Ether Sequence starts this week – woohoo on the home run to the end of the year!! Shake off the winter cobwebs and get ready for an awesome summer…. Practice at home with our video to supplement your class time.
Preparations and pre-requisites for headstand
In traditional yoga teaching you could only progress to a more advanced posture after you had satisfactorily demonstrated to your teacher that you could do the postures that have come before it. This guarantees that the new more advanced posture can be performed safely. To be adequately prepared for the Headstand (Sirsasana) you have to have first mastered the ‘Shoulderstand posture’ (Salamba …
A little about the Yoga Synergy Method
Yoga Synergy is a comprehensive method for practicing and teaching traditional yoga for the modern body. The practice of yoga brings awareness to the self and awakens the heart and soul of the individual. The more we practice yoga, the more we awaken and are able to guide others in this process of realizing our incredible human vitality. Practice is …
Yoga for Kids Term 4
Term 4 of Yoga for Kids starts on 18/10/2016 and runs until 13/12/2016 (9 weeks) Drop in anytime and try it out! Find out more about this fun class that has truly inspired this group of kids. Namaste everyone.
RE-POST: How to Relieve Back-pain and Bend Backwards Without Hurting your Lower Back
Here is a re-post of one of Simon’s popular blog posts about relieving back pain. Most modern adults tend to have very stiff middle backs (usually from about the tenth thoracic vertebra (T10) to the fourth lumbar vertebra (L4). This region (T10-L4) is stuck in a slight forward bend (spinal flexion) in many modern adults. These people usually do most …
New Birthing Book by Yoga Synergy Student
Our long time devoted student, Jutta Wohlrab has just released her new book Happy Birthday Days and we would love to say Congratulations! It is a wonderfully positive book with an encouraging message for mothers to be. Get your copy on Amazon. Here is what they say… Pizza and parcels should be delivered but babies should be born. Happy Birthing …
Are you missing a step in the Up Dog Down Dog Vinyasa?
One of Simon’s popular active lectures on the essence of vinyasa yoga. Learn some of the missing steps you might be forgetting in the Up Dog Down Dog Vinyasa.
About Yoga Synergy Directors & Teachers
Bianca Machliss is the co-founder and owner of Yoga Synergy and has over 27 years experience teaching yoga, managing a studio and creating a community. Simon Borg-Olivier is the co-founder and owner of Yoga Synergy and has over 33 years experience teaching yoga, inspiring people all around the world. Bianca and Simon’s shared passion for yoga has led to the …
The sad passing of Sri TVK Desikachar (son of Sri Krishnamacharya)
As some you no doubt know one of our most influential teachers, Sri TVK Desikachar (son of Sri Krishnamacharya) passed away, on the 8th of August aged 78. Many years ago at a dinner he asked me what I thought the true purpose of yoga was. I replied with my standard response at the time … ‘to realise that our …