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Katie Ciavarella is an experienced and intuitive teacher who is passionate about sharing the healing Welcome to Green Belt Yoga, I’m Katie Ciavarella.

I have been teaching hatha yoga for 20 years in Sydney, Newcastle and in Leeton, NSW. I hold a BA in sociology and a Certificate IV in yoga teaching. I have also undertaken further studies in pre/post-natal yoga and the applied anatomy and physiology of hatha yoga. Over time, and following the birth of my two children, my yoga sadhana has evolved and matured along with my teaching. Naturally I have become passionate about crafting yoga practices that are relevant and sustainable throughout different phases of our life as well as finding freedom through yoga during times of illness or injury. In my classes, you will learn about active movement and intelligent sequencing to enhance and regulate the flow of energy throughout your body. You will build greater strength and mobility with regular practice, as well as bringing your body and mind into alignment. Ultimately, I love to create a warm environment filled with joyous yogic rituals that will help to awaken your inner light. Green Belt Yoga was born in 2011, shortly after I moved to Leeton with my family. The name reflects the rich agricultural surrounds of the Riverina and a special opportunity to share my love of yoga with the local community. I was blessed with 10 successful and heartwarming years teaching in the country. For the vast majority of my students, our tranquil loft studio allowed them to be immersed in yoga for the very first time. I am so grateful for the connections and friendships made and the opportunities and endless learning through teaching yoga in a remote, rural environment. I continue to love working with small group classes, personalised instruction and online tuition. Please follow the Green Belt Yoga page to stay up to date with future yoga class offerings as my family and I settle back into coastal Newcastle. Namaste
Katie

12/05/2020

Hello all 😊

I wanted to put together a longer post to share my (rough) plans going ahead this year. As with all yoga studios sadly we needed to close our doors about 8 weeks ago. As my partner is an essential worker, my own circumstances have shifted dramatically and I have needed to be available full time to facilitate learning and caring at home for my kids. I must say, although this has been overwhelming at times, overall it has been a positive experience for our family.

The timing of school holidays was a little blessing in that I took the opportunity to film several yoga classes and offer them as a package to work with at home. Online classes can’t possibly compare to physical classes but are really useful when you already have a background of yoga practice and are experienced enough to safely apply and follow the instructions of the teachings at home. I really enjoyed the making of these videos and hope to do more in the future. The 8 class package will continue to be available to all indefinitely- please pm if you wish to purchase this bundle of classes.

For now, family commitments are strong and I can’t put in the time needed to continue filming the online classes. My hope is that once school goes back, I can resume (and refine) my online teaching. Our family are moving at the end of this year, so it has always been a dream of mine to offer digital classes and stay connected to friends from Leeton and my other homes over the years. Unfortunately, with the impact of Covid-19 and our move, it won’t be a viable option to maintain and reopen the studio at a later date. This is of course, terribly sad and not how I’d anticipated events this year.

I hope to catch up with my students when the timing is right but may I say how much I miss seeing you on and off the mat and how I have truly valued your support and dedication to learning with me over the years. I believe I have become a better teacher through you all and have learnt a great deal from you. Yoga is forever an experiential tool and state of being.

Please keep in touch with me in the meantime. My posts may be less frequent but I am here if needed 🤗🧡🙏🏼

02/05/2020

WEEK FOUR - LENGTH & DEPTH

This is our last class in the 4 week online subscription at Green Belt Yoga. It is a strong sequence with a full range of standing poses that actively lengthen the legs and spine. A fluid practice that can be approached without props (optional block). Some prone back bending poses are also included followed by core strengthening poses and pilates based exercises to bring firmness and stability to the hub of the body.

I am really grateful to have had so many of you with me on my first online teaching journey, both local friends and those further afield. I hope these early classes will build on your yoga experience and help you to develop an ongoing self practice. I hope they can also provide some ease and balance in your time at home.

x Katie

30/04/2020

You’re in our thoughts .brown.astrologer at this exciting and special time. Classes wrapped up quickly last term and we were not able to give you a more ceremonious show of gratitude and well wishes. 💕 We are ever so thankful to have had you with us at Green Belt Yoga over the last couple of years and are really looking forward to hearing what adventures the future holds for you and your family 🌈🙏🏼 •.brown.astrologer ABUNDANCE and Gratitude.....⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Can you look around and see that abundance is all around you?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Can you see that the universe will provide, exactly what you need and that the feeling and mentality of "lack" is only in your mind?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
When we talk of abundance the first thing that often comes to mind is financial or material abundance.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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But there is more than one aspect to feeling abundant.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Spiritual abundance for one, the ability to tap into the deepest most creative parts of self while trusting and allowing the universe to provide for you...⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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I look around and everyday I am reminded, even in isolation, that I have an abundance of LOVE all around me. My partner and daughter, the love we all have for our yet to be born addition. My mother and the many deep and wonderful women in my life. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Food!! We live in a country that does have more that enough even if at this moment we are being conditioned to think otherwise.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Nature. Everything in nature is a constant reminder that we have more than we need...⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
To live in a way that looks at what we have as "enough" and "more than" allows us to open our hearts to the people who may actually need our help, love or support. We are less "me" focused and more "we" focused.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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We live in a culture of more. Just simply more. To feel good, to have worth, you need to have more. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Along this path I have learnt that less can actually be more. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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When you take away the too much that blinds the mind and corrodes the soul to the truth of our individual and collective abundance it actually become clear. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
We TRULY have so much

30/04/2020

WEEK FOUR - FOUNDATIONS

Our first class this week is ‘chair heavy’ and foundational in nature. The early portion of the class works on improving proprioception and activity from the base (feet) upward. Lots of preparatory work is done to awaken the legs, hips and spine, refining alignment especially when the body is stiff. This sequence helps to inform subsequent action in other standing poses and balances. This class also includes inversion preparations and a supported backbend for those of you with more yoga props available.

Enjoy the process 🧘🏻🤍

29/04/2020

Aromatherapy 😌

Our sense of smell is so powerful when it comes to our memories and experiences of places that are special to us. My lovely friend used to drop lemongrass oil in the bathroom of our yoga teacher training studio (back in 2003), is that right Lisa? I still associate lemongrass with feelings of vitality, freedom and expression and the joy of that time in my life.

I felt emotional today burning the delicate and woody Japanese incense that I have always used up at the studio. Normally it stays there for classes but of course, they are not possible at the moment. I wondered if anyone was missing the smell and it’s association with Green Belt Yoga?

I was first introduced to this subtle and beautifully crafted incense while working at the Yoga Warehouse in Sydney. Thank you to my boss for finding such lovely products!

It’s not an easy one to find online but here is a link to an Aussie site I saw today:

https://www.kasasagi.com.au/product-category/shoyeido-incense-and-incense-burners/page/2/

Anyway... not trying to encourage you to jump on the online shopping but wanted to share the details in case you had a deep connection to the fragrance and were missing it.

❤️🙏🏼

27/04/2020

Prop update: A small handful of mats and straps are still available.

25/04/2020

WEEK THREE - GENTLE RELEASE

Our second class this week is a great wind down and complement to vigorous exercise or vinyasa style yoga. Props ahoy! Supported asana variations to help release tension in the hips, upper back and shoulders. Slow paced and introspective.

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