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Unlimited yoga for $25 a week!

To entice you to practice yoga regularly, and to reward committed yogis, you can now attend any of my four open classes for $25 a week.

Current open classes:
Monday 6.30pm at the Yamba Wellbeing Centre
Tuesday 6.15am at the Yamba Surf Club
Tuesday 5pm at the Yamba Surf Club
Thursday 6.15am at the Yamba Surf Club

This will work a little like a membership; you pay $25 each week if you attend one, two, three or four of the classes. One top of this, you will receive 10% off my yoga weekends/retreats throughout the year! (dates for these coming soon).

To see how it suits you, I just ask for a commitment of one month.

Please contact me if you have any questions at all!

Roma Blair

One of my students used to attend yoga classes with Roma Blair in Sydney in the 70's. She lent me this delightful little book which features Roma looking fantastic doing yoga in her leotard and heels!

This book was used in conjunction with June Dally Watkins courses on deportment and etiquette... 

 

Roma Blair was one of the earlier yoga teachers in Australia.
She has an interesting story; while spending three years in a Japanese prison camp in WWII, she gave birth without a doctor, no anaesthetic and therefore contracted dysentery and was very ill. Later, while living in South Africa, she was referred to a yoga swami to help with her health issues. Through yoga her health returned and she came back to Australia in 1957 to open her yoga school.

She also hosted a yoga television show in the 1960's. I love this picture!

In 1966 she went to India and was made the first female Australian Swami by Swami Satyananada.  She has published books, videos and records on yoga.

This one is fantastic! She kicked off her heels and leotard for Yoga - the Natural Way...

 image : http://www.librarything.com/work/2217798/covers/

5.15pm Class at the Surf Club

I am going to start a class at 5.15pm at the Surf Club. This will start next Tuesday...
Please contact me if you have any questions.

So...
Tuesday 5.15-6.15pm'ish
Open, gentle class suitable for all levels
Yamba Surf Life Saving Club
Main Beach Yamba
$12 per person

Hopefully this class will suit everyone who is finding it hard to get up early. (Although you should - sunrise has been amazing lately!)

My New Roots...

Image courtesy My New Roots

I have been in my element with my winter yoga retreats - cooking healthy homemade veggo food and lots of yoga!

I will post the recipes for the food I've been serving shortly, but for now, have a look at one of the blogs I'm loving. It's called My New Roots, and has some great recipes and some beautiful images. These Hemp Granola Bars look delish!

There are still places available for my next Winter Yoga Weekend...

Please contact me if you'd like to come along!

The first class will be Saturday morning, followed by breakfast on the Surf Club deck. The day will be free for you to spend as you please; enjoy a massage, sit on the beach in the sun, lunch at Beachwood,
walks, surfing, browse at Belinda's Store (just a couple of suggestions!).

The next class will be Saturday evening, and will be a more rejuvenating, 'winding-down' class, and then a yummy, vegetarian dinner. On your way home collect your bag of home made muesli to take for your breakfast the following morning.

On Sunday we will meet at around 9am for a flow sequence to warm up. The second part of the class will be more of a work shop style, breaking down postures and using props to work towards headstands and back bends. I will also show neti (nasal cleansing) to those who are interested!
We should be finished a bit after 11am, so time for a dip in the ocean before an early lunch.

All the food is home made and vegetarian, and suited to the winter season. I also have a lavender and linseed eye bag for you.

I hope you can come!

ANOTHER WINTER YOGA WEEKEND!

PLEASE NOTE I HAVE CHANGED THE CLASS TIMES OF THIS ONE AGAIN!

I have had lots of interest in the Winter Yoga Weekend, so have decided to put on a second one...
This will be on the 23rd and the 24th of July.

The classes will be:

SATURDAY:
6.30 - 8am - Followed by breakfast
and then 4.30 - 6pm Followed by dinner

SUNDAY:
Then instead of two on Sunday, I will do a longer session Sunday morning. It will be more like a workshop. It will start at 9am, and will go for around 2 hours or possibly a bit over!
We will do a flow class for an hour to warm up, then the second part will be braking down postures, with focus on alignment. We will also work on headstand preparation for those who are ready.

Sunday will finish with an early lunch.

Apart from the slight change in times of the classes, it will be the same as the earlier weekend.

I will post more information again soon, but if you would like to book please let me know!