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Embodied Yoga

Locality: Toowong

Phone: +61 418 455 020

Address: Toowong 4066 Toowong, QLD, Australia

Website: https://www.embodiedyoga.com.au

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25.01.2022 If we want to live less stressful lives, the present moment is the only time that we really have in order to live fully. So why meditate and practice mindfulness?

21.01.2022 If you're concerned about the health of your bones, this post provides a wealth of new information about how the practice of Yoga can strengthen your bones and improve your quality of life. Please share with friends and family because osteoporosis is a growing problem in the western world.

20.01.2022 I had a fabulous time at a recent teacher training course on the Gold Coast. Read more below ....

17.01.2022 Do you need help to slow down, do less and enjoy life more? It is possible, believe it or not, in the over busy lives we lead in today's world. When you take the time to re-prioritise you can delete what is really unnecessary, and find a window of time just for yourself to unwind.

15.01.2022 What’s not to be enthusiastic about Meditation and Mindfulness? Part 2 ...

13.01.2022 Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Wishing all of my yoga students and friends a Christmas filled with contentment, kindness and joy. Embodied Yoga studio classes will resume in January 2018.

13.01.2022 We started with discussion about What is Yoga and the need for clear definitions...

07.01.2022 JANUARY BLOG 2018 Having made our new year’s resolutions and with January drawing to a close, now is probably a good time to revisit and consolidate them with a new resolve. Full moons and lunar eclipses are often associated with harnessing the creative and energetic influence that is generated by the Moon, the closest astronomical body to Earth. In Yoga, the Sun and the Moon have great significance. Hatha is derived from the Sanskrit words ha meaning sun and tha me...aning moon. So Hatha Yoga is a balance of the masculine and feminine aspects within each of us - the sun representing the masculine part of us which is hot and active; and the moon representing the feminine part of us which is cool and receptive. When the moon waxes and wanes we can see the influence it has on the oceans and tides. Given that we humans are about 70% water, we too are affected by the phases of the moon, both physically and mentally. In Yoga we practise postures and techniques to slow down and calm the mind. Many of us are familiar with the Sun Salutation which is heating and stimulating. But there is also a Moon Salutation which has a more cooling, quietening and restorative effect. Not everyone believes that the Moon can have a profound effect on us, in spite of anecdotal and factual evidence. Calendars incorporating the moon phase date back to ancient times and are associated many cultures and faiths, including Yoga. But even from a modern astronomical perspective, the present Super Blue Blood Moon, which occurs only once every 150 years, is significant enough to create an impression which engenders some form of reflection. Around the full moon energy is high and this momentous occasion is as good a time as any to draw on this energy to discard the old and make room for the new. My resolve this year to practise responding to situations rather than reacting will now be consolidated by incorporating the Yoga observances (Niyamas) of Contentment and Surrender to the Will of the Absolute. As the expression goes, By being content, one will always have enough and by simply performing our actions/duties to the best of our ability without investing too much in the outcome, we becomes less emotionally reactive and enjoy greater peace of mind. See more

06.01.2022 Not everyone believes that the Moon can have a profound effect on us, in spite of anecdotal and factual evidence. Calendars incorporating the moon phase date back to ancient times and are associated many cultures and faiths, including Yoga. Find out more>

02.01.2022 Last weekend I attended a 2 day Meditation Teacher Training course - "Meditation for the Brain" with Celia Roberts from the Yoga and Integrative Medicine Institute (YIMI). It's always refreshing and enlightening to receive instruction from experts in their field and this weekend was no exception. Celia's scientific background combined with her down to earth approach to the subject of meditation made for a very interesting and educational weekend. It is well documented tha...t yoga and meditation can help alleviate or reduce stress by altering one's emotional and physical response to it - termed the "relaxation response". Meditation induces a change in the brainwave activity - Gamma waves which are involved in higher processing tasks and cognitive functioning, are increased - so that a stage of heightened perception can be experienced. Meditation can also affect the overall structure and functioning of the brain (neuroplasticity) by altering the neuronal pathways in the brain. Amongst all the information and interesting facts that were disseminated throughout the weekend, it was enlightening to learn that:- 1. There are 4 classic forms of meditation - Sitting, Walking, Standing and Lying; 2. Meditation is "process" rather than an "achievement"; 3. Long-term meditators require less brain activity to perform cognitive tasks than non-meditators; and 4. There are 2 styles of meditation involved in neuroplasticity - focused attention meditation (FA) in which one focuses on a specific throught or object in sustained manner, and, open monitoring meditation (OM) in which one remains non-reactive, monitoring without judging. I learnt a whole lot more than that, but I am reminded yet again of the value of practising meditation on more regular and consistent basis. The more we practise, the better we become.