Yoga in Daily Life Brisbane Blog

Warming up

Warming the body perfectly ensures you move deeply into the postures, allowing the release of physical and mental stress, tension and pain. It also ensures that you feel relaxed and become aware of everything you are feeling. Often overlooked, this essential part of our practice can be the most gratifying when done slowly and mindfully with the breath rhythm. Read More

SHIVA - The Greatest Yogi, the path of Yoga, becoming One. With That.

In the tranquil Ashram garden we are blessed by the presence of the Shiva Linga, symbol of truth and consciousness which symbolises the source of creation. Here is a place for meditation, puja and prayers, and each morning before dawn the Shiv Mandir (temple) comes alive with mantras and lights. The early morning hours are regarded as the most beneficial time to spend for ones spiritual sadhana (practice), this time is known as Brahmamuhurta, and it’s during this time, our mind is naturally withdrawn, and turned towards contemplation. It’s a divinely sacred opportunity to use for spiritual development. Read More

KHATU PRANAM - an invigorating sequence

Is an invigorating sequence to re-generate and detoxify the entire body system. Practiced correctly, and with discipline, it leads to perfection of our bodies potential. On a deeper level it revitalises the energy through the eight main chakras necessary for spiritual development. The sequence originally consists of twenty postures, which have helped millions of people to regain flexibility and improved spinal posture. It also greatly assists in the reduction of muscular tension and fatigue, and aids the circulation and health of all organs, thus assisting in recovery from illness and injury. Read More