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From little things big things grow and meditation is just the same.
We’re going to host a virtual how to meditate course which will help you kick start a home practice of meditation.
Register your interest here:
Our tweens and young teens are on adventures that ideally require a collection of skills to head forth into this phase of their life, as they become the architects of their own journey.
Yin yoga is a practice that activates the rest and digest aspect for our nervous systems. Our workshop for young people is designed to help develop a practice for creating spaciousness and experience tangible tools and strategies to support these adventures. Our Yin Yoga workshop will develop another resource for young people to use - like choosing the right surfboard for the right waves, or the most ideal paint brush for the canvas.
Benefits for Tweens and Teens:
Improved sleep / Activate Parasympathetic Nervous System / Tool for stress management / Improve Flexibility to support other sports, dance, life.
What is Yin Yoga: Yin yoga is the style of yoga developed in the west that takes yoga style poses and holds them with an intention to sit for a few minutes exploring the stretch found in that shape. Our Yin focus is on the ligaments and collagen filled fascial network of the body and is concerned with the movement of Qi, or energy/electricity/animating life force and getting into the para-sympathetic (rest and digest) nervous system.
It has roots in both Yoga and Taoist philosphy, with a nod to QiGong, TaiChi and other eastern modalities.
At its most simple, it’s a mindful stretch that’s spacious and not filled with a lot of content. Its additional gifts are perhaps the chance to practice sitting with experience and allowing the body to deal with and let go of energy, without necessarily attaching words and stories to that process, as we notice that we can feel differently in each new moment.
Like meditation allows us to practice letting thoughts and feelings float towards the horizon, Yin yoga can allow energy to return to the earth and/or energy to be gathered and reorganised into the body in new ways.
What will Tween Yin Yoga be like:
We will sit (in a settled manner) in yoga poses, laying on yoga mats, maybe with pillows, bolsters and blankets, in a group setting. We come into a pose for between 2 and 5 mins, with a rest in a neutral laying down way in between each more ‘shaped’ pose.
It’s not a dynamic experience, it’s more a restful experience. Possibly, it’s boring! Nah Jokes! Even adults are challenged by Yin Yoga because they are so used to moving so much, or prefer to move so much, that it’s strange or boring to be still. Hence why we practice! It turns out we possibly we actually crave this space in our busy day.
What’s the optimal age range for this Tween/Teen Yin Yoga workshop:
We’d suggest 10 year olds to 15 year olds? School Grade 4 or 5 to Grade 9.
We wouldn’t recommend it for children younger as they need to approach yoga in more playful ways and discover the yoga basics. This is a workshop further along the journey than kids yoga, but it similarly aims to help kids chill out, shake it out and then cultivate a rest & process/digest experience.
What to wear/what to bring/where is class at:
Tweens and teens can wear comfortable exercise clothes they feel happy to be in. They can bring their own mat, or borrow one of ours. They may like a water bottle. Ideally arrive around 5-10 mins before class.
Our practice space is inside a homewares store called Driftwood Living 1403 Anzac Pde Little Bay, surrounded by lovely objects like shells and picture frames, furniture, lamps and books. It could feel like a home space, not a stark ashram like vibe. This creates a more familiar feeling of comfortable.
Parents are encouraged to come into Driftwood Living and say hi before class and then again when we conclude.
It will vary greatly to an ‘open/adult’ class, if you are familiar with that. Here’s how:
We will practice for 45 mins.
We will encourage talking and lots of questions as we go into a pose and look for our 60% - 70% range of effort, to be trying a bit, feeling a stretch but not pushing too hard. We’ll offer lots of alternatives depending on what is needed. (much like in grown up classes.)
We’ll talk through ideas and approaches to Yin Yoga that are targeted and shared in a way that’s ideal for this age group of people.
We will talk a lot about finding the middle path. For in Yin Yoga, we encourage students to explore their own range of moment and support this practice with lots of blankets and props. (This is like an open class, but we’re guiding tweens to allow a voiced dialogue in this search, where as open classes are usually conducted in hushed tones respecting the focus of other students sharing space.) In this class, these insights, if appropriate, may seen as wisdom to be shared.
In future workshops we may convert to ‘family’ classes where a carer can join, depending on demand and feedback so then we’d have all children have their own carer present. In this particular workshop, we are creating a tween chill out zone :-) so carers can drop off and pick up inside the store.
Our teacher: Amy Weidlich has been teaching Yin Yoga for over 5 years and practicing it for 10 years and has put together this workshop at the request of the Lotus Bay Yoga community of families. Along with being an advanced trained and experienced yoga teacher, she has a significant research interest in traditional chinese medicine and philosophy. Amy is also the parent of a tween; and an aunty, friend and community cheer squad member :-) to the children and teens in her life who inspire her every day with how they approach this phase of growing up. Amy Weidlich hold a current working with children check.
Workshop Cost: $20. Once you’ve completed the following enrolment form, a link will appear and you can pay for the class via our Pre Pay Class page.
NB: Our system sends a receipt email once we’ve approved the payment, we don’t issue further email confirmations of class enrolment as we are easily able to resolve enrolments when students attend class.
For more information or to chat to us about your further interest in our Tween Yin Yoga workshop fill in this form or call Amy on 0425332490 - spots are limited to 8 for this workshop:
Join Lotus Bay Yoga for a weekend yoga retreat in the Hunter Valley at Wine Country Retreat (formerly Wine Country Cabins) in Rothbury. A short 2.5 hour drive from Sydney, 1 hour from Newcastle situated in a beautiful pocket of the Hunter Valley. Click to read more.
A weekly, short course yoga program, designed just for you and shared from our space in Little Bay. Available on Tuesday Evenings from the 15th Feb through to the 15th March. The perfect Hens, Grooms or gift to each other. In the frenetic pre wedding phase, this practice gives you time to chill out and connect with your self and your partner. Perhaps you will invite Bridesmaids, Groomsmen or parents for one or two sessions, or dive deep into your own peaceful state so that you are ready for the big day. Programs on offer include a 6 week Chakra Journey, 5 week Elemental Adventure and 4 week Bhakti Bliss Experience.
A weekly, short course yoga program for people getting married after Summer 2020, practiced in Little Bay at Lotus Bay Yoga at Driftwood Living. During the often frenetic pre wedding phase, it's great to take the chance to chill out and connect with your self and your partner. Dive deep into your own peaceful state so that you are ready for the big day this summer. Programs on offer include a 6 week Chakra Journey, 5 week Elemental Adventure and 4 week Bhakti Bliss Experience. We are taking enrolments from engaged couples.
Celebrate International Womens Day this 2020 with our Saturday Morning Flow class with Amy Weidlich.
We’re going to raise funds for Bayside Womens Shelter this Saturday with Lotus Bay Yoga donating the mornings class to help out.
Check in for Saturday Class Here.
Lotus Bay Yoga’s Karen Dargan YT 500+ takes you through yoga skills to carefully recalibrate your yoga practice. This will be a part of a workshop series and at this stage we are scheduling it on Wednesday evenings, but may also offer a stream on Saturday or Sunday afternoons.
It’s perfect to hit refresh on the yoga experience as well as take the chance to start from the beginning.
So beginners as well as old friends already on their journey will enjoy this workshop approach, to then take it into regular group class.
Register your interest in attending a yoga practice especially for carers. You may care for someone with different abilities at home, at work, be a first responder, or professional support services.
Our registered yoga teacher, nurse, doula and big hearted teacher Megan Hunt is hosting practices at Lotus Bay Yoga in Little Bay over summer especially for those who need a big dose of care for themselves.
Fill in this form to let us know you are coming along, it will then prompt you through to a pre-payment option.
Sharing a ritual of Sunrise Meditation with Sacred Sound, Qi Gong, Yin Yoga and Bodywork, it’s going to be sublime up early moment just for you, shared with friends.
Amy Weidlich YT500+ from Lotus Bay Yoga, joins Alexandra Coffey at her clinic Grow Where You’re Planted in Newcastle East above the Cowrie Hole and Newcastle Baths, along with Georgie Jones YT200 and sacred song, to bring you this very special practice.
Bring along your yoga mat, two thick beach towels and we’ll greet the summer sunrise together.
Click here to book in:
Join us for a Yin Yoga practice with proceeds going to the NSW Rural Fire Service.
A huge thank you to Roberta Pantarelli our yin teacher who will return from maternity leave to her Sunday evening spot, to share a practice from the heart. Thank you also Amy Weidlich - Lotus Bay Yoga and Shanny Nichols - Driftwood Living for also helping us all fundraise for this important moment in our state.
Discover a sleepy time yoga ritual with your little one. This daylight saving business can be very confusing for our little friends and yoga with Mum and Dad can be just the buffer at this time of year.
Parents and cares are invited to bring their 4 to 7 year olds for a supported yoga practice you can all take home afterwards and adapt for your family in your home space.
We’re all about shake your silly’s out and then get ready to rest. We’ll share our favourite kids meditation apps and fun kids yoga books, as well.
If you are interested to know more, fill out this form. Or if this time didn’t suite but you and couple of friends would like us to schedule another workshop, also let us know. Either call Amy Weidlich on 0425332490 or pop your email here.
Click here to pre-pay your family pass for $20 or pay in person.
Otherwise we’ll see you on Monday 18th November at 6.30pm at Driftwood Living in the heart of Little Bay Village with Amy Weidlich at Lotus Bay Yoga.
Join Rachel for an energetic healing session at Driftwood Living in Little Bay. Reiki is a style of healing from Japan, developed by Mikao Usui. The key principles being love, wisdom and compassion.
Each session is one hour long and brings about a deep relaxation as the reiki healing goes to wherever it is most needed. Expect to feel a deep sense of coming home, a feeling of ‘wholeness’.
Available slots are: 4pm, 5.15pm, 6.30pm, 7.45pm
“Reiki is love, and in this time of planetary crisis, we need all the love we can get”.
To book in your attendance each week click on our live schedule page here and then follow the prompts:
BOOK INTO OUR THURSDAY TEEN SCHEDULE
Costs: $20 casual class or $100 for six week mini-term.
A joyful yoga class for teens with Pauline Jongma. Our Thursday evening 6pm teen class is one hour class commencing on the 24th October for a 6 week mini-term pausing after the 28th November class.
Our intention for this program is to offer young people their very own resilience toolkit as we support with movement and meditation our teen’s life:
- a great way to stretch to support other sports and body growth and experience.
- Improving sleep and stress management
- learning to develop self- awareness and tap into their inner strength and resources
- Building confidence and a sense of self as they make choices for their own reasons without peer influence.
For more information or to chat to us about your further interest in Summer 2019/2020 where will be flexible about finding the right day and time that suits most teens - fill in this form:
Join our friend James for a meditation sit in the welcoming beach house vibe of Driftwood Living, the home of Lotus Bay Yoga. This is not a learn to meditate course, instead we are simply inviting those of you with an established meditation practice to enjoy the energy, motivation and peacefulness of sitting amongst a group of fellow meditation practitioners.
We meet at 6.15am for a 6.30am start. We’ll sit for 30 mins and then move gently into the day.
For registrations in October click on the applicable link:
Sunday 6th October 6.15am for 6.30am start
Sunday 13th October 6.15am for 6.30am start
Lotus Bay Yoga provides mats, bolsters, blankets and blocks to assist your favourite meditation seat.
We are delighted to offer this as a free community event. NAMASTE.
A weekly, short course yoga program for people getting married in Spring 2018, designed just for you and practiced in your own home. Available on Tuesday evenings from August. Programs on offer include a 6 week Chakra Journey, 5 week Elemental Adventure and 4 week Bhakti Bliss Experience. Often during the frenetic pre wedding phase, it's great to take the chance to chill out and connect with your self and your partner. Perhaps you will invite Bridesmaids, Groomsmen or parents for one or two sessions, or instead take the time to dive deeper into your own peace.
Introducing a fun yoga course for our school aged kids at Lotus Bay Yoga with Young Yoga’s Alysse.
Build resilience for the big adventures our little people have, with a yoga class just for school aged kids.
Siblings are encouraged to practice side by side on the mat.
For more information please call Amy Weidlich on 0425332490 or come along on any of the Saturday afternoons and give it a go, throughout March.
We invite you to bring along a special person who is going to be by your side during the birth of your new bub.
Our mid-wife yoga teacher Veronica Hegedus will run a Q&A and offer some yoga movements for birth, during our usual Monday evening class time. It’s a lovely way for birth partners to feel connected to your Monday night yoga ritual. If your dear birth partner is unable to make it we encourage you to come along, taking the chance to meet new friends and have fun asking all the questions that come to your mind.
Sign up within our class timetable:
https://www.lotusbayyoga.com/class-timetable/2018/02/25/monday-evening-715pm-pre-natal-yoga
Five times a year thousands of women around the world come together to do something extraordinary - to share love, light and healing, and to awaken the Sacred Feminine within themselves and within the world through a World Wide Womb Blessing.
A Womb Blessing is an energy process to restore authentic feminine energy. It's a return back to the original pattern of female energies, exploring female authenticity, creativity, and spirituality.
Through adaptation to society we loose contact and disconnect with the 4 female archetypes whom all woman consist of, The Maiden, The Mother, The Enchantress and The Crone, and move away from their energies. A Womb Blessing awakens these dormant energetic archetypes and raises the vibration of the Divine Feminine. It teaches us who we are as authentic woman, changing our awareness and strengthening our connection to the feminine. It energizes the female womb centre, the life mother, and helps centre, balance and root us to mother Earth.
To take part in this beautiful offering, there are a few easy steps to follow beforehand and bring $5 to contribute to light refreshments afterwards:
Firstly check in here:
THEN - It's vital that you:
1. Go to www.wombblessing.com to register for the World Wide Womb Blessing.
When you come to the Womb Blessing Time, tick 12.00pm UK time, which will be 8.00pm Sydney time. You need to do this before 8pm Saturday 25/08 before international registration closes.
2. Once you've registered, Your Registration Confirmation Page contains a link to download documents with instructions and meditations - www.wombblessing.com/wb.html.
Read through the information if you are new to the Womb Blessing, it will help you prepare to receive the healing energy of the Blessing.
3. What to bring on the night (along with your $5 for light refreshments):
- two small womb bowls (they can be any type of bowls or cups)
- a shawl or a scarf to place around your shoulders to create a sacred space and to bring your focus into your body
4. After the Womb Blessing
When you receive the Womb Blessing, a 28 day period of 'rebirth' takes place, where the energy continues to heal, energize and release old and unwanted patterns. These may be physical, emotional or spiritual. It has a detox effect that will last 2-3 days at most, and drinking lots of water with a dash of lemon juice will aid this process. Tiredness you may feel after is the integration of the changes in energy. Please be gentle with yourself, eat and drink healthily and do the Self-Healing Exercise every day for 5-10 minutes.
Bjorg-Ida Hoyem host of the Women's Circles with Lotus Bay Yoga
A progression of three yoga classes charting the evolution of surfing, as we turn our yoga mats into surfboards, to celebrate the winter element of water by founding Yoga Teacher Amy Weidlich @amyariel @lotusbayyoga
First Up - From a Hawaiian Tradition to Longboard Carving - we explore the sport of Kings and Queens, when it was always, all about the joy. A very act of communing with nature and being in flow. We track the art of surfing from it's Hawaiian heritage to it's Australian shores when Isabel Letham was Australia's first surfer as she rode tandem with Duke Kahanamoku at Manly Beach. We track surfings adventure to long boards, big waves and the beginnings of a world competition and the promise of the Endless Summer. Our yoga will be a gentle flow, a playful exploration of our mats/boards and a connection with the natural rhythms of our body, through the ebb and flow of the breath.
Maids on the Wave by Wallace Mackay, 1874 - Join Lotus Bay Yoga for a three part yoga series paying tribute to the history of surfing.
Secondly - Short Board Revolution - From Tom Carrol to Kelly Slater, Shaun Thompson to Tom Curren, Mick Fanning WOW and trail blazer Layne Beachley. In this yoga practice we get a fire in our belly to be be the best we can be. We learn that it's not just about being the water, it's about attending to our craft, to keep paddling out. To train our whole bodies and when we lose our way - evolve that to training our minds and caring for our souls too as we fire up to keep on THE SEARCH. We fall off and then we paddle back out to push the outer limits of what's possible in this soulful sport. Our yoga will be dynamic, in avid flow, we'll twist and turn our manipura chakra and check if our ego is over or undercharged.
Composite Photo Credit: SurferToday
Week 2 Yoga Practice we dig the short board revolution and fire it up with a passionate yoga practice as we see the rise of professional athleticism is surfing, at Lotus Bay Yoga.
Finally - Anything Goes - as we return to soul surfing & big wave riding! Whole families of Surfers choose the boards of their choice. The new superstars are polymath riders like Kai Lenny who are good at everything and choose the board that suits the conditions and their pursuit of joy! Families take turns riding soft fun boards, getting out the back on the SUP and we see the re-prise of windsurfing. Tom Wegeners balsa slide boards take it right back to the start - honouring the original Hawaiian designs. It's now that the longboard revolution is well and truly returned - with it's own world tour; while short board riders are re-exploring shapes like the fish - playing with their fin set ups and charging like never before with an athleticism to be admired! For our yoga practice we notice how we can choose the modality or practice that suits our bodies and we learn from mixing it up on our yoga mats, as well as in the water!
Photo Credit: Kai Lenny Paradigm Lost
The Paradigm has well and truly been lost. Anything goes and soul surfing is where it's at, join @amyariel of Lotus Bay Yoga at Driftwood Living in the heart of Little Bay Village in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs for a three part surfing progression yoga practice.
Catch the wave with Lotus Bay Yoga on Saturdays in August at 7.45am:
Week 1 - Saturday 11th August (reprise Wednesday after)
Week 2 - Saturday 18th August (reprise Wednesday after)
Week 3 - Saturday 25th August (reprise Wednesday after)
Visit here to buy your three practice pass, or just pick up any of our class packs of 4 or 10 classes and sign in to the class. You can also buy one offs and simply come along to the practice you can make it to.
Three Saturdays in May, three yoga classes - EAT PRAY LOVE.
5th, 12th and 19th May - $45 for 3 classes
Inspired by Elizabeth Gilbert's much loved modern classic Eat Pray Love, our Saturday morning yoga practice at Driftwood Living in May, is going to be inspired by the heart felt experiences of her travels across Italy, India and Indonesia.
This fun yoga practice is lead by Lotus Bay Yoga's founding teacher Amy Weidlich who can't believe it's been over 10 years since this book was first published!
Click on the image above to purchase your three class pass for $45, which includes three classes and a coffee! Or navigate across to Pre-Pay Class and purchase a one off if you can only make one of the three Saturdays.
While we are on the mat, we will be able to reflect on our own journeys of the soul.
“This is a sweet expression. Bel far Niente means ‘the beauty of doing nothing’.”
“They had a new position in mind for me at the Ashram. And the title of my new job was - if you will kindly dig this - ‘Key Hostess’”
“I say: ‘Attraversiamo’
Let’s cross over”
The yoga will be a combination of gentle flows with some more contemplative holds, designed for all levels of yoga experience. The main thing is that this search on the mat will be nourishing and offer food for thought and gifts for the soul.
Following practice, yogis will be delivered their choice of beverage from local cafe Piccola Baia who delivers their share of La Dolce Vita philosophy to Little Bay most days. Together we'll chat about our perspectives on Eat Pray Love, share travel stories and just sit in the sun together.
Here is a link to the free kindle sample of the 10th anniversary edition of Eat Pray Love - for those of you who want to read along.
A weekly, short course yoga program for people getting married in Winter 2018, designed just for you and practiced in your home. Available on Tuesday evenings from the 1st May through to the 12th June. Often during the frenetic pre wedding phase, it's great to take the chance to chill out and connect with your self and your partner. Perhaps you will invite Bridesmaids, Groomsmen or parents for one or two sessions, or dive deep into your own peaceful state so that you are ready for the big day. Programs on offer include a 6 week Chakra Journey, 5 week Elemental Adventure and 4 week Bhakti Bliss Experience.
A weekly, short course yoga program, designed just for you and bought to your home. Available on Tuesday evenings from the 27th March through to the 24th April. The perfect Hens, Grooms or gift to each other. In the frenetic pre wedding phase, this practice gives you time to chill out and connect with your self and your partner. Perhaps you will invite Bridesmaids, Groomsmen or parents for one or two sessions, or dive deep into your own peaceful state so that you are ready for the big day. Programs on offer include a 6 week Chakra Journey, 5 week Elemental Adventure and 4 week Bhakti Bliss Experience.
Join us at Driftwood Living in the heart of Little Bay Village for a heart warming yoga practice. Purchase one off classes or a 6 week pass. We're donating 5% to charity and looking forward to starting the year with all the glow of summer. Head on over to our 'Pre-Pay Class' section in the main menu to sign up.
Join Amy Weidlich for a calming Christmas yoga practice at Driftwood Living in Little Bay.
Bring your yoga mat, a large beach towel and an eye bag for a nourishing 1 hour vinyasa flow practice.
Cost: $20
Support: The Smith Family (25% class price will be donated to The Smith Family)
Return: Driftwood Living will host herbal tea and in store discounts for participants.
Register: Please contact amy@lotusbayyoga.com or call 0425332490 to register as places are limited.
Confirm: Go to Pre-Pay Class to confirm your place.
Welcome to our Pre Payment page for Lotus Bay Yoga. Choose from our Casual or Class Pack options. Our Class Passes are fully optional and are great value to you. When you have purchased your class pass, come along to your next class and we’ll give you the physical card which we then tick off when you attend. Namaste.
Lotus Bay Yoga - Classes in Little Bay at Driftwood Living and bringing yoga to you in Sydney's East, Inner West & South Eastern Suburbs. Lotus Bay Yoga pays our respects and gratitude to the Traditional Custodians of the land we live and practice upon including of Little Bay and La Perouse, Gamay acknowledging the Dharawal Nation and the Bidjigal People, Aboriginal and First Nations People elders, past, present and emerging.
