Five years, eleven months, three weeks and 2 days ago I was diagnosed with breast cancer. It feels like a lifetime ago. Today my oncologist declared that I w...

In 2015, my partner and I made the decision to move to Tasmania and had started to look at properties. I had a clear vision - I wanted lots of trees, great v...

If you have ever built a brand, run a business, defined your purpose or been asked what you value in life, then you may have spent time thinking about "what ...

Some moments in our lives are pivotal to our futures. Particular people, experiences and places that touch us, and influence us in ways we often don’t realis...

Last night I was watching a fictional TV show that presented in interesting ethical dilemma: the upshot was that a Doctor was making decisions that were agai...

The 3 core values of Santosha Yoga Australia - contentment, acceptance and gratitude - are based on my personal belief that developing and practicing these 3...

The other day someone asked me how long it takes to get good at yoga? I really hesitated before answering, and first asked what she meant by being good at yo...

A friend of mine recently posed some thought provoking questions to me: what were the best choices or decisions I had made in my life, and what were my regre...

In modern yoga, we are very focused on alignment: where should I put my hand? Which way should my foot point? You’ve heard many alignment cues from me and I ...

Maintaining consistency in your practice is important, especially over winter as we tense up against the cold and hide indoors. I have created a couple of vi...

Winter is my least favourite season. Primarily because I feel the cold, and wet weather and grey skies affect my mood. I notice the lack of colour once the l...

Half pigeon is a favourite of many people, but not appropriate for everyone. It is great for opening and releasing through the outer hip and glute (on the be...

Here is a quick, 3 minute tutorial on those tricky transitions from high plank to low plank (chaturanga) and then into cobra or updog. This transition is the...

To balance on one leg requires steadiness, stability (sthira), which in part comes from strength by engaging through the appropriate muscles on the standing ...

Although I have always been an environmentally conscious animal-lover, I was never much of an “outdoorsy” person growing up, or even into adulthood. I grew u...

Half Kingfish pose has all the benefits of a twist – good for digestion, helps keep the spine mobile, gives a sense of “rinsing” us out – with the added bene...

Yoga is so much more than physical poses, or asana. In fact, asana barely rates a mention in Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras, one of the key texts in yoga philosophy...

This is one of my favourite poses, but for many people it’s a struggle. Difficulty in this pose is usually due to either tight hips, restriction in the knees...

In Dancer’s pose, we take either the inside or the outside of foot in our hand (or over time, ankle or shin). Shoulder alignment and elbow position are impor...

This past month I have focused on an overarching theme of renewal. I was inspired by what I was seeing around me in nature as Spring unfolded, and it struck ...