Form Yoga in Perth, Western Australia | Gym/Physical fitness centre

Form Yoga

Locality: Perth, Western Australia

Phone: +61 411 585 339

Address: Beaufort street 6000 Perth, WA, Australia

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25.01.2022 Leaving the mind behind! Those yin yoga feels.

24.01.2022 Our first session of Yin Yoga with Amy Taylor tonight focusing on the posterior fascia line. #yin #yoga #ptc

24.01.2022 "Energy is the currency of the universe. When you pay attention to something, you buy that experience. So when you allow your consciousness to focus on someone or something that annoys you, you feed it your energy, and it reciprocates with the experience of being annoyed. Be selective in your focus because your attention feeds the energy of it and keeps it alive, not just within you, but in the collective consciousness as well." - Emily Maroutian

24.01.2022 "We are modern people. When we teach, we teach from our experiences, our beliefs, our learnings and our feelings. All of which we are experiencing in a modern world. We are the teachers of modern yoga whether or not we believe that this is a positive thing. Instead of denying our experiences, let's take ownership of our title." Some rambling thoughts of my own on the topic of contemporary or modern yoga.

23.01.2022 NEW BLOG POST: Cooling Ayurvedic practices to maintain balance in the warmer months. https://www.formyogasana.com///20/summer-an-ayurvedic-edit

23.01.2022 The autonomic nervous system is broken down into two parts; the sympathetic and parasympathetic responses. Our sympathetic response is our fight or flight designed to kick in during stress and aid us to fight or find safety. During a sympathetic response the heart beat increases, breathing becomes faster and shallower, blood pressure increases and adrenalin is released from the adrenal glands. The response is essentially like sticking your foot down on the gas pedal. Howe...ver for many of us due to our stressful job/relationship/degree, due to our lack of want to slow down and be still, due to our over-exposure to stimulants like coffee or stimulation from televisions/phones (forgive me as I write this in notes on my phone); We may find ourselves in a chronic sympathetic response. We all intrinsically know that if you hold your foot down on the pedal for too long something will inevitably breakdown. In this case, over time blood pressure becomes permanently high, sleep loses quality and digestion begins to be affected. In a society that glorifies being busy, we are encourage to rush around in an absolute frenzy, we may cringe at the thought of being still. Yet it is so simple. Sit still. Thats all. Sit still or even lay down if its easier. Forgo the music, the intermittent phone checking (or any distractions) and for 20 minutes of your day be still. Allow your breath, your heart beat and eventually your mind to slow down. [in a parasympatheic response] the heart beat slows, respiration rate decreases, blood pressure decreases. The body seizes this chance to turn on the healing mechanisms - Richard Faulds

23.01.2022 Here it is! A gift guide for that yoga-minded individual in your life... https://www.formyogasana.com/blog/yogi-gift-guide

22.01.2022 Sometimes yoga photos dont go as planned, kind of like life. #truestory @freethenipple #almost #realisticyoga @yshan_n

21.01.2022 "We learn to bend so we don't break."

19.01.2022 "We learn to bend so we don't break."

19.01.2022 "What a liberation to realize that the voice in my head is not who I am. Who am I, then? The one who sees that." - Eckhart Tolle Artwork by Emilio Villalba

19.01.2022 MOVE IT OR LOSE IT Our bodies have an astounding range of motion BUT what happens when day to day our body is only taken through a select range of repetitive motions? (e.g sitting in a car, then at a desk, then in a car and then on a couch). Well, for one, we become really good at those select movements. Our bodies do this amazing thing where they recognise a pattern and accommodate that pattern. Eventually over time the body (the muscles, tendons, ligaments and joints) lose ...the ability to move in certain ways, the body then accommodates this pattern creating a smaller range of motion. It can lead to contracture in the joints - this type of contracture is literally a loss of mobility through lack of movement. Im not talking specifically about those who work at a desk, same thing goes for retail workers, hospitality workers, people at the gym completing the same exercises week after week, runners, bike riders, yoga students doing the same poses over and over. In other words, same goes for pretty much all of us. To prevent this you want to continually change it up. Keep your body guessing. Move it in different ways. Thats what we do in a Yin class; we take the body through a full range of different movements that are not usually performed day to day and we hold it there for 5-7 minutes. Over time the range of motion broadens, so you progress the depth of the holds and the range broadens still. Before you know it youll be 99 and still touching your toes.

18.01.2022 Mere philosophy will not satisfy us. We cannot reach the goal by mere words alone. Without practice, nothing can be achieved. (3) - The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Commentated by Sri Swami Satchidananda. Practicing bringing the spine to neutral in this falling star variation (or leginyourfaceasana)

18.01.2022 Go chasing waterfalls

18.01.2022 Getting our stretch on with Amy's Saturday Morning Yin Yoga

17.01.2022 "Nature loves courage. You make the commitment and nature will respond to that commitment by removing impossible obstacles...This is the trick. This is what all these teachers and philosophers who really counted, who really touched the alchemical gold, this is what they understood. This is the shamanic dance in the waterfall. This is how magic is done. By hurling yourself into the abyss and discovering its a feather bed." - Terence McKenna

16.01.2022 In 2016 I have a simple (yet, not so simple) resolution; to be present. To in every situation practice focusing on exactly what I am doing. There and then. Here and now. To give every conversation my full attention, every task my full ability, every trip in the car my full focus and to be content to simply do that. To eat when I eat, listen when I listen and walk when I walk. To practice not giving into the myriad of constant distractions that surround me (including my own monkey mind) and to instead come back to my true self. Lucky I love a good challenge! Happy New year to you all and heres to enjoying that fresh-out-of-the-box brand new year feeling.

16.01.2022 The psoas also known as 'the muscle of the soul', is the deepest muscle in our body. It's origin is found at T12 of the spine, from there it runs down to L5 and then on to its insertion at the femur bone. It is the ONLY muscle that connects from the spine to the legs. It's technically a hip flexor muscle with a purpose that includes posture stabilization. Interestingly the psoas is believed to be connected to our reptilian brain (the oldest brain structure we have, that relat...es back to instincts and survival) and during a sympathetic (fight or flight) response the psoas contracts Chronic contraction of the psoas due to a chronic sympathetic response (see my previous post on the bodies nervous system) ultimately shortens this muscle leading to lower back issues, sacroiliac pain, sciatica, it can even affect the severity of menstrual pain. In order to open and release the psoas the easiest method is to take the point of origin away from the insertion. Think deep lunges (e.g lizard pose) or backward bends that open the front of the body (e.g saddle pose). Take a gentle depth and hold the pose for 5-7 minutes while breathing deeply and allowing the body to relax and 'melt' into the pose. Using a sort of reverse psychology process on ourselves we can physically release and open the Psoas which will communicate to the nervous system that we are relaxed and safe. This will help to return the nervous system to a restful parasympathetic response.

16.01.2022 This is my current excitement level - This Sunday I'll be taking the 6:00pm Yin class at @powerliving North Perth! We will stretch and smooth out any tension and residue from the past week, so we are refreshed and ready to take on the next. Definitely one of my favourite ways to end a Sunday.

15.01.2022 As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give others permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others Marianne Williamson. Artwork credit: @henn_kim

15.01.2022 The psoas also known as the muscle of the soul, is the deepest muscle in our body. Its origin is found at T12 of the spine, from there it runs down to L5 and then on to its insertion at the femur bone. It is the ONLY muscle that connects from the spine to the legs. Its technically a hip flexor muscle with a purpose that includes posture stabilization. Interestingly the psoas is believed to be connected to our reptilian brain (the oldest brain structure we have, that relat...es back to instincts and survival) and during a sympathetic (fight or flight) response the psoas contracts Chronic contraction of the psoas due to a chronic sympathetic response (see my previous post on the bodies nervous system) ultimately shortens this muscle leading to lower back issues, sacroiliac pain, sciatica, it can even affect the severity of menstrual pain. In order to open and release the psoas the easiest method is to take the point of origin away from the insertion. Think deep lunges (e.g lizard pose) or backward bends that open the front of the body (e.g saddle pose). Take a gentle depth and hold the pose for 5-7 minutes while breathing deeply and allowing the body to relax and melt into the pose. Using a sort of reverse psychology process on ourselves we can physically release and open the Psoas which will communicate to the nervous system that we are relaxed and safe. This will help to return the nervous system to a restful parasympathetic response.

14.01.2022 "What a liberation to realize that the 'voice in my head' is not who I am. 'Who am I, then?' The one who sees that." - Eckhart Tolle Artwork by Emilio Villalba

11.01.2022 Yin at the new PTC gym!

11.01.2022 "I have ceased to question stars and books; I have begun to listen to the teachings my blood whispers to me." - Herman Hesse. Poster by @playtype

10.01.2022 NEW BLOG POST: Linseed, Blueberry & Banana Bread. Formyogasana.com (Link in bio).

10.01.2022 Getting our stretch on with Amys Saturday Morning Yin Yoga

09.01.2022 Sometimes yoga photos don't go as planned, kind of like life. #truestory @freethenipple #almost #realisticyoga @yshan_n

09.01.2022 Thanks for the tag @briana.yoga took me a little while to post because I wanted to save it for this, committing a headstand on the summit of Mt Batur. I want to pass the #strikeapose tag onto the lovely @ashleyyogini ! #stopdropandyoga

07.01.2022 'As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give others permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others' Marianne Williamson. Artwork credit: @henn_kim

06.01.2022 "I have ceased to question stars and books; I have begun to listen to the teachings my blood whispers to me." - Herman Hesse. Poster by @playtype

06.01.2022 "We learn to bend so we dont break."

05.01.2022 NEW BLOG POST: Linseed, Blueberry & Banana Bread. Formyogasana.com (Link in bio).

05.01.2022 "Energy is the currency of the universe. When you pay attention to something, you buy that experience. So when you allow your consciousness to focus on someone or something that annoys you, you feed it your energy, and it reciprocates with the experience of being annoyed. Be selective in your focus because your attention feeds the energy of it and keeps it alive, not just within you, but in the collective consciousness as well." - Emily Maroutian

04.01.2022 One of the most powerful lessons yin yoga can teach you, is to handle discomfort with grace and perseverance. Sure yin can be lovely and relaxing but if I can be real here, it can also be uncomfortable. What happens when you sit in stillness in an uncomfortable position? You are given an opportunity to look internally at how you handle it. Your mind will distract itself and try to find something more interesting to think about. You may become frustrated/emotionally triggered.... Maybe you even start to bully yourself how come everyone else seems to finding this so easy?! Why am I so inflexible? There is something wrong with me. So in yin we sit and we stay. We sit through these thought patterns and we observe them without attaching and identifying with them. We strengthen this ability minute by minute. Before you know it this skill has found a place in your life off the mat, you find yourself in a situation that is triggering pointless frustration or self depreciative thoughts and what do you do? You observe your mind running into these patterns again and you consciously choose to not attach to those negative thoughts and feelings. You begin to carve yourself new neurological pathways and you wear them in each time you choose to walk them. "Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom" Viktor. E. Frankl. See more

03.01.2022 That incessant voice in your head: Does it always tell the truth? No. Does it spread only positive thoughts? No. Does it only share necessary information? No.... Do we listen to every word nevertheless? Yes. If your mind is the one doing both the talking and listening, what is the point of anything being said? Would it not be better to instead stay in the solace of silence? #thingsiaskmyself Image credit: @henn_kim

03.01.2022 "We are modern people, when we teach, we teach from our experiences, our beliefs, our learnings and our feelings. All of which we are experiencing in a modern world. We are the teachers of modern yoga whether or not we believe that this is a positive thing, instead of denying our experiences, lets take ownership of our title." Some rambling thoughts of my own on the topic of contemporary or modern yoga.

03.01.2022 Of the infinite number of asana photos on the web, there is often an inclination toward the complicated. Sure I (and many others Im sure) find great inspiration from these incredible bodies creating impressive shapes but sometimes simple can be just if not more significant. Take this toe squat pictured above, simple right? Hold it for 5 minutes... basic movement when coupled with gravity, the weight of your own body and most importantly time can have dramatic effects mentall...y and physically. Physically - here is an excellent way to work into the plantar fascia, which will have reaching effects along the whole superficial posterior fascial line. For some this will bring a release all over the back of the body. What does it teach you mentally? PATIENCE! Which Im sure we can all learn from. Patience is not just the ability to wait but how we behave and react while waiting. See more

02.01.2022 FIRST BLOG POST: Chia Pudding w/ Cherry & Blueberry Compote. https://www.formyogasana.com//spiced-chia-pudding-w-cherry

02.01.2022 'Mere philosophy will not satisfy us. We cannot reach the goal by mere words alone. Without practice, nothing can be achieved.' (3) - The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Commentated by Sri Swami Satchidananda. Practicing bringing the spine to neutral in this falling star variation (or leginyourfaceasana)

01.01.2022 This is my current excitement level - This Sunday Ill be taking the 6:00pm Yin class at @powerliving North Perth! We will stretch and smooth out any tension and residue from the past week, so we are refreshed and ready to take on the next. Definitely one of my favourite ways to end a Sunday.

01.01.2022 Before zen, the mountains were mountains and the trees were trees. During zen, the mountains were the thrones of spirits and the trees were the voices of wisdom. After zen, the mountains were mountains and the trees were trees.... Life is supposed to become mundane again. Yet you have the bounty of your experience. You have knowing. Art credit: Tom Lecuyer