Unleashing your tapas
Written by Kara Goodsell Your alarm goes off at 5am, it’s dark outside and so warm and comfortable in bed. Do you pull back the covers, ready, willing and able to step up and step [...]
Spinach, pear and walnut salad with snowpeas
Written by Gitam Garden This spinach and pear is sweet, tart, creamy and delicious. A perfect salad for summer, filled with potassium, magnesium, vitamins A and C and calcium. Ingredients Salad 1 large [...]
Unlocking the mysteries of the bandhas
Written by Kara Goodsell The concept of bandhas is one of the more subtle and esoteric aspects of yoga and if you have ever been left feeling somewhat perplexed as to the correct bandha action [...]
Navel gazing: learn to meditate
Written by Brook McCarthy Sitting with eyes closed and mind focused seems a simple thing. Yet for anyone who’s ever sat and tried to meditate while battling with thoughts that jump from judgements to menial [...]
Ayurvedic self massage
Written by Brook McCarthy While many of us anticipate and enjoy receiving a massage, few consider self-massage. The Ayurvedic art of self-massage, known as Abhyanga, is often described as being one of the most important [...]
The importance of home practice
Written by Brook McCarthy Yoga teachers enthuse that, ‘yoga is nothing without a home practice’. Home practice gives self-insight into how you respond to difficulty and ease, heightens self-awareness of the body, and cultivates your [...]
Asana spotlight: Utkatasana
Written by Brook McCarthy Often what is least palatable is best for us. Utkatasana is such a pose. As our thighs and belly begin to burn, we may back out of the pose or take [...]
Spinach and fetta Hunza pie
Written by Gitam Garden At the recent winter yoga retreat at our Byron Bay Yoga Centre, so many participants requested recipes from retreat chef Gitam Garden that a book is underway. In the meantime, here [...]
Asana spotlight – Salamba Sarvangasana
Written by Brook McCarthy Being upside down can be confronting for some. Yet the benefits are many – combating hyperactivity, stimulating metabolism, increasing cardiovascular circulation and opening the heart. Salamba Sarvangasana, or Shoulderstand, is particularly [...]
Rejuvenating by retreating
Written by Christine Lines With the onset of winter bringing cooler temperatures and shorter days, we naturally begin to hibernate and develop more of an internal focus. Following the natural rhythm of nature, some animals [...]