04/05/2026
What an amazing road-trip and weekend …
and .withtrace just spent three days in Byron Bay with someone who has devoted 30 years to teaching that yoga belongs to everybody. Every body. Every age, every ability, every walk of life.
What struck us most was how deeply his teachings align with everything we believe at .yoga.retreat and everything we teach in our 200 hour training. Someone travelling from the other side of the world, arriving at the same truth. When you teach from the heart, you find your people everywhere.
Our final task was to design classes for specific populations… people living with dementia, people living with breast cancer, people living with depression, and wheelchair basketball players. On the mat, in a chair, in a wheelchair, in a bed. All of it yoga. None of it less than.
Because what is yoga, really? Yoga is the quieting of the mind. And that is available to everyone.
We leave Byron Bay with our hearts full, our knowledge deepened, and an even stronger commitment to making every person who comes to Swami’s feel safe, seen and welcome in their practice.
Thank you and . This one will stay with with us. 🫶
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