Maleny Yoga Centre

Maleny Yoga Centre www.malenyyogacentre.net
See you in class soon😊🙏Maree This grows and evolves with your practice, and it adapts with one's life circumstances.

Welcome to the Maleny Yoga Centre of 2025
General, Seniors & Intermediate Classes, Private Tuition & Group Bookings - with Maree O'Connor, Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher. Maree has been living, practicing & teaching in Maleny for over 35 years and has real life experience in the ability of yoga to heal the physical body & mind. Her passion is to share the practice & teachings of Yogarcharya BKS Iyengar - the integrity of the Iyengar Lineage. Classes are structured around alignment-based asana or yoga postures - which create an awareness of the body in space - building strength, stability & balance. Guided by the unique techniques & instructions - and the use of 'props' - an understanding of how the body, mind & breath integrate, develops. All classes include a deep relaxation, leaving you feeling calm & energized. Maree maintains a freshness in her teaching with regular PD studies in Australia & at the Iyengar Institute (RIMYI) in Pune, India - the home of the Iyengar family for over 85 years. Before you come to class please visit: www.malenyyogacentre.net

What is Iyengar Yoga? visit: www.iyengaryoga.asn.au
😊🙏Maree 2025

Great photos from Lois Workshops😌🙏Maree
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Great photos from Lois Workshops😌🙏Maree

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A few snapshot from our current 2025 YogaTrek to Nepal

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The Crucial Practice of Yogic Breath Pauses (Stambha)

In yogic breathing, Stambha — the pause — is not a break.
It’s where the magic happens.

Here’s why this “still point” is essential:
1️⃣ Profound Gas Exchange
In the pause, oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange deeply — completing what neither inhale nor exhale can do.

2️⃣ Alignment Refinement
At the end of inhalation, pause to adjust:
- Keep the chest expanded
- Bring shoulders down, head down, chest up
- Lift bottom sternum up, project top sternum forward
- Keep abdomen soft, tongue relaxed, eyes quiet

3️⃣ Prevent ‘Bursting the Breath’
Without the pause, exhalation can become abrupt.
A gentle micro-inhalation keeps the transition smooth.

4️⃣ Prepare for the Next Cycle
Guruji B.K.S Iyengar likened it to emptying the bucket before refilling — a reset for the breath and the nervous system.
In every pause lies mastery — the union of awareness, alignment, and energy.

✨ Where the breath stops, awareness begins.
How do you experience that pause? 👇
💫 Retweet to share this wisdom — stillness deserves more attention.

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Also, Team Ballarat Yoga at the national convention. We'll represented. Thankyou.

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51 Maple Street
Maleny, QLD
4552

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Wednesday 9:30am - 11am
Thursday 5:30pm - 7pm
Saturday 7am - 8:30am

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Maleny Yoga Centre was founded in 2013 by long term resident and teacher of Yoga - Maree O'Connor:

It is the first fully equipped ‘communal’ yoga space in Maleny township - where teachers of different yogic traditions, styles and allied practises are invited to run their classes. That way the yoga community can take advantage of a centralized place to practise in town - not having to make a special trip just for class. This also benefits those without a vehicle, as the bus stop is just across the road in Maple street. Thus “For the Wellbeing of our Community’.

We currently run classes 4 days a week in Iyengar Yoga - with new classes in Radiant Light & Vinyasa in March. All classes are suitable for Beginners. There are also Slow Paced / Seniors classes suitable for the those with limited mobility including pre / post natal. Our monthly Workshops and seasonal Intensives provide the more experienced students & teachers the opportunity to study yoga on a deeper level.

No bookings are required. Please arrive 5-10 minutes before class. Yoga is practised on an empty stomach. A snack 1 hour before is ok. Please wear comfortable active wear and clean bare feet. Slip on shoes are recommended as the toilets are outside if required during class. The studio is efficiently airconditioned for your comfort, with the option of open doors and fresh air flow when suitable.