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How Pilates benefits Yoga

Posted May 20, 2019

Joseph Pilates famously said, “In 10 sessions you’ll feel the difference, in 20 sessions you’ll see the difference, and in 30 sessions you’ll have a whole new body.” There’s a reason BodyMindLife transformed from just a yoga studio to offering reformer Pilates too. The practice has been on the rise all over the world for [...]

Mad about Maty

Posted April 30, 2019

5 Things I learned from Maty Ezraty I met the wonderful Maty Ezraty for the first time when she visited Bodymindlife this March, and I am mad about her! Eight weeks later, I continue to uncover new layers to my learnings from the magnificent 25 hours I spent with her. Maty had this incredible way [...]

Yoga to unlock your creativity

Posted April 17, 2019

Because our future selves depend on it By balancing your svadhistana chakra through yoga postures and stilling the mind through meditation and breath control, you can harness your awareness and invite clarity into your consciousness which, as a result, unlocks your creativity. For two decades I have moved in my favourite two realms: yoga and [...]

Why we love Sun Salutations

Posted April 4, 2019

This classic sequence is a mainstay in Vinyasa yoga classes and has a host of benefits for the body and mind. A series of asanas woven together with breath, Surya Namaskar is practised by millions of yogis around the world. In the words of our head of yoga Noelle Connolly, “the whole practice resides in [...]

Introducing BodyMindLife Kirrawee

Posted April 4, 2019

Say hello to Kirrawee! Take a look inside our brand new wellness centre, reformer Pilates and yoga studio in The Shire We’ve officially opened our first studio in The Shire. Based in the heart of the South Village precinct, Kirrawee, Phil and Ferique have designed a light-filled wellness hub with two yoga studios, an expansive [...]

Interview with Simon Park

Posted March 26, 2019

Simon Park has come a long way since he first began his yoga journey with Shiva Rea at UCLA following a motorbike accident. The “Flying Nomad” has been named by Yoga Journal as “one of the most influential and gifted, next generation of yoga teachers” who can make you fall in love with the practice [...]

Five ways to soothe back pain at your desk

Posted March 5, 2019

Living in Sydney, with many of us hunched over desks, laptops, smartphones and steering wheels, it’s not wonder that almost everyone suffers from some kind of neck, shoulder and upper back stiffness, tightness and pain. Your head makes up a 7th of your body’s total weight. If you’re a desk jockey, it’s likely that you [...]

Five minutes with Phil Goodwin, founder of BodyMindLife

Posted March 5, 2019

Following the launch of our Kirrawee studio and 17th birthday of BodyMindLife last month, one of our ethical yogi props suppliers AKASHA sat down for a chat on the mat with our founder Phil Goodwin. Tell us about your yoga journey - how did yoga find you? It was around 20 years ago. My partner [...]

How 28 days of practice can change the way you think, feel and live

Posted February 12, 2019

Feel like you need a reset? The latest neuroscience research tells us that nothing about our personalities is fixed. As hard-wired as we think we are, change is always possible and is open to anyone. The Transformation Project is our take on a 28-day challenge. It’s a chance to commit to a yoga or Pilates [...]

5 tips to change up your practice in 2019

Posted January 7, 2019

Habits. They can be so helpful or really take us away from the direction we’re trying to go. Simply showing up for practice is an amazing goal for 2019. As we’ve seen in our 28-day challenge The Transformation Project, when yoga or Pilates becomes a habit, change will happen. But sometimes when we just turn [...]