Welcome to 2016
Workshops and Intensives!
Lighten up!
reset & recharge
Saturday November 12th
1.30 - 4pm
$40
Welcome to a practice designed to stimulate kidneys,
kidney chi and circulate dynamic 'yang' chi to the core. Build overall body
strength with flowing sun salutes, a floor based sequence focusing on core
awareness and an opportunity to explore an inversion. The practice finishes
with restful poses giving us time to integrate the 'yang' practice as we drop
down into a quiet cooling 'yin' space of restful supported poses observing our
inner atmosphere with a refreshed contemplative attitude.
Book your spot on the relaxation mat.
Direct Bank Transfer (contact
Margot for details)
Limited places to ensure
enough space to truly unravel!
Spring Yoga Intensive
slow. simple. serene.
Sunday September 4th
2 - 4.30pm
$40
Limited places
Bookings essential
Welcome in spring with a stripped down practice. Move your yoga body, mind and spirit to a slower and sweeter vibration with a pared back spring intensive that kicks of with therapeutic sequences to rinse of winter and is followed by yin deliciousness to juicy up those joints and wash away stiffness. Replenish your pranic battery with long held restorative yoga poses designed to let you reach deep into your zen zone and close with the nine clearing cycles (pranayama) and meditation. An uplifting yet soothing soundscape will complement the serenity and simplicity of this intensive. This intensive suits all levels including beginners.
Book your spot!
Payment secures your place.
Pay by Direct Bank Transfer contact Margot for details margotporteryoga@hotmail.com
Once payment is made there are no refunds, credits no transfers.
Dance of the Deities: Warm Up Winter Intensives
Ganesha Remover of Obstacles
Flow Yin Meditation
Saturday June 25th
1.30 - 4pm
$40
Limited places
Enjoy flowing sequences to heat and move energy (prana) and information (citta) around the body freeing up body, mind and spirit. Melt into therapeutic yin poses as you prepare for a guided meditation to release inner conflict.
Invoke Ganesha the wonderful elephant deity to support you in removing the obstacles - physical, emotional or mental that stand in your way of freedom, grace and happiness. Unleash your spirit for a truly nourishing and wonderful winter.
Learn about the symbolism of Ganesha, the story of how he came to get his elephant's head and more as you move through an imaginative sequence opening you up to the magical qualities of transformation.
Bookings essential as there are limited places!
Contact Margot for details on how to book your place.
Winter Yoga Day Retreat
Sunday May 29th
9 - 5pm
$120
Farewell autumn and hello winter!
"Fall,
leaves, fall; die flowers away; lengthen night and shorten day! Every
leaf speaks bliss to me fluttering from the autumn tree."
Emily Bronte
A lovely way to bring in winter with a one yoga day retreat led by Margot Porter (RYT 500 hrs) and guest speaker Rebecca Takac (registered nurse and nutritionist).
Come
along to Yoga East and welcome in your winter in a soft, meaningful
and playful day filled with fun, yoga, helpful information and delicious
food.
Nourish
yourself and take time to slow down and take stock of what will make
your winter a joyful experience of serenity, stillness and surrender.
The day includes:
- A fun workshop learning about your organs: their form, function and weight
- Yoga asana practice where we explore the ways in which moving from your organ body shifts the way we think about and move through our yoga practice
- Winter nutrition talk with Rebecca Takac - learn how to support your health as winter heads our way.
- Delicious, seasonal vegetarian lunch and light afternoon tea
- A relaxing yoga nidra
- Yin yoga practice focusing on the meridian lined for winter kidney and urinary bladder
- Finish with restorative yoga and enjoy blissful relaxation
Bookings essential as there are limited places!
Contact Margot for details on how to book your place.
BOOKED OUT!
Inhale Exhale
Restorative Yoga Intensive
Saturday April 30th
2.30 - 5pm
$40
A second intensive is now being offered:
Sunday May 1st
1.30 - 4pm
$40
Saturday April 30th
2.30 - 5pm
Yoga East
206 a Main Street, Bairnsdale
Payment secures your place
Limited places.
Bookings required
End of Summer Yin
Booked out!
Saturday March 19th 2.30 - 5pm
Yoga East
When we live in harmony with the world around us we thrive. As summer wanes and we can watch nature slowing down and contracting - it is preparing to rest. Let's mirror the cycles of nature and make preparations to do the same. To make a smooth transition, there are ways we can stay balanced - sleeping a little longer, eating warm and nourishing foods and moving inward. Our yoga practice also needs to shift to reflect what our body and mind needs.
Come along for a nurturing and healing afternoon of delicious practices designed to soothe mind, body and spirit. In the yin yoga we will target joint and lower back pain with poses to make space and create freedom in the lower back. We will explore and learn about the qualities of late summer meridian lines - stomach and spleen - and ways to bring ourselves into harmony with nature.
Come along for a nurturing and healing afternoon of delicious practices designed to soothe mind, body and spirit. In the yin yoga we will target joint and lower back pain with poses to make space and create freedom in the lower back. We will explore and learn about the qualities of late summer meridian lines - stomach and spleen - and ways to bring ourselves into harmony with nature.
The afternoon starts with a guided meditation and moves into a yin yoga practice targeting the lower back and finishes with a yoga nidra.
To book
Saturday March 19th
2.30 - 5pm
Yoga East
206 a Main Street, Bairnsdale
$40
Payment secures your place.
Limited places.
Bookings required:
To book via Direct Bank transfer email Margot or message me on Facebook
Book by credit card http://www.trybooking.com/186720
No refunds.
Yoga Therapeutics with Lisa Baker
LOVE your back
Saturday Feb 20th 2.30 - 5pm
at Yoga East
LOVE your belly
Sunday Feb 21st 10.30 -1pm
at Yoga East
Yoga Therapeutics
LOVE your Back
Learn tools to deal with a busy mind, troubled sleep, sore back,
nervousness, anxiety, fibromyalgia and hormonal irregularities.
Based on the 5 elements and the
meridians of Chinese medicine, Lisa will guide you through yoga poses to move
energy into the lower back, kidneys, bladder, reproductive organs, adrenals and
into your lower limbs. Learn ways to reduce
tiredness, stiffness and manage ailments
on a daily basis.
Yoga Therapeutics
LOVE your Belly
Explore yoga sequences to move your bowels, get regular, detox,
control sugar cravings and improve digestive health.
Discover how chakras support your digestive system and enhance
your overall sense of vitality and wellness. In this workshop, Lisa, a
qualified herbalist and naturopath, will blend Yoga with Western Naturopathy
and the principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine, to show you how to put
together your personalised sequence.
About Lisa Baker
"Lisa started her yoga journey in 1992 with Elleke van Kralingen in the Netherlands while she was studying Naturopathy. Lisa graduates in 1997 as a herbalist and naturopath.She moved to Australia in 1999where she settled down in the beautiful Dandenongs near Melbourne. In 2009 she finished her yoga teacher training and has been teaching yoga since. She has studies children's yoga with Loraine Rushton and finished another teacher training with Donna Farhi in 2015. Lisa has a down to earth approach to teaching yoga ans is interested in tis therapeutic effects. For Lisa yoga is a life style. Her goal is to empower people to use the principles of yoga beyond the mat into each day and each moment as a guidance on how to reduce stress and live a fulfilled life."
To book
Saturday Feb 20th
2.30 - 5pm
Yoga East
206 a Main Street, Bairnsdale
$40
Payment secures your place.
Limited places.
Bookings required:
To book via Direct Bank transfer email Margot or message me on Facebook
Book by credit card
No refunds.
Details: LOVE your Belly
Saturday Feb 21st
10.30 - 1pm
Yoga East
206 a Main Street, Bairnsdale
$40
Payment secures your place.
Limited places.
Bookings required:
To book via Direct Bank transfer email Margot or message me on Facebook
Or pay by credit card
Dragon Dance Yoga
Saturday Feb 13th 2.30 - 5pm
Yoga East
Dragon Dance
Feel the heat of summer with this vigorous and fluid dance.
Play! Move! Groove!
The Dragon Dance is a wonderful blend of Daoist and Classical Indian Yoga. Move through a whole body work out, work up a sweat and challenge your mind, ego and body. In this workshop, we build up into a flow of poses in stages with each stage adding to the dynamism and spirit of a yoga dance. Work to improve your flexibility and increase your concentration and focus.
Experience the flow of energy and feel the magic of 'prana' as it moves through the body.
Once the stage is set and we are familiar with the dance, let's slow it right down and work with holding poses or variations of poses to build strength and stamina. Then wind down into a selection of yin poses echoing the dance. Finish with pranayama and savasana
Details:
Saturday Feb 13th
2.30 - 5pm
Yoga East
206 a Main Street, Bairnsdale
$40
Payment secures your place.
Limited places.
Bookings required:
To book via Direct Bank transfer email Margot or message me on Facebook
Book by credit card.
No refunds.
Summer Loving Yoga
Saturday Jan 30th 2.30 - 5pm
Yoga East
Booked out!
The heart sets our rhythm in life. When we flow with life we easily experience joy and deal with the ups and downs with grace. On the other hand, when we are resistant to the movement of life we can feel sadness and emptiness. A raging continuous fire does not serve us. A flame near extinction does not serve us. We need a constant flickering fire that fuels us from the inside and lets us respond appropriately to our lives.
Your fire energy inside sparks you up and allows you to be radiantly alive, to be open and abundant. This tiny spark lives in our hearts and is what we shine out into the world. Light your fire and shine from an open heart.
In this intensive:
- work with your current state of fire energy to replenish or mellow it - balance with cooling forward folds/heating with backbends
- learn about summer meridian lines heart and small intestine, when they are in harmony or out of harmony and suggestions to bring balance
- massage and stimulate your heart and small intestine meridians
- reset your digestion
- release tension around your spine, hips, and pelvis
Be truly alive and feel the joy!
Details:
Saturday Jan 30th
2.30 - 5pm
Yoga East
206 a Main Street, Bairnsdale
$40
Payment secures your place.
Limited places.
Bookings required:
For payment details and to book email Margot or call 5157 5589
or message me on FB
No refunds.
BOOKED OUT!
Detox Yoga
Saturday Jan 16th 2.30 - 5pm
Why do yogis cleanse?
What a way to bring in your NEW YEAR with a NEW YOU!
Calm. Cleansed. Compassionate.
This Detox Yoga practice is a cleanser's best friend for several reasons.
- Practice breath work (pranayama) - calm the chatter of our mind. Clear habits and patterns. Be magnificent.
- Explore pranayama practices - activate your digestive fire.
- Work with deep and directed abdominal movement - activate all the pathways of elimination in the body and flush toxins out while inviting more goodness in.
- Massage your internal organs.
- Burn away any energy that keeps you stuck.
This practice suits all levels of yogis and yoginis, however, it is unsuitable for pregnant women.
Details:
Saturday Jan 16th
2.30 - 5pm
Yoga East
206 a Main Street, Bairnsdale
$40
Payment secures your place.
Limited places (20 people)
Bookings required:
For payment details and to book email Margot at margotporteryoga@hotmail.com
or call 5157 5589
or message me on FB
Cancellation Policy: Full refund if cancellation is made by Tuesday Jan 12th. After Jan 12th no refund.
Welcome to 2015 Workshops and Intensives!
Photos of our last Intensive for 2015.
Enjoy your Christmas break and see you back for more in depth exploration in 2016.
Intensive 12
Whole Body Yin Yoga
Last one for the year!
It is now November and soon end of the year festive joy and craziness will be upon us so what a perfect time to unwind with a session of sensational whole body Yin Yoga.
Yin Yoga is a brilliant way to put some hydration back into your body. It is like watering the body garden by giving space to let the seeds of your intention flourish. Hydrate the whole body matrix through stillness and mindfulness.
In this intensive, we will works systematically through the whole body from the tips of our toes to the crown of our head. The whole hip area - quads, hamstrings, inside and outside of the thighs will be included as well as spine. shoulders, neck, and hands. This practice will finish with the relaxation practice of yoga nidra.
Date: Saturday Nov 14th
Time: 2 until 4.30pm
Venue: Yoga East 206 a Main Street, Bairnsdale
Cost $40 or $35 concession (HCC or full time student)
Bookings required:
To book email Margot at margotporteryoga@hotmail.com
or call 5157 5589
or message me on FB
Please note due to limited space bookings are required so get in touch :)
Intensive 11
Yoga Workshop Sunday Oct 11th
Spring Yin & Yang
Hello spring yogis,
I am truly ready to hop, skip and jump into spring and shake off winter with this Spring Yin & Yang Workshop.
We will be working firstly with 'Yang' yoga - a dynamic, active and heating practice. 'Yang' yoga works the muscles and circulates blood around the body. The sequence is designed to open up the whole body: sides, front and back. There will be lashings of twists to aid digestion, detox and generally release stiffness throughout the body.
We then move into 'Yin' yoga which is quiet, meditative and cooling practice. A yin practice works with the connective tissue rather than muscles and provides deep release around the joints and creates space in the body for healing energy and fluids to flow. In this section, we move slowly into some juicy yin poses and begin to work more deeply with releasing deep tissue around our joints restoring our natural range of movement. We will also be focusing on massaging and nourishing the spring meridian pathways - liver/gallbladder. To finish we will explore pranayama to balance mind and body before sitting quietly in meditation and then relaxing down into savasana.
Date: Sunday Oct 11th
Time: 9 until 11.30am
Venue: Yoga East 206 a Main Street, Bairnsdale
Cost $40 or $35 concession (HCC or full time student)
Prepay by Wed oct 7th and save $5
Cancellation: Full refund if cancellation is made by Wed Oct 7th. After Oct 7th no refund.
Bookings required:
To book email Margot at margotporteryoga@hotmail.com
or call 5157 5589
or message me on FB
Please note due to limited space bookings are required so get in touch :)
Intensive 10
Yoga Intensive Saturday 26th
Spring Deep Restorative Yoga
Details:
Day: Saturday September 26th
Time: 2 - 4pm
Venue: 206 a Main Street, Bairnsdale
Investment: $40, $35 concession
Prepay by September 22nd and save $5 - $35 or $30.
Email me to book your place and get payment details.
margotporteryoga@hotmail.c
How to book?
Let me know you would like to book by email
Your booking is made when your payment has been received. An email will confirm your booking. Payment can be made either in cash/cheque at my classes or by Direct Bank Transfer (email Margot for bank details)
Cancellation: A cancellation made before 5pm Tuesday September 22nd will be refunded in full. After that date no refund will be given.
I look forward to seeing you on the mat.
Bookings now being taken so contact Margot
margotporteryoga@hotmail.com
In peace and with joy,
Margot
Intensive 9
Yoga Intensive August 22nd
Yin Yoga: Hip Hip Hooray
Love or hate...which one are you?
There is that moment in yoga class usually towards the end when the teacher begins to ease us into hip openers - pigeon or frog - and it is at this point that many of us want to pack up our mat and leave. The teacher will reassuringly ask us to be still and breathe into tightness as if this will make it magically disappear. Yet the after effects of these poses keep us coming back for more. Hip openers are poses to be treasured as they counteract the stress of modern living with its sedentary lifestyle and lack of movement. Another huge bonus and benefit we can release stuck emotions that become lodged in our tissues making us lighter in mind, body and spirit.
Enjoy the release!
Details:
Day: Saturday August 22nd
Time: 2.30 - 4.30pm
Venue: St Mary's Parish Centre, 23 Pyke Street, Bairnsdale
Investment: $40, $35 concession
Prepay by August 4th and save $5 - $35 or $30.
Email me to book your place and get payment details.
margotporteryoga@hotmail.c
How to book?
Let me know you would like to book by email
Your booking is made when your payment has been received. An email will confirm your booking. Payment can be made either in cash/cheque at my classes or by Direct Bank Transfer (email Margot for bank details)
Intensive 8
Yoga intensive August 9th
... exhale unwind ...
Join me on Sunday afternoon August the 9th from 1 - 3.30pm for a fluid, winding and twisting vinyasa style practice to move stagnant energy, unblock and heat ourselves from the inside. Suits all levels.
Winter is a glorious time to hibernate, contemplate and enjoy silence. Winter is also a time when we can become stagnant and feel a stuck or stiff. Move your body to the rhythm of a mindful yoga dance filled with longer holds, twists and back bends, juice up your synovial fluids, and feel the energy shift.
Details:
Day: Sunday August 9th
Time: 1 - 3.30pm
Venue: St Mary's Parish Centre, 23 Pyke Street, Bairnsdale
Investment: $40, $35 concession
Prepay by August 4th and save $5 - $35 or $30.
Email me to book your place and get payment details.
margotporteryoga@hotmail.c
How to book?
Let me know you would like to book by email
Your booking is made when your payment has been received. An email will confirm your booking. Payment can be made either in cash/cheque at my classes or by Direct Bank Transfer (email Margot for bank details)
Cancellation: A cancellation made before 5pm Tuesday August 4th will be refunded in full. After that date no refund will be given.
OM SHANTI SHANTI SHANTI
Intensive 7
BOOKED OUT
Yoga Intensive July 25th
Winter Restorative Yoga
Winter Restorative Yoga
Limited place. Bookings Essential!
Details:
Day: Saturday July 25th
Time: 2.15 - 4.30pm
Venue: St Mary's Parish Centre, 23 Pyke Street, Bairnsdale
Investment: Prepay $40, $35 concession
How to book?
Let me know you would like to book by email
Your booking is made when your payment has been received. An email will confirm your booking. Payment can be made either in cash/cheque at my classes or by Direct Bank Transfer (email Margot for bank details)
Cancellation: A cancellation made before 5pm Tuesday July 21st will be refunded in full. After that date no refund will be given.
I look forward to seeing you on the mat.
Bookings now being taken so contact Margot
prasannayoga@hotmail.com
BOOKED OUT!
Intensive 6
Yoga Intensive July 11th
Yin
Welcome to Yin Yoga a deeply profound practice on all levels: energetic, physical mental and emotional.
LOVE Yourself by supporting your immune system and sense of well being during the winter months.
Margot will guide you through a series of poses targeting legs and pelvis, lengthen and soften your deep tissue layers, create space in your joints, open up the fascia matrix allowing chi and fluids to flow, massage and stimulate winter meridian pathways (kidney and urinary bladder).
What is Yin Yoga?
Yin yoga is a deeply profound practice that works on a myriad of levels: energetic, physical, emotional and mental. In this practice, we hold the poses in a relaxed way for a long periods of time (a minimum of 3 minutes and up to 10 minutes or more) to access target areas and lengthen and soften the deeper layers of fascia of the target areas and joints.
Fascia is connective tissue found throughout the body, for example, ligaments, tissues, muscles, organs, nerves, and blood vessels.
On an energetic level releasing, elongating and opening up the fascia matrix allows fluids, water and chi to flow unimpeded. It massages and stimulates the meridian pathways along which chi flows improving vitality, health and well being.
On a physical level, yin yoga creates space in the tissues and around the joints bringing freedom to an individual by restoring their natural range of movement.
Mentally and emotionally, a yin practice gives us time for reflecting on, digesting and releasing of thoughts or emotions that no longer support or nourish us.
Details:
Day: Saturday July 11th
Time: 2.30 - 4.30pm
Venue: St Mary's Parish Centre, 23 Pyke Street, Bairnsdale
Investment: Prepay by Tuesday July 7th and save $5
$30 or $25 concession
Payment on the day: $35, $30 concession
How to book?
Let me know you would like to book by email
Your booking is made when your payment has been received. An email will confirm your booking. Payment can be made either in cash/cheque at my classes or by Direct Bank Transfer (email Margot for bank details)
Cancellation: A cancellation made before 5pm Tuesday July 7th will be refunded in full. After that date no refund will be given.
I look forward to seeing you on the mat.
Day: Saturday August 22nd
Time: 2.30 - 4.30pm
Venue: St Mary's Parish Centre, 23 Pyke Street, Bairnsdale
Investment: $40, $35 concession
Prepay by August 4th and save $5 - $35 or $30.
Email me to book your place and get payment details.
margotporteryoga@hotmail.c
How to book?
Let me know you would like to book by email
Your booking is made when your payment has been received. An email will confirm your booking. Payment can be made either in cash/cheque at my classes or by Direct Bank Transfer (email Margot for bank details)
Intensive 8
Yoga intensive August 9th
... exhale unwind ...
Join me on Sunday afternoon August the 9th from 1 - 3.30pm for a fluid, winding and twisting vinyasa style practice to move stagnant energy, unblock and heat ourselves from the inside. Suits all levels.
Winter is a glorious time to hibernate, contemplate and enjoy silence. Winter is also a time when we can become stagnant and feel a stuck or stiff. Move your body to the rhythm of a mindful yoga dance filled with longer holds, twists and back bends, juice up your synovial fluids, and feel the energy shift.
Details:
Day: Sunday August 9th
Time: 1 - 3.30pm
Venue: St Mary's Parish Centre, 23 Pyke Street, Bairnsdale
Investment: $40, $35 concession
Prepay by August 4th and save $5 - $35 or $30.
Email me to book your place and get payment details.
margotporteryoga@hotmail.c
How to book?
Let me know you would like to book by email
Your booking is made when your payment has been received. An email will confirm your booking. Payment can be made either in cash/cheque at my classes or by Direct Bank Transfer (email Margot for bank details)
Cancellation: A cancellation made before 5pm Tuesday August 4th will be refunded in full. After that date no refund will be given.
OM SHANTI SHANTI SHANTI
Intensive 7
BOOKED OUT
Yoga Intensive July 25th
Winter Restorative Yoga
Winter Restorative Yoga
Limited place. Bookings Essential!
Details:
Day: Saturday July 25th
Time: 2.15 - 4.30pm
Venue: St Mary's Parish Centre, 23 Pyke Street, Bairnsdale
Investment: Prepay $40, $35 concession
How to book?
Let me know you would like to book by email
Your booking is made when your payment has been received. An email will confirm your booking. Payment can be made either in cash/cheque at my classes or by Direct Bank Transfer (email Margot for bank details)
Cancellation: A cancellation made before 5pm Tuesday July 21st will be refunded in full. After that date no refund will be given.
I look forward to seeing you on the mat.
Bookings now being taken so contact Margot
prasannayoga@hotmail.com
BOOKED OUT!
Intensive 6
Yoga Intensive July 11th
Yin
Welcome to Yin Yoga a deeply profound practice on all levels: energetic, physical mental and emotional.
LOVE Yourself by supporting your immune system and sense of well being during the winter months.
Margot will guide you through a series of poses targeting legs and pelvis, lengthen and soften your deep tissue layers, create space in your joints, open up the fascia matrix allowing chi and fluids to flow, massage and stimulate winter meridian pathways (kidney and urinary bladder).
What is Yin Yoga?
Yin yoga is a deeply profound practice that works on a myriad of levels: energetic, physical, emotional and mental. In this practice, we hold the poses in a relaxed way for a long periods of time (a minimum of 3 minutes and up to 10 minutes or more) to access target areas and lengthen and soften the deeper layers of fascia of the target areas and joints.
Fascia is connective tissue found throughout the body, for example, ligaments, tissues, muscles, organs, nerves, and blood vessels.
On an energetic level releasing, elongating and opening up the fascia matrix allows fluids, water and chi to flow unimpeded. It massages and stimulates the meridian pathways along which chi flows improving vitality, health and well being.
On a physical level, yin yoga creates space in the tissues and around the joints bringing freedom to an individual by restoring their natural range of movement.
Mentally and emotionally, a yin practice gives us time for reflecting on, digesting and releasing of thoughts or emotions that no longer support or nourish us.
Details:
Day: Saturday July 11th
Time: 2.30 - 4.30pm
Venue: St Mary's Parish Centre, 23 Pyke Street, Bairnsdale
Investment: Prepay by Tuesday July 7th and save $5
$30 or $25 concession
Payment on the day: $35, $30 concession
How to book?
Let me know you would like to book by email
Your booking is made when your payment has been received. An email will confirm your booking. Payment can be made either in cash/cheque at my classes or by Direct Bank Transfer (email Margot for bank details)
Cancellation: A cancellation made before 5pm Tuesday July 7th will be refunded in full. After that date no refund will be given.
I look forward to seeing you on the mat.
Bookings now being taken so contact Margot
prasannayoga@hotmail.com or call 5157 5589
Light, love and peace, Margot XXXX
prasannayoga@hotmail.com or call 5157 5589
Light, love and peace, Margot XXXX
Intensive 5
Yoga Intensive May 23rd
Yin & Yang
Hi yoga friends, I am excited to offer my Yin & Yang Yoga Intensive on Saturday May 23rd, Bairnsdale. My last one before I go to Bali to do a further 100 hours in Yin yoga training. I hope to share what I have learnt with you in class and in workshops. I hope to continue with the Yin and Yang intensives as well as introducing deep yin and restorative intensives when I return. My first offerings will be in July.
What's on offer for this intensive: A playful mix of 'yang' and 'yin' yoga. 'Yang' yoga is a dynamic, active and heating practice whereas 'yin' yoga is quiet, meditative and cooling practice. I offer flowing sequences beginning with Sun Salutes and moving through vinyasas to build heat before sliding into beautiful grounding moon salute variations. Throughout these flowing vinyasas the focus will be opening up space in the upper back, shoulders and neck.
The 'yin' practice where the poses are held for up to five minutes with emphasise on the lower body slowly and mindfully allowing the pose and time to melt away tension and tightness. This intensive is 2 hours of mindful movement finishing with pranayama (nadi shodhana) and meditation.
Details:
Day: Saturday May 23rd
Time: 2.30 - 4.30pm
Venue: St Mary's Parish Centre, 23 Pyke Street, Bairnsdale
Investment: Prepay by Tuesday May 19th and save $5
$30 or $25 concession
Payment on the day: $35, $30 concession
How to book?
Let me know you would like to book by email
Your booking is made when your payment has been received. An email will confirm your booking. Payment can be made either in cash/cheque at my classes or by Direct Bank Transfer (email Margot for bank details)
Cancellation: A cancellation made before 5pm Tuesday May 19th will be refunded in full. After that date no refund will be given.
I look forward to seeing you on the mat.
Light, love and peace,
Margot
Intensive 4
Yoga Intensive May 9th
Restorative Yoga: Journey to the Psoas
Intensive 3
Yoga Intensive March 28th
Ignite Your Fire
Unleash your inner warrior.
Be fierce. Build a strong core.
Intensive 2
Yoga Intensive March 7th
Revolution. Evolution.
Rinse out tension in the spine and hips in this invigorating slow flow intensive.
Find freedom in the hips and enjoy a deeper twist as well as opening up possibility to explore simple arm balances.
Prepay and save $5: $30 or $25 concession
Otherwise pay on the day: $35 or $25 concession
Contact Margot Porter on prasannayoga@hotmail.com for details
Intensive 1
Yoga Intensive Feb 14th
Let's kick off with a strong, stamina building and heart opening flow!
This workshop has filled up fast...there are only a couple of spots left.
Thanks for your support yoga lovers.
Bookings now being taken so contact Margot
prasannayoga@hotmail.com or call 5157 5589
Yoga Intensive May 23rd
Yin & Yang
Hi yoga friends, I am excited to offer my Yin & Yang Yoga Intensive on Saturday May 23rd, Bairnsdale. My last one before I go to Bali to do a further 100 hours in Yin yoga training. I hope to share what I have learnt with you in class and in workshops. I hope to continue with the Yin and Yang intensives as well as introducing deep yin and restorative intensives when I return. My first offerings will be in July.
What's on offer for this intensive: A playful mix of 'yang' and 'yin' yoga. 'Yang' yoga is a dynamic, active and heating practice whereas 'yin' yoga is quiet, meditative and cooling practice. I offer flowing sequences beginning with Sun Salutes and moving through vinyasas to build heat before sliding into beautiful grounding moon salute variations. Throughout these flowing vinyasas the focus will be opening up space in the upper back, shoulders and neck.
The 'yin' practice where the poses are held for up to five minutes with emphasise on the lower body slowly and mindfully allowing the pose and time to melt away tension and tightness. This intensive is 2 hours of mindful movement finishing with pranayama (nadi shodhana) and meditation.
Details:
Day: Saturday May 23rd
Time: 2.30 - 4.30pm
Venue: St Mary's Parish Centre, 23 Pyke Street, Bairnsdale
Investment: Prepay by Tuesday May 19th and save $5
$30 or $25 concession
Payment on the day: $35, $30 concession
How to book?
Let me know you would like to book by email
Your booking is made when your payment has been received. An email will confirm your booking. Payment can be made either in cash/cheque at my classes or by Direct Bank Transfer (email Margot for bank details)
Cancellation: A cancellation made before 5pm Tuesday May 19th will be refunded in full. After that date no refund will be given.
I look forward to seeing you on the mat.
Light, love and peace,
Margot
Intensive 4
Yoga Intensive May 9th
Restorative Yoga: Journey to the Psoas
Where and what does the psoas muscle group do?
Where is this 'psoas muscle' group?
The iliopsoas muscle group is made up of the psoas major, psoas, minor and the iliacus muscles.We will mostly explore the psoas major muscle in thisi workshop. The psoas originates from the 12th thoracic vertebrae (T12) and travels laterally to each of the 5 lumbar vertebrae. From there it flows down through the abdominal core, the pelvis, to attach to the top of the femur (thigh) bone (see image below from http://www.townsvillemassage.com/healthy-hip-flexors/)
Appropriate for all levels as variations and modifications offered throughout the practice. Tailor the practice to suit your needs on the day.
Prepay and save $5: $30 or $25 concession
Otherwise pay on the day: $35 or $30 concession
Contact Margot Porter on prasannayoga@hotmail.com for details
To express your interest or to book you spot contact Margot at prasannayoga@hotmail.com
Limited places available.
Om shanti, shanti, shanti
Margot
Where is this 'psoas muscle' group?
The iliopsoas muscle group is made up of the psoas major, psoas, minor and the iliacus muscles.We will mostly explore the psoas major muscle in thisi workshop. The psoas originates from the 12th thoracic vertebrae (T12) and travels laterally to each of the 5 lumbar vertebrae. From there it flows down through the abdominal core, the pelvis, to attach to the top of the femur (thigh) bone (see image below from http://www.townsvillemassage.com/healthy-hip-flexors/)
What does it do?
The Psoas is the only ‘muscle’ to connect the upper and lower spine to the legs. It is responsible for holding us upright, and allows us to lift our legs in order to walk. A healthily functioning psoas stabilizes the spine and provides internal support through the trunk. This forms a shelf for the vital organs of the abdominal core to function optimally.
Interesting?
Resetting the psoas can assist with fatigue and tiredness, digestive and menstrual irregularities as well as lower back, SI joint and hip discomfort, and pelvic imbalances.
Internal awareness of the iliopsoas muslce group and learning to release this muscle group will bring a sense of freedom, ease and structural integrity into your core.
The Psoas is the only ‘muscle’ to connect the upper and lower spine to the legs. It is responsible for holding us upright, and allows us to lift our legs in order to walk. A healthily functioning psoas stabilizes the spine and provides internal support through the trunk. This forms a shelf for the vital organs of the abdominal core to function optimally.
Interesting?
Resetting the psoas can assist with fatigue and tiredness, digestive and menstrual irregularities as well as lower back, SI joint and hip discomfort, and pelvic imbalances.
Internal awareness of the iliopsoas muslce group and learning to release this muscle group will bring a sense of freedom, ease and structural integrity into your core.
Appropriate for all levels as variations and modifications offered throughout the practice. Tailor the practice to suit your needs on the day.
Prepay and save $5: $30 or $25 concession
Otherwise pay on the day: $35 or $30 concession
Contact Margot Porter on prasannayoga@hotmail.com for details
To express your interest or to book you spot contact Margot at prasannayoga@hotmail.com
Limited places available.
Om shanti, shanti, shanti
Margot
Intensive 3
Yoga Intensive March 28th
Ignite Your Fire
Unleash your inner warrior.
Be fierce. Build a strong core.
One of my students recently said
“Yoga keeps me toned and calm, but I do other exercises for core strength.”
Often “core strength” is associated with strong abdominal muscles and it is
common to use various forms of sit-ups to develop this form of abdominal
strength. For some they are a good start and can be a very effective yet for
others they can create a sore neck and shoulders, a strained lower back and a
contracted, rigid core.
Yoga poses use the core in a way
that cultivates a strength born of physical integration and connection
rather than one of force, strain and tension. Physical integration and
connection is the coordination of different parts of the body working as a
whole instead of isolating a muscle or muscle group. Understanding how to
engage the whole body in building core strength is a key way to making mind,
body and spirit stronger and more powerful. Working the body in unison ignites
deep core muscles and brings awareness of how your torso and limbs work
together to create calm and steady yoga poses and a strong inner fire.
Ignite your fire and
take this sense of core strength and wholeness into a series of warrior poses
and forearm and side plank variations.
Be fierce on and off the mat.
Appropriate for all levels as variations and modifications offered
throughout the practice. Tailor the practice to suit your needs on the
day.
Prepay and save $5: $30 or $25 concession
Otherwise pay on the day: $35 or $25 concession
Contact Margot Porter on prasannayoga@hotmail.com for details
To express your interest or to book you spot contact Margot at prasannayoga@hotmail.com
Limited places available.
Om shanti, shanti, shanti
Margot
Prepay and save $5: $30 or $25 concession
Otherwise pay on the day: $35 or $25 concession
Contact Margot Porter on prasannayoga@hotmail.com for details
To express your interest or to book you spot contact Margot at prasannayoga@hotmail.com
Limited places available.
Om shanti, shanti, shanti
Margot
Intensive 2
Yoga Intensive March 7th
Revolution. Evolution.
Rinse out tension in the spine and hips in this invigorating slow flow intensive.
Find freedom in the hips and enjoy a deeper twist as well as opening up possibility to explore simple arm balances.
Prepay and save $5: $30 or $25 concession
Otherwise pay on the day: $35 or $25 concession
Contact Margot Porter on prasannayoga@hotmail.com for details
Yoga Intensive Feb 14th
Let's kick off with a strong, stamina building and heart opening flow!
This workshop has filled up fast...there are only a couple of spots left.
Thanks for your support yoga lovers.
prasannayoga@hotmail.com or call 5157 5589
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