My Yoga Time

16/02/2026

✨ Calming the Nervous System – Returning to Inner Safety ✨
If you’ve been feeling overwhelmed, restless, anxious, or stuck in a state of “always on,” this 10-minute meditation is an invitation to slow down and come back home to yourself.

Through mindfulness, gentle breathwork, and sensory awareness, this practice supports the nervous system to soften out of stress and mental overload, guiding you into a calmer, safer present moment. As attention returns to the breath and the senses, tension can ease, the mind can settle, and a quiet sense of clarity may begin to emerge.

This meditation may be especially supportive if you’re experiencing:
• Stress or anxiety
• Nervous system dysregulation
• Emotional overwhelm
• Difficulty relaxing or switching off
• A sense of disconnection or inner agitation

With regular practice, this offering can help cultivate emotional regulation, resilience, inner safety, and a steadier sense of calm that gently carries into daily life.

If this practice supports you, you’re very welcome to follow my Insight Timer profile — this will help others find their way to this practice too 🌿
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Through mindfulness, gentle breathwork & sensory awareness, this practice guides you out of stress & mental overload & into a peaceful present moment. By orienting attention to the breath & the senses, the nervous system is soothed, allowing tension to soften & the mind to settle, & a sense of peace...

12/02/2026

✨ Yoga & Meditation Retreat ✨
🌿 Springbrook, Gold Coast Hinterland
Friday 27 – Sunday 29 March 2026

Step away from the noise of everyday life and immerse yourself in the deep stillness of the Springbrook rainforest. Surrounded by ancient trees, fresh mountain air, and the natural rhythms of the land, this retreat is an invitation to slow down, soften, and come home to yourself.

Over three nourishing days, you’ll be guided through a carefully curated blend of slow-flow vinyasa, restorative yoga, and meditation, with gentle threads of yoga philosophy from the Yoga Sutras woven throughout the practices. Each session is designed to calm the nervous system, quiet the mind, and restore balance — physically, mentally, and emotionally.

This retreat is suitable for all levels, whether you’re new to yoga or an experienced practitioner seeking deeper rest, clarity, and reconnection.

Location
📍 Theosophical Retreat Centre
2184 Springbrook Rd, Springbrook QLD
• Nestled in lush rainforest surrounds
• Scenic walking tracks and nature immersion nearby
• Fully catered with nourishing vegetarian, gluten-free meals

Accommodation & Investment
• Single Room (shared bathroom) – $635
• Twin Share (shared bathroom) – $1240 Booked Out
• Queen Room (shared bathroom) – $1240

Optional massage treatments are available — please enquire when booking.

✨ Spaces are limited and the retreat is coming up soon ✨
If you’ve been feeling tired, overwhelmed, or simply craving time to reset, this is your opportunity to gift yourself a weekend of deep rest, presence, and renewal in nature.
https://www.myyogaqld.com.au/yoga-meditation-retreats

11/02/2026

✨ Deep Rest in 11 Minutes ✨
A short yet powerful Yoga Nidra practice to calm your nervous system, clear mental fog, and gently reset your energy — even when time is limited.

In just 11 minutes, you’ll be guided into non-sleep deep rest (NSDR) where the body releases tension and the mind softens. From this deeply receptive state, a clear intention (sankalpa) is planted and gratitude is gently woven in — helping your system shift out of stress and into balance.

Perfect for moments of:
• overwhelm
• anxiety
• fatigue
• mental fog

This practice supports deep rest and conscious intention — so you finish feeling steadier, clearer, and more resourced.

✅ Nervous system reset
✨ Intention setting & manifestation
🌿 Gratitude-based regulation

🎧 Listen on Insight Timer
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✨ New meditations released fortnightly
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This short yet powerful Yoga Nidra meditation is designed to gently reset the nervous system, guide you into deep conscious rest and support intentional manifestation through clarity and gratitude, even when time is limited. In just 11 minutes, you’ll be led into a state of non-sleep deep rest (NS...

10/02/2026

Kidney & Bladder Meridian Yoga | 30-Min Slow Flow | Restore Inner Peace & Soothe Nervous System 🌿

This 30-minute slow flow therapeutic yoga class is designed to support balance in the Kidney and Bladder meridians, helping to calm the nervous system and restore a sense of inner peace and stability.

In Traditional Chinese Medicine, the Kidney meridian is associated with our vital essence and our ability to feel safe and grounded, while the Bladder meridian — often referred to as the Guardian of Peace — supports the nervous system and our capacity to release stored tension and emotional holding.

🌿 This nourishing practice includes:
~ Forward bends to stimulate the Bladder meridian and encourage release
~ Gentle backbends and hip openers to awaken and support the Kidney meridian
~ Buddhi Mudra (associated with water element), the communication mudra, intuitive communication and inner listening
~ Slow, mindful transitions to calm the mind and reconnect with the quiet observer within.

This class is ideal if you’re feeling anxious, depleted, emotionally sensitive, or in need of grounding and reassurance. Suitable for all levels, including those seeking a more therapeutic, introspective practice.

✨ Allow this practice to guide you back to a place of steadiness, softness, and trust — where the body feels supported, the breath flows freely, and the mind can rest in quiet awareness.
https://youtu.be/mg05ewqnhao

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🕉 Accredited Online Yoga Teacher Training
200hrs ~ 350hrs ~ 500hrs ~ Yin Yoga Immersion
https://myyogatime.com/

05/02/2026

✨ Here & Now | A Simple Breath Awareness Meditation
This 10-minute meditation invites you to rest in simple awareness of the breath. When we focus on the breath, the volume on the mind chatter turns down. You’ll be guided to feel the natural rise and fall of the naval, the subtle touch of breath at the nostrils, and the changing sensations of each inhale and exhale. As attention settles on the breath, the mind softens, and the body naturally arrives in the present moment, returning home to the quiet observer within. A grounding practice for calm, clarity, and embodied presence.
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✨ New meditations released fortnightly
✨ Short meditation courses coming soon

Music by Narek Mirzaei - musicofwisdom.

This gentle meditation invites you to rest in simple awareness of the breath. When we focus on the breath, the volume on the mind chatter turns down. You’ll be guided to feel the natural rise and fall of the naval, the subtle touch of breath at the nostrils, and the changing sensations of each inh...

01/02/2026

✨Awakening The Inner Senses: Resting As The Observer
This guided 9-minute meditation invites you to gently turn inward, awakening each of the five senses from within. Through subtle awareness of taste, sound, breath, sight, and touch, you’ll soften the body, quiet the mind, and rest in the still presence behind all experience. Returning home to the quiet observer beneath the thoughts, beneath the stories. When you rest as the observer, life begins to unfold effortlessly — nothing to fix, nothing to resist. Join me in a practice of surrender, sensory awareness, and effortless being.

🎧 Free meditation on Insight Timer
Follow me on Insight Timer for future meditations, and if this practice resonates, I’d love for you to leave a comment or rating there — it helps this meditation reach others who may enjoy it.

Music by Narek Mirzaei - musicofwisdom.

This guided meditation invites you to gently turn inward, awakening each of the five senses from within. Through subtle awareness of taste, sound, breath, sight, and touch, you’ll soften the body, quiet the mind, and rest in the still presence behind all experience. Returning home to the quiet obs...

29/01/2026

Explore my free meditations on Insight Timer — designed to calm the nervous system, refine awareness, and reconnect you to the peaceful presence within 🌿

Currently available:
✨ Awakening the Inner Senses: Resting as the Observer
🩵 Here & Now: A Simple Breath Awareness Meditation
🌿 Calm, Cleanse & Restore: Vishama Vritti & Ujjayi Pranayama

New meditations are released fortnightly, with short courses coming soon.

👉 To listen:
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I’d love to connect with you there 💚

26/01/2026

20min Reset Yoga | Deep Stretch & Gentle Core | Release Hips, Back, Shoulders & Neck ✨

This soothing 20-minute yoga class blends deep, nourishing stretches with gentle core activation and subtle somatic movement to help unwind tension, quiet the mind, and restore ease throughout the body.

Perfect as an evening wind-down or a morning reset, this practice helps to gently unhinge the kinks held in the back, shoulders, hips, and neck — inviting fluidity, circulation, and a renewed sense of spaciousness.

A touch of gentle heat (tapas) builds supportive strength without strain, creating a balanced practice of effort and softness — ideal for releasing stress, improving mobility, and cultivating calm clarity.

✨ This class supports:
• Releasing accumulated tension and stiffness
• Soothing the nervous system and settling the mind
• Gently strengthening the core for stability and balance
• Increasing mobility and functional flexibility
• Reconnecting to embodied awareness through somatic movement

🧘 Suitable for all levels — move slowly, listen deeply, and allow this practice to meet you exactly where you are.

Take this time to soften, breathe, and return to yourself — refreshed, grounded, and steady from the inside out.
https://youtu.be/l4uSDJ8tfjY

Accredited Online Yoga Teacher Training 🕉
200hrs ~ 350hrs ~ 500hrs ~ Yin Yoga Immersion
https://myyogatime.com/

20/01/2026

✨ Foundations of Stillness: Reclaiming the Quiet Mind ✨
Yoga Immersion | 14 February 2026
Saturday | 7:30am – 1:00pm | Mt Cotton

Step away from the noise of daily life and reconnect with clarity, presence, and inner stillness.
This half-day immersion offers a deeply nourishing blend of practice, philosophy, and embodied learning — suitable for yoga teachers, trainees, and dedicated yogis wishing to deepen their personal practice.

🌿 Open to All Yogis
Not training to teach? You’re warmly welcome to join at a reduced rate (non-accredited, fewer hours) while still receiving the full immersive experience.
🧘‍♀️ What’s Included
✔ Therapeutic asana
✔ Pranayama & meditation
✔ Yoga philosophy & technique
✔ Teaching methodology & embodied understanding
⏰ Daily Flow
• 7:30am – Welcome, orientation & set-up
• 8:00am – Practice (also open as a general class)
• 9:00am – Tea break
• 9:15am – 12:15pm – Integrated theory & practical application
• 12:15pm – Restorative practice & meditation
Light snacks welcome at your mat. No formal lunch break.
📖 Module Focus – Foundations of Stillness
Establish inner orientation, mental clarity, and philosophical grounding.
• Philosophy: Yoga Sutra 1.2, Purusha & Prakriti, key yogic principles
• Technique: History and foundations of yoga
• Practice: Foundational asana, pranayama, yoga nidra
• Lifestyle & Ethics: Nutrition, introduction to Ayurveda, alkalinity in the body
💰 Investment
$150 – includes online content
This module may also be credited toward the Level 1 / 200hr Yoga Teacher Training – Cultivating Yoga Foundations (My Yoga Time) for those wishing to teach in the future.
📅 Save the date for Module 2 – 7 March 2026
Unravelling the Self: Understanding Affliction, Alignment & Tradition
✨ Spaces are limited — message or book now to reserve your place.
https://www.myyogaqld.com.au/contact

15/01/2026

13/01/2026

Deep Stretch & Strength Yoga | Whole Body | All Levels✨

This full-body yoga class offers a deep, nourishing stretch from toes to head, balanced with gentle core engagement to support both mobility and strength. With mindful attention to the feet, legs, hips, spine, shoulders, and neck, this practice creates space throughout the entire body while cultivating stability, clarity, and ease.

Perfect for any time of day — especially if you’re feeling tight, heavy, or unmotivated — this class helps restore energy through slow, intentional movement and breath. Long stretches are thoughtfully paired with subtle strengthening to support the joints and integrate the whole body as one connected system.

Expect smooth transitions, steady pacing, and plenty of options so you can move in a way that feels supportive and accessible for your body. This class is suitable for all levels, with modifications for beginners and gentle progressions for those wanting a little more depth.

✨ Benefits of this class include:
• Releasing tension through the entire body
• Improving full-body mobility and functional flexibility
• Gently strengthening the core for balance and support
• Calming the nervous system and reducing stress
• Creating a sense of spaciousness, clarity, and renewed energy

🧘 Props:
• One yoga block or a thick book

This is a deeply grounding, feel-good practice — ideal when you want to stretch, strengthen, and reconnect with your body from the ground up and all the way through to the crown.
https://youtu.be/40M9uc62mhE

Accredited Online Yoga Teacher Training 🕉
200hrs ~ 350hrs ~ 500hrs ~ Yin Yoga Immersion
https://myyogatime.com/