Refer a Friend in Winter During our winter months, Yoga Vida is introducing a referral program.  Each time you introduce a friend to a class, you will not only receive your class for free, but you will also accrue points towards prizes at the end of the winter.  Prizes will be health and fitness related, such as personal training gift vouchers, yoga passes, healthy restaurant vouchers, and the like.  Plus you will have the awesome feeling of having introduced a friend to the amazing, life changing habit of yoga.

Jen Stott - Thursday 6.30pm & Saturday 9am Yoga, after many years of practice tends to become a transformative process, and it is this that I hope to create in my classes at Yoga Vida.  Yoga, is for me, as it is for many, something that is hard to go without, once you have established a regular practice, and it is this that i hope to pass onto people, as the long term benefits of regular practice that begin as subtle awareness, progress to internal understandings that can become profound recognition of our true selves, and this can only be of assistance in the world we find ourselves in today. I greatly look forward to spending time with you in asana, breathing and relaxation.

Beginner's Yoga - Kerry Lyons Please welcome Kerry to Yoga Vida's teaching ranks.  Kerry has been a keen student of Radiant Light Yoga, and we now have the opportunity for her to share her wealth of knowledge with Yoga Vida. Kerry teaches a relaxed, gentle style of yoga, with attention to breath and alignment.  Her classes are ideal for beginner's, or the more seasoned yogi, in search of a spiritual, breath based asana practise.  I look forward to taking some of Kerry's classes myself.

Mums & Bubs Yoga - Introducing Hannah Andrews No need for day care now Mums, come join Hannah on Wednesdays from 1.30-2.30pm for some much needed you time, without the little un being out of reach.  Suitable for Pre-natal mums too, you can enjoy all the wondrous benefits of a dynamic yoga class, with other mums and bubs. Yoga teacher, Spiritual teacher and Mother, Hannah completed her training in 2008 after 3 years of intense personal practise.  Increased physical energy, mental clarity, alertness and increasing conscious awareness is fueling her passion to pass this valuable and life giving gift onto others. Pregnancy, childbirth and parenting has allowed her to expand her awareness to new heights. Practicing Aware Parenting with her daughter, her journey has increased to a new heightened awareness which she brings into her Yoga classes through feeling and breath. Hannah teaches with authenticity, awareness and breath and trusts that the experience you have from her class will give you a new lease on life. Let the transformation begin.

Suzanne Derok, M.Ed (USyd), Dip.IYTA - Yoga Theory and Meditation Suzanne is a Hatha Yoga Teacher and Educator. She will be presenting a short series of talks on Yoga, The Science of Life, A Short History and Philosophy of Yoga followed by a meditation practice. Talks start Friday 2 July, 2010, 5.30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. All Welcome.

Jess Etcell - Three new classes to Yoga Vida   Jess brings a variety of yoga flavours to her teaching palette from her training with My Health Yoga, to expansive practice styles such as power, vinyasa, flow, acro and bikram and more introspective styles such as yin, radiant light, pre-natal hatha and chakra. Jess’ classes are a safe and non-judgmental environment to 'practice' cultivating awareness and strength under challenge. Her multivitamins come in 2 varieties - a dynamic and strengthening power flow (yang) and a long, slow and deep (LSD) breathe based practice (yin) which will challenge your mind body and spirit and leave you feeling high. Take both weekly for optimal nutrition!

Our newest teacher - Emily Rockett Emily Rockett discovered yoga in 2004 as a solution to muscle tension from surfing. When the benefits of yoga became addictive it soon developed into its own daily discipline. Through world travel and exploration Emily developed a style of yoga that compliments and active lifestyle “regardless of your fitness level, yoga will transform your body and calm your mind”. Emily completed her certification at the Byron Yoga Centre studying under some of Australia’s most acclaimed instructors. “My main goal as a teacher is for people to get the most out of their bodies in order to live happy and fulfilled lives”. Emily’s classes are a balance of strength and flexibility suitable for all ages and levels of ability “my classes are warm and welcoming with a focus on the individual needs of every student.”