forbid saying this on insta) staying up late - indulging in that book/ podcast/ series/ creative project or whatever it is you want and need at the time!

Because your nervous system doesn’t care about the optics.
It cares about safety. And recovery. And rhythm.

Cortisol doesn’t drop just because your skincare routine is 12 steps deep.
But it does when you feel spacious.
When you stop overperforming wellness and actually let yourself off the hook.

Yoga helps you tune into what your system needs.
Not what Instagram says it should look like.

If you feel like indulging in some gentle movement and sweet rest I’d love to pamper you…

Tues 5:30pm sunset or Tues or Thursdays 9:30am or Saturdays at 8am. Come as you are.

**Also there is the new community class by donation at 10am to 11:30/12pm. Yoga/ Support Circle/ Tea. Themed yoga class with yogi ancient wisdom sutra. Recovery. Movement. Breath-work. Connection.

Book in via DM or the website (link in bio)
More info on the website too!
Bookings essential as all classes are capped and kept intimate at seven people.