“3-6-9 Manifestation” Workshop

7:30 — 9:30pm
Friday May 26, 2023
with Holly Putna & Wendy Praud

$125

Welcome to a special 2 hour journey where you will be lovingly guided by our resident practitioner Holly and teacher Wendy.

You will be led through a Meditation & candle lit Yin practice, Sound Healing, a Manifestion workshop, a Journaling session and the crême de la crême is the Reiki Healing you will receive.

We will use the 3/6/9 method for goal setting & manifestating. You will be encouraged to ask questions. Holly will offer intuitive insights using Angel & Tarot cards.

We will create a beautiful Mandala in our group circle with crystal offerings.

While Wendy leads Yin and Meditation, Holly will offer Reiki on each student to bring peace, hope and the manifestation into life.

Wendy is a Yoga teacher trainer, teacher, Meditation and Mindfulness certified, Pilates teacher and Reiki master with over 1000 hours of training and has been teaching since 2011.

Come to Wendy’s class on Monday evening 6pm & 7:15pm and Tuesday morning 9:30am at AYA Studio.

Hypnobirthing Australia’s Positive Birth Program

12 — 6pm
Saturdays June 3 & 10, 2023
with Melanie Mackintosh

$550 per couple

AYA is delighted to present the Hypnobirthing Australia™ Positive Birth Program, a unique childbirth education course designed for parents who are preparing for a calm and joyous birth.

Spend a beautiful and inspiring weekend with Melanie and a small group of like-minded parents to learn the skills that will help you to willing and calmly meet whatever turn the birthing of your baby takes.

About your educator

Melanie Mackintosh is one of Australia’s leading prenatal and postnatal yoga teachers. Melanie has been leading mums through their pregnancies with yoga and meditation since 2010. She regularly teaches other teachers in their quest to become certified prenatal and postnatal yoga teachers. Melanie is mum to two beautiful children, born joyously and calmly using yoga and meditation techniques.

Please feel free to contact Melanie on 0413 298 132 or at melanie@australianyogaacademy.com with any questions.

Restorative Immersion Class

7 — 9pm
Friday June 9, 2023
with Pau Archer

$45 / $40 (YTT’s/Members/YTT Graduates)

We all want to feel calm and in control.

Well we have a secret and it’s called restorative yoga!

And we couldn’t ask for a better guide than Paul Archer – he’s an award winning author and lead trainer in restorative yoga and he’s our special guest when he teaches a restorative yoga immersion class for us at AYA.

Restorative yoga is closer to meditation than it is to a movement practice. It gives us permission to stop trying and to just be. It is in this space that healing can and does occur.

Paul Archer is the owner of Yoga Cita in Carnegie, Melbourne and Nautilus gold-medal winning author of The Esoteric Science of Restorative Yoga. Paul is also the lead trainer for AYA’s renowned 50 hour Yin Yoga and 25 hour Restorative Yoga Teacher Training programs.

Foundations of Reiki One

11:30am — 5pm
Frida June 16, 2023
with Holly Putna

$350

Interested in learning Reiki?

Learn the foundations of Reiki from Reiki Master Holly Putna.

Holly will teach you:

• An introduction to Reiki
• The history and lineage of Reiki
• Basic principles of Reiki
• Hand positions for self-healing and an
• Introduction to healing others
• Understanding energy work

After the workshop has finished, all attendees will receive their own complimentary private Reiki treatment, and receive their Reiki 1 attunements.

Snacks and tea included.

Brilliance of Bandhas

10am — 1pm
Saturday June 24, 2023
with Jenni Morrison-Jack

$75
$70 for AYA Members & YTT Graduates
(Email us at info@australianyogaacademy.com to book in)

Bandha is often one of the first Sanskrit words you hear in a yoga class. Bandha is translated as ‘lock’ or ‘seal’, designed to assist practitioners to retain and direct pranic current and prevent injury.

They aren’t just mysterious energetic seals, but can be anatomically understood as a simultaneous activation of opposing muscle groups around a joint complex. It is possible to create bandhas around each main joint complex of the body to provide stability and support during asana practice.

This three-hour workshop is divided into theory and practice. First we will look into the anatomy of the nine main bandhas, and then apply the techniques into asanas of Ashtanga half primary series.

After the workshop you will be able apply these techniques in your practice to make flexible joints stable and to mobilise stiff joints.

This workshop is targets yoga teachers, yoga teacher trainee and all yoga students who would like to deepen their understanding of their practice.

Get Ready to Fly! Arm Balancing Practice Lab

10am — 1pm
Saturday July 8, 2023
with Jenni Morrison-Jack

$75
$70 for AYA Members & YTT Graduates
(Email us at info@australianyogaacademy.com to book in)

Arm balancing poses can sometimes feel like they are unattainable. We promise you, they are not!

Join Jenni for this fun, interactive and informative practice lab. You will be introduced to common arm balancing poses, building them from the ground up, exploring each pose from where you are in your practice.

This prac lab targets yoga teachers who may be looking for new poses to introduce into their classes, yoga teacher trainees who want to learn how to teach the poses, step-by-step and the adventurous yoga student who wants to learn to fly!

Meaningful Modifications for Prenatal Yoga Students

10am — 1pm
Saturday July 15, 2023
with Melanie Mackintosh

$75
$70 for AYA Members & YTT Graduates
(Email us at info@australianyogaacademy.com to book in)

Join prenatal yoga expert, Melanie Mackintosh, for a refresher on teaching yoga to prenatal students. We will spend time reviewing the latest research around the benefits of yoga for prenatal students as well as reviewing the most common contraindications and cautions in the yoga practice when pregnant.

There will be a particular emphasis on workshopping meaningful modifications for prenatal yoga students, so no pregnant student ever feels left out or ignored in the yoga class. Bring to the workshop the pre prepared vinyasa sequences and poses that you’d like help with modifying for your prenatal students.

This workshop targets yoga teachers who feel that they need some guidance in teaching prenatal students, yoga teacher trainees who want to fortify their understanding of yoga for prenatal students and even the curious yoga student who is currently pregnant and wants to take a more active role in their yoga practice.

Bro-yoga

7:30 — 8:30pm
Friday July 21, 2023
with Ian McGinn

$45
$40 for AYA Members & YTT Graduates
(Email us at info@australianyogaacademy.com to book in)

Yes, you read correctly, this is Bro-yoga! That is, yoga designed specifically for the men in our community.

This is a multi-level class, aimed at those with some yoga experience and those who are curious, but have never practised before. All ages and levels of fitness are welcome too. So grab a mate, and come along for a yoga class that will cover the benefits of yoga for your body and your mind. It’s a chance to connect with a new community and to develop a support network that you, and the guy next to you on the mat, may appreciate.

We are grateful to recent AYA graduate, Ian McGinn, for leading this class for us. It’s the first of its kind at AYA and we can’t wait to welcome new students into our community.