Soul yoga by Sam

07/12/2025

Sunday early rises with the lads is fast becoming a favourite ritual👌🏻

There’s something magic about men who show up for themselves even if they’re tired, they have families & multiple commitments, are new to yoga or aren’t sure what the day will bring.

These men show up, dedicated to the cause, to cultivating self care, to committing to new practises that help mind body & to being part of a brotherhood. Most also travelled from afar to come to Bronte.

On this day, a Dad and son came together, there were also newcomers & regulars who were stoked I brought my yoga blocks because they know they benefit from the extra tools (for further mobility & stability).

They were grateful for the session, open to trying new poses & breathwork, to laughing along the way (be it wobbly balance or muscle and tissue stiffness). They showed up, gave it their all & soaked it in.

It’s been 6 months since I began teaching yoga to and supporting Kaizen Path, a men’s mental health charity. The men in the organisation & the facilitators have become like brothers to me too.

They carry my block bags (old school chivalry), check in on how I am & my family, they thank me for the practise & ask open questions that feel inquisitive & grounded in their own self discovery.

They are good men, fostering care & brotherhood for the continuation & survival of good men.

There are so many out there but displaced without brotherhoods, families, community or honoured for what they do bring to the table.

But something that’s warmed my heart so much lately - the men who’ve come to my rescue by my side, held & shown up for me this past two weeks.

- The kaizen lads & brotherhood
- The beautiful Vrtus guys that run the gym I go to who have held me & created a safe space for me to turn to
- The male yoga client who caught me in a moment of despair & took me for coffee
- The man who shared his story with me so vulnerably & made me feel less alone

Just a few of moments lately where men in my life have come through & shown me examples of those who embody integrity, honour, care & strength.

It makes waking up at 6am Sunday a ever present reminder of ‘why’ (to support mens mental health)🙏🏼

29/06/2025

Saraswati | Goddess of creativity, flow, expression… my current muse🦢❤️‍🔥

In sacred Vedic texts, Saraswati is said to be a purifying water of knowledge. The embodiment of wisdom and creativity, energy in all forms from artistic to romantic love, a pure source of truth and divinity.

I don’t know what’s next for me, but I know I’m in a rebirth and it’s just the beginning❤️‍🔥

24/03/2025

Anada ~ sanskrit word for ‘bliss’ & spiritual fulfilment.

Bliss was hosting my second yin workshop, ‘Back to Earth.’ So much yes!

Bliss, with a certain kind of magic feels like my signature and goal when I teach yoga.

This latest foray into workshops has also amplified a whole new level of joy!

It’s creative fulfilment with so much thoughtful intention.

You could say building and creating a yoga workshop feels akin to building a home.

- The foundations need to be laid properly (settling the nervous system)
- The structural components have to be considered (the poses)
- The design has to be bespoke (will it serve the intended function - in this case energetic/mental/ physical outcomes)
- The interiors and exteriors have to mirror the personal aesthetic, charm and theme (the sensory, music, visuals) of the home owner/space/workshop.

With bliss the base theme woven throughout, it very beautifully became the state that allowed my clients to enter deep rest at the end.

The room was awash with a certain kind of energy and stillness that only the best savasanas can elicit.

Moments of bliss I particularly enjoyed:
* One client falling asleep in the first 10 minutes
* One leaning on it for support for healing through injuries
* One describing a return of a calm tingling energy in savasana that had been absent for a time

I feel I’m more on cloud 9, than ‘back to earth’ yet, but I know being in this place feels also incredibly grounding and a return home for me too.

Here’s to making more magic this year✨

10/02/2025

Come back to earth…
and home to self with a nurturing 2hr yin workshop this March.

In October we renewed for radiance, but now as the season shifts, the hot sun blisters and the cool wind begins to brush us with its presence, the end of high summer calls with it a need to settle again.

To take an exhale. To sink and surrender back to earth to be still again for a little while. To take roots again.

I know I’ve felt that tug towards a sweet time of rest, and I’m sure others in my collective have too.

I’m a summer baby but oooft it’s been a biggie, so social, so busy, elementally wild! Let’s recalibrate together. Be selfish in our solace, ground down a bit, you know?

After my beautiful initiation into running a yin workshop in October, I’m thrilled to announce a new workshop, in end of summer for stability.

Introducing ‘Back To Earth.’


What to expect?
Held over two spacious hours, you will have time to sink back into stability, connect to earth and feel a state of ease as you are guided through a grounding earth element yin practise.

Through nurturance, we will regather and rebalance stomach & spleen qi to sustain and soothe the transition from high Summer into Autumn to allow a mind, body and spirit that is steady and still - in temperament, in contentment and in self.

Who is it suited to?
Any soul in need of solitude, rest, to shift out of stagnancy, to digest and clear stuck qi, or a pocket of space to come home to self. 

Beginners welcome and ample props available to elevate your easeful experience.

Details?
Sunday 9th March 2-4pm
Location: Hot dog yoga

Investment?
$70 - 2hr yin workshop (includes sensory delights and assists)

All in community welcome!
10 % off hot dog members.
Book via website 🙏🏼

09/12/2024

Soft heart, strong spine, energy shift: activated❤️‍🔥2025 coming in hot.

13/10/2024

Bathing in the after glow of hosting my first yin workshop ‘A Return to Radiance.’

The concept for ‘A return to radiance’ was inspired by my own healing this year, in remembering and recognising that as humans we always have the capacity to spark, rekindle & ignite the light within us even when we feel it dwindling, or we feel disconnected.

We are always in there, that energy remains, but sometimes we need to coax or reawaken the dormant parts that have had to hide either to rest or to survive.

For me, I had started the year in what I describe as a ‘full blooming,’ I felt alive, joyful, doe eyed, loving, hopeful, energised, then life took a radical plunge in the opposite direction, I lost my sense of self, my glow, spirit, fire.

The moments where I did feel a ‘spark’ of me, a feeling of lightness, a return to a radiant loving self were found often in attending yin classes, in meditation moments and sometimes in warm moments talking to strangers, who reflected they saw a energy about me, even when I didn’t see it.

Through the practises of yin yoga, meditation and spacious nervous system rest myself this year, I was reminded that my ‘Tejas’ (sanskrit word for radiance) was still there, even when I had felt often like I was in the dark.

So today was about stimulating and renewing that fire in us all. That glow that radiates from the heart and into the face.

It was about giving back, offering my own powerful lessons, knowledge, experiences, my wisdom, yin training (hello recent Bali trip) as a way to light up all those in my yoga community.

I went into it so lovingly but still nervous, I had a healthy dose of imposter syndrome… despite teaching now seven years!

But every part of today was beautiful, everything I could have hoped and dreamed of, and I felt so at home again. Back in my element💛✨

08/11/2021

Introducing my new business, six months in the works, only phase 1 of 3 in the men's work I will be doing over the next five years...

World meet bro yoga co...

We are a male focused all inclusive yoga, meditation and breathwork service that offers classes and workshops for beginners, corporates, athletes and community clients.
At bro yoga co, we aim to bring the mind body practises first created by men, for men, back to men.

Our mission is to bring bros' back into body and onto the mat so they can shift gears and return to a balanced state of being.
At bro yoga co, we get that the entry point into yoga can be challenging, whether you're the only bloke in a sea of women in downward dog, not being able to touch your toes, a competitive side that fears you won't reach 'peak flexibility' as seen on Instagram or maybe it's a monkey mind that would rather
wrestle with thoughts than sit still.​ Whatever it is, we get it.
But lads, how we see it, Rome wasn't built in a day and Cristiano Renaldo didn't arguably become the best soccer player in the world overnight (and without regular yoga!), it's a constant work in progress.

We figure by inviting you to tag along with a bunch of bros in a similar boat, you can take a break from thinking about how you'll look or seem and instead be part of a like-minded community often at the same flexibility (or lack-there-of) level.
We tailor each class with the male body in mind so you get the outcomes you're looking for.

Our male only classes are designed to suit all bros and skill levels: from beginners, to athletes to everyday lads looking to chill out and unwind.

For more on how to bring balance back or optimise your wellbeing (or workplace), send us an email at hellobroyoga@gmail.com or go to www.broyogaco.com

We’ve got you bro.

Please follow the page, take a look around the site, maybe come join me on the mat and feel free to donate for Movember to support me with this new adventure. Donation via website.

At bro yoga co our mission is to bring bros back to the mat and into balance. We run mind body movement classes for the modern man - including functional yoga, breathwork and meditation classes, located in Sydney.

30/11/2020

The Soma x Movember Workshop Series wrapped up on Saturday & I couldn’t be more proud & humbled.

*Trigger warning*
Currently statistics show 1 man dies each minute of every day as a result of su***de & men now account for 75 per cent of su***des. Which is shocking, painfully sad & incredibly disproportionate to women.

Last year when we launched Broga it was sold as a new way to engage more men into the physical practise of yoga in a comfortable environment...

But for me & them I believe it has become so much more: a safe space for men to breathe, relax & still the the mind + take time out away from the daily grind.

A year on we’ve upped the ante & held the first ‘Soma x Movember Men’s Wellness Series’ to offer new modalities & ways for men to stay on top of their wellbeing.

The first event was acupuncture with a optional offering to do yin too. While yin + pins meant 1.5hrs of time, most men did both, spent money to do both & skipped their usual activities to take part (with some even having to go back to work afterwards) just so they could be involved.

Our partner, the incredible Martine of the Acupuncture Collective donated her time as 50% of her clients are males & she is passionate about supporting them too.

The second event was a breathwork workshop where the guys had the opportunity to learn first hand the benefits of breathing, ways to alter the breath, & use the whim hof style to energise & invigorate the mind & body!

Suffice to say Rory Warnock, our passionate men’s health advocate & breathwork host (/yoga teacher / friend) was in high demand. The men loved it so much they all wanted to practise it more often & sign up as ongoing devotees!

For me though as a host what I loved was the commitment - cancelling plans/changing work hours / spending 1.5hrs out of day - and the refreshingly raw and vulnerable conversations that followed.

I intended it to just be a way to offer new outlets to help soothe stress / anxiety / depression & raise money.

What resulted was way more meaningful.
The openness, vulnerability & sharing that followed was mind blowing.

I am so humbled and in awe and never felt more behind this cause than I am now.

Thank you for you willingness.

Please know I am always here in any capacity. Together, we’ve got this.
👊

05/11/2020

It’s Broga’s 1st birthday🎉

We launched during Movember last year to support men’s mental health awareness & thanks to the ongoing passion & community fuelling it we’ve kept on going!

I am so proud of how far we’ve come & how many men have turned from absolute beginners who have ‘never done yoga’ to committed regular ‘BROGIS’ with some branching out to twice a week + yin because they feel the benefits! Yes boys!!!

As a way to celebrate Broga’s birthday + kick off Movember ... we’re bringing some special wellness workshops to you guys!

Soma is thrilled to announce the following:

1.BREATHWORK WORKSHOP

What is it: A workshop lead by breath expert Rory Warnock Wellness where you will learn specific breathing techniques for stress management, improving focus & athletic performance.

Benefits: Boosts immune system, reduces stress & anxiety, improves balance, focus & sleep.

When: Saturday 10am 28th November (just after Franco’s super circuit!).

Dm or email SOMA to secure a spot

2. ACUPUNCTURE: YIN & PINS SESSION

What is it: Unwind with a super relaxing yin yoga class & stay for an extra long rest in Savasana while you get tailored acupuncture by one of Sydney’s best Martine from Acupuncture Collective!

Benefits: Too many to list! Yin & acupuncture work with the Traditional Chinese Medicine system to calm, detoxify & clear the body.

When: Thursday 26th Nov - Book in for Yin 6pm and stay for pins 7pm.

Dm or email SOMA to secure a spot! Can’t wait to bring more wellness to you! See you in studio🙏🏻🙌🏻💪🏻

20/10/2020

Cocooning inward🦋✨

When the world gets a bit much do you naturally close down, guard your heart, hide away, curl up, close in, withdraw?

The tendency to turn in, to close the heart is a natural thing we do as humans. It’s a protective mechanism, it’s a way of coping, it’s survival.

Tara Brach says it best when she says...

‘We are deeply conditioned to contract and pull away when something is unpleasant. Like a sea anemone, any sense of a threat and they contract. That’s what we do.’

In the New Manhood Steve Diddulph talks about how after World War One, men were trained by default to be emotionally wooden to ‘toughen up’ and as a default (suck it up and keep it in).

When it comes to women and in my experience so often we begin in a state of open heartedness and then are stung with deep hurt - be it from rejection of a idea, boss, workplace, love interest and then in a instant the tendency to close becomes real. As if, ‘well if I started as loving and open and it’s not enough and is going to hurt then closing will feel much better.’

So we close. We close for protection, self preservation, for survival.

But we must continue to open again... (and this is often our hardest task).

Turning inward for contemplation, for restoring energy, for connection to self is vital, it is grounding.

It is essential to returning home to body, to reconnecting, to finding shelter and rekindling to self.

It is an essential part of the ‘yoking’ (union with body mind and soul) that yoga is founded upon.

But it’s not our natural state to be inwards with head and hands protecting heart ‘always.’

We need both.

We need to practise the inwards to continue living the outwards.

To close in to expand out.

And to practise both with equal measures.

Why? Because if 2020 has shown us anything it’s that we are a collective who need each other and we need open hearts in order to connect, to share love and to belong... all things we need in order to survive and thrive✨❤️

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13/10/2020

A home is a place where you feel you belong...

A place where you feel loved, loving, accepted, able to be vulnerable and authentically you in all your shades, a place that feels like coming up for fresh air.

A place that allows your heart to breathe, relax, soften and just be...

Hot Dog Yoga has been a home, my yoga home for over two years & four months.

It’s been a place of true blossoming for me both as a yoga teacher and personally.

I returned to Sydney from London (via India & Tas) in 2017 and within six months Jeremin took a chance on me.

Which means Hot Dog Yoga has been my home for the majority of my teaching career (which is coming up on 3 years!).

It’s been a safe place to land, a source of great comfort, of connection, of community, of a likeminded yoga kula and of belonging. A rock you may say.

I have met the most beautiful people, I have had the chance to explore & develop my heart lead style (shout out to my spicy rogue vinyasa transitions) & been lovingly supported, guided & held the whole way....

Long winded way to get here but BIG love & HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Hot Dog Today who celebrates its 3rd birthday and to Jeremin our ever loving kula leader! 🎁🎉✨🎈

13/10/2020

Men who practise mind-body movement…

According to science...

1. Are excelling at their jobs and strengthening their resilience
2. Are performing better in boardrooms and the bedroom 😉
3. Are able to self regulate emotions and maintain higher levels of wellbeing
4. Are actively reducing risk of heart disease and halting progression of prostate cancer
5. Are less stressed, depressed & anxious thanks to reducing their bodies stress response.
6. Are sleeping more soundly
7. Are eating well and making more mindful food choices
8. Are more mobile and experience less lower back pain

What magical kind of movement strengthens this mind-body connection and promotes all these healing benefits you ask?

Yoga boys. Yep, that’s right.

Broga is much more than a movement and a community of men practising yoga (although both are a big part of it)...

It’s about building a solid mind-body connection that allows you to reap all of the 8 health benefits (and more) above.

It’s about rewiring our bodies and minds to think, move, feel, process, strengthen and grow the way they are meant to. It’s about both short and long term gains. It’s about investing your time so you can remember why you do what you do and what matters most.

It’s about living to your whole, healthiest, happiest potential.

Who’s in? Wed 6pm and Friday 12pm at SOMA in Chifley Tower, Sydney CBD.

Meet you on the mat!