Beginner's Yoga Workshop Saturday 4 February 10.30am - 12.30pm This Beginner's Yoga Workshop is just the thing you need to get started. We cover all the basics of yoga, including the key poses, breathwork, meditation and yoga etiquette. After this workshop, you will feel confident to step into any yoga class [...]
ONLY 4 SPOTS LEFT Summer Bliss Half-Day Retreat with Monica Rottmann Australia Day Public Holiday Thursday 26 January 2pm - 5.30pm $30 for VIP Annual Members (email for the code) $96 for Direct Debit + 3/6 month members (email for the code) $120 full price Join Monica for an afternoon of Summer Bliss. > [...]
Studies* show that we're more likely to feel depressed if we don't move our bodies regularly. I remember when I had knee surgery and was on crutches for three months. All of a sudden, I had gone from someone very active to being sedentary. I already knew from experience that I feel better when I [...]
Starting yoga for the first time can be scary because there are so many unknowns: what will the yoga studio be like? where will I park? what do I wear? will I be the odd one out? These thoughts are all really normal. And before I answer these questions, I think there is a bigger [...]
Vinyasa is a flowing style of yoga that connects movement to the breath. The Sanskrit meaning of the word Vinyasa means "to place in a special way". Vinyasa Yoga is all about placing our attention on the breath and in the present moment. When our mind is truly present, we enter the flow state. The [...]
There are just certain things you don't do like texting during a job interview, using the toilet at an open house, eating someone else's food from the office fridge and wearing shoes in yoga. At Cultivate Calm, we love introducing yoga to beginners. But just like life, yoga has its own etiquette. We want you [...]
We all have to start somewhere. Everyone remembers their first awkward yoga class where you are just trying to figure out your left from your right, what the strange pose names are and where you're meant to put your feet. It generally takes about five yoga classes to get the hang of it and not [...]
With the internet proliferating images of circus performers in impossibly bendy yoga poses, it can be easy to mistake advanced yoga for getting upside down and inside out. Could it be that the person in the old t-shirt at the back of the room in child's pose is more of an 'advanced yogi' than the guy [...]
Yoga is great, you know that already. Do you want to make it better, make the effects last longer or delve deeper into your practice? Here’s my tips for getting the most out of your yoga practice: 1. Expect the unexpected You've heard you teacher say it before, have no expectations of your practice, but [...]
I went to my first yoga class when I moved into a house with a yoga studio at the end of my street. I joined one of their introductory offers and my first class was a beginner class. I was excited to be doing something good for myself and also a little more than curious [...]