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Backbends and the Practice Of

Hasu Opa Clark May 8, 2016 Leave a Comment

Backbends and the Practice Of

At Marrickville Yoga Centre we run two backbend practices per week. Maintaining a regular backbend practice has a hugely beneficial  impact on other asanas as through the practice of backbends the body develops enormous strength and resilience.

Filed Under: Backbends, Resources, Yoga Practice Tagged With: Backbends, beginners yoga, Iyengar Yoga, Marrickville Yoga, Yoga, yoga poses, Yoga Practice, Yoga teacher

Top 5 Reasons to Love Backbends

Hasu Opa Clark April 18, 2016 Leave a Comment

Top 5 Reasons to Love Backbends

#1 They make us feel good Yep, they sure do. Backbends are some of the most uplifting asanas, creating a more positive sense of self. There is something about the head being down and the chest being open that changes the physical body and alters the mental perspective. As we go around in daily life so much […]

Filed Under: Backbends Tagged With: beginners yoga, BKS Iyengar, Iyengar Yoga, Marrickville Yoga, Yoga, yoga poses, Yoga Practice

Inversions Every Day

Simon Joannou March 24, 2016 1 Comment

Inversions Every Day

By Simon Joannou There is something about doing inversions that changes how you feel. If you come to your yoga practice feeling scattered, overwhelmed or anxious, doing Salamba Sirsasana (headstand) and Salamba Sarvangasana (shoulder stand) can help bring you to a state of calm. The reason we as practitioners do inversions every day is because […]

Filed Under: Inversions Tagged With: awareness, BKS Iyengar, Iyengar Yoga, Marrickville Yoga, Props, Yoga, yoga poses, Yoga Practice

Friends of Marrickville November Newsletter

Hasu Opa Clark November 8, 2015 Leave a Comment

Friends of Marrickville November Newsletter

Welcome to November – it’s warm out and the studio is cool. As we roll on towards the end of the year we’re loving the extended savasanas in class and longer times in cooling poses such as Salamba Sarvangasana -shoulder stand and supported halasana. This month we hear from one of our youngest students at the Centre, […]

Filed Under: Friends of MYC Tagged With: Friends of Marrickville Yoga, Iyengar Yoga, Marrickville Yoga, Newsletter, yoga poses, Yoga Practice, yoga students

What is Iyengar Yoga? Part 2

Hasu Opa Clark October 16, 2015 2 Comments

What is Iyengar Yoga? Part 2

Iyengar yoga is interested in integration. Although we work with certain parts of the body in certain asanas, the Iyengar method teaches us that all asanas originate in the core of one’s being. Mr Iyengar says “Practice asanas by creating space in the muscles and even the bones of your body. Practice asanas by creating […]

Filed Under: Part 2, What Is Iyengar Yoga Tagged With: BKS Iyengar, Iyengar Yoga, Marrickville Yoga, Yoga, yoga poses, Yoga Practice, Yoga teacher

What is Iyengar Yoga

Hasu Opa Clark October 9, 2015 Leave a Comment

What is Iyengar Yoga

What is Iyengar yoga? How does Iyengar yoga differ from other types of yoga? Over the next little while we’ll be exploring these questions via our Blog in a Blog Series called “What is Iyengar Yoga”  In each post we’ll take one key idea or concept that Iyengar yoga is interested in and explore what […]

Filed Under: Part 1, What Is Iyengar Yoga Tagged With: beginners yoga, Iyengar Yoga, Marrickville Yoga, Yoga, yoga poses, Yoga Practice

Menstruation Workshop

Hasu Opa Clark September 10, 2015 2 Comments

Menstruation Workshop

Iyengar yoga can change not only the way our bodies work, but also the way we think about and relate to our bodies. Learning how to work with our bodies is a key aspect of progressing in yoga – and as women we are presented with an opportunity to develop an increased self-awareness every month […]

Filed Under: Menstruation, Workshops Tagged With: Iyengar Yoga, Yoga, yoga poses, Yoga Practice, Yoga Workshops

MARRICKVILLE YOGA – August Newsletter

Hasu Opa Clark August 20, 2015 Leave a Comment

MARRICKVILLE YOGA – August Newsletter

 “Focus on keeping your spine straight. It is the job of the spine to keep the brain alert”. B.K.S. Iyengar Mira Mehta Arriving and Teaching this Week! We are very excited to have international Iyengar teacher and bestselling author, Mira Mehta teaching here at the Centre this week! She will be teaching a main four-day […]

Filed Under: MYC Newsletter Tagged With: Friends of Marrickville Yoga, Marrickville Yoga, Yoga, yoga newsletter, yoga poses, yoga students

FRIENDS OF MARRICKVILLE YOGA – July Newsletter

Hasu Opa Clark July 21, 2015 Leave a Comment

FRIENDS OF MARRICKVILLE YOGA – July Newsletter

FRIENDS OF MARRICKVILLE YOGA Welcome to July.   It’s about 5 degrees every morning now, and what better way to warm up than a 6am yoga class. The heaters are happening and so are the handstands – and it’s totally worth the early start just to see the sunrise over Sydney city from the window […]

Filed Under: Friends of MYC Tagged With: Friends of Marrickville Yoga, Marrickville Yoga, Yoga, yoga newsletter, yoga poses, yoga students

Marrickville Yoga Centre acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation as the traditional custodians of the Marrickville region and recognises their continuing connection to land, waters and culture. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.

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