Health Retreats in NSW – How to prepare for a retreat
Looking to take time out but aren’t sure what to do or where to begin? Perhaps it’s time for a health retreat. Byron Yoga Centre is the ideal destination for a yoga health retreat in [...]
Wellness Retreats – Who are they for?
Wellness retreats, once taken only by wandering hippies or cashed up celebs, now seem to be for everyone from your boss to your Great Aunt Susan! A wide variety of people are looking to take [...]
Self vs selfish – the truth and power of retreats
With the end of the year rapidly approaching, many of us are feeling depleted, drained or completely overwhelmed. In this article, John Ogilvie talks about how he uses this time of year to re-assess and [...]
Qui Gung – a brief outline
Written by Stacey Clarke, Maitri Yoga Known by many different name variations, including: Qui Gung, Chi Kung and Qigong, it is the Oriental art of working with and restoring your life energy, through movement, proper [...]
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 [...]