Health Hunter Yoga Studio

07/02/2026

The Other Side of Change is a rare kind of book, meaningfully informed by science yet deeply human in its approach. Maya Shankar doesn’t just explain the mechanics of change; she brings us into the lived experience of it, showing how unexpected transitions shape who we become.

What makes this book resonate so powerfully is its refusal to oversimplify. Shankar blends rigorous insights from behavioural science with palpable real-world wisdom. She understands that change isn’t a linear process with predictable outcomes, nor is it a motivational slogan. Instead, she invites readers to see change as dynamic tension, a space where uncertainty and possibility coexist.

One of the strongest threads throughout the book is Shankar’s personal journey. She shares how, at a young age, a hand injury ended her ability to play violin, a loss that might have been purely tragic, yet became transformative. That story becomes a living example of how we attach identity to roles and skills, and how those attachments can both shape us and limit us. In exploring how she found the same joy, curiosity, and engagement in learning about the brain that she once found in music, Shankar highlights an overlooked truth: fulfilment isn’t tied to one domain, but to the richness of our presence and engagement in whatever sphere or action we undertake.

This insight parallels beautifully with Vedānta, which reminds us that the self is not confined to a role, a story, or a particular capacity. Identity belongs to the changing layers of mind and experience, while awareness itself remains fluid and unbound.

From a somatic lens, we are living organisms whose capacity for curiosity, connection, and exploration persists, even as the forms through which we express those qualities evolve.

Listen:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/75tZxxF0VjoCn4RpxYMqnV?si=9ed8ac7f4cb64caf

Read:
https://www.amazon.com.au/Other-Side-Change-Become-Makes-ebook/dp/B0F629SG9M

Ready for some Questions To Stir The Soul? --> head to my blog, and work these questions into your practice this week.

07/02/2026

https://open.substack.com/pub/hilariusbookbinder/p/the-thin-ice-of-knowledge?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=796au8

Above the superstitious sea

05/02/2026

Over time, through conversations with students, feedback after class, and noticing how people were responding to the way I was teaching, something became clear, the practice was naturally evolving into a blend of movement, energetic work, sound, meditation and Ayurvedic understanding.

As I enter my 11th year of teaching, and after some deep dive questions / inquiry from my Digital Marketing Queen, rather than sitting with one lineage or style, I've decided that classes have grown into something more integrated and responsive, and from this gradual unfolding ~ Integrated Yoga has emerged. Don't worry my YIN friends, YIN will always be just YIN, but from March onwards all other classes will be this. So what is Integrated Yoga ? 👇

Integrated Yoga is a layered practice, where movement, breath, and meditation meet the quiet intelligence of the body. Drawing from multiple lineages, Hatha, Kundalini, Katonah Yoga, Vedanta, and Ayurveda. This is a yoga practice that adapts and evolves with you.

My work sits at the intersection of movement, meditation, and traditional wisdom systems. Rooted in the philosophies of Ayurveda, Hatha Yoga & Vedānta, my teaching explores the relationship between the body, consciousness, and the rhythms that shape human experience.

Rather than approaching practice as performance or achievement, I draw from classical yoga traditions and subtle body sciences to support a deeper inquiry into alignment, physically, energetically, and philosophically.

My approach integrates Katonah-informed structure, traditional Hatha, Kundalini energetics, and Vedic meditative practice, alongside Ayurvedic principles that honour constitution, season, and life stage.

I've also created a set of questions on the website to help you decide whether Health Hunter Yoga Studio is the right fit for you, I do hope to practice with you soon 🧡

Sat Nam , Rhi x

05/02/2026

INTEGRATED YOGA

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04/02/2026

Yesterday, I shared a shortened version of Kali’s Threefold Bīja: KRĪM, HŪM,HRĪM - taught to me by my teacher in our Sunrise Sadhana Class.

This powerful and beautiful practice works with a threefold seed mantra: KRĪM, HŪM, HRĪM, experienced as a progressive movement of energy through the heart. Each sound carries a distinct quality, and together they form a continuous arc: awakening, mobilisation, and integration.

KRĪM initiates the process. It stirs the subtle electrical force of Shakti, bringing attention to areas of contraction or stagnation within the heart. There is a sense of clarity and activation here, a cutting through that awakens the heart’s innate longing for aliveness, truth, and connection.

As the energy is awakened, HŪM gathers and amplifies it. This sound carries heat, movement, and direction. Prāṇa becomes more dynamic, guided through the breath and the inner winds. The quality is purposeful and strong, creating momentum that supports sustained focus and inner effort.

With HRĪM, the movement settles into the deeper space of the spiritual heart, hṛdaya. Here, the energy becomes luminous and expansive. Awareness opens into the subtle inner field often described as the small space within the heart. The sensation is one of warmth, steadiness, and a soft inner light.

Practised together, the three sounds create a coherent flow:

KRĪM awakens the heart’s energy,
HŪM strengthens and circulates it,
HRĪM allows it to stabilise and unfold as presence.

There is an enlivening quality to this sequence, a felt surge of vitality that refines attention. Breath, sensation, and awareness gradually reorganise around the heart, drawing energy back from the periphery and consolidating it at the centre.

In this way, the mantra naturally supports pratyāhāra. Attention returns inward through coherence, and the heart becomes both the source and the container of experience.

This Class will be live on Youtube this evening - so keep an eye out for the link tonight, or comment below and I'll DM you when as soon as it's there.

03/02/2026

Weather permitting : Classes this week:

WEDNESDAY 6AM: SUNRISE SADHANA (KUNDALINI, VINYASA, KATONAH)

THURSDAY 10AM: YIN

Book Here --> https://www.healthhunter.com.au/bookings

02/02/2026

Ok, my lovely ones. You voted, so over the weekend I started pulling together our favourite healthy lunchbox ideas into a PDF. I’m about three-quarters done, but this week my schedule is packed! so she’ll be ready for you mid next week.

I’ve included some brand names for two reasons:

1. So you can easily grab something off the shelf without overthinking or reading every label.

2. To shout out a few small local businesses I genuinely love and feel lucky to have here in the Bay.

But you absolutely do not need those exact brands or items. If you prefer plain flour over organic spelt, cow’s Greek yoghurt over sheep’s, or Woolies dark choc instead of Pana or Loco Love, you do you. I’m all about meeting people where they’re at, not adding stress. The fact that you’re here, wanting to make things from scratch, is the real win.

These recipes are designed to save you time, stress, and a bit of moolah. Use them however suits you: Have a half-day bake-off and get it all done at once, or Pick one or two things to make each week and slowly build your freezer stash.

My kids often want totally different things, and that’s where a stocked freezer really saves my sanity.

Most recipes are simple, and I love doubling dinner (if I know they’ll eat it again) and using leftovers creatively: pumpkin + sage risotto → arancini balls, taco mince + guac → nachos. Some can be turned into quick, basic versions too (sushi rice makes a great cheat’s risotto).

Most recipes can be adapted to be nut-free, egg-free, or dairy-free, so no one has to miss out.

SWIPE to see what to expect →

It’ll be completely free—leave a comment 👇 about what you are excited to try and I’ll DM it to you as soon as it’s ready.

Tap 1st image to see local businesses that stock all this goodness - foods, produce, containers, & lunchboxes

28/01/2026

FEBRUARY CLASSES ARE NOW LIVE
- 2 Spots Left for Yin tomorrow @ 10am

to Book ->https://www.healthhunter.com.au/bookings

25/01/2026

- 💯% Recommend

24/01/2026

Biomedicine describes hyperthyroidism in terms of hormonal excess and immune dysregulation. Ayurveda understands the same pattern as disturbed fire and movement: heightened metabolic heat (Pitta) and intensified motion and nervous system arousal (Vata). Together, these processes drive muscle protein breakdown, disrupted sleep, mitochondrial stress, and sustained sympathetic activation. Over time, they deplete the body’s reserves, showing up as palpitations, heat intolerance, and pronounced fatigue, fragility, and burnout. In this view, healing is not achieved through more stimulation, but through cooling, nourishment, and the restoration of a steadier internal rhythm.

From both perspectives, the body is not failing; it is adapting to prolonged acceleration. The nervous system stays on constant alert, cardiac tissue becomes increasingly sensitive to catecholamines, and skeletal muscle is broken down to meet metabolic demand. This adaptive posture is initially protective, but gradually becomes costly: recovery narrows, sleep loses its restorative depth, and the capacity to buffer stress erodes.

Ayurveda describes this as a depletion of Ojas, the subtle essence that underpins vitality, resilience, and emotional steadiness. When Ojas is low, even modest demands can feel overwhelming, and symptoms seem disproportionate to external circumstances. What we call “burnout” is, in this light, a system that has been asked to sustain excess heat and motion beyond its natural limits.

23/01/2026

Thyroid balance is restored through right measure.

Effort and rest, nourishment and movement must work together.