Yoga Insights & Information

Yoga Practice At Home: How Gertie Fits Yoga Into A Restaurant Owner’s Day

How does a busy Darwin restaurant owner keep a daily yoga practice at home? Flametree teacher Gertie shares her routine in her own words, and what anyone can borrow from it.

Stillness In Yoga: Why A Still Pose Is Never Just Holding On

What stillness in yoga really means: doing and undoing in a pose, single-pointed attention, the breath, and kumbhaka, the pause in pranayama that teaches the mind to be still.

Eagle Pose: How To Do It, And The Benefits For Balance, Shoulders And Focus

Eagle pose (Garudasana) by Chris Lalor on the rocks at East Point, Darwin

Eagle Pose (Garudasana) step by step, from Senior Iyengar Yoga Teacher Chris Lalor: how to wrap the arms and legs, the benefits for balance, legs, shoulders and focus, and the support options for beginners.

Cow Face Pose: Are Your Arms Too Short For Yoga, Or Is Your Chest Closed?

Chris Lalor in Cow Face Pose arms with a belt, seen from behind

Think your arms are too short for Cow Face Pose? Chris Lalor explains why a closed chest, not short arms, is usually the problem, how a belt helps, and which chest opening poses bring your reach back.

Backbend Yoga: The Energy, Uplift And Calm Of Opening The Chest

Chris Lalor in a chair backbend, Two-Legged Inverted Staff Pose, against a sandstone cliff

Backbend yoga, from Senior Iyengar Yoga Teacher Chris Lalor: the benefits of backbends for posture, breathing, energy and mood, what research has found, and how a chair makes them doable for beginners.