Yoga Brave

14/10/2026

NAVARATRI | Birth, Death & Rebirth
Shared by Kylie Rose

On Saturday , Kylie guided us through a practice inspired by Navaratri, the Nine Nights of the Goddess. I was struck by the care and humility with which she shared this tradition, acknowledging the teachers who have passed this wisdom on to her, especially Kaya Mindlin.

I invited Kylie to share the inspiration behind the practice.

Birth. Death. Rebirth.

It's a rhythm we embody in our breath - inspiration followed by expiration, born over and over.

This rhythm is woven through the rituals and stories of this tradition, which I continue to learn from my teacher, Kaya Mindlin.

Following Ganesh Chaturthi, we enter Pitru Paksha, a fortnight to reflect on our ancestors and the inheritance they have passed down to us. As this period culminates with the new moon, we prepare for Navaratri, the Nine Nights of the Goddess, marked by the moon's return towards fullness.

Across these nine nights, we honour nine forms of the Goddess. The first, Shailaputri, is the Daughter of the Mountains. Associated with earth and the tailbone, she reminds us of our connection to the ground beneath us and the nurturing protection of the Divine Mother.

As my teacher says, "night time is Mama time" - when things feel dark and we need sweetness and reassurance, it's natural to seek Mother.

Preparing for Navaratri, I'm reminded of the love of stories I inherited as a child: beginnings, endings and retellings. Bedtime stories led to reading, study, yoga, my teachers and The Goddess - and now, sharing her story of birth, death and rebirth with others.

Jai Ma!

Kylie's offering reminds us that yoga is not about having all the answers. It's about staying curious, honouring those who have walked before us, and remaining open to the wisdom still unfolding.

Thank you, Kylie, for sharing this practice with us.

Pure L-O-V-E. 🤍

10/10/2026

WILD + FREE | BAY OF FIRES, TASMANIA
8 - 11 March 2027

A little update for those who have been thinking about joining us in Tasmania…

We have just four single Bell Tents remaining for our Wild + Free retreat at the beautiful Bay of Fires.

Three nights. Four days.

Time to wake with the landscape, breathe in the salt air, move, explore, share beautiful food, gather around the fire and let the days unfold without needing to be anywhere else.

There'll be yoga and meditation, a little adventure, long lunches, ocean swims for those who fancy them, and space to simply do your own thing.

And perhaps most importantly, there'll be good people, a beautiful place to land, and the freedom to arrive just as you are.

If you've been sitting on the fence, wondering whether this one is for you, perhaps this is your invitation to take a closer look.

No need to know anyone. No need to be an experienced yogi. Just a willingness to step away from the everyday for a little while.

Four single tents remain.

If you'd like to know more, or have a few questions before deciding, send me a message. I'm always happy to chat.

I'd love to share this little corner of Tasmania with you.

Fy x

Wild + Free - a Yoga Brave retreat
Bay of Fires, Tasmania | 8–11 March 2027

03/10/2026

Recently, I’d been quietly wondering whether I might return to offering Reiki sessions.

Maybe it was because my teacher had gone back to her Kinesiology practice, and my dear friend had begun holding her Medicine Circles again.

Something was stirring.

Then my squirrel brain started...

Do people want that?
Have I still got it?
Is this something I should be doing?

And then a student messaged me:

“Are you still doing Reiki?”

Okay then. 😂

So I said yes.

And almost immediately, the practical little obstacles began presenting themselves.

The bed I thought I could borrow had been sold.

The massage table I remembered seeing at the op shop had also just sold.

The room I preferred to work from wasn’t available.

But I kept saying yes, simply because it still felt peaceful.

Yes, I’ll find a table.

Yes, I’ll make another room work.

Yes, I want to do the session.

And somehow, each time I said yes, the next piece revealed itself.

A better massage table appeared - brand new, better quality and half the price.

The room I’d preferred became available 30 minutes before the session.

And I found myself laughing.

Because perhaps the point isn’t that everything magically falls into place once we decide something is meant to be.

Perhaps it’s that, the YES creates movement.

We often want (not need) to see the whole path before we take the first step.

We want certainty.

The right timing.

The right space.

The right equipment.

The confidence that it will work.

But maybe we only need enough courage for the first yes.

The rest can meet us along the way.

So…

I guess I’m letting you all know that Reiki sessions are available again.

Whether I like it or not. 😂

Apparently, I said yes.

And now we’ll see where it leads.

01/10/2026

Excited to be hosting my teacher, Ginny Clarke for this meaningful workshop. Join us!

I am so happy to be running this workshop again - Moving Meditation - From Motion to Stillness.

This time it is being run in collaboration with my dear friend, student and fellow studio owner, Fyona at Yoga Brave. The workshop is in East Maitland.

“I can’t meditate.”

It’s one of the most common things I hear.

Maybe your mind is too busy.
Maybe sitting still feels impossible.
Maybe you’ve tried meditation before and thought you were doing it wrong.

What if meditation didn’t begin with sitting still?

Join me for Moving Meditation – From Motion to Stillness, where gentle movement, breath and awareness become the doorway to meditation.

Together we’ll explore mindful movement, breathing practices and seated meditation, allowing stillness to arise naturally rather than forcing it.

✨ No experience needed.
✨ No flexibility required.
✨ Just come exactly as you are.

📍 Sunday 25th October
🕑 2:00–5:00pm
Address: 52 Banks St, East Maitland, NSW

Bookings required: https://www.livingpeaceyoga.com/event/moving-meditation-maitland/

27/09/2026

A little share....

Recently I’ve returned to a group meditation with one of my original teachers, Hanuman Das, and I’ve also found myself reconnecting with Ginny, my other original teacher from the same school. They both remain an important part of my Yoga journey.

It has felt a little like coming home (again).

When I sit in the group meditation, I’m not there to learn something to teach.

I’m there to learn.

To practise.

For myself.

I’m loving being the student again in this way.

Perhaps most unexpectedly, I’ve noticed that being held in this way has helped me understand our Yoga Brave students a little more deeply.

🧘‍♀️The vulnerability of walking into a room and not knowing what to expect.

🧘‍♂️The relief of not having to get it right.

🧘The trust involved in letting someone else hold the space for a while.

I think sometimes, as teachers, we can become so focused on creating a good experience for our students that we forget how valuable (and sometimes daunting) it is to experience being a student ourselves.

And this November marks ten years since I completed my own Yoga Teacher Training.

Ten years of teaching.

And yet here I am, still learning how good it feels to be held by the practice rather than the one holding it.

Maybe that is the homecoming.

Not returning to where I began, but remembering that underneath the teacher, we are always, in essence, a student.

And right now, that feels like exactly where I’m meant to be.

📷Graduation Day, with my Yoga Family.🙌

20/09/2026

This morning we explored relationship.

We made shapes.
We moved through transitions.
We breathed.

All the familiar things we do in a Yoga practice.

But underneath it all, I kept asking:

What is the relationship here?

What is happening between your breath and your body?

Between the shape and the sensation?

Between one movement and the next?

After each set of Asanas we kept returning to Tadasana - Mountain Pose.

Tadasana gives us the shape of the mountain.

Feet meeting the earth.
Legs supporting.
Spine rising.
Breath moving.

But the more I felt into the mountain, the more I noticed something simple:

A mountain is grounded because it is part of the earth.

Its stability doesn't come from holding itself rigid.

It rises from what is beneath it.

And perhaps this is something we can feel in our own bodies too.

When there is a sense of grounding, there is stability.

To rise.
To breathe.
To expand.

This is where Samasthiti began to feel different to me.

Not simply making the shape of the mountain, but noticing the experience of standing within it.

So after each flow, we returned.

Tadasana.

Feel the mountain.

Samasthiti.

Feel yourself standing here.

Notice the relationship between grounding and rising.
Between stability and movement (and in the movement)
Between the shape and what you feel inside it.

And I kept coming back to the same invitation:

Don't look for words.

Feel.

Then, as we settled into Savasana, I offered one final thought:

You are the Mountain.

Not something to become.

Not something outside of you.

But something you can experience:

grounded enough to feel supported,
steady enough to soften,
and connected enough to allow yourself to rise.

Perhaps this is the practice.

The shape is the beginning.
The relationship is the practice.

Join us on the mat this week and explore your relationship with your body, mind and breath. Full schedule in Bio. 🙌

16/09/2026

I’ve taken a little time away from my day job this week.

A few things around the house needed doing, I wanted to get to a couple of daytime yoga classes, and I’ve had some space to plan and dream a little for Yoga Brave.

And somewhere in amongst all of that, something rather lovely happened.

I remembered I had some clothes that needed mending and hemming.

I’ll call Janine.

Janine is one of our students and has been mending and recreating my clothes for years. janines.alterations

The garden needs some specific help with a few sloping areas.

I’ll ask Karen.

Karen has recently started her own garden design business. She came over today, walked the garden with me and offered exactly the kind of thoughtful advice I needed. Karen Griffin Garden Design and Advice

And then there’s Carol, who recently gave me one of the most transcendent massages I’ve ever experienced. Unwind With Carol

Three women from our Yoga Brave community.

Three very different offerings.

And it struck me that this is community too.

Not just gathering together on a mat.

But knowing one another well enough to say,

I know someone who can help with that.

It’s our skills, our businesses, our creativity, our experience, our hands and our hearts coming into relationship.

The more I notice it, the more I wonder what else is here.

Who else in our community has something they offer that another person might genuinely benefit from?

Perhaps you have a small business, a trade, a creative practice, a healing modality, a service or a particular skill.

If so, I’d love you to tell us about it below.

There is so much more to community than coming to class.

Sometimes it’s simply knowing who to call. 🤍

14/09/2026

What if the obstacle isn't something to remove?

Ganesha, the elephant-headed deity celebrated during Ganesh Chaturthi, is often known as the remover of obstacles.

But his own story tells us something more nuanced.

Ganesha loses his head and is given a new one - an elephant's head.

He doesn't return to who he was.

He is transformed.

I’ve been thinking about this as we move towards the Spring Equinox on Wednesday.

We often imagine transformation as a fresh start. A clean slate. Leaving something behind and becoming someone new.

But life rarely works quite like that.

Sometimes the things we move through become part of our wisdom.

The loss.
The change.
The uncertainty.
The thing we never would have chosen.

Perhaps the invitation isn't always to remove the obstacle, but to ask:

What is this here to teach me?

What wisdom am I carrying forward?

Ganesha is traditionally associated with the Muladhara, or Root Chakra — our foundations, our sense of support, belonging and connection to the earth.

So perhaps, before we rush into the next season, we pause.

Feel our feet.

Take a breath.

Notice what is supporting us.

And trust that we don't have to have it all figured out before we begin again.

🌿

Ganesh Chaturthi continues until the Spring Equinox, Wednesday 23 September.

Join us on the mat!

Om Gam Ganapataye Namaha 🪷

14/09/2026

One foot in front of the other. Together. 🫶

This October, Yoga Brave is getting behind One Foot Forward for Mental Health Month - and I’ve created a team.

I’d love you to join us.

One Foot Forward is a month-long walking challenge supporting the Black Dog Institute. You choose your own distance, your own pace and your own way of moving.

And really, that’s what I love about it.

It’s not about how far you go.

It’s about getting outside.
Moving your body.
Taking a breath.
Having a chat.
And remembering that we don’t have to do everything alone.

If you’re local, I’d also love to organise a few Yoga Brave group walks throughout October - relaxed, social walks where we can get outside, move together and perhaps finish with a coffee. ☕️

Whether you’re part of Yoga Brave already, you’ve joined me on retreat, you’ve been meaning to come back to class, or you simply feel like being part of something good…

Come and walk with us.

One foot. Then another.
Together, we can make a difference.

🤍 Join the Yoga Brave team here:
https://www.onefootforward.org.au/fundraisers/yogabrave