The easiest way to develop a sustainable practice is with patience, acknowledging that your body changes very single day, therefore coming to your mat without expectations. You need to understand your body’s needs and work within your boundaries – knowing when to push and when to hold back approaching your practice with acceptance of whatever is showing up on your mat each day and respecting your body by moving it mindfully.
A home yoga practice has lots of benefits and is a great complement to other forms of exercise such as running, cycling or surfing, or a studio practice. Setting up a regular routine will enable you to commit to an ongoing, dedicated practice and if you’ve not done yoga before, it will allow you to get familiar with the sequences and start to understand your body. You can build confidence and progress comfortably at your own pace.
Here are a few tips to ensure success:
- Try and set up a regular routine – practice at the same time or days of the week to get into the flow.
- Give yourself plenty of space, set your mat up and have all of your props at hand.
- Make sure you allow enough time to complete the class and that you won’t be interrupted so you can really enjoy the full experience.
- Make sure you’ve not eaten just before your class. You should have at least 2-3 hours break after food before practicing. If you are doing a morning class, it is best to do it on an empty stomach.
- Follow a class online where teachers will guide you through the basic alignment of the key postures. It’s important to follow the cues and understand how each pose works so as not to cause injury.
- Mix it up with a range of styles or classes to keep it fresh and inspiring!
- And remember to have fun! It doesn’t matter if you don’t get it all at first. Keep practicing and the more you do, the more familiar you’ll become.
For more information and to get started, Modern Yoga by Duncan Peak offers an introduction to the foundations, philosophies and origins of Power Living’s yoga.
About Power Living
The first Power Living studio opened in Sydney in 2004. Ten years on, Power Living has grown to include five studios across New South Wales (Neutral Bay, Manly, Bondi Junction – soon to open Bondi Beach) and Victoria (Fitzroy and South Melbourne) as well as affiliate studios and licensees throughout Australia and New Zealand.
Power Living is one of Australia’s largest contemporary yoga communities with thousands of students packing the studios each week, eager to experience this transformational practice. We run a world-class teacher training program which graduates close to 200 qualified yoga teachers annually. We host international yoga retreats and trainings, celebrate teachers from around the world and are constantly developing, expanding and transforming as the leader of modern spiritual practice in the region.
Our vision is to be the leader in providing the most accessible and relevant philosophy of modern spiritual practice in Australia and the world. Our mission is to empower our community to live their most happy and fulfilled lives.
Rejuvenation
In one word, yoga means to me - being
Yoga calms and refreshes my mind and releases all the tension in my body.
One word that means YOGa to me
"Centred"
Connection
Cleanse
Centred. That's what my yoga time helps me be.
In one word, yoga is the way I find I am 'PRESENT'.
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Growth
UNITY
What yoga means to me: Connection.
To the Body, to the Mind & to the Source.
be
Balance
What yoga means to me? Empowerment.
Soothing
Joy
Tranquility
Me-time
What does yoga mean to me? Presence :) x
Ahimsa
Nourishment
Yoga = focus
Connection
Painlessness.. X
Flow
Self-love
yoga for me is associated with anti-anxiety :)
reunion
P E A C E
Sanity
Accomplishment
Respect
E X P A N S I O N
Strength
Activation
As a mum yoga means "me time"
Relaxation
Peace
Powerfulness
Nourishment
Connection
My home practice = sanity ;)
Strength
Reintegration
Breath
Balance.
The balance of everything in my life.
Calm
Yoga to me (as someone with rheumatoid arthritis) = resilience
clarity
Querencia xx
A place where one feels safe, a place from where strength of character is drawn, a place where one feels at home.
Balance
Revitalisation
For me yoga is union - union between body and mind. When we accept the fact that both are flawed, unique and beautiful at the same time and approach them with equal compassion, the personal growth and development happens.
Self-empowerment!
Serenity
Centring.
Restorative
Release
In one word, yoga means to me - peace! X
Yoga makes me feel supremely happy
Clarity
Self-love
To me, yoga means self love :)
Vitality :)
Yoga means gratitude towards my own body. :)
Bliss
Connecting
purifying
I have been trying to get into regular yoga practice lately, I love these tips! In one word, yoga means "balance" to me :)
Connection
What yoga means to me? Reflection
It's where I find myself in my day, through movement and being aware of my senses.
Yoga is what keeps me sane, calm and centred. Love it.
Calmness
Self
What Yoga means to me?
Your
Optimum
Gratifying
Activity
Keeping me calmer throughout the day, it exercises your mind as well as your body.
To me, yoga is - calm.
equilibrium
"Omnipresent", one word to describe what yoga means to me.
daily yoga practice means:
Gratitude
Surrender
Therapy
Me-time
Relaxation
Acceptance
Equilibrium
What yoga is to me - unifying.
Bliss.
Escape.
Awareness
Yoga to me - Rejuvenating ;)
Sanity!
Peace
Balance
Alive!
Challenging
Serenity..........
Focus
Yoga in one word for me is -contemplation.
Bliss!
To me, yoga means "acceptance".
What yoga means to me: Vitality
Serenity
Sanity
It is said it takes 21 Days to develop a habit.
If you can bring yoga practice to your routine, and keep it for 21 days, chances are you'll be able to keep it for longer.
(at least that's what they say...)
; )
What yoga means to me - Decompression
LISTEN
Balance
Reconnection
Peace ! Xx
Expansive
Bliss! :-)
Yoga means to me....Releasing!
Enlightening
Presence
Yoga means equilibrium to me - in a beautiful flow of mind, body and spirit,
Appreciation
Bliss
Freedom
To me yoga means "serenity"
To me yoga means moving my body in a way that exercises it, stretches it out, moves my blood flow around and calms my mind.
Fulfilment
Yoga - in one word - to me means REVERENCE. Of my body, mind, soul and environment. Through yoga, I feel such an increased sense of reverence of all things, just as they are, in the moment <3
Release
Presence
Release
Serenity.
Balance
Serenity
mindfulness
Ahhhh!
Oneness
Mindfulness
Contentment
Sanity
Yoga to me is... harmonising
Discovery.
Mindfulness
Consistency
peace
In one word yoga means to me
Balance
x
Anti-anxiety
Freedom.
In one word yoga means rejuvenation to me.
Centred
one word describing yoga.... 'reclaiming'
Connection
Tranquility.
Connected
Release
Peace
Serenity
bliss
Healing
Zen
understanding.
UNWIND
In response to the Stretch Now competition, yoga in one word to me means - Compassion. x
Yoga is: relaxation. :)
undoing...
invigoration
Sleep
Tranquility
competition - what yoga means to me...................'ALIGNMENT'
centred (:
Everything.
peace
L O V E :)
Clarity
Blessing
Bliss!
Breath
Yoga is a means to strengthen my body and take my mind away from other things whilst I concentrate on my body's positioning and alignment.
Having time and space to pause, nurture and observe the mind and body is a key element of my daily practice. During this time I'm able to engage mentally and physically, kind of drop into where things are, rather than an often disembodied existence where the body and mind are at odds with one another.
Freedom
Harmony
Peacefulness x
Hey LE!
Is the competition mentioned in the email world wide, or for AU residents only?
To me, yoga means to untie and find peace with my higher self.
Yes, just for Australian entrants, sorry!
Yes, just open to Aus residents only,sorry!
Detached
Everything
'Connection'
Serenity
Relaxing :)
Awakening
Serenity
Balance
Calmness
what yoga means to me in one word: intention
Strength!
In one word, to me, yoga means harmony.
Blissful <3
Healing
peace
One word? Harmony.
Still trying to create a regular home yoga practice! A work in progress. What yoga means to me in one word: respite.
Happiness
Zen
Yoga stretches my body & soul! It's my ME TIME!
Relaxation
What yoga means to me 'breeeeeeaaaathe'
self-nurturing
Serenity
Clarity
Contentment
Serenity
Anandamaya
Revitalisation...
Consciousness.
Strength
Expansion.
Purpose
Yoga means flow
Yoga to me, means practicing mindfulness and patience. It means enriching your daily life with that sense of peace, openness, and strength that you comes from within yourself.
A yoga home practice means starting the day right!
Energised
Headspace
Inspiration
What yoga means to me: relief!
Intention!
Stillness
Serenity
peace.
One word that Yoga means to me is: Renewal!
Centred
Freedom
Balance.
Power. I believe yoga is the most powerful thing one will do. In one word, invigorates you, and has a power to define you.
Intention!
Relaxing!
Life
Bliss
Yoga to me means...
MINDFULNESS
self-gratitude :)
Tranquility!
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Yoga truley is life
To me, yoga means "peace"
Mindfulness
Yoga means 'home' for me!
Vitality!
relaxed
Connection
Healing
Yoga helps me to release anxious thoughts, even for an hour. It gives me the mental strength and a peace of mind that I can take with me every day on or off the mat. I love yoga!
In one word yoga means to me: invigoration!
Focus
Mobility :)
Peace
Truth
What yoga means to me - Balance
Yoga gives me the space to really connect with myself and my surroundings, to focus on breathing and feel so calm in what can be such a frantic world is a beautiful thing <3
Bliss
Groundedness
Relaxation
One word for what yoga means to me: reconnection
"INSPIRATION"
Essential! :)
Freedom :)
Freedom.
What yoga means to me: Escape.
Grounded
Ecstasy
connection! xxxx
Prana
recovery
Longevity
In one word yoga means to me "reconnection". Reconnection to my soul, heart, mind and body.
Yoga means.... BALANCE
Happiness
YOGA = PEACE!!!
connecting
Empowerment
Connection
Clarity.
Unity...
Freedom!
Bliss xxx
Balance
Clarity :)
Harmony
Flexibliss
Bliss !!!!
Vitality
bliss
Yoga = mindfulness
Love.
Love my yoga. Yoga for me is rejuvenation.
Selflove.
What yoga means to me is - Oneness.
Flow
*uplifting
My yoga practice at home can be summed up in one word: crucial!
Peace
Vitality!
One word to describe my home yoga practice - Blissful!
LIGHT
Yoga = Gratitude!
Awake
What yoga means to me: relaxation
Mindfulness
Exhale.
Yoga in one word for me; reconnection
:)
Yoga to me means - TRANQUILITY
Calmness
What yoga means to me? Healing!
Balance
Healing
Happiness :)
Sanctuary
Reconnecting
What my yoga (home) practice means to me? Contentment!!
Hi Anissa, we are pleased to announce that you are one of our winners! Please email your full name and address to emily.williamson@lovingearth.net and we will organise to send off your new yoga gear. Wohoooo!
Please note we can only send to Australian addresses.
Vitality :)
Mindfullness
Peace
Self-Control :)
Sustenance!
What yoga means to me: balance x
Great post! To me, my yoga practise mean 'foundation'.
Acceptance
Yoga means to me - life.
i teach and i practice , i share and I learn.
I grow and i develop and I stay!
:)
Peace