Easy Yoga with Patricia Wigley

20/09/2022

“Yoga is a process of replacing old patterns with new and more appropriate patterns."� ~ Yogācārya T Krishnamacharya

25/03/2022

How brave you are for slowing down. For not finishing that to-do list.
How courageous you are for not crossing that finish line, because your body said “enough.”
How fearless you are for choosing the quiet of your soul over those voices driving you always towards more.
How bold, how rebellious -
you, out there,
honoring your own natural rhythm,
going against the culture’s breakneck speed.
We tend to make heroes of those hungry with ambition, relentlessly doing, producing always more.
We applaud those who refuse to stop or rest. Who push themselves so hard in the name of achievement, that they sacrifice their body and soul and heart in the process. We celebrate those who are ill or aging but never show it, never slow down, never reveal a moment of vulnerability.
This drivenness can be heroic, at times. It can be necessary for our survival or the greater good.
But,
I want to make heroes of those who slow down.
I want to make heroes of those who listen to their bodies, who do not strive for more than what the soul truly needs.
I want to make heroes of those who do not force or push, but surrender to each moment as it opens.
I want to applaud those who may not be driven towards success as we know it, but instead are nurturing something deep and subtle and needed.
I want to celebrate those brave enough to cease all doing, even for a second, and sit with the ache in their hearts. A task many find harder than summiting the highest peak.
I want to make heroes of those who honor their limitations.
Who are unable to keep up with the busy-ness of our times, yet show up to each profound, necessary moment.
It is truly an act of courage and rebellion to do any such thing, in a world demanding you resist your own self, your own rhythm, your own soul.
And the paradox is, that often when we cease our incessant doing, even for a minute, and listen to that quiet voice within, we discover what it is we absolutely must do, and what instead can fall away.
We finally hear the call towards what serves our soul, and what then will serve the world. Nothing more, nothing less.
A hero is simply someone brave.
So come, be softly brave.
Be a new, quieter kind of hero.
Few may applaud, it’s true, but your soul certainly will ..

~ Leyla Aylin ~

Artist Tanya Harr

Serendipity Corner

20/01/2022

Some great ideas for exercises for strengthening bones.

This expert talk is part of a health series going on this week. If you like it, be sure to check out the others — free this week!

18/12/2021

10/11/2021

Special AAYT online event November 12th.
On November 12th the AAYT is getting down to the nuts and bolts of being a Yoga Therapist in business. As always, there are gross elements and there are the all important subtle. Through these lenses, join the AAYT for a look at the inquiry of 'How To Attract The Right Clients'.
Three illustrious speakers will be sharing their experiential knowledge of how to get the right message about you and what you do, out into the world, so that in turn, those who need what you have to offer are able to find you. On the panel:
Ellen Nash, Yoga Therapist
Christina Giorgio, Creative and Ethical Business Consultant
and introducing the prolific, Dr Lauren Tober!
Dr Lauren Tober is a Clinical Psychologist and Senior Yoga Teacher based in Mullumbimby, Australia. With a passion for health, healing, happiness and awakening Lauren integrates the best of western psychology with ancient yogic wisdom, both on and off the mat.
Passionate about the life changing benefits of yoga, Lauren is the founder of Mental Health Aware Yoga. This professional development training for Yoga Teachers is designed to educate teachers about mental health so they can support their yoga students experiencing mental health challenges with compassion, confidence and skill.
Lauren is also the founder of Awake Psychology, an Australia-wide online psychology practice, the Centre for Mind Body Wellness, an integrative health practice in Mullumbimby, Australia, and the highly acclaimed iRest meditation online course; Meditation, Pure and Simple.
Her work is soulful without being new-agey. It’s evidence based, without being clinical. It’s authentic, heartfelt and life changing.
Join us on the 12th of November to hear how these three incredible speakers, draw in across their three different caring fields, the clients that are right for them. Just a few more days to register your spot, simply click at the link below.
Just $20 for non AAYT members, free for members.
https://events.humanitix.com/how-to-attract-the-right...

Special AAYT online event November 12th.

On November 12th the AAYT is getting down to the nuts and bolts of being a Yoga Therapist in business. As always, there are gross elements and there are the all important subtle. Through these lenses, join the AAYT for a look at the inquiry of 'How To Attract The Right Clients'.

Three illustrious speakers will be sharing their experiential knowledge of how to get the right message about you and what you do, out into the world, so that in turn, those who need what you have to offer are able to find you. On the panel:

Ellen Nash, Yoga Therapist
Christina Giorgio, Creative and Ethical Business Consultant
and introducing the prolific, Dr Lauren Tober!

Dr Lauren Tober is a Clinical Psychologist and Senior Yoga Teacher based in Mullumbimby, Australia. With a passion for health, healing, happiness and awakening Lauren integrates the best of western psychology with ancient yogic wisdom, both on and off the mat.

Passionate about the life changing benefits of yoga, Lauren is the founder of Mental Health Aware Yoga. This professional development training for Yoga Teachers is designed to educate teachers about mental health so they can support their yoga students experiencing mental health challenges with compassion, confidence and skill.

Lauren is also the founder of Awake Psychology, an Australia-wide online psychology practice, the Centre for Mind Body Wellness, an integrative health practice in Mullumbimby, Australia, and the highly acclaimed iRest meditation online course; Meditation, Pure and Simple.

Her work is soulful without being new-agey. It’s evidence based, without being clinical. It’s authentic, heartfelt and life changing.

Join us on the 12th of November to hear how these three incredible speakers, draw in across their three different caring fields, the clients that are right for them. Just a few more days to register your spot, simply click at the link below.

Just $20 for non AAYT members, free for members.

https://events.humanitix.com/how-to-attract-the-right-clients-for-you

10/11/2021

Who are the students and clients who best suit – and will most benefit from – my particular skills as a yoga therapist? What can I do so they can find me? At this online event, you'll hear from yoga therapists discussing how they attract the right clients/students to build their businesses, as w...

06/09/2021

Concious Life's groundbreaking online coaching program The Trauma & Awakening Program will teach you how trauma can be a portal for spiritual awakening, with Dr Gabor Mate and Hameed Ali (A H Almaas).