What is Bhakti Yoga, why do we chant mantra and what does it all mean in the greater scheme of Yoga? This beginner’s guide by YC studio manager and Yoga teacher living abroad, Lydia Richards, tells all. You can even chant along with her!💗 🎶
Try a delicious Pitta-balancing cucumber salad to help bring your body back into harmony by quelling that inner fire that can sometimes burn too brightly during the summer months. 💦
It's wouldn’t be the [silly] holiday season without a delicious baked gingerbread delight…and even better yet, Gingerbread people doing Yoga poses! We just LOVE this recipe from @bakedideas by Patti Paige. 🍪🧘♀️🌱
Try this tasty latte recipe from Amy incorporating the time-tested herb of turmeric, said to have anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. ☕️ 🌱
So…You’ve finally mustered up the courage to follow your heart and step into the [roller-coaster] ride of your life: a Yoga Teacher Training. Congratulations, decision made, but now comes the challenge: deciding which, of the countless options out there, is right for you?
Tempt your tastebuds with these delicious plant-based cookies tried and test many times by Amy! 🍪😉
Have you ever wondered how technology is affecting your happiness levels? I recently tasked myself with a ‘Digital Detox’, as I had to take a deeper look…
A favourite, easy 'go to' in Amy's kitchen is this delicious plant-based dip best enjoyed on your favourite vegan artisan bread or crackers! An easy one-whizz wonder! 🥖
In the latest edition of Yoga Australia’s business magazine, Amy offers her insights and learnings gathered over the last 5+ years as she has carefully navigated the marriage of the ancient wisdom practices of Yoga with the ‘business’ of running a studio...
And so, we find that there is a place for all types and forms of practice, and that although daily is best, that we also sometimes need a boost, a refresher, and time to really dive deep and fill ourselves all the way up again…
I was sitting in a large, basic studio space with 70 other aspiring yogis in the heat of Summer in Australia, waiting on our teacher for the weekend’s immersion to arrive…
In this video, our Founder Amy Leonard-King talks about her upcoming workshop, Spiritual Retox on Saturday 27 October 1-3pm. Open to all levels, you will be guided through not only asana, but also the subtle energetics of pranayama + bandhas, a more in-depth look at meditation + yogic philosophy, and also the experience of sound + vibration through music and kirtan (chanting).
…It is rare to find someone who found Yoga, and fell into an immediate daily practice with no ups and downs, or on-and-off relationship with their Yoga mat. If that’s you then I dare say you are one of the lucky few…
From July 2-7 2018, we were absolutely humbled to share a 5-night retreat on the magical Langkawi Island in Malaysia with an extraordinary group of yogis looking to have some fun, relax + delve a little deeper into this magical practice of yoga.
Our Founder Amy Leonard-King invites you to join us for our Half Mala 54 Sun Salutations Yogathon event for Charity, celebrating International Yoga Day on 21st June 2018 and supporting the Melbourne City Mission.
During a time of the year when our human tendency is to retreat within ourselves, our teacher Lydia shares a few tips to unleash the light within despite the cooler weather.
We choose what we want to see around us, and retraining our brains through a daily practice of gratitude to see the good, great and beautiful will no doubt bring more happiness into our lives – and isn’t that the path that most of us find ourselves on…?
New changes to our offering of classes are coming…
Change. That six letter word that often leaves us mere mortals in a frenzy for fear of things being different. Not even things being “better”. But simply different.
Soap charged under the energy of the full moon, gorgeous crystals, natural paste deodorant, organic hair-shining conditioning treatment and a healthcare voucher valued at $110 are just some of the wonderful goodies that our May Gratitude Challengers will be able take home to try.