SCIENCE EXPERIMENT: My best meditation ever after first holding my breath in for 6 minutes: My breathing was scientifically tested in a laboratory at RMIT University. I was hooked up to a calorimeter with a gas mask to measure energy use in terms of the oxygen and carbon dioxide levels In my expired air. THE EXPERIMENT: 1. Breathe more than …
How To Meditate
Simon was recently asked by Move123 to record a basic Meditation video. Listen as he guides you through the basics of meditation through breath-control, relaxation and focus. Visit Move 123 at http://www.move123.com.au/ The Secrets of Meditation: Meditation is where there is ‘stillness in mind’, ‘stillness in breath’, you are totally comfortable, totally alert and there is lots of energy and …
How to Handstand
It may be a surprise to some that the common household ‘triangle posture’ has surprisingly so much in common with how to lift up slowly into a handstand, starting by leaning into the palms with your elbows straight, your shoulders over your fingers, with your heels raised and your toe tips initially on the floor. Some tips to begin both …
Join us for Acro Yoga this weekend
Bianca Machliss and I used to have so much fun performing and practice partner acro balances in the early 1990’s. The essence of what is required to do these practices safely and effectively forms are the major keys to the Yoga Synergy System. Before you learn to with another persons body in Acro-balance partner exercises it is important know how …
Hillary is doing yoga!
Hillary is doing yoga! What I said to the SMH about this: I was just interviewed for the Sydney Morning Herald by excellent Journalist Sarah Berry about the story that Hillary Clinton has been doing alternate nostril breathing to calm her. She made a lot of claims about the supposed benefits and a few people have also asked me what …
What is important in a personal Yoga practice? Part 3
Simon Borg Olivier Interview Part 3 – What is important in a personal Yoga practice? View Part 1 here View Part 2 here View Part 4 here View Part 5 here View Part 6 here Thanks to Chris Johns who has kindly filmed and edited these videos
Congratulations to Charlotte van Bassen
Our Teacher Training graduates are teaching the Yoga Synergy method across the globe. Congratulations to Charlotte van Bassen for becoming a Level 4 Yoga Synergy teacher. To find a Yoga Synergy teacher near you, simply search by city, state, or country, or if you’re looking for a specific teacher, search by name. View our teacher directory here.
Learning Yoga in the Modern World – Interview with Simon Part 2
View Part 1 here View Part 3 here View Part 4 here View Part 5 here View Part 6 here Thanks to Chris Johns who has kindly filmed and edited these videos
3 Minute Sequence from Simon Borg-Oliver – Feel Really Good!
This is a 3 minute sequence of posture, movement and breathing that is safe, accessible and effective for most normal adults living in the modern world. It can make you feel really good! More Information All the movements are active and each movement begins at the core (the seat of the enteric nervous system just in front of the L5-S1 …
We’re practicing the Air Sequence in class
See you in class for the Air Sequence or practice with us from home with our video. Air is the fourth of our 5 sequences, designed to lighten the body and spirit as we move out of the winter and into the spring. In Ayurvedic terms, Air (Vaayu ), the wind, is “backdrop” of our environment (the surroundings that we …