Category Archives: Yoga

What are the 8 limbs of yoga? All eight limbs from Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras in plain words, with the Sanskrit names, B.K.S. Iyengar’s Tree of Yoga, and where to learn them in Darwin and online.

In this post, you’ll find much more on Iyengar yoga for knees, knee strength yoga, knee strengthening yoga poses, yoga knee support, and key yoga props for sensitive knees. There are also Iyengar yoga asana alternatives for the knees, plus answers to common questions like these; how to protect your knees in yoga, how to keep your knees safe during yoga, can yoga cause knee pain, can I do yoga after knee replacement surgery, can yoga hurt your knees, and what yoga poses are bad for knees.

I have been practising yoga for 28 years. During that whole time I’ve always including standing poses. Here’s why, plus my story of how I got past my reluctance about them.

Fitness classes Darwin: is yoga a real workout? Want fitness classes in Darwin that also leave you looser, steadier and calmer? Chris once strapped a heart rate monitor on, to see for herself what yoga poses do to the heart. Some poses lifted her heart rate. Others calmed it more than anything but sleep. Yes, […]

Why some people get stiff, what a simple first class looks like, and two stiff beginners’ own stories, plus a video and chair poses.

How I Got Past The Periods Time Hassle. Periods time can be a pain! But, good yoga can make painful periods a thing of the past. To show why, here are my period pain stories, and links to sets of poses that help. Fortunately, within 3 months of starting yoga, the pain, bloating, backache, headaches […]

 Yoga Fitness For Palmerston NT: Dave’s Story. Iyengar yoga near Palmerston, at Coolalinga, Woolner & live online. Short answer: if you live in Palmerston and want to get fit, flexible and calm without a traditional gym, Flametree Yoga Studio teaches Iyengar yoga at Coolalinga (about 15 minutes from Palmerston), at Woolner, and live online. Below, […]

Plus, why is yoga done in bare feet, without shoes or socks? “You want to stand on your head, and you don’t even know how to stand on your feet.”   B.K.S. Iyengar   Is there a yoga class near me that can help with my problem? I inherited higher arches in my feet. Before […]

Can you do yoga teacher training online? Mostly, yes. How Flametree’s 300-hour Iyengar yoga teacher training works online and in the studio, who it suits, and why Chris Lalor teaches it.

Want Iyengar yoga for migraine? Or for anxiety, poor sleep or a busy mind? Here is a simple tool that many of our students find helpful, and how to use it safely. Iyengar yoga for migraine: the short answer Iyengar yoga for migraine uses quiet, supported poses, slow breathing and, sometimes, the Iyengar head wrap […]

Yoga for body, breath and mind: the short answer Yoga for body, breath and mind means working with all three at once: the poses, the breathing and your attention. Most of us first think of yoga as something for the body. A 2019 review of 11 brain studies found promising early evidence that yoga practice […]