Meet Polly
Like many, what started out as a purely physical practice with time I started to notice the shifts that were occurring as a part of this re-discovery of body, breath and mind. Yoga has brought me back to myself with a new sense of freedom and peace I didn’t know possible, and helped me to heal from chronic anxiety. Through my experience I am passionate about creating a nurturing space for others to heal and discover more about their own true nature. I do this by combining my personal experience with my various trainings in Yoga, Counselling and Embodiment practices to hold a non-judgemental and empowering space without any dogma or fancy tricks. I find Yoga to be the most impactful when it is meditative, fluid, slow and breath-centred. I am dedicated to my own continual practice as well as professional development and and have over 1000 hours of teacher training including 500 hour Advanced Teacher Training from the Byron Yoga Centre, 80 Hr Yin Yoga Teacher Training with Jo Phee, 100 hour Embodied Mindfulness Teacher Training with Tina Nance , 30 hrs of Yoga Psychology online training with Ashley Turner, 220 hours of Yoga Therapy training with Adore Yoga and 200 hour Women’s Self Care Yoga Teacher Training with Emily Kuser and Women’s Yoga Therapist, Uma Dinsmore Tuli. Yep, I’m pretty much obsessed with learning all things Yoga!
Are you ready to learn about yourself, and ‘How you DO you’ in an entirely new way? Have you been waiting for a chance to take a look to open to The Potential of You?
Join Louise Walker, Developmental NLP (Neuro Lingusitic Programming) coach and yoga teacher, for this insightful coaching workshop to look at who you’re BEING on the inside, and HOW this is creating your current reality on the outside.
During this three hour coaching workshop, you will:
* Learn what you are unconsciously choosing in your Life that doesn’t work for you and why, AND how you can change these unconscious thought patterns to live a happier, more on purpose life
* Understand your four personal powers: WHAT they are and HOW to use them for a more empowered and peaceful existence
* Be able to step up and access Personal Responsibility – This learning will CHANGE your experience of how you show up for Life and the results you get
* Learn how to be the Creator of your own Reality – Taking your power back and designing how YOU want you life to look
This workshop uses simple yet powerful tools to take away and use in your day-to-day life. These tools will to help you change your thinking and your approach to everyday challenges. The exercises are specifically designed to complete individually as well as in pairs for experiential learning, and there will be opportunities to share (if you wish to) and learn from others’ experiences.
Louise has worked as a developmental one-to-one coach for many years and knows barriers such as limited time, money and fears can make this kind of crucial self-development work feel unavailable for some. This is why she has designed this group coaching workshop to spread this important transformational work to those who are ready for change. The facilitation and content you will receive in this workshop will awaken and empower you to step out of your story and into your true potential.
“I was blessed to attend this workshop. This was my first time I’ve attended an event like this and as I imagined, I wasn’t disappointed. Louise is an amazing, nurturing, caring lady with a beautiful soul. I felt very safe and relaxed. Louise was quick to guide me in a more positive way of thinking along with easy to use tools for a more happy, healthy way of thinking along with handling day-to-day issues that arise. I’ve walked away inspired and equipped with information to help function in a healthier way!” – Kerry Pemberton.
“I’ve found these sound based practices deeply transformational. They release endorphins, promote calming waves to soothe your nervous system, and generally lift your spirits. It’s a wonderful practice filled with sublime connection through sound, and uplifting, fun call and response mantra.”
Connect with your unique sound, develop your inner resonance, and open into more love through the sound and the silence behind and between the sounds and the great field that connects all life. Open to all levels of experience. No singing or chant experience required.
Meet Siddhi Shakti
Siddhi Shakti loves helping others experience more of their inner awesomeness. She’s worked with individuals and groups, including senior business people, to lift their vibe, alleviating stress, to thrive in a more positive mindset and place of enhanced personal energy and empowerment. She shares techniques for transforming energy through the use of simple but powerful practices…guided meditation, sound healing, energy healing, toning and mantra, and for those with an interest, supercharging mantra practices through refinement of Sanskrit pronunciation, to connect more directly with the power of the essence of sacred sound.
In this class you will learn about:
* When the best time to massage is
* The best oils to use
* Combining massage and bath time
* Contraindications (when it isn’t safe)
* The benefits of massage
* Strokes for the legs, feet and buttocks.
This class will run for an hour and massage oil will be provided for your use. Register your interest as spaces are limited to 12 parents. Best suited for pre-crawling bubs. This class is designed for you to learn everything there is to know about baby massage a paid 4 week course will follow in February 2020.
**Note: Our studio is small (for good reason!) and is therefore limited on space. Please leave the pram in the car and use your baby carrier to come to class.
Meet Sharleen
I am a Certified Baby Massage Instructor based on the Central Coast. I’m so excited to share with you my knowledge and to empower you to explore a deeper level of bonding and connection with your baby. Baby massage has been practiced in Eastern countries for centuries and has been known for its amazing benefits for development, physical health and the general wellbeing of infants. I am a big believer in the importance of the parent/child relationship and baby massage is just one way to enhance and strengthen this beautiful bond. My focus and aim is to equip you with the skills required to implement this into your daily routine and to create a special time for you and your baby to enjoy learning something new.
Meet Mardi
Mardi gained her initial teaching accreditation in 1992 in Integral Yoga (Asana, Pranayama, Bandhas, Mudra, Meditation,Kriya) and continued her studies and gained further teaching credentials in Jivamukti Yoga with David Life (New York), Mandala Flow with Shiva Rea (Bali) Anatomy of Hatha Yoga with Bimone Borg-Oliver Synergy Yoga (Sydney) Ashtanga Yoga Primary Sequence Sri. K. Pattabhi Jois (Mysor India) and further training workshops with Clive Sheridan Hatha Yoga, Pranayama & Meditation (Goa India & Sydney) Rodney Yea Hatha Yoga (Sydney), Shandor Remit Shadow Yoga (Melbourne & Sydney) Donna Farhi Vinyasa Yoga (Sydney & Auckland) Manjui Jois Ashtanga Yoga (Bali) David Swenson Ashtanga Yoga (Goa India), John Scott Ashtanga Yoga (Sydney),Twee Meridan Mandala Flow Yoga & Adjust, Assist, Enhance (Sydney)
Mardi has taught both nationally and internationally, gaining her teaching experience in Hatha, Ashtanga, Vinyasa and Restorative style teaching in Australia, New Zealand, Bali, Nepal, India and Bhutan. She hopes to create space for students to connect, listen and nourish their ‘whole’ selves in this moment, gaining the tools for acceptance, gratitude and humility.
Sadhana covers all bases including prayer, breathwork, exercise/asana, meditation and mantra/chanting. It daily practice and it is your daily practice or spiritual effort. The purpose of Sadhana is to create time to consciously sit with the soul, to connect to the infinity with you. It’s usually done first thing in the morning during the ambrosial hours at least two to three hours before sunrise when the sun is at a sixty degree angle to the Earth because this is when you get maximum results from your efforts. During this time, there is stillness before the world around you wakes up and it’s much easier to meditate and focus. Sadhana is a discipline and it will challenge you and you will face up to all aspects of yourself; resistance, boredom, discomfort.
As the team at Ramadasa explains, “the reward is clearing your subconscious mind, sweeping out old stored patterns and allowing space to be more present and live with greater vitality and sense of connectedness to your own infinity”.
Experience Sadhana with Dhyan Mantra on the first Sunday of every month. It is a community practice with donations accepted and all funds going to Coast Shelter.