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Yoga Classes by the Ocean at Warriewood Surf Club and online. Yoga Retreats, Yoga Teacher Training, WELCOME
YOGA CLASSES FOR ALL BODIES AND ABILITIES.

YOGA HELPS YOU TO CONNECT MORE DEEPLY WITH YOUR BODY AND BREATH, ALLEVIATES STRESS AND INCREASES STRENGTH, BALANCE AND FLEXIBILITY. WE TEACH YOGA IN A SAFE, CALMING WAY.EVERYONE IS WELCOME. SO CLOSE TO THE OCEAN YOU CAN ALMOST FEEL THE SEA SPRAY. TAKE SOME TIME OUT FOR YOURSELF AND REDISCOVER YOGA.

06/09/2025

It’s not too late to join our Full Moon Yoga Circle on Sunday. Come with a friend, bring Dad, or send your partner! Jenny and Liz are bringing back all the full moon yoga vibes at Warriewood Surf Club. Flowing mandala yoga, pranayama breathwork and yoga nidra followed by chai and nourishing snacks. It will be a beautiful grounding evening ❤️

02/09/2025

I’m really excited to be joining the team on Saturday mornings at their new Newport studio, which is just downstairs from .
Pilates and yoga are a lifelong study & practice for me, woven into my life and my physiotherapy practice. My passion for teaching comes from the gratitude I have for my teachers and their craft. Yoga has helped me heal and find resilience through many injuries ( mostly from mountain biking!) through tough years of being a carer and business owner, through motherhood and through my 40’s. Yoga is transmitted through techniques - the asana and pranayama ( poses and breath work) as well as more subtle tools for the mind, which derive from the ancient philosophy and energetic secrets of yoga- this is what is transmitted from teacher to teacher. I can’t wait to share the beautiful tools of yoga with the Feels community in my Soothe and Unwind classes starting THIS SATURDAY AT 10:30AM!!🧘‍♀️ Hope to see some of you there ❤️

23/08/2025

Jenny and Liz invite our community and friends to gather together to celebrate the full moon in the beautiful space of Warriewood Surf Club on Sunday September 14th 6:00 - 7:30pm.
You will be guided through gentle flowing yoga, meditation, yoga nidra, and deep relaxation.

Om Chandraya Namaha is the moon mantra.
It calls us back into perspective when life becomes confusing and helps us see things more clearly. It sharpens our intellect and calms our nervous system to restore balance & equanimity. Just as the moon appears to be in darkness throughout the month, our minds get clouded by the unfolding of our lives. But the moon is not in darkness. It’s simply our perspective. May the glow of this mantra lead you back to the truth that always lies within you.
The practice is suitable for everyone and all are welcome.
You are invited afterwards to gather together for chai and healthy snacks. Bookings via website + story links.

22/08/2025

✨ Our hearts are so full after hearing from our recent teacher training graduates! ✨

“I haven’t gone into a space like this before. Now I realise the learnings from yoga will actually never end. That was nice to come to realise.”
“The course was so detailed and the group we had were just so supportive... I felt very safe, like safe to make a mistake or safe just to try.”
“I’ve gone from feeling it was about just the perfect posture to realise it’s holistic - your mind, your breath, balance, stability, and it includes everyday life.”
“Everyone had taken away really different things from the course and brought their own kind of style and personality... there was a lightness to it, which was really nice.”
“It was way more interesting than I expected... I never actually thought that I would learn to write up a class. It’s so much more cool making up your own class!”
“The sense of compassion towards my own personal practice... it’s not just about asana practice. Through the course, we’ve been really encouraged to embody that.” -

Watching each of you discover your unique voice as teachers while deepening your personal practice has been deeply affirming.

The journey of learning yoga truly never ends, and we’re so grateful to be part of yours. 🙏
If you’d like to discuss joining our next 6 month, 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training, get in touch over the weekend. Payment plans are available. Monday is the last day to join!

24/05/2025

Over 20 years ago I moved to Sydney with one purpose, to learn the wisdom of yoga from physiotherapists Simon Borg Oliver and Bianca Machliss. Thanks to University of South Australia, I had been able to create my own “ Yoga” elective in the final year of my Bachelor of Physiotherapy, with Simon as my supervisor. Back in 1998, there were only 3 physios I could find in Australia who were yoga teachers. We were all way before our time.
At Yoga Synergy I met Amelia, who was also in the process of a 3 year apprentice style teacher training with Bianca and Simon.
We watched and assisted countless hours of classes, through which our eyes were opened to the connection between body and mind in new ways. We learned how to gently guide people beyond limiting habitual patterns, help them to re-discover ease in movement and breath, re-discover the stillness at their centre.
Every student still offers us more to learn about assisting and adjusting, which is why we need to always look and ask for feedback when we offer hands-on teaching in classes. Amelia and I share our combined 40 + years of yoga teaching in a 2 day course in Sydney this weekend. Integrating physiotherapy knowledge, subtle anatomy and anatomical understandings in a trauma and pain sensitive approach so teachers can build confidence in hands-on assists in group classes and beyond.
Link in story+ website.

21/05/2025

Happy Birthday to gorgeous woman who I first met at Newtown way back in the early 2000’s. Inside that dark hall, Amelia had this light that always shone across the room. When Nico gave me an opportunity to start our Bali yoga retreats at Jeda, I was so happy we could work on our venture together doing what we loved!
There’s no way I would have believed that over 20 years later we would be inspired to keep creating and learning and laughing together, that we would have developed our yoga teacher training, traveled the world teaching together and sustained our yoga businesses side by side in Sydney and Bellingen while raising our beautiful sons. I’m so proud of you Amelia, your gentle resilience, your willingness to risk and to grow, you are the most peaceful, clever and funny human and you have built a beautiful community and space at . You are a treasure and I love you infinitely 🌸

25/04/2025

ASSISTING AND ADJUSTING SKILLS FOR YOGA TEACHERS

When applied with skill and care, touch can help students expand their physical practice and deepen their connection to their body.
In this course with Amelia and Liz, you will –
*Learn to observe patterns of tension and common “misalignments”
• Learn to use touch in a trauma informed and pain aware context
• Learn to support students to deepen postures where appropriate, help students find more ease in postures and use touch to bring the light of awareness to their physical practice
• Help students build their confidence by trying new things with your support. Join us for both days to get the most out of this opportunity to develop your confidence and skills in hands-on assists. Book via the website or link on story..

10/04/2025

We have one room still available for our June 20 - 26th Balanced Practice Yoga Retreat Portugal 🇵🇹. Amelia and Liz have been holding retreats together for over a decade. Over this time, friends have joined us with partners, daughters, soul- mates and solo. We welcome all. Diversity creates many precious moments of learning and empathy across generations and cultures.
We have one space free in a twin room, sharing with another woman. If you’d like to join our Portugal retreats, and you’re travelling solo but would prefer the cheaper option of room- sharing, this is a rare opportunity. Let us know if you’d like to find out more.

04/04/2025

Full Moon Circle with Jenny Tuck 🌕

Join us on Sunday April 13th 6-7:30pm.
We will gather together to celebrate the full moon in our beautiful candlelit space to the sounds of the ocean. You will be guided through gentle flowing yoga, meditation, yoga nidra, and deep relaxation.
The practice is suitable for everyone and all are welcome.

Om Chandraya Namaha is the moon mantra. It calls us back into perspective when life becomes confusing and helps us see things more clearly. It sharpens our intellect and calms our nervous system to restore balance & equanimity. Just as the moon appears to be in darkness throughout the month, our minds get clouded by the unfolding of our lives. But the moon is not in darkness. It’s simply our perspective. May the glow of this mantra lead you back to the truth that always lies within you.

You are invited afterwards to gather together for chai and healthy snacks.

Jen and Liz

09/12/2024

Thursday 12th December 6:00pm AEDT, Amelia and I will be opening a zoom information session for anyone interested in deepening their understanding and experience of the rich yoga tradition, teaching yoga group classes, and applying yogic tools professionally as an additional scope of practice. ⁠
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The next 200hr Online Yoga Teacher Training starts March 2025. ⁠
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Our previous graduates have integrated yoga into their Physiotherapy services, psychology practices, counselling, personal training, beauty therapy and energetic healing work. Amelia and Liz together have close to 50 years of yoga teaching experience, and many years of running our own businesses, offering mixed group classes as well as classes for older adults and therapeutic yoga. If this seems like a good fit for you, please join us Thursday 12th December on zoom to chat with us and find out more.⁠
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Register in my bio link or send me a message

02/12/2024

Our next Balanced Practice Yoga Retreat Portugal is only 8 months away! is located north of the famous Douro region of Portugal and around an hour from Porto Airport. The centre is imbued with life force, from the old olive trees and grape vines that reflect the heritage of Dalijo as a family Quinta for generations, to the abundant flowers, fruits and vegetables that make their way from organic garden to our plates. Our daily schedule involves two yoga classes a day to help you transform patterns and rediscover your clarity and vitality. We offer workshops on breath work and Ayurveda, which we have both practised for over 25 years. This year, we will be adding a sunset trip to the Douro Valley for wine tasting and a walk through the vines over the winding Douro river. We will hike to nearby towns and visit a local trout farm and restaurant, and swim in the local creeks and waterfalls.
Join Amelia and Liz for a life changing week in the north of Portugal June 20 - 26th 2025. Early bird rates till the end of 2024 🧡 🇵🇹 🍇

26/10/2024

Under the full moon’s glow, Allahna will lead you through a gentle flowing movement, breath work, and meditation practice while Lish enchants you with her beautiful Cello music.

The gentle movement and music are intended to relax you deeply and help you feel more peace, presence, lightness and joy.

Suitable for any body of any fitness ability. This is a non-competitive, safe space to be your authentic self and soak up some care and nurturing.

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Warriewood Surf Life Saving Club
Warriewood, NSW
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6:30am - 7:30pm

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+61405543263

Website

http://www.balancedpracticeyoga.com/

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Essentia (e sen' she 'a) the nature, spirit, essence of... Yoga Essentia offers Yoga classes on the Northern Beaches at Warriewood Surf Club. Liz Bennett is a physiotherapist and yoga therapist who teaches group classes and 1:1 individualised and therapeutic yoga sessions.

Minutes drive from Mona Vale, Collaroy, Narrabeen and Elanora Heights for beach-front yoga. Space to move and unlimited fresh ocean air. Yoga to have you feeling stronger and living your life with vitality. Our passionate, experienced teachers strive to accommodate the needs of each individual, from complete beginners to practiced students. We do not have a "one sequence for all" approach. Yoga is accessible and beneficial to all people when taught responsibly. We offer smaller group sizes and individual yoga therapy sessions, assess the needs of our students and modify postures to provide so you can consciously and safely build your skill in the lifelong practices of yoga.