Published: 20 March 2026 | Last Updated: 22 September 2026 Author: Rebecca Anderson, Graduate Certificate in Yoga Therapy & Ayurvedic Lifestyle Consultant When you’ve studied and practised yoga for decades, it’s natural that the path eventually leads you to Ayurveda. But I’ll be honest: I never truly understood or appreciated this ancient science until my
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At her first period a girl meets her wisdom. Through her menstruating years, she practices her wisdom, and at menopause, she becomes her wisdom. – Native American Saying Often seen as a problem to fix, menopause is in fact a powerful transition and one that deserves understanding, support and respect. But until recently, it was
Published: 22 January 2026 | Last Updated: 22 September 2026Author: Rebecca Anderson, Graduate Certificate in Yoga Therapy & Ayurvedic Lifestyle Consultant If you’ve stumbled onto this page, you’ve probably already seen the word. Ayurveda. It sits there on the screen looking faintly unpronounceable, and nobody wants to be the person who butchers it at a
Published: 17 September 2025 | Last Updated: 25 September 2026 Author: Rebecca Anderson, Graduate Certificate in Yoga Therapy When I was diagnosed with Graves’ disease, an autoimmune condition where the immune system drives the thyroid into overdrive, I experienced firsthand how exhausting living with autoimmunity can be. Physically, mentally, emotionally. But that diagnosis also gave
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Published: 30 August 2025 | Last Updated: 16 September 2026Author: Rebecca Anderson, Graduate Certificate in Yoga Therapy Back pain affects millions of Australians, yet most general yoga classes simply cannot address what makes your back pain unique. In my years of working one-on-one with clients at Serene Wellbeing Therapies, I’ve seen firsthand how personalised yoga therapy
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Published: 19 August 2025 | Last Updated: 13 October 2026Author: Rebecca Anderson, Graduate Certificate in Yoga Therapy If you’ve ever finished a yoga session feeling calmer, clearer and more “at home” in your body, chances are your breath did a lot of the heavy lifting. In yoga we call breath practices prāṇāyāma, techniques that use
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A blog to help explain this wonderful modality. Bowen Therapy, also known as the Bowen Technique, is a distinct form of bodywork developed in Australia by Thomas Ambrose Bowen. It involves a series of precise movements performed over muscles, tendons, ligaments, and fascia. These moves are applied at specific anatomical locations across the body and
Have you ever finished a long day in front of a screen, felt that all-too-familiar tightness creeping into your neck… and then noticed your eyes struggling to focus? Maybe things go a little blurry, or you find yourself squinting or turning your whole body to look at something properly. It’s not your imagination—tight neck muscles
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If you’ve ever paused to take a deep breath and felt a subtle shift inside — a sense of ease, of space, of “ah, there I am” — you’ve experienced the power of a mind-body moment. Mind-body practices are exactly that: ways of bringing our attention back to the body, the breath, and the present
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Gentle, grounding, backed by science One of the most beautiful things about yoga is how accessible it can be. You don’t need to twist yourself into a pretzel to feel better. Sometimes, just sitting still and breathing is enough. One of my favourite practices—both personally and in yoga therapy—is Bhramari Pranayama, or “bee breath”. This calming
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