Lydia Richards - Bhakti, Yoga, Sound

23/12/2024

NYD: RISE UP WITH RADIANCE 🔥🌸 🔔

Join me for New Year’s Day 2-hr immersive practice + puja, devoted to awakening the energy of the yoga goddess Lakshmi inside of you.

In the Hindu/yoga tradition Lakshmi is the goddess of fertility, growth, good fortune, wealth and abundance. An appropriate energy to support beginning again.

Following some yoga, kriya + a sound healing we will sit in circle together, set our intentions for the year ahead, throw our self-limiting beliefs into the fire of transformation, and bathe in Lakshmi’s golden light through ceremony and carefully guided devotional/bhakti practices

You will discover how to ask for her blessings: for you, your loved ones and all beings everywhere.

You will learn rituals and practices to weave Lakshmi into your daily life and receive a gorgeous goodie bag to take home with all the necessary tools to do so.

DETAILS:

What: Rise Up with Radiance
With: Cecily and Lydia
When: Wed 1 Jan 2025
Where: Radiant Sol Yoga in South Melbourne
Time: 9.30am-11.30am
Cost: 80 Lakshmi points ($)

More info + tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/rise-up-with-radiance-nyd-tickets-1052017160647

Hurry, spots are limited xx

A new year ceremony for abundance and prosperity

13/10/2022

Join Lydia for a beautiful afternoon of rest, feel integration of spirit, mind and body and a deeper sense of connection to ourselves and the world, in support of the Association of Ukranians in Victoria, a cause close to Lydia’s heart…

29/10/2021

Weekly in-person and online schedule starting November.

Bookings: https://www.lydiarichards.com.au/in-person-classes

29/10/2021

"...I know if this babe could speak to me now, she would want me to love myself and, in doing so, forgive myself for everything I wish I had of done and things I regret doing. She would say, 'do away with the shame of it all, life is so short'."

What would you say to the child you once were? What would they want for you, today?

27/10/2021

Like all Melbourne Yoga Teachers and Yogis, I’m back to studio teaching from next week and I can’t even wait to see your flesh.🤣

For me it’s a graceful re-emergence from lockdown and my personal practice and guidance will hopefully reflect this intention.

Also a shoutout to Yoga Corner Melbourne and Radiant Sol Yoga for really stepping into offering longer, more immersive classes (75mins) so to offer their respective communities more time and opportunity to truly embody Yoga on, and ultimately off, the mat. I feel so aligned to this, remembering that in the UK and Europe standard classes are 90mins!

Also, the extra time doesn’t necessarily mean more chair poses! Rather a more integrative practice with time dedicated to pranayama, meditation, mantra and longer rest.

Wednesdays
Yoga Corner Melbourne
5.30pm Bhakti Flow (75mins)🎥
7.15pm Hot Basics (60mins)

Thursdays
Radiant Sol Yoga
9.30am Slow Flow (60mins)🎥

Fridays
Yoga Corner Melbourne
5.30pm Hot Flow (75mins)🎥
7.15pm Yin / Restore (75mins)

Sundays
Radiant Sol Yoga
4.30pm Slow Flow (75mins)
6.15pm Yin + Nidra (75mins)🎥

See you soon xx

10/08/2021

Full Moon Restore + Sound 🌕😴🎶🥣

When we planned this special event in the beautiful loft space of a few weeks ago, of course we had no idea we’d be going back into lockdown.😢

But “they” say timing is everything, which means (all going well) we will be coming out of lockdown in time for this!👇 And boy, won’t we need it! 😅

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Do join me at Radiant Sol in Port Melbourne, on the eve of the August full moon, for a nourishing two-hour masterclass incorporating restorative yoga, gentle somatic movement + pranayama, sound, and divine mantra.
 
This fully immersive evening on Saturday 21st August (5-7pm) blends everything that has become the essence of what I practice as a student and share as a yoga teacher. If you’ve ever been to one of my classes, you know my intention is to always create a safe and nurturing space in which to surrender, explore and open to the prospect of presence, authentic rest, and rejuvenation.

You will enjoy with me:

😴 Restorative Yoga + Energetics
🎶 A sound healing
💜 Devotional chanting

This carefully curated practice will help you rest and restore on a cellular level, stabilise your mind and open your heart ready for meaningful intention setting amid the unpredictable energy of the full moon.😜

TIX: Members $45 and General $55 | $10 from each ticket sold will support the Community Group Share the Food program.

Book and more info via link in bio👆

Om shanti ###

📷 thanks to + Raoul Gerard

06/07/2021

SACRED SOUND HEALING THIS FRIDAY 🎵

I have a sound healing coming up this Friday eve 9th July 7pm-8.30pm at Yoga Corner Melbourne CBD. It also includes a Yoga nidra and mantra practice. Your ticket ($40) includes a $5 donation to Healing Foundation during this NAIDOC Week. 🖤💛❤️

"If you really want to remedy the Earth, we have to mend mankind. And to unite mankind, we heal the Earth. " ~ Suzy Kassem.

Friday 9th July 2021, 7pm - 8:30pm: We are delighted to again offer you the opportunity to join Lydia for her incredibly popular and enriching, 90-minute Sacred Journey of Sound…

12/10/2020

MY HOPE FOR A NEW WORLD 💗

I’ve just completed the first week of Ram Dass' ‘Yoga of Service’ online course. And as with all new teachings, there were a few massive “aha!” moments for me as well as some seeds yet to be planted.

This right here 👇 has resonated with me the most, though.

These words help me to imagine a world where we each see past our prejudices and projections, to value the awe-inspiring beauty of every living being we encounter. Just as we would a flower.

This is a world in which enamour prevails, rather than judgement or the poison of aggression or division.

In this world, we foster a playful, harmless fascination for one another, demanding a deeper, more genuine enquiry.

I crave the lightness of this world and I know my contribution to realising it, is my continued inner work.

I believe that a shared intention of remembering our own loving Self (through spiritual practice), will create a world underpinned by mutual respect and admiration for all living beings.

I hope that one day we can all be together and grieve together, listen deeply as we hold space for one another and finally realise that every perspective and unique experience of this human curriculum is as valid as our own.

In the sanctuary of this sacred space, we can heal together and serve one another in a way that both loving and transformative.

I dream of a changed world, where we are bound together by Divine, Universal Love.

I am hopeful. Which is why I practice. Not just for me, but in selfless service (Seva) to all.🌷💕

11/10/2020

✨NEW LIVESTREAM CLASS SCHEDULE✨

Just $11-12 for casual drop-in. Book at: https://www.lydiarichards.com.au/class-types

07/10/2020

✨MIDWEEK RESTORATION✨

Join me tonight (Wednesday 7th October) online (via Zoom) for a nourishing restorative yoga practice for your mind, spirit, body + nervous system.

We will be dedicating our practice to those people who have loved us into existence, venturing deep into the heart space during our time together.

Drop-in for just $11. Book via the link below.

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My livestream classes include Yin yoga, restorative yoga, Yoga Nidra, gentle flow and kirtan and are for EVERY BODY.

01/10/2020

Today marks the start of which is a wonderful initiative by Edgar's Mission Farm Sanctuary.

As a yogi, I believe that small and sacred acts of kindness can make a huge difference when done as a collective with a united intention.

And so, I've compiled a list of 10 ways you can supercharge your kindness to animals this week (and beyond!).

om shanti xx

P.S thank you to Til The Cows Come Home for this beautiful picture ###

To mark this year’s I’ve compiled a list of 10 things you can do to supercharge your kindness to animals and your fellow earthlings.

29/09/2020

✨🙏 Guru Invocation 🙏✨

To chant this mantra, is to pay homage to our teachers and to our teachers' teachers. Honouring those that have helped to guide us through the human cirrculum and, of course, spiritually. Through it, we realise the cyclical nature life and take solace in knowing that nothing is permament. We also acknowledge that every experience, every conversation, every life challenge is a teacher, guiding us to learn and transform. Importantly, through it we bow down to the guru within - the inner soverign that already has all of the answers. We just have to know to ask it. ✨

If you'd like to explore the potency of chanting mantra, join me this Friday night through Yoga Corner Melbourne for a full moon Kirtan practice - where we will be chanting this mantra, and many more!

More details and bookings here: https://yogacorner.com.au/events/full-moon-kirtan-with-lydia

om shanti x