What is your comfortable seat?
Written by Stacey Clarke, Maitri Yoga It may seem trivial to be discussing how you sit, but finding a comfortable seat while practising yoga is truly important. Each sitting pose has a purpose and benefits [...]
Get with the BaliSpirit Festival Buzz
Written by Stacey Clarke, Maitri Yoga Click Here for Maitri Yoga facebook With so many inspirational personalities available to tap into, the BaliSpirit Festival 2013 promises yet another great year of total yoga immersion and [...]
The story behind Suyra Namaskar
Written by Stacey Clarke, Maitri Yoga Click Here for Maitri Yoga facebook We’ve discussed the component parts to Surya Namaskar (Salute to the Sun) in past newsletters, but we’d like to delve a little deeper [...]
Pear and Walnut salad
Written by Gitam Garden Preparation time 5 minutes Serves 4 Ingredients 100gm baby spinach leaves 100gm snowpeas 2 ripe pears ½ cup lemon juice 1 cup walnut halves 1 tablespoon rice bran oil 1 teaspoon [...]
The 5th Annual Bali Spirit Festival
- An Event That Will Change Your World. Now in its fifth year, the annual Bali Spirit Festival has cemented its status as Bali’s most popular holistic travel experience, and is gathering steam as one [...]
Try yoga for free at the Evolve festival
– it could change your life Kirsty Nugent - Newsletter Editor: Tell me a bit about the Evolve festival? Miranda Burne - Director Evolve Festival: Evolve brings together the yoga community for a weekend and [...]
The Phoenix Weekend 2012
Interview with Matt Singmin, Creator of the Phoenix Weekend & DJ for the Future Sound of Yoga By Kirsty Nugent BYC: So tell us about the Phoenix Weekend... Matt: The Phoenix Weekend is a 2-day [...]
Rhubarb Delight
Written by Gitam Garden Preparation time 30 minutes - Serves 2 On a recent trip to Tasmania I was presented with a large bunch of fresh rhubarb, which inspired a delicious breakfast to eat on [...]
Asana Spotlight: Paschimottanasana
Written by Kara Goodsell Translated as “intense stretch of the ‘west side’ of the body” Paschimottanasana is a basic seated forward bend, which stretches the length of the spine, and allows the life-force to flow [...]
Toffee Banana Poppyseed Cake
Written by Gitam Garden What to do when you can’t decide between two of your favourite cake recipes for a celebration? Combine them of course! Ingredients: ¾ cup poppyseeds 1 cup milk 1 cup water [...]