Yogaveda Wellness Subscriber, Welcome to Yogaveda's Winter Newsletter 2018! We are excited to introduce new Teachers and Classes as well as welcoming the Heartsong Sound Meditation team to Yogaveda. We have a Partner Birth Preparation Workshop coming up, some useful Winter Wellness Tips and Products for the Winter months ahead.
Welcome to Ayurveda's Winter Newsletter. As we move into the cooler days of Winter we need to adapt to our changing environment, aligning ourselves with the rhythms of nature and embracing a seasonal routine.
Winter Wellness Tips
This is the time to favour warm, nourishing foods and for also using warming, stimulating spices like ginger, cardamom, cumin & turmeric to stoke up your digestion.
Adding a dollop of ghee to your cooking is also beneficial as it oleates and helps combat the cold, dry qualities of winter.
Avoid cold, heavy foods like yoghurt, cheese, ice-cream, cold milk and chilled drinks!
Drink cups of hot water (boiled) and ginger tea to keep up you fluid intake when cold water is less appealing over the cooler months. This will also warm up your body and improve circulation.
Invigorate your body with regular exercise to boost energy levels, improve circulation and promote feelings of wellbeing.
Have you always wanted to travel to India but been a bit hesitant to take the journey on your own? Would you like to be part of a safe and comfortable group experience on our upcoming Wellness Retreat - Nov 30th to Dec 13th, 2018?
This will be our 7th Retreat to Rishikesh India over which time we have developed close liaisons with local tour operators to make our trip a safe and enjoyable journey.
Our chosen accommodation is high quality, clean and comfortable at all our locations.
We offer twice daily Yoga, Ayurvedic treatments and healthy vegetarian cuisine.
Warm up this winter with one of our Ayurvedic Herbal Steam Therapies; Steambox Treatment - Bashpaswedana - Localised Steam Massage - Nadiswedana.
These treatments are excellent to stimulate circulation, relieve joint and muscle stiffness and detoxify the body.
BLACK SESAME OIL
Black seed sesame oil is considered a gift of nature to mankind due to its warming, nourishing and detoxifying properties. Widely used in Ayurveda as a massage oil with benefits including; deeply calming and pacifying to the nervous system, detoxifying - promotes the moment of Ama (toxins) from the tissues and enhances immunity.
Also used as a mouth swish (Gandush) to remove toxins from the mouth, throat and naso-sinal cavities. Yogaveda stocks Organic Cold Pressed Sesame Oil in two sizes; 200ml $15 | 500ml $30
WOOL SHAWLS
Wrap yourself up in one of our warm, soft, wool shawls this winter. We have a lovely selection of colours to choose from.
Meet our new teacher Rachel Pilgrim who will be starting up a brand new Yin/Yang class on Saturdays at 5pm - 6.15pm.
Rachel is a passionate yogi who lives and breaths all things Yoga & Natural Health ; her ambition is to bring yoga into as many lives as possible. She has practised Iyengar and Ashtanga and a variety of other styles which she incorporates into her classes.
This Yin/Yang class involves Yin style stretches interspaced with some subtle heating Yang postures, ending with Yoga Nidra, Savasana and closing with some healing Aums. Starts Saturday June 16th at 5pm. Open to all levels.
NEW KIDS YOGA CLASSES
Meet Victoria our new Kids Yoga teacher!
Victoria, a yoga teacher, is also a therapeutic clown and works for the Clown Doctor Program at Fiona Stanley and Princess Margaret Hospital.
Classes for Kids are on Tuesdays 3.30pm for 4 to 8 year olds, and at 4pm for 9 to 12 years. Parents are welcome - additional $5 to join in.
PARTNER BIRTH PREPARATION WORKSHOP
Birth Preparation Workshop for Mums to be and Partners / Support Person with Midwife & Yoga Teacher Stefani Losch.
"It was an excellent class, including great practical activities. Stefani is an experienced midwife and showed a huge knowledge about homebirth. The class got me thinking about my role as a husband and how I could support my wife during birth. I'm sure this will help us to focus during our homebirth. Now I'm feeling much more prepared to support the labour, Thank you." - Rui
Sunday July 15th at 1pm to 4pm at Yogaveda - taking bookings now!
