Proven Yoga Business Models
Yoga Australia Blog
by Yoga Australia
3y ago
By Phoebe Dougall I stay lying, rested and warmed, for as long as I can following the 75 minute asana practice in which we were encouraged to explore the uncomfortable. The room was near full; committed students enjoying their regular mid-morning yoga practice, milling around afterwards to share friendly exchanges and conversations. I’ve just completed my first class with Emma Moulday, Yoga Flame director, and one of three yoga studio owner-directors I spoke with about the business end of creating and managing a thriving and relevant yoga studio that’s doing things differently. Alongside ..read more
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Heart Centred Businesses
Yoga Australia Blog
by Georgia Highfield
3y ago
(When Business is not your Jam) Yoga and business belong together, in fact, they are already inseparable. As Jivamukti co-founder Sharon Gannon says, “You cannot do yoga. Yoga is your natural state.” Yoga is essentially who we are, a practice with many limbs offering centuries-old guidance on how to be yoga in every aspect of our life. It makes sense that these teachings should also inform our working lives, to even separate out work from life is unnatural, and perpetuates the fragmentation that leads to so much doing not being. At the outset of the yoga sutras, Patanjali’s first su ..read more
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March is Endometriosis Awareness Month
Yoga Australia Blog
by Georgia Highfield
3y ago
Learn about the symptoms, risk factors and management. Endometriosis is an often painful disorder in which endometrial-like tissue similar to that which normally lines the inside of the uterus grows outside the uterus. It can involve the ovaries, fallopian tubes and pelvis, and can spread beyond the pelvic organs. This tissue acts like endometrial tissue does — it thickens, breaks down and bleeds with each menstrual cycle. It can cause surrounding tissues to become irritated, and scar tissue and adhesions can develop. The symptoms of endometriosis can include: Painful periods Heavy per ..read more
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Why Yoga Needs Wayapa
Yoga Australia Blog
by Georgia Highfield
3y ago
Founders of Wayapa Wuurrk, Jamie Marloo Thomas and Sara Jones Wayapa Wuurrk® is the new wellness practice that is 80,000 years-old that the whole of Australia is starting to talk about! Created by Jamie Marloo Thomas, Wayapa Wuurrk means “Connect to the Earth” in the languages of Jamie’s people, the GunaiKurnai and Gunditjmara People of Victoria, respectively. Wayapa combines ancient earth mindfulness with narrative meditation and a physical movement sequence to create mind, body and spirit wellbeing, but most importantly, it focuses on looking after the earth for intergenerational wellbe ..read more
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Working with Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction
Yoga Australia Blog
by Georgia Highfield
3y ago
Written by Flo Fenton Do you experience pain in the lower back/back of the pelvis-and is it aggravated by doing yoga? Read on to understand more about this commonly strained joint, what to avoid, and how to work to re-align it with careful yoga practice. Identifying SIJ Strain How do you know if that pain you are getting in the area of the lower back/back of the pelvis is sacroiliac joint (SIJ) strain? Sacroiliac pain presents as pain that exists in a small spot, at the location of the sacroiliac joint. It is commonly felt more, or only, on one side. It can manifest as pain that ..read more
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The Perfect Yoga Room: Create Healthy Change, Build Your Body, and Relax Your Mind
Yoga Australia Blog
by Georgia Highfield
3y ago
By Rocio Espinoza Yoga isn’t your typical exercise routine. Sure, it will help you improve muscle tone and flexibility, everything you want from a standard workout at the gym. What sets yoga apart is the uniquely holistic approach it takes to strengthen your body, mind, and soul. For many, yoga serves as an essential retreat from a chaotic or busy life, a time to regroup, unwind, and build mindfulness. Yoga provides a myriad of both physical and mental health benefits. In addition to engaging muscle-groups in poses — or Asanas — that promote strength, flexibility, and balance, yoga also ..read more
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Finding Your Voice Mantra and the Authentic Teaching
Yoga Australia Blog
by Georgia Highfield
3y ago
By Sian Pascale The saturation of yoga teacher trainings today has created a multitude of styles and yoga brands across the world. This expansion has allowed yoga to become accessible to a wide range of people, allowing everyone to find a yoga style and teacher that resonates with them. However, I have found that as the commercial possibilities for yoga teacher trainings grow, so do the numbers of newly trained teachers who leave feeling ill prepared and without the confidence to teach from their own voice. Creating confidence comes from knowing and practice, an understanding that an aut ..read more
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Keeping Your Sanity
Yoga Australia Blog
by Georgia Highfield
3y ago
How to be a yoga teacher and keep your sanity By Charley Hickey Rollercoasters are fun, right? They take you up and down and in all different kinds of directions. You get pretty disoriented, your mind can play tricks on you, even make you question yourself and what true reality is. I’ve been on the rollercoaster of yoga teaching for quite some time now and anyone who has begun this journey will relate to this comparison I’m sure. I’ve learnt a lot along the way, including that the ride never really stops! However, the ride must continue without us every now and again so that we are a ..read more
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A Link Between Metabolic Syndrome and PCOS
Yoga Australia Blog
by Georgia Highfield
3y ago
By Rebel Tucker There is a link between metabolic syndrome (MS) and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS). MS is a collection of risk factors including: insulin resistance (IR), high blood pressure, obesity and dyslipidaemia. These factors increase the risk of developing Type 2 Diabetes, cardiovascular disease and PCOS. Often students are not even aware that they have MS or IR, yet they come to their yoga teacher or yoga therapist sharing their distress about symptoms they are experiencing such as fatigue, pelvic pain, inability to lose weight, facial hair growth and that they are having trou ..read more
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Yoga for Pain Management
Yoga Australia Blog
by Georgia Highfield
3y ago
Research Paper by Rebel Tucker According to the research, we can have confidence that the practices of yoga provide a viable drug-free treatment option for chronic pain. As both students and teachers of Yoga and Yoga Therapy, we can be assured that there is a growing body of evidence to support yoga as part of a pain management strategy. Pain affects the lives of many Australians. See the two Summary Pages (here and here) that show the impacts of pain and some of the yogic practices that we can practice and teach our students. Yoga can assist with the management of both acute and chronic ..read more
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