Ground To Grow - an extension program - for students of yoga longing for more.
Taught by senior teachers Alison Sykes and Tanya Zappala, Ground to Grow is a series designed to help anchor you to your yoga practice. In a supportive group environment you will be guided to adapt the teachings of yoga for your own evolution. We are creating an environment for you to get into the nitty gritty with alignment and breathing practices, talk philosophy in practical everyday language and learn how meditation can be instinctive and empowering.
Want to learn more about why we're doing this? Read our blog on Blessed Brisbane - 'The Yoga of Vegemite Toast and Milky Tea'.
Each session will include breakdowns of common and popular yoga poses (think Down Dog) and pathways to achieving trickier asana like hand balances and inversions. Each student will be encouraged to work in their own way, at their own pace. After asana practice we will come together to discuss the philosophy and psychology of yoga, and to explore how the ancient teachings can be applied to our busy modern lives.
We'll go deeper into meditation practices than we're able to in general classes, and explore and discuss ways of making meditation more accessible, enjoyable and sustainable for you.
The Chakra system provide a foundation for our series, we're inspired to share this program with you as yoga has become a way for us to live life more fully, joyfully and responsively. We're so excited to share these teachings, they light us up and we hope that our passion for this practice will inspire you to bring yoga into all that you are and do.
We recommend that you have at least 6 months of regular practice experience, please contact us if you wish to complete the program but do not meet this guideline so that we can chat about whether the series will be a good fit for you.
Pre-requisite for workshops 4-7, students must have completed any or all of workshops 1-3.
Want to learn more about why we're doing this? Read our blog on Blessed Brisbane - 'The Yoga of Vegemite Toast and Milky Tea'.
Each session will include breakdowns of common and popular yoga poses (think Down Dog) and pathways to achieving trickier asana like hand balances and inversions. Each student will be encouraged to work in their own way, at their own pace. After asana practice we will come together to discuss the philosophy and psychology of yoga, and to explore how the ancient teachings can be applied to our busy modern lives.
We'll go deeper into meditation practices than we're able to in general classes, and explore and discuss ways of making meditation more accessible, enjoyable and sustainable for you.
The Chakra system provide a foundation for our series, we're inspired to share this program with you as yoga has become a way for us to live life more fully, joyfully and responsively. We're so excited to share these teachings, they light us up and we hope that our passion for this practice will inspire you to bring yoga into all that you are and do.
We recommend that you have at least 6 months of regular practice experience, please contact us if you wish to complete the program but do not meet this guideline so that we can chat about whether the series will be a good fit for you.
Pre-requisite for workshops 4-7, students must have completed any or all of workshops 1-3.
"Attending the Ground to Grow Workshops with Tanya and Alison provided a gentle space for me to grow, heal a little deeper and spiritually re-awaken. Each 4 hour workshop was devoted to a Chakra and was the perfect place for me to leave the world behind and come home to myself. The workshops were varied and consisted of Chakra work, yoga philosophy, meditations, asana practice, chanting, group activities, discussions, laughter and reflective exercises. I learnt a great deal from the workshops and felt embraced and supported in my physical and spiritual practice by these extremely devoted, experienced, talented, dedicated and compassionate teachers and by the other participants.
The group dynamic encouraged me to know that I was completely safe - physically, spiritually and emotionally. Tanya and Alison's teaching methods and guided exercises enabled me to release feelings and situations that no longer served me well and were making me unwell. Each workshop provided opportunity to make peace with my internal and external world as we worked through the Chakras. Following each workshop I was able to reflect and embark on my own journey of self-discovery to further consolidate and apply what I had learnt in order to heal and grow a little more.
I have no hesitation in recommending this course to future participants and am honoured and grateful to Tanya and Alison for developing such a powerful and thought provoking series. The experience provided me with an opportunity to connect with like-minded people, form friendships, gain knowledge and improve my yoga practice. It also assisted me to surrender negativity and release pain so I could once again align myself with my real spiritual truth - which is to face life with love and light instead of living in the shadows of my fears and darkness. I honestly cannot thank Tanya, Alison and the fellow participants enough for providing such a warm, empathetic and fun environment in order to further assist in my healing and development.
Mariza De Feudis - student 2017
2018 Dates
Sessions are held on Sunday afternoons from 11.30am-3.30pm at Clayfield Yoga Studio, cnr Vine St & Wagner Rd, Clayfield
17th June 2018
Earth | Getting Grounded
This workshop will focus on the foundations of common yoga postures from all families, from the ground up. Explore different ways to anchor yourself your in yoga poses. Creating a solid foundation allows our practice to flourish. Our Earth is that which attracts us inward to our center, which supports and nourishes us. Gravity is supporting our bones, enabling you to stand proud and tall. Earth is fertile, soil enriched by all the living things that it has accepted as compost, renewed to be used again. Earth is having a place where you feel at home, a place to call your own, the ability to settle down and let go. The Earth is nourishing spiritually as well as physically. The Earth welcomes all, and is the perfect place to start your journey.
29th July 2018
Water | Flowing with the Current
Water is the blood flowing in our veins, permeating every cell. It's the sweetness of life, the joy of drinking pure clean water, the bliss of taking a hot shower, washing your hands, soaking in a bath. Water is soft yet a force to be reckoned with. It teaches us at times it is best to relax and accept, rather then try to alter or control. To be adaptable between different levels in society, at work or at home. To find fluid transitions from one state to another. From one cell to two, two to four, we have we have started life without physical or mental exertion. Only along the way have we learnt fear that holds us back, pushing against the natural flow of our instinctive selves. Let's instead reconnect to our innate state of being.
26th August 2018
Fire | Radiant Power
The fire element governs our solar plexus, which is the home of personal power. Our ego, sense of self, inner and physical strength, determination and dedication are all related to this energy centre. How we show up in the world, who we relate to, what inspires us and why, is the focus of this workshop.
Where do you find the wisdom to navigate your own uniqueness? What are the best sources of wisdom for you? Do you shy away from a challenge or do your over commit and find yourself left feeling burnt out? Understanding where your journey begins is essential.
This workshop will hold a space for you to question your motivations, Where you are in your journey and where you can take it. Tap into your inner coach, look at your deepest values, and acknowledge the critical voices and determine their validity. Is this voice really something you need to act on or is it the voice that has always keep you doing the same thing because it feels safe and familiar?
It's time to tap into your power and own it.
7th October 2018
Air | Thriving Heart
Air is cultivating space, As the breath expands through our bodies carrying prana, which is simply energy, we feel enlivened. When we take deep breaths we invite space into the moment. When we allow space to be felt in the heart, we loosen off the heart strings that can tighten from the stresses and fast pace of life.
Coming back to the heart is like coming home, our inner sanctuary. Our hearts are both very vulnerable at times yet fierce and powerful. Seen as the ferocity of passion, the wisdom in our heart is also very compassionate, loving and kind, all of which we can be grateful for. What are you grateful for? What stirs your heart?
This workshop will help you to step confidently into your heart-space, without fear, and feel supported to explore sensitivity with joyfulness.
4th November 2018
Sound | Genuine Voice
Our voice is the merging and expression of what is felt in the heart and what is thought in the brain.
Hearing what the world has to say, combined with hearing how our head and heart interpret this information leads us to have a voice that is sensitive to our environment and relationships.
It is so valuable to be able to communicate with knowledge, passion and our unique truth, as well as being able to truly hear and see this in the people around us.
Our voice is our most powerful tool in transmitting the truth of our heart. To share and communicate from your unique understanding rather than reciting cues, or trying to emulate advertisements.
From hearing to speaking is a change of vibration to a greater understanding. It captures the essence of our higher thought frequencies and powerfully directs energy into manifestation - taking our thoughts and feeling into a more condensed energy.
Having a healthy throat chakra empowers us to choose words that accurately convey the truth of our feelings. This workshop will help you to cultivate confidence in clearly communicating your authentic truth.
2nd December 2018
Ether | Spacious Wisdom
“Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.”
Buddha quotes (Hindu Prince Gautama Siddharta, the founder of Buddhism, 563-483 B.C.)
20 January 2019
Spirit | Guided by Grace
The crown chakra gives us access to higher states of consciousness as we open to what is beyond our personal preoccupations and visions. The function of the crown chakra is driven by consciousness and gets us in touch with the universal.
The Sanskrit name “Sahasrara” is sometimes used to designate the seventh chakra. It can be translated as “the thousand petaled lotus”, implying that opening this energy centre is the highest blossoming of the soul. A lotus blossom rises from a deep struggle in the mud, this flower's significance represents the struggle a soul encounters on its path to a deep seated sense of contentment, a sense of the rightness of things, and a connection with a supportive universal energy.
All of life's energy flows in you and you are in all of life's energy. This workshop will help you to explore the release of limiting patterns, and softening into a easeful flow with Grace.
17th June 2018
Earth | Getting Grounded
This workshop will focus on the foundations of common yoga postures from all families, from the ground up. Explore different ways to anchor yourself your in yoga poses. Creating a solid foundation allows our practice to flourish. Our Earth is that which attracts us inward to our center, which supports and nourishes us. Gravity is supporting our bones, enabling you to stand proud and tall. Earth is fertile, soil enriched by all the living things that it has accepted as compost, renewed to be used again. Earth is having a place where you feel at home, a place to call your own, the ability to settle down and let go. The Earth is nourishing spiritually as well as physically. The Earth welcomes all, and is the perfect place to start your journey.
29th July 2018
Water | Flowing with the Current
Water is the blood flowing in our veins, permeating every cell. It's the sweetness of life, the joy of drinking pure clean water, the bliss of taking a hot shower, washing your hands, soaking in a bath. Water is soft yet a force to be reckoned with. It teaches us at times it is best to relax and accept, rather then try to alter or control. To be adaptable between different levels in society, at work or at home. To find fluid transitions from one state to another. From one cell to two, two to four, we have we have started life without physical or mental exertion. Only along the way have we learnt fear that holds us back, pushing against the natural flow of our instinctive selves. Let's instead reconnect to our innate state of being.
26th August 2018
Fire | Radiant Power
The fire element governs our solar plexus, which is the home of personal power. Our ego, sense of self, inner and physical strength, determination and dedication are all related to this energy centre. How we show up in the world, who we relate to, what inspires us and why, is the focus of this workshop.
Where do you find the wisdom to navigate your own uniqueness? What are the best sources of wisdom for you? Do you shy away from a challenge or do your over commit and find yourself left feeling burnt out? Understanding where your journey begins is essential.
This workshop will hold a space for you to question your motivations, Where you are in your journey and where you can take it. Tap into your inner coach, look at your deepest values, and acknowledge the critical voices and determine their validity. Is this voice really something you need to act on or is it the voice that has always keep you doing the same thing because it feels safe and familiar?
It's time to tap into your power and own it.
7th October 2018
Air | Thriving Heart
Air is cultivating space, As the breath expands through our bodies carrying prana, which is simply energy, we feel enlivened. When we take deep breaths we invite space into the moment. When we allow space to be felt in the heart, we loosen off the heart strings that can tighten from the stresses and fast pace of life.
Coming back to the heart is like coming home, our inner sanctuary. Our hearts are both very vulnerable at times yet fierce and powerful. Seen as the ferocity of passion, the wisdom in our heart is also very compassionate, loving and kind, all of which we can be grateful for. What are you grateful for? What stirs your heart?
This workshop will help you to step confidently into your heart-space, without fear, and feel supported to explore sensitivity with joyfulness.
4th November 2018
Sound | Genuine Voice
Our voice is the merging and expression of what is felt in the heart and what is thought in the brain.
Hearing what the world has to say, combined with hearing how our head and heart interpret this information leads us to have a voice that is sensitive to our environment and relationships.
It is so valuable to be able to communicate with knowledge, passion and our unique truth, as well as being able to truly hear and see this in the people around us.
Our voice is our most powerful tool in transmitting the truth of our heart. To share and communicate from your unique understanding rather than reciting cues, or trying to emulate advertisements.
From hearing to speaking is a change of vibration to a greater understanding. It captures the essence of our higher thought frequencies and powerfully directs energy into manifestation - taking our thoughts and feeling into a more condensed energy.
Having a healthy throat chakra empowers us to choose words that accurately convey the truth of our feelings. This workshop will help you to cultivate confidence in clearly communicating your authentic truth.
2nd December 2018
Ether | Spacious Wisdom
“Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.”
Buddha quotes (Hindu Prince Gautama Siddharta, the founder of Buddhism, 563-483 B.C.)
20 January 2019
Spirit | Guided by Grace
The crown chakra gives us access to higher states of consciousness as we open to what is beyond our personal preoccupations and visions. The function of the crown chakra is driven by consciousness and gets us in touch with the universal.
The Sanskrit name “Sahasrara” is sometimes used to designate the seventh chakra. It can be translated as “the thousand petaled lotus”, implying that opening this energy centre is the highest blossoming of the soul. A lotus blossom rises from a deep struggle in the mud, this flower's significance represents the struggle a soul encounters on its path to a deep seated sense of contentment, a sense of the rightness of things, and a connection with a supportive universal energy.
All of life's energy flows in you and you are in all of life's energy. This workshop will help you to explore the release of limiting patterns, and softening into a easeful flow with Grace.
Investment
Full program (7 workshops) - $740, or 4 instalments of $185.
A maximum of two missed workshops may be made up in the subsequent year's offering.
Monthly instalments - 4x $185
Individual workshops - $120
SPECIAL OFFER - Sign up with a friend and pay only $990 for two people for the full program - that's only $495 each - a massive saving, plus the added bonus of special bonding time with a friend!
SIGN UP NOW! Click here to complete your registration form.
Payments can be made via direct deposit to the account below. Please note that your place is not confirmed until your payment has been received. Once your payment is made please email info@clearskiesyoga.com.au with a copy of your transfer receipt.
BSB: 484799
Account: 202303248
Clear Skies Yoga
Suncorp Metway
A maximum of two missed workshops may be made up in the subsequent year's offering.
Monthly instalments - 4x $185
Individual workshops - $120
SPECIAL OFFER - Sign up with a friend and pay only $990 for two people for the full program - that's only $495 each - a massive saving, plus the added bonus of special bonding time with a friend!
SIGN UP NOW! Click here to complete your registration form.
Payments can be made via direct deposit to the account below. Please note that your place is not confirmed until your payment has been received. Once your payment is made please email info@clearskiesyoga.com.au with a copy of your transfer receipt.
BSB: 484799
Account: 202303248
Clear Skies Yoga
Suncorp Metway