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Coming Home Yoga

Locality: Sydney, Australia

Phone: +61 403 905 410

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25.01.2022 How good is chanting? I personally have seen the benefits of chanting in my own practice, and I know many others have also. Chanting with movement and meditation helps to quieten my mind as well as lengthen and slow down my breathing. It is a really great tool especially for those living with anxiety and depression. https://www.abc.net.au//chanting-practice-reduce-/12046736

21.01.2022 Sleeping bub = some glorious moments meditating in the sunshine. Always adapting my practice to fit in with what is going on in my life. Today this opportunity arose and I seized it! Nothing like meditating surrounded by fresh air, trees, chirping birds and a sleeping baby. Pure joy.

21.01.2022 Happy Monday!!

20.01.2022 'By enhancing stillness, awareness and spaciousness in your daily life, you are nurturing yourself. You will then be better able to nurture others, especially your children.' - Rebecca Ryan. We have been so blessed to receive many gifts from family and friends since the arrival of our little one but this gift from a special Yogi friend has particularly touched my heart. Being a new mum is simply amazing but it has meant that my Yoga practice has now changed in a huge way.... What I love about Yoga is that it is not just about poses on the mat - it is about adaptation, how you live your daily life and how you respond to its rollercoaster ride. Motherhood is a Yoga journey in itself and while I'm not doing downward dogs right now, I have found that I am truly present in the moment in many things that I do with my bubba. This book has many beautiful ways to enhance the stillness, calmness and awareness in many moments throughout my day and night (3am breastfeeding!!). Such a beautiful addition to my practice. So much gratitude. See more

20.01.2022 More kindness and compassion for all. We never truly know one's journey.

20.01.2022 A fantastic program that is having such positive outcomes for our youth. I am so grateful that I was able to teach Yoga to a group of young adults in this program. So rewarding. https://www.smh.com.au//yoga-has-troubled-teens-breathing-

19.01.2022 A beautiful first book of mindfulness for the young and young at heart.

17.01.2022 Practising gratitude and contentment.

16.01.2022 There is no one yoga that fits all. Every person and their body, lifestyle and background is different - this is why Yoga should be made adaptable to meet where the individual is at. Yoga can cause injuries and discomfort if not taught appropriately. Be safe. Be wise.

14.01.2022 Balloons blow, don't let them go!

14.01.2022 This is my self care. Taking the time to focus on my physical, mental and emotional wellbeing. My practice is gentle, nurturing and adapted just for me with my breath being the central focus. I am honouring and listening to my body as I allow it time to heal and regain strength without overdoing it. Your Yoga practice should reflect and support your life as it currently is. It is therefore dynamic and always changing with you and your current lifestyle. My practice today is different from a year ago, even a month ago, but it is still my practice and I cherish that precious time just for me on my mat.

13.01.2022 This too shall pass. My mantra as a mother, and now as a human in our current world situation. We are adapting by seeing the positive side of staying at home. Lots of yoga, baking, spending time together as a family, talking to friends on the phone, play activites and science experiments with a toddler, enjoying the simple things in life. I choose to remain calm and be grateful. Stay safe, calm and well.

13.01.2022 It is important to acknowledge that we are constantly changing and we need to honour that change. I know personally I have changed significantly after pregnancy, and now, nursing and caring for my young son. I am honouring this and my practice also reflects this. #yogaforwomen

13.01.2022 Pausing between the breath is so powerful. Mindfully pausing between each breath creates a moment and space where we can nurture stillness and quietening of the mind.

12.01.2022 Yoga with a baby in tow...such a glorious way to practise! So much laughter, singing, joy and gratitude, even a few oms. I think he loved it just as much as I did! A fantastic way to combine my practice with motherhood.

11.01.2022 An asana practice should bring about positive transformation - lightness and clarity in both body and mind. A great article written by 2 of my teachers...definitely worth the read!

07.01.2022 Absolutely! Just about to go on one now.

05.01.2022 Pause, breathe, smile.

04.01.2022 This year, like none before in recent times, has shone a spotlight on inequality and discrimination. Even as a teenager, before the era of the internet, I recal...l reading enough biology to realize that we humans are all basically the same. In any meaningful parameter such as intelligence, emotion, or character, you are more different from a random person of your own race than racial groups are from each other. Your behavior is not an outcome of your race; its an outcome of the circumstances of your life and your choices. But the circumstances of your life are influenced by your race, because of the way the world is now and history over centuries. That influence is often invisible to those who are on the advantageous side of the equation - like if you have a lot of money, you do not have to worry about it unless you choose to. A small anecdote: I was once in an airport in the West with a friend who is white. I am from south India with brown skin tone as you can see from my videos and photos. We had to wait as the flight was delayed. We were sitting near a metal staircase. You could walk under the staircase to the other side of the room, a common layout in airports. Feeling the need to exercise, my friend casually went to the stairs and began hanging from their underside, doing stretches and other movements. I would think twice before doing that, harmless though it is, because it is a long-ingrained caution in me over many years of travel that I don't want to risk being the brown guy doing something out of the ordinary at an airport in the West. Behavior that is given a pass as harmless or entertaining when done by my white friend could appear problematic in the eyes of the other travelers if it was me doing the same - unconscious or deliberate bias on their part, unintentional advantage for my white friend, implicit disadvantage for me. This is an example with little serious risk (and I am not multiply disadvantaged in other ways, in education, poverty, gender etc.), but that is why I chose it. Once you start looking, you will realize how pervasive and pernicious discrimination can be, accepted unconsciously as the normal in situations from the trivial to the deadly. Another example with greater impact: a friend in Asia in a large yoga studio chain was telling me that the studios career-advancement system favors white and brown teachers over native yoga teachers of that country. What does your skin color have to do with your competence as a yoga teacher and why should that influence your professional advancement? My brown skin does not automatically make me a better yoga teacher, but I would be advantaged by the bias in that studios system. In evolutionary terms, we are apes who have taken a recent turn to greater executive function - a function that we seem to delight in using to make a mess of the world for other living beings, particularly those whom we dislike. Delighting in dislike is a deep-seated, unconscious delusion. Intolerance and dislike cannot make a better world. Those who indulge in it are creating more suffering for themselves. How can they reduce the suffering of others? Very few people can withdraw from the world wisely, taking no more from the world than they need to survive - staying a sannyasi (renunciate) who takes just the bare necessities. Theirs is the deeper path - the way of moksha, of transcendence, letting go of all desires and dislikes, to reach stillness and inner peace. As for the rest of us, we all have a responsibility proportional to our participation in this world to make it a just and compassionate place for all living beings. This is why, in the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna urges Arjuna to fight. Arjuna is not planning to be a monk; he is going to participate in worldly affairs, and in that case, it is his responsibility to do the right thing and oppose injustice. But the logic of yoga extends deeper: you owe it to yourself to nurture fairness and kindness in your heart. If you encourage dislike, intolerance, and discrimination in your heart, you may hurt your enemy or you may not; everything is uncertain in this world. But you will certainly harm your own peace of mind and wellbeing and suffer more; that is certain. The Yoga Sutra (II.15) says this with tremendous insight. The yogi with clarity truly sees that dislike is suffering in each moment for the person experiencing it. Perceiving dislike as pleasure is delusion. The yogi not only understands this intellectually, but is convinced of it viscerally, like the difference between knowing that fire is hot and experiencing the burning of fire. If we truly appreciate the inner suffering that intolerance and injustice bring us, we can begin to say from the heart, No more. I wish to let go of this from within me. From that inner clarity, wisdom and lasting compassion arise, a light that may spread in the world. Dr. Ganesh Mohan Subscribe to our newsletter at www.svastha.net/signup

04.01.2022 The art of slowing down, being mindful and present - something we could cultivate for a small portion of the day.

04.01.2022 And breathing is compromised. Something to think about.

02.01.2022 Today is Maternal Mental Health Day. As many as 1 in 5 women will experience some form of mental health illness during pregnancy or the postnatal period. Bringing awareness to this issue will reduce the stigma and hopefully reach out to mummas in need of help or encourage them to seek treatment. Our mental health is just as important as our physical health. #maternalhealthmatters

02.01.2022 Sound is one of the most powerful tools to engage with our breath and mind. Try this short guided practice with Nitya Mohan - using your own breath and voice. T...he practice will lead you to gently lengthening your breath using simple dual tones and help connect with an inner sense of release and harmony combining the tones in a classical musical scale. Learn more: https://www.svastha.net/programs/sound-for-wellbeing/

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01.01.2022 Getting on my mat is a bit trickier these days so I have decided the best way to continue my practice is to include bub in it! This way we both get our exercise and he understands that Yoga is just a part of every day life. Maybe he might even join me in the future . Here's to rolling out my mat just a bit more.