Yoga Week
June 17-24, 2022Yoga Week celebrates the pivotal role that yoga teachers, yoga therapists, and yoga teacher trainers play in communities across the world.
Supporting the health
& wellbeing of all.
As an extension of International Yoga Day (Tuesday 21 June), this year we’re excited to share with you a brand new initiative, introducing – Yoga Week.
Activities held throughout Yoga Week provide a unique opportunity for everyone in the community to come together to learn, connect, and experience yoga first-hand with events, resources, talks, and meet-ups presented by yoga professionals from all traditions, lineages, and styles.
“Yoga Week is such a great opportunity to celebrate everything we love about Yoga, to bring the yoga community together and to share the joys and benefits of yoga far and wide.”
Find a Yoga Week Event
Find Yoga Week events, workshops, talks, and meetups offered by yoga professionals in your area.
Yoga & me
Yoga is for everybody. In its essence, yoga is a mind-body practice that combines physical postures (asanas), breathing techniques (pranayama), meditation, and relaxation.
Yoga has been used by many traditions for it’s health benefits, and excitingly, more and more scientific studies are emerging that reinforce the biopsychosocial (biological/physcial, psychological, and sociological) health benefits of the practice of yoga.
Yoga Therapy uses evidence-based yogic practices in the treatment of specific health conditions and aims to empower individuals to progress toward improved health and wellbeing, by working one-on-one or in small groups with a qualified yoga therapist.
New to yoga? Give it a try. There are many different styles, lineages, and teachings of yoga, which means it’s yogi’s choice! We suggest trying out a variety of classes to find the style, teacher, and studio you resonate with the most.
To learn more about yoga or yoga therapy, follow the links below.
Visit our blog
Here you’ll find all things yoga-related! Explore articles from our ambassadors, yoga week spotlights and more.
How much Yoga is in the Yoga?
Across millennia there have been many schools of Yoga and many teachers, each with their own distinct practice approaches. New ways of working, new techniques, new ways of communicating continually emerge.
Becoming a Yoga Therapist
My journey to becoming a yoga therapist was a long time in the making. It certainly did not happen overnight and was a slow pull in that direction.
Pratyahara Practice with Alan Goode
In this video, Yoga Week ambassador Alan Goode takes us through a short exercise in Pratyahara.
Yoga Week Ambassadors
Meet our ambassadors for Yoga Week 2022. People from all backgrounds and walks of life find their way to yoga, whether as students, yoga teachers, yoga therapists, or yoga teacher trainers and we’re thrilled to have these individuals representing the Yoga Week initiative for the community.
John Ogilvie
Senior Teacher, Teacher Trainer, Director of the Byron Yoga Centre
As the founder of the Byron Yoga Centre, has been teaching yoga for over twenty-five years. He encourages a light-heartedness in his approach to yoga with classes integrating the different yoga styles of Iyengar and Ashtanga, as well as the softer Sivananda and Satyananda practices of yoga and the energy principles of Aikido.
Valerie Faneco
Yoga Therapist, Snr Teacher, Teacher Trainer, WA Community Rep, Eka Yoga Institute
Valerie has been teaching yoga since 1999. Through her extensive training in the tradition of Krishnamacharya and decades of personal practice, Valerie has gained expertise in all tools of yoga and teaches people of all ages and abilities, including seniors, pregnant women, children and athletes.
Hanuman Das
Registered Yoga Teacher, Living Peace Yoga
Hanuman Das (Greg) teaches yogic techniques with a focus on integrating our spiritual life with our daily life. He has been published in magazines and on websites, and interviewed on local and national radio in Australia. Hanuman Das is a gifted and entertaining speaker whose parables make learning clear and easy to assimilate into our lives.
Josh Pryor
Yoga teacher, Author, Vice President of Yoga Australia
Josh Pryor exudes a rare passion, as both a teacher and student of yoga. His dedication to the practice extends far beyond the mat, to the thriving community he supports whilst pursuing his studies of the ancient texts. Josh recently published his first book The Spirit of the Matter.
Lisa Allwell
Yoga Australia Board member, Snr Teacher, Seed Yoga
Lisa was a health professional who unexpectedly fell in love with yoga. She has held senior public health roles in mental health, cancer, stroke and chronic illness, but traded up a focus on evidence, research and evaluation to teach yoga. Lisa runs Seed Yoga + Wellness in Blackburn, as well as leading retreats to India, Greece, Bali and beyond.
Alan Goode
Director of Yoga Mandir
Alan is the Director of Yoga Mandir. Alan has extensive experience in teaching Iyengar yoga to all levels of students, from beginners through to experienced, and remedial classes for those with injuries and medical conditions. Alan is passionately involved with the practice of yoga and its application to daily life. Alan has developed an extensive resource library and engages in ongoing research work to support teacher development.
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Yoga Week is an initiative of Yoga Australia, an industry-leading peak body for yoga professionals. We’re committed to fostering a thriving Yoga community by providing dedicated support, ongoing development opportunities, access to professional resources, events, and more.
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