YOGA EAST in Bairnsdale, Victoria | Yoga studio

YOGA EAST

Locality: Bairnsdale, Victoria

Phone: +61 407 343 307

Address: Yoga classes @ 2o6 a Main Street 3875 Bairnsdale, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.yogaeast.com.au

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25.01.2022 Thanks, Mysan Sidbo my amazing yin teacher. Listen to your breath, be lovingly curious, and really get to know yourself.

23.01.2022 Living with LOVE makes life juicy! Like you are jumping with JOY on the inside. Amid the rush of daily life, we must find the JUICE to nourish our creative souls.... If I rush around, I never look closely, or practice self-denial, that's right self-denial, this is when I begin to feel cracked, desiccated, and dry. YUCK! If there is one thing I have had hammered home to me this year, it is the exquisite joy of being at HOME, in my house, and in my body. Sweet, sweet joy. Seek out those sweet, wild moments, those moments of simplicity, and feeling at home for they elevate you and those around you. LOVE Margot See more

21.01.2022 So where are you today? :) How has your day been? :) Time to reframe if you think it has been a tough day; time to bask in the bliss if it has been a fruitful and joy-filled day.... :) See more

20.01.2022 Thought for today ... May your day be filled with peace and love.

19.01.2022 Queen step up and take your crown What would you like to know more about for your Wise Woman journey? Perhaps you are just coming into perimenopause, or deep in menopause climax (approx. 40-57years), or like me, you have gone through the gateway and are now into your postmenopause years.... You see, your hormones keep changing until they finally settle down around 70. Wow, amazing women, crazy to think we come full circle, like the moon, and end up with hormones similar to when we were girls except of course, now in wise bodies filled with experiences, stories, and knowledge. Interested in being part of an exclusive private Facebook group just for women in their wise woman-years. Share, learn, explore, play. Be curious! Click the link and come on over! https://www.facebook.com/groups/flowwithchange See more

18.01.2022 Full Blood Moon & Total Lunar Eclipse in Sagittarius May 26th at 4:13am Hello beauties, I do hope this little note finds you doing so well during this eclipse season!... Though, you may well be reading this from bed, laughing your head off, and thinking. "Doing well? Margot! I'm freaking out over here! I'm stressed, overwhelmed, and my emotions are off the chart, my relationships are in turmoil and I'm ready to quit my job. If that's the case... I am sending you so much love and compassion because Eclipse can be super intense. Eclipse seasons are wild, unpredictable, an intuitive portal to deep awareness into your life, and at the same time one crazy rollercoaster ride. In a way, that is the beauty of them! It's the wildness, the chaos, and the truth-bombing nature that blows my mind each time as we get to break free of our old lives, our old habits, and our old tension points! Eclipses bring liberation, lightening freshness, and an up-leveling of life that we often wouldn't get to without this grand nudge from the celestial bodies above. My question becomes how can you ride this rollercoaster with greater ease and reap all the benefits and rewards of flowing with instead of resisting or going against the eclipse current? I'd love to share a few eclipse questions that might help. Every eclipse season I ask myself the question: What's being eclipsed into my life and what's being eclipsed out of my life? What have I known or maybe had a feeling about that's getting louder for me? What can't I avoid or put off any longer? What can I do with the new perspective that's coming in? Do I need to make a shift? Should I have that challenging conversation? Is it time to listen deeper? What changes am I called to make right now? Diving in :) Love, Margot xo

18.01.2022 Yummy scrummy! Getting ready for the Christmas festivities, and a girlfriend visit this morning. Whipped these up because I love anything that just requires blitzing and rolling :) I used almonds as didn't have cashews, orange zest instead of lemon, and mixed spice rather than cardamon. Go play!... Apricot, raisin, goji chai balls Ingredients 1 cup (130g) of cashew nuts 1 cup (75g) of desiccated coconut 1 cup (150g) of raisins 1 cup (150g) of dried apricots 1/2 cup (60 g) of sunflower seeds 2 tb of goji berries 2 tb of cacao nibs (optional) 2 tsp of cinnamon 1 tsp of ground cardamon a pinch of ground cloves 1/4 tsp of nutmeg 1 tb of lemon zest 1/2 tsp of salt Method Process the cashews, sunflower seeds, coconut, salt, lemon zest, and spices until it is in rough chunks. Slowly add the apricots and raisins until they are well combined. The mixture needs to hold together. If not add more raisins or apricots and process again. Transfer the mixture to a separate bowl and add the goji berries and cacao nibs. Roll into small balls. Store in the fridge. Other yummy recipes on my website at Yoga Garden Recipes https://www.yogaeast.com.au/yoga-garden/ See more

15.01.2022 I have been exploring 'no shampoo' for my hair. It started off great as my hair is quite dry which meant the extra oil was fabulous. It's now been 3 months and more than happy to keep on not using shampoo :) I have been trying to eliminate unnecessary products and plastics from my life, and I have always wanted to try washing with apple cider vinegar, not shampoo. You can still use conditioner. ... I think I'm going to stay with it and not use a shampoo which is basically a detergent that strips your hair though it does feel good! Anyone else tried 'no poo'? Love to hear how you went, and whether you stuck with it. Love, Margot See more

14.01.2022 The Joy of Meditation. Join me in a simple 10 Day Meditation Challenge. For 10 days just 10 minutes of sitting quietly with yourself.

14.01.2022 The Wild will call you back. Through half-remembered dreams and sunsets painted in burnt sienna and vermillion flames... she will call you back home. The coyotes will wake you from your sleep with their clarion call to keep your eyes wide open. How long have you been sleeping? How much have you forgotten? The Wild will call you back. She will hang you upside down and shake the nonsense from the pockets of your mind. She will strip your soul naked leaving you raw and exposed under the searing glare of the gods. Offer up the holiness of your confusion and questions. Dress yourself in fireflies and attune your senses to awe while you learn the slow seduction of courting your muse. Brush the stardust from your wings and wipe the ocean from your eyes. Flex your claws dig your roots deep down into the fertile earth and show your fangs. Gather pollen on your legs and speak in venom and honey. Peel back your colonized tongue and let it hiss and purr and growl and scream. Do you remember how to stalk as predator and how to surrender as prey? The Wild will call you back. The owls know your real name and will call you from the darkness of night to dance under the moon. Crack your heart open with your ancestors’ bones and dance in the ecstasy of your love and your grief with flailing limbs bloody knees and mud-stained feet. Braid mugwort into your hair and dream yourself awake. The Wild will call you back. She will teach you how to die again and again and how to die well. There is no difference between your funeral pyre and your birth canal. Do not bother to try and stop the bleeding. Love with the gentleness and ferocity of your whole soft tender being. Feed the spirits with your beauty and sweetness and ask them to show you the way home. ~ Gina Puorro

12.01.2022 Welcome to your year of making time to rest and find balance in your life. As we embark on another year of uncertainty, schedule in some contemplation and deep rest for your body and soul. After struggling with an autoimmune illness (now gone), and then menopause, I have put together a short presentation about sleep and all the things I discovered that can help women get a good night's sleep after 40.... Really looking forward to seeing you again... now back to putting together a relaxing soundscape of new soothing music for you to float and dream too. Love Margot xo P.S - These workshops come out in my newsletter first and I had a wee peak this morning there are 4 places left for this little treasure of a workshop. Book here: https://www.trybooking.com/BNZIU See more

11.01.2022 Hi lovely, Let’s talk about menopause . I just wanted the uncomfortable physical and emotional symptoms to go away. I wanted to get on with my busy life. .... I wanted natural solutions yet there was so much information out there. . The more I learned about my changing body especially my hormones, the more I realized how integral hormonal balance is for menopausal women, and ultimately their physical vibrancy, mental clarity, and capacity to age well. . With clear strategies in place, it wasn’t long before the physical symptoms started subsiding. . SUPER EMPOWERING I felt like myself again and took back control of my body and my life. . WOW, A HUGE improvement in the quality of my life. . But . Strong emotions kept erupting and there was nowhere to hide. I felt exposed, vulnerable, and embarrassed. . What I wanted was a personal mentor, a knowledgeable woman who could guide me, and to be in circle with women going through the same experience. . Reaching out for help was a huge step for me as I am the kind of woman who likes to be in control of her life. I don’t like to appear weak or needy but I really wanted friends on the journey. . With personalized emotional support, I saw myself more clearly and began releasing old habits and patterns it was like a snake shedding her skin. METAMORPHOSIS . Having the courage to move through my emotions opened the door to expressing my needs with grace, not anger or sadness. . NOW I am crystal clear about my direction in life, and diving into being 100% authentically me with no apologies. . Menopause is a journey of initiation, a profound opportunity to learn about ourselves and our power and to gain wisdom. It is a path to building wellness and joy for an abundant second half of our lives. . That’s why I have created my transformational program Embrace Menopause How to journey through menopause as a creative and life-affirming experience without relying on medication and feeling overwhelmed. . Book a free Discovery Call with Margot. https://go.yogaeast.com.au/schedule-page Margot X0 See more

11.01.2022 Pose of the week: One-legged royal pigeon pose or Eka pada raja kaptoasana. There are different variations for this pose but I am especially in love with the full expression of this shape which has the backbend in it. The pose opens up the neck, chest, abdomen, hip flexor and psoas (on the extended leg), and on the bent knee the back of the hip, buttock, and external rotators. ... What's not to like! For me, the purpose or fucntion of this pose is to wake up or open up the front body though many yogis focus on the stretching in the hip and buttock of the bent leg. Over to you - what do you want out of your practice? And as you can see, I am still working on getting my second arm up and over... practice, practice, practice and then some rest ;) If you have any knee tenderness be careful with this pose as any tightness in the hip joint will affect the two closest joints to it, namely, the knee and the sacrum. I have had many students ask if it is necessary to have the front shin parallel, this is not necessary and for some people will cause damage so please respect your body. The key to begin is to tuck your back toes under so you are rolling the back centre of thigh down towards the floor squaring off your hips and pelvis. This will help prevent any funky movement in your sacrum. Enjoy!

10.01.2022 ALIVE. ALIVE. ALIVE. A pack of empowerment cards turned up around May from Empowered Life. :) I didn't order them. ... :) Mysterious. :) The world works in mysterious ways... anyway have been pulling them every Sunday night to see what they say! :) This one is what is present for you right now - what needs attending too? :) What makes you feel gorgeously and completely alive? :) Go pop a ME appointment into your diary and GO DO! See more

06.01.2022 NEW MOON Every New Moon is a new beginning, an opportunity to flow with and harness it's rising energy for good live a magical life! In the Southern Hemisphere, this New Moon ushers in the beginning of Summer - yippee - it's just got to be better than last year's bushfire craziness that kicks off around our house. ... Imagine planting a metaphorical seed for the new things you want to call into your life. Call them in loud and clear - be clear about what you, want no pussyfooting around. I've been weeding today which is a great metaphor for your inner garden. Time to weed out those things you don’t want to growing yoru garden. Photo: Arseniy Kapran

06.01.2022 The perfume of lavender smells like scent from the heavens. I cut these out at the start of the year thinking it was time for a refresh. Huh! And here I am nearly December and they have finally been made ready for the Yin workshop tomorrow. So looking forward to seeing you all

05.01.2022 SUMMER LOVING YIN Sunday, Nov 29th 1.00 3.00pm Get juicy and hydrate your joints. ... This class style workshop will move you through a Yin yoga flow for the whole body. The focus is on opening up your body temple and balancing your energy for the summer months to come. From the crown of your head to the souls of your feet, this practice will reinvigorate, rejuvenate, and get your energy flowing. Suits all levels. 12 places only Face masks must be worn Book online https://www.trybooking.com/BNCFC

04.01.2022 COMING SOON: YIN WORKSHOPS Lovely people, I am pleased to let you know that I am busy planning yin workshops for when the restrictions are lifted further on Nov 22nd. At the moment, my studio space can only have 5 people in but come Nov 22nd it will be lifted to 12 - we will be much further apart than in this image :) ... Fingers crossed and toes crossed. Stay tuned for details :) See more

03.01.2022 Thank you, wonderful women, for coming along to a Sunday afternoon yin intensive COVID style. I was stoked at seeing you all. It really lifted my spirits. Lovely women, it's been far too long OMG I missed you - hugs would have been even better, and of course our yummy afternoon teas. Fingers crossed these essentials can all return in the New Year.... I really enjoyed being back teaching and though teaching yin with no contact was odd and a little challenging, it all seemed to work just fine. Now, I received a number of emails expressing disappointment at not getting a booking for this workshop so I have put on another one for Sunday, Dec 6th, 1.00-3.00pm. It will be a different sequence. Here is the link https://www.trybooking.com/BNGKH With love, Margot xx See more

02.01.2022 What a nurturing way to spend Sunday afternoon. A wonderful afternoon of downtime with beautiful souls. Until next year goddesses, wise women, and witches, may you be happy, may you be free and may you be at peace. Love and laughter,... Margot XO See more