Category Archives: Yoga

In Iyengar yoga, effortless effort means a pose comes to perfection as unnecessary effort drops away. One teacher’s story of grunt, props, forearm balance and backbends.

Yoga, not personal development books. But my partner thought I was mad! At 40 years old, when I started yoga, my partner, Peter, used to say; “if you find it so hard, why do you do it.” In those days, you couldn’t even search for yoga classes near me. But luckily, with the help of […]

Short answer: to tone your abdominal muscles with yoga, practise poses that make your abdomen work to hold you steady: mountain pose, downward facing dog, chair pose, triangle, plank, leg raises and, later, shoulderstand. Hold each pose with steady breathing, and practise at least twice a week. Yoga makes the abdominal muscles stronger and improves […]

Short answer: Lolasana (pendant pose) is an arm balance where you kneel with crossed ankles, place your hands beside your knees, and lift your whole body off the floor between your arms. To lift up, you need strong wrists, arms and abdominal muscles, a broad upper back and flexible hips, plus a lift from the […]

What gentle yoga for beginners is, who it suits, how the Easy Beginner classes work, and how to try them in Darwin or LIVE online.

Every Tuesday morning, as Mum taught us school, we waited for the weekly mail truck. We were all of course dependent on snail mail. Anything like online yoga was science fiction. With any luck, on the mail truck, our Grandpa in Brisbane might send us a parcel of popcorn, and some new toys. Mum had […]

Online beginner yoga, or any other yoga, could probably benefit from doing some OMs. It’s only in a few classes that we do an Om. It’s worth thinking about why that is, and if we should do more of it. Essentially, in the in-studio and online beginner yoga, if we did Om more, newcomers may […]

My brother used to say to me: “Stuart, take time to smell the flowers”. I didn’t know what he was talking about! (I also had no idea that I’d eventually work it out by attending what turned out to be the best online yoga classes for beginners). Meanwhile, I was busy with my life and […]

At times, we all have experiences of feeling irritable, angry, exhausted, or anxious. Sometimes, we also find we gain weight easily, or have low libido, insomnia, or mood swings. When any combination of these conditions happen, the chances are that you are suffering from hormonal imbalance and adrenal fatigue. Adrenal glands are your “stress hormones” […]

Is yoga good for lower back pain? What the Cochrane review and the Iyengar trials found, the newest 2026 research, the poses we use with props, what to be careful with, and how to start in Darwin or online.

Yoga, instead of the gym near me, gives everything I by way of fitness, strength, flexibility and calmness. It’s easy & time flys. Try it.

Chair yoga for seniors, beginners and stiff bodies: why props are not cheating, how a chair backbend works, and when to tell your teacher first.