Durbanville Yoga Centre

Durbanville Yoga Centre Yoga is less about standing on your head than it is about learning to stand on your own two feet.

At the Durbanville Yoga Centre we teach Hatha Yoga, which is a type of yoga based on energy. Hatha Yoga consists of:
- asanas (postures with the mind's attention)
- pranayama (breathing practices designed to warm and cool, energise and calm)
- relaxation techniques (meditation)

The end result is to create body and mind so steady and harmonious, that they are resistant to time and disease.

✨ As you sit quietly, waiting to begin your yoga practice… ✨Imagine gently drawing back the energy you’ve given out over...
01/04/2026

✨ As you sit quietly, waiting to begin your yoga practice… ✨

Imagine gently drawing back the energy you’ve given out over the last few days.

Pull back the energy that has gone into encounters at work, and into time spent with family and friends — the emotional pull of others. 🤍

Now imagine a circle of protective energy around you…
like a thick ribbon of light, emanating from your heart and wrapping around you like a cocoon.
A shield that allows in the energies that belong, and keeps out those that don’t.

Bring awareness to your body —
the sides of your waist,
the centre of your chest,
the centre of your head.

Begin your breath:
Inhale for 8…
Hold for 4…
Exhale for 8…
Hold for 4…

As you exhale, gently narrow the breath — like the nozzle of a hosepipe — directing your prana (life force) to where it is needed most.

When you stand up again, picture soft swirls of light leaving the soles of your feet and flowing into the earth 🌿

Send energy into the earth, and enjoy this exchange.

✨

🧘‍♀️ Yoga Teacher Training Course – Starting June 🧘‍♂️Have you ever felt called to deepen your yoga practice… or perhaps...
24/03/2026

🧘‍♀️ Yoga Teacher Training Course – Starting June 🧘‍♂️

Have you ever felt called to deepen your yoga practice… or perhaps even teach? 🌿

We are excited to offer a Yoga Teacher Training Course starting this June.

✨ Course Details:
• Lectures take place Saturdays from 10:00am – 1:00pm
• 3 Saturdays per month
• 8 months of theory, covering:
– History & Philosophy
– Subtle Energies & Mantras
– Basic Anatomy
– Teaching Methodology
– Creating and structuring a yoga practice

🌿 Followed by 2 months of practical training, where you will:
• Learn how to conduct a class
• Teach under supervision

📚 The course includes a theory exam, and optional practical exams for those who wish to qualify as teachers.

🤍 Whether you’re looking to teach or simply deepen your journey, this is a beautiful opportunity to grow.

✨ More detailed information will be shared with those interested.
Please comment below, send us a message, or email sandra@durbanvilleyogacentre.co.za to find out more.

✨ A moment of reflection for your practice ✨From A Lamp in the Darkness by Jack Kornfield:“Do not be afraid to face your...
11/03/2026

✨ A moment of reflection for your practice ✨

From A Lamp in the Darkness by Jack Kornfield:

“Do not be afraid to face your difficulty.
Turn toward it.
Lean into the wind.
Hold your ground.”

During your yoga practice, remember this:

🧘‍♀️ The warrior in your heart says:
Stand your ground.

Feel the survival of a thousand years of ancestors
in your muscles and your blood.

You have all the support you need
in your bones.

Breathe.
Stand strong.
Trust the strength that is already within you. 🌿

15/02/2026

✨ Still time to join! ✨

Great news — this course has been postponed and will now be starting this Saturday, 21st Feb 🌸

We would absolutely love to have you join us!
If you’ve been thinking about it, now is the perfect time to jump in and experience the journey with us. 🧘‍♀️💛

Feel free to message for details or to secure your spot!

✨ Yoga Nidra – the quiet magic within your practice ✨Yoga Nidra is such an important and beautiful part of yoga — a peac...
15/02/2026

✨ Yoga Nidra – the quiet magic within your practice ✨

Yoga Nidra is such an important and beautiful part of yoga — a peaceful twilight state between sleeping and waking. A delicious space of deep rest, balance, and calm.

As you come to the end of your practice and gently settle into Savasana, let go of everything but this moment.
Simply follow your breath, just as it is — no forcing, no changing.

Release the need for approval. Drop the ego.
The only moment we ever truly experience is right now. Here. This breath.

Align your head, neck and body. From a place of ease, begin to slow your breathing:
🌬 Inhale for 6
⏸ Hold for 2
🌿 Exhale for 6
⏸ Hold for 2

Feel your body soften from the crown of your head to your fingertips.
Let tension melt away. Let heavy emotions drift into the background.

Allow your muscles to release, layer by layer.
Release the weight of being responsible for everything and everyone.

This is your empty time.
Your healing time.
Your stillness.

🧘‍♀️ Yoga is the settling of the mind into silence.

08/01/2026

🧘‍♂️ Level 2 Post-Graduate Yoga Course 🧘‍♀️
Starting Saturday 7 February

We are pleased to offer a Level 2 Post-Graduate Course, running on Saturdays for approximately 3 months.

This course is open to anyone who has completed a basic Yoga Teacher Training and would like to deepen their knowledge, confidence, and teaching skills.

✨ Course includes 8 in-depth lectures covering:
• Advanced study of Pranayama and how to teach it
• Further exploration of Patanjali’s Classical Yoga System
• Adaptation of asana for individualised tuition and remedial work
• Supporting students with limited flexibility and physical limitations in a classroom setting

This course is ideal for teachers looking to expand their understanding and offer more thoughtful, inclusive, and effective yoga instruction.

📩 For more information or to enrol, please message us directly or email sandra@durbanvilleyogacentre.co.za

✨ Classes resumed as normal from Monday 5th ✨Here's our 2026 schedule:Evening Classes🗓 Mondays | Tuesdays | Thursdays⏰ 6...
08/01/2026

✨ Classes resumed as normal from Monday 5th ✨
Here's our 2026 schedule:

Evening Classes
🗓 Mondays | Tuesdays | Thursdays
⏰ 6:15 pm

Saturday Class
🗓 Saturday
⏰ 8:45 am

Morning Classes
🗓 Tuesdays | Thursdays
⏰ 9:00 am

We look forward to welcoming you back on the mat 🌿

08/01/2026

When you arrive at your meditation or yoga practice, take a seat that allows your spine to be upright yet relaxed. A straight back without rigidity helps the breath flow freely and allows prana to move with ease.

Let your shoulders soften and drop, rest your hands comfortably, and gently close your eyes.

Begin to simply experience the breath, without trying to control it.
Notice the coolness at the nose, the movement at the back of the throat, or the rise and fall of the chest or belly.

Gently lower your chin to create space where the neck meets the head. This helps calm the mind. Soften your facial features and turn your awareness inward.

Breathe in for 6 steady counts, hold for 4, breathe out for 6, and hold again for 4.

With each breath, feel everything you’ve been holding onto slowly dissolve away.

Now divide the breath into three parts:
✨ one third into the belly
✨ one third into the chest
✨ one third into the head

Finally, repeat the mantra OM three times — or any mantra that feels sacred to you. Chanting a mantra helps move the mind away from difficult thoughts and emotions and into a peaceful, grounded space.

🕊️ Take this calm with you into the rest of your day.

Too much festive chaos?Come escape the holiday madness on your mat. 🧘‍♀️🎄
13/12/2025

Too much festive chaos?
Come escape the holiday madness on your mat. 🧘‍♀️🎄

13/12/2025

🧘‍♀️ A Moment to Arrive 🧘‍♂️

Find a comfortable sitting position that supports your intention to be fully present, moment by moment.
Gently bring your awareness to the breath as it moves in and out of the body.

Tune into the subtle, delicate energy in and around you.
See if you can sense the body as a whole — sitting, breathing, simply being.

Notice where your body makes contact:
your feet on the floor, your hands resting on your legs, the support beneath you.

Meet whatever arises in the body or mind with a sense of friendly curiosity.

✨ As you chant the ancient mantra “OM”, know that it represents the divine thread running through the universe.

Imagine an ice-skating rink, skated on again and again — the grooves becoming deep over time.
In the same way, repeated thoughts and emotions create grooves in the mind.

Chanting “OM” gently re-surfaces the ice, smoothing those grooves.
A pause. A reset. A return to stillness.

🙏✨

🎄 Holiday Yoga Schedule 🎄We’re keeping our yoga classes going through the December holidays, following our normal schedu...
01/12/2025

🎄 Holiday Yoga Schedule 🎄

We’re keeping our yoga classes going through the December holidays, following our normal schedule, so come to class whenever you can and keep your practice strong! 🧘‍♀️✨

We will be closed on:
Tuesday, 16th Dec
Thursday, 25th Dec
Thursday, 1st Jan

Wishing you a peaceful and joyful festive season — see you on the mat! 🌟

Sharing a few more photos from our retreat at Goedgedacht. Such a special time with an amazing group! Goedgedacht Events
18/11/2025

Sharing a few more photos from our retreat at Goedgedacht. Such a special time with an amazing group! Goedgedacht Events

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