Holly Norman Yoga in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | Meditation centre

Holly Norman Yoga

Locality: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Phone: +61 403 961 355

Address: Ascot Vale 3032 Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.hollynormanyoga.com/

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25.01.2022 At night, when I sleep, I dream of home. Of the wide, lazily populated streets that lead down to the river. The feel of the breeze, the doctor, gently blowing in mid-afternoon. The neverending coast and white sand crunching underfoot; the cacaphony of sulfur-crested cockatoos raining down from the big trees along the beach at Cottesloe .The iridescent blue of the water. The bluest blue I've ever seen, blue like my childhood, blue that faded to a calm navy nothingness lapping ...on the shore as the sun faded over sea and it was time to go home for dinner. Home. I've lived in Melbourne for five years and if you had asked me before all of this began where my home was, I would have told you it was here. And it is, but what makes this place my home is the vibrant city, the sounds of a million different types of music drifting from upstairs clubs and laneway bars, the hustle and bustle and constant festivities, always something to be seen and done and celebrated, the food, art, friends. I consciously chose this place as my home for all of these reasons, for being a place where I could evolve and create and thrive. Right now, none of that exists and I feel a little lost here, my city doesn't feel like a city, and deep in my bones there is a yearning to go home to the place that I cannot go, to the other side of the country. The borders to the west are closed and my subconscious mourns this distance deeply, as though somebody has locked me out and thrown away the key. Here, on one side of the continent I go about my days in a silent city surrounded by mask-wearing and expressionless strangers, and on the other side of the great dividing desert are so many of my loved ones, and the beach, the river, the near-constant sun radiating from above. These things are ingrained into my soul and I dream of them nearly every night, I've never felt so homesick in my life, homesick for a kind of normal, for last year, for ten years, twenty years ago. For home. See more

24.01.2022 Yesterday I taught my first class since having a baby and man was it a great feeling!! I didn't realise how much I have missed sharing this practice with others. My personal yoga practice has been a powerful tool in helping me get through the past few months in lockdown in Melbourne. If you'd like to join me online next Wednesday afternoon, email [email protected] or comment below to book a place :)

23.01.2022 For my lockdown fam The road out of this strange season will not be linear. It’s okay to stumble and to feel residual hurt, grief, anger, confusion, or even the desire to stay home all of a sudden even though you are finally allowed to go out... The truth is that we can’t go back to the way things were, and would you want to? What has shifted for you over these past months? How do you feel as you begin to venture into the world again? Aside from the yearning for a haircut I feel that slow and steady is a good pace for this transition. Not turning the tap on too fast and mindlessly racing around the catch up with every friend within 25km. I think we could all use some time to process this experience, perhaps. See more

20.01.2022 ONLINE YOGA Friends in Melbourne and further afield, I'm jumping on the online yoga bandwagon - six months and two lockdowns later! #betterlatethannever Starting next week I'll be teaching a regular class via Zoom so you can join me in your living room, kitchen, backyard or wherever you choose. Wear your jammies or jeans, no yoga pants or fancy props necessary. You can bring your housemate, your dog, your plants... it doesn't get much more chill than Zoom yoga ... Classes will be suitable for all levels but I'd love to extend a special invitation to any friends who haven't practiced a lot of yoga before. One of the great things about an online yoga class is that you can turn your screen off so your experience is all your own, without the distraction from fellow yogis that newcomers sometimes experience in a group class. Just drop me a DM or email [email protected] to register. I can then email you a link to the Zoom meeting and payment details :) Hope you can join me! xxxx Wednesday 26 August 5.00pm AEST $15 per person + discounted class rates apply for those who have been financially impacted by COVID See more

19.01.2022 I'm frustrated, you're frustrated, we're all frustrated. The cabin fever is real as we move into Lockdown 2.0 in Melbourne for another six weeks. I won't lie, I have struggled with my mental health since giving birth during this pandemic. Despite making efforts not to engage with social media or the news cycle on any level - it's still gotten to me. As I've moved further along in my postpartum journey and my field of awareness has gradually expanded again, beyond the tunnel v...ision of the baby bubble, my heart breaks for all of my friends with small businesses, those without work, and for the disconnect that I know we're all feeling. Sharing on this platform has felt pretty redundant during this time but I wanted to jump on here and say - it's okay to let yourself feel your feelings. We will get through this and it's not forever, but it's still bloody hard and it's really important to try to nourish your mind, body and spirit as much as you can. Whatever self care looks like for you, just keep leaning into those tools and practices. For me, that's movement, nutrition, mindfulness, reflection, and connection - talking to friends and family on the phone every day and hugging my partner and baby girl. Sending love to you all. I miss you. See more

19.01.2022 Happy Friday friends for those continue to wade through Melbourne's seemingly never-ending lockdown, I see you and I salute you!! This article really hit home for me - it's all that we can do at the moment and this is the work that I am focusing on currently. Perhaps it can be helpful for you too xx https://upliftconnect.com/hold-space-for-yourself/

19.01.2022 I’m keeping my mind off the news and on my new (old) hobby: restoring my fitness. At 3 months postpartum I’ve been given the all clear from my women’s health physio to move back into high impact exercise, and I couldn’t be more grateful for such a feel-good distraction from lockdown. I had a stage 1 prolapse from birth so I have been focusing on rehab with pelvic floor exercises and avoiding too much abdominal loading until now, but starting this week I am incorporating more ...core drills, planks, HIIT workouts and plyometric exercise in addition to yoga and walking. To help me become continually mindful of the pf muscles I have really focused on longer holes of postures in a hatha yoga style - 5 breaths or more, more classical asana based in style and less like the free-flowing vinyasa movements you see in this video (this freedom of movement is a by-product of strengthening with conscious drill work, at least for me). It’s a work in progress. I am blown away by how minutely different this body feels to pre-baby. And I’m excited to have this blank canvas to work with. See more

17.01.2022 I've been asked if I'm teaching anywhere nowadays - at the moment I'm teaching one online class per week (Wednesdays evenings for @flowstatesstudios ). At the moment taking on permanent live studio classes isn't a great fit for me with my other work commitments - I'm also one half of a parenting team in which my significant other frequently travels for work so I'm gearing up for a fair bit of solo mumming in 2021 - however I'm excited to be adding the occasional cover class a...t @westsideyogaschool as my schedule permits, so keep an eye on my stories to catch when I'm teaching in the studio Like many others I've spent a lot of time this year reflecting on what is truly important to me. My biggest takeaway from this year has been a pact with myself to never again try to fit as much into my life. A big life doesn't need to be an overscheduled life. There is plenty of room for expansion in between it all. I'm really enjoying the opportunity to be selective and very focused about what I give my creative energy to. See more

16.01.2022 Something that has brought me epic amounts of joy during the pandemic has been gardening edibles. We built our first big veggie bed when I was pregnant and I planted the first round of seeds then - four months later this raised bed has yielded rocket, cress, radishes, coriander, parsley, silverbeet, kale, spinach, spring onion, thyme and the garlic is still cooking away up the front there waiting for a late spring harvest. I have loved how intentional I have been for...ced to become with the way I prepare food and use ingredients, since it's no longer possible to just nip down to the corner shop and grab what you need (product shortages due to panic buying, mandatory mask wearing and a spirited four month old baby are all factors in why convenience shopping is no longer a part of my life!) Now more than ever I have been cultivating the habit of using every part of the fresh produce we have, and thinking outside of the box in terms of recipes. Just now I went out and picked some green leaves to make a pesto with silverbeet, kale, parsley, and spinach - not your typical pesto but who says what makes a pesto anyway?! The weather is warming up in Melbourne (slowly. But I'm used to that these days) and I'm excited for the planting I can do over the coming months. Edible gardening has become a close runner up to my yoga practice in helping me to stay present, grounded, connected to mama Earth and viewing all things in this life as seasons. See more

14.01.2022 MAKING TIME As far as adjusting to life with a new baby goes we have been very fortunate. Because of COVID Niels has been working from home part of the time which has been amazing and has meant that we have a little more flexibility with routine and giving me some personal time each day. On the days that he does go to work we make sure that I get an hour off baby duty when he arrives home and I'm sure you can all guess how I spend that hour Seriously though, fitting in ti...me to yourself as a new mum is no joke. Today I was home on my own with Matilda and I cleaned the house, did three loads of washing, cooked dinner, roasted beetroot and walked 5km all with a baby attached to me and before lunchtime (not to mention breastfeeds x 10,000). If that's not a reason to work on core strength as a means to prevent a back injury I don't know what is! People tell you to 'sleep when the baby sleeps', but since Tilly never sleeps unless we are wearing her we just alternate free time so we can both get in our exercise, music practice, work and anything else we are trying to fit into the day. I'm really loving the process of working as a team with Niels and I look forward to 'my hour' from the minute I wake up! It's been so gratifying to gradually feel my strength returning and rediscover asanas that I haven't been able to practice for a long time. #sevenweekspostpartum See more

12.01.2022 I'm presenting at this tomorrow for Support Act as part of Melbourne Music Week!

09.01.2022 I'm still here. But I haven't been for a lot of the time lately, at least not entirely. I've been on an odyssey of new motherhood amidst this pandemic, and it has consumed me. It took me to some incredibly dark places, a bullet train ripping through states of postpartum depression, suicidal ideation, rising from my bed consumed by the (seemingly) brilliant idea to go to the train station in the middle of the night to await oblivion. Anxiety that gripped my chest tightly w...hile I waited for sleep to come and turned my days into a string of panic attacks that lasted months, fury and frustration at a child who refused to feed. Snapping and screaming at my partner, the only person who has been able to help me, while we both whiled away the days in a sleep-deprived, stress-ravaged haze and wished for an escape or that asking for help wasn't against the law. It has taken a lot of compassion for me to look back on these past months and forgive the woman who wandered these halls in my home. Forgive her for her graceless entry into motherhood, her violent outbursts, her messiness and her (perceived) weakness. The other night I was filled with a longing to go back in time and simply help that woman, hug her, hold space for her because my god she was just so scared, stuck in a body that wasn't her own in a city that became a ghost town and so so lonely, with a tiny person in tow totally reliant on her for nurturing and care. I feel I've come full circle these past days. It's been a process. Whatever this year has brought you - may you have the compassion to just love yourself through all of it. It's really important. See more

06.01.2022 Actual footage of me climbing out of the wreckage of 2020 l know I’m not the only one feeling back from the dead here in Melbourne. It is nothing short of incredible and so so revitalising to see life beginning to return to the city we live in The collective vibration has well and truly been raised.... now let’s keep it that way by doing the right thing and remember to shop local and support local if you’re heading out! ... I don’t remember who snapped this pic so photo credit to my honeys @jesssssssrobertson @beckamezza @jodi_m_s See more

03.01.2022 A moment I’ve waited seven months for this morning I returned to my home of yoga here in Melbourne and took a class at @westsideyogaschool I can’t tell you how much I’ve longed for this small rite of passage, taking my little girl to meet the students and teachers who she spent so much time amongst in utero. I loved teaching and practicing yoga at WSY throughout my pregnancy so to have the very delayed gratification of returning to the studio after lockdown was a really meaningful experience. The communities created through yoga mean the world to me. So much has changed this year but the high vibes after a Saturday morning practice with @mark.pheely are still the same! @ Westside Yoga

02.01.2022 I'm restless today. I have days where I'm more than happy to be in Stage 4, and days where I feel like I'm climbing the walls. Each day is so different. Today I'm feeling the shift in my life since becoming a mum to this tiny teacher. Making it through the first few months under these circumstances feels like a massive achievement. A lot has fallen into place, a lot has been heartwrenching and challenging about having a new baby during these crazy times but my prevaili...ng sentiment is one of intense gratitude. For the roof over our heads, the health of my family, the fact that we still have a household income, and overall for the time that we have been able to spend together that we never would have had otherwise, time with just the three of us. Moments without external influence, free from any distraction (both good and bad). I feel as though my hand has been forced to a certain extent to be intensely present in this experience of this part of my life and I know I'll look back on it and remember that it was all of the things, the joy, the gratitude, the frustration, the grief, the peace and quiet...the deafening silence that at times suffocates me and all of us in our respective spaceships. I travel through my days in a state of mindful awareness and reflection that I have never experienced before, and whether this is the new parent inertia or the effect of ongoing isolation I'll never know. I often wonder how we will adapt to life once all of this ends and what the collective fallout will be. Just some musings from my spaceship on a Saturday morning. See more

01.01.2022 This is so brilliant and really worth a watch, especially if you're currently in Melbourne. Reframing how we interact with our current circumstances in a functional, pragmatic way - I'm a huge fan. For as long as this lasts, I'll be doing my best to maintain the vessel - hope you're doing okay out there too in your little spaceship! https://www.youtube.com/watch

01.01.2022 Yesterday was World Mental Health Day. I have always been super passionate about mental health and try to use this platform to openly share my experiences and reduce stigma around mental health issues. I truly believe that we are living in a mental health pandemic in Victoria at present, and it has never been more important to recognise and support people struggling with their headspace. The truth is that everyone, even the most capable people you know, have the potential... to develop mental health problems given a certain set of circumstances - and for most of us, those circumstances are happening right now. Social distancing, prolonged isolation, unemployment, and border closures are just the tip of the iceberg. The domino effect of restrictions combined with permanent uncertainty about the future and what’s happening globally have created a mental health downturn the likes of which we have never seen. It’s not as simple as getting counselling and feeling better; so many of our fundamental psychosocial needs are not being met due to the circumstances we are currently living in. Personally I am clinging to a life raft that feels sturdier some days than others. My life raft or mental health toolkit involves staying in touch with friends and family via FaceTime, exercise, eating well, allowing myself to be honest about my feelings, speaking with a therapist via Telehealth once a fortnight, oh and of course yoga, the critical foundation to my mental health where I am able to combine my physical and emotional experiences and process the events of this year. I really hope that you are floating rather than sinking on your own little life raft and that you are able to take some time this week to acknowledge you are doing a bloody amazing job just putting one foot in front of the other. This year is testing each and every one of us and it’s normal to be experiencing lows with your mental health. If you need to talk you can reach out to me anytime. See more