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Hatha, Yin & Postnatal Yoga Instructor
Yoga Therapy & Aryuvedic Practitioner student
Wellness Enthusiast

09/11/2025

Somewhere between toddler snack negotiations and breastfeeding … I found a breath. 🌿

Staying at with my two tiny gurus and Campbell has been the perfect reminder that peace doesn’t appear when the chaos stops — it’s what we create within it.

I’ve been sitting with the kleshas lately — the mental afflictions that fog our clarity — and exploring the manomaya kosha, that subtle sheath of mind and emotion. Both feel very real when your “meditation music” is the constant chanting of ‘mummy!’ in the background. 😅

Even a few mindful breaths can shift your nervous system from fight-or-flight into rest-and-digest; a hidden essential which has been perhaps the most important part of my Motherhood journey so far, my breath has been the anchor which has kept me grounded.

Yoga and meditation literally rewire the brain’s stress pathways — which might explain why most days, I do actually drink my coffee without it going cold.. ☕️

And can we talk about how had yoga mats waiting in the hut? 🙏

So this week, my yoga isn’t about perfect poses — it’s about pausing between them. Finding stillness between the mess, giggles, and love. 🧘‍♀️💛

Peace isn’t found — it’s practiced. Even with a baby on your mat. 💓

23/10/2025

YOGA CLASSES ON SUNDAY 16th NOVEMBER 🙏🏼🌸

🌞 Sunday Morning Vinyasa Flow
🗓 Sunday, 16th November | 8:30 AM – 9:15 AM

🌿 Slow Sunday Hatha Flow
🗓 Sunday, 16th November | 9:30 AM – 10:15 AM

💤 Restorative Yoga + Sound Bowl Bath
🗓 Sunday, 16th November | 10:30 AM – 11:15 AM

Follow the link to book or tap the link in my bio xx

https://www.serenalouiseyoga.com/classes

15/10/2025

🧘‍♀️ The Four Virtues of Mental Peace 🧘‍♂️
(from the lens of Yoga Therapy)

In a world that often pulls us in many directions, the ancient wisdom of yoga offers a grounding reminder: mental peace isn’t found—it’s cultivated. One of the most beautiful teachings from the Yoga Sutras (Patanjali 1.33) outlines four inner attitudes that serve as gateways to peace of mind and emotional resilience:

🌿 Maitri (Friendship / Loving-Kindness):
Meet others with warmth. Extend friendliness not just to those you love, but to strangers, to yourself, and even to your flaws. Maitri softens the heart and dissolves judgment.

🌿 Karuna (Compassion):
See the suffering of others and respond with tenderness, not pity. Compassion doesn’t mean fixing everything—it means being present, open-hearted, and willing to hold space.

🌿 Mudita (Joy in Others’ Joy):
Rejoice in the success, happiness, and progress of others—without comparison. Mudita frees us from envy and reminds us that joy is not a limited resource. What uplifts one, uplifts all.

🌿 Upekshanam (Equanimity / Healthy Detachment):
Sometimes, the best response is neutrality. Not every situation needs your emotional investment. Let go of the urge to control, correct, or carry what isn’t yours. Peace grows where reactivity ends.

These are more than concepts—they’re daily practices.
They soften the nervous system, support emotional regulation, and deepen connection... to yourself and to the world.

🕊️

21/09/2025

🌟 Vijnanamaya Kosha — The Wisdom Sheath 🌟

In yoga philosophy, we’re made up of five koshas — or layers of being — moving from the physical to the most subtle.

✨ The Vijnanamaya Kosha is the wisdom sheath — more subtle than the body and mind, it represents pure knowing and discernment.

This layer guides us towards:
🗣️ Right Speech
🤝 Right Action

It’s where we learn to differentiate between:
🌿 Truth vs. Illusion
🌀 Clarity vs. Confusion
⚖️ Wisdom vs. Attachment

Unlike the more reactive layers clouded by desires, fears, and past experiences, the Vijnanamaya Kosha is less influenced by these fluctuations. It reveals a clearer, less clouded perspective—rooted in spiritual insight and awakened awareness.

Through spiritual practice and yoga, we cultivate connection with this inner wisdom — transcending personal attachments and ego-driven illusions.

🌸 This sheath invites us to live consciously, aligned with our higher truth, embracing authenticity, clarity, and balance.

20/09/2025

🧘‍♀️✨ Yoga & The Polyvagal Theory: Healing Through Nervous System Awareness ✨🧠

Your nervous system holds the key to your healing.
Let’s talk Polyvagal Theory – the science of how we feel safe, connect, and recover.

🌀 According to the Polyvagal Theory (Stephen Porges, via ), our autonomic nervous system has three states:
1️⃣ Safe & Social (Ventral Vagal)
2️⃣ Fight/Flight (Sympathetic)
3️⃣ Shutdown/Freeze (Dorsal Vagal)

When we feel danger, our sympathetic system activates – racing heart, shallow breath, anxiety. This isn’t in your head – it’s in your nervous system.

💨 But here’s the shift: through conscious breathing, yoga, and body-based practices, we can notice and influence these responses.

🧘 Yoga teaches us to move fluidly between emotional states, helping us build:
✔️ Flexibility
✔️ Resilience
✔️ Nervous system regulation

🎭 Practices like dance, play, and performance also activate healthy regulation. A regulated nervous system seeks connection, not rejection.

But when our system is dysregulated, especially due to early trauma, it sees closeness as unsafe.
🚫 You might push people away, not because you don’t want love – but because your body is trying to protect you.
💔 Trauma isn’t just what happened. It’s also what your nervous system learned about safety.

👫 Surrounding yourself with calm, regulated people is powerful. Our systems co-regulate.
→ Unhealed people with unhealed people = trauma cycles continue.
→ Healing happens in safe connection.

💓 Yoga + Polyvagal Theory remind us:
Your body isn’t broken.
It’s just doing its best to protect you.
And you can teach it a new way.

02/08/2025

You’re warmly invited to join me for the September Carcoar Mini Retreat, a nourishing morning of connection, movement, and stillness to gently welcome the spring season.

This retreat is designed as a peaceful reset — just a few mindful hours to bring you back into your calm, restorative state. We’ll gather in community, meet like-minded people, and finish with a deeply healing Sound Healing Restorative Yoga class.

🌿 Spring Mini Yoga Retreat in Historic Carcoar 🌸
Sunday, 14th September 2025 | 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Carcoar School of Arts

Step gently out of winter’s hibernation and into the light with a nourishing morning of movement, connection, and renewal.

Join us in the beautiful, historic village of Carcoar for a soul-soothing Spring Mini Yoga Retreat designed to awaken your body, uplift your spirit, and prepare you for the vibrant energy of the warmer months ahead.

Your morning will include:
✨ Gentle, all-levels yoga to energise and open the body
🎶 A deeply calming sound healing and restorative yoga session
🌱 An inspiring Ayurveda in Spring discussion – tips to balance your body and mind as the seasons shift
☕ A nourishing morning tea with warm drinks and seasonal treats

Whether you're a seasoned yogi or just beginning your journey, this retreat offers a welcoming space to reconnect with yourself, shake off the winter heaviness, and plant seeds for a revitalised spring.

All levels welcome. Just bring your mat, an open heart, and a readiness to bloom.

https://www.serenalouiseyoga.com/events/yogaretreatthehiltonhomestead-z5z9a

11/03/2025

Hotel room Yoga, solo with my two little ladies ❤️

I flew to the UK with my two girls and untapped a whole new world of personal resilience 💪🏼 And strangers are so kind, faith in humanity is definitely restored ☺️

“When we learn how to become resilient, we learn how to embrace the beautifully broad spectrum of the human experience.”
― Jaeda Dewalt

As I said to my husband, its not the faint hearted but wow 😮 I’m so lucky to be able to make this trip with my daughters and show them my motherland ✈️ Yoga and meditation helped me tremendously with the journey, jet lag, early morning wake ups and change in environment - I’m forever grateful for this ancient practice 🙏🏼

Now to settle into British life again for the next month 🇬🇧 xx

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Mandurama, NSW
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Website

http://www.serenalouiseyoga.com/

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