Trikonasana, or the triangle pose. The main benefits of this standing posture are to stretch the sides of the body and give a lateral movement to the spine. All standing yoga postures help to ground your energy.
Physical Benefits
Stretches the sides of the body
Stretches the spine laterally
Helps keep the spine elastic
Improves flexibility in the hips and legs
Helps to open the chest
Massages the internal organs
Improves digestion
Amplifies the benefits of the half spinal twist
Improves circulation in the body
Mental Benefits
Steadies the mind
Calms the emotions
Increase empathy and self-awareness
Energetic (Pranic) Benefits
Calms the prana in the ida nadi
Maria doing Trikonasana – triangle pose, May 2007.Maria doing a spinal twist in triangle, October 2011.Maria doing Trikonasana, the triangle pose, October 2011.
I had a good week off to enjoy a couple last Queensland – Summer – Days.
As of Tuesday 26th March, all Yoga classes according to your weekly schedule, in-person at the Scout Halls and online on Zoom. https://hathayogaipswich.com.au/
Enjoy the cooler, rainy days and see you back on the Yoga mat soon. Maria, OM OM OM
Maria at North Kirra Beach, Gold Coast, Queensland. March 2024
I look forward to welcome you back on the yoga mat soon. Classes as follows at the Scout Halls, or you can join online on Zoom. For Zoom please contact me to receive the login details. Thanks.
Raceview Scout Hall, 32 Taylor Street, Eastern Heights 4305
Cost for Senior Classes (Wednesday 9am + Thursday 10am)
first class: free
single class $12.00
5-class-pass $55.00
10-class-pass $100.00
If possible please book for your first yoga class, but it’s is perfectly fine if you just show up at the Hall about 10 minutes before the class begins. Thank you !!
Saturday afternoon Hatha Yoga Class and Satsang Meditation
is on 15th July 2023. (2pm – 5pm)
First time that we have this class on a Saturday afternoon, changed from Friday evening in previous months & years.
2pm Hatha Yoga Class (please arrive from 1:30pm onwards) 3:45pm Meditation (mantra chanting, silent meditation, empowering talk)
The cost is $15 or one tick on the class pass.
You can join for both sessions to get most benefits. Or if this is not possible for you, just attend the Hatha Yoga class or the Satsang/Meditation class.
After the Meditation we’ll have a cup of tea and something sweet, I usually make a raw vegan cake or snack. If you have time to stay a little longer & chat.
Please book for these classes by contacting me. Thank You !!
The balancing postures on one leg are mentally highly demanding. These postures develop, to the highest degree, the powers of mental concentration and single-mindedness of thought, as well as physical balance.
Practising this asana brings a wonderful feeling of inner peace and concentration. Poised on one leg with the other foot as high up as half lotus, or at ankle or knee height. The hands pressed together in prayer position, in front of the chest or stretched up above the head. It also improves the muscle strength in the standing leg, keeping the back and spine straight. Therefore always practice on both sides, even though usually one side is easier than the other.
You can practice the following breathing exercise anytime. I recommend several times per day, short 5 – 8 minutes to calm down the nervous system. Breathing away the hectic of the day. Releasing small amounts of stress each time you practice.
Breathing in through both nostrils, deeply and slowly to a count of 5. Hold the breath to a slow count of 5. Breathing out through both nostrils, very slowly, emptying the lungs completely to a count of 5. Pause and wait after the exhalation to a count of 5. Then inhale again…… Practice as many rounds as you wish in one setting.
I suggest a minimum of four to five rounds, anytime/anywhere during the day.
A next 8 – weeks – meditation – course is starting soon. Monday 10th of May 2021, 5pm – 6pm, for eight consecutive weeks. The Topic of the course is on the Chakras.
The 7 main Chakra
Chakra means ‘wheel’. Chakras are energy vortices, or intersections where two or more nadis (sanskrit word) meet. Everyplace the 72,000 nadis of the astral body intersect, there is a chakra. There are an uncounted number of chakras in the body.
The chakras are the mechanisms by which the prana (lifeforce) is able to permeate the physical body from the astral body, and basically then, it is the prana that keeps the physical body alive.
Within the astral body are 7 main chakras associated with kundalini awakening. They are located within the astral body in locations that correspond with the spine in the physical body, and at the junctions where the ida and pingala, and various other nadis, meet.
These main chakras are called:
Muladhara – located near the base of the spine in the perineal space for men, at the back and top of the cervix for women; sacral plexus
Swadhishthana – located at the level of the uro-genital systems; prostatic plexus
Manipura – located at the area of the navel; solar plexus
Anahata – located at the level of the heart; cardiac plexus
Vishuddha – located in the throat region near the thyroid and adam’s apple; laryngeal plexus
Ajna – located in the space between the eyebrows; cavernous plexus
Sahasrara – located at the top of the head; pineal gland
In the first week of the course, we cover the basics and overall meaning of the Chakra. Then every week we cover, talk and meditate on one Chakra from 1 to 7. So if, you miss a week, each week is it’s own lesson.
Cost & Registration:
The upfront payment for the whole 8 weeks is $110.-, or you can pay each week $15.-.
If you have yoga class pass, you can use it of the meditation course as well.
The course is taking place at our home in Silkstone, and is limited to six participants. You need to book for the whole course, or for each week, if space is available.
Please send me an email: hathayogaipswich@gmail.com or phone/text 0423 477 725. Thank You !! Looking forward to diving into this important topic of the Yoga theory and help you with a meditation practice. It will improve my own as well. 🙂 Namaste, Maria Prema ❤
The Christmas Break for the Yoga Classes will be three weeks, from Monday 21th of December 2020 until Monday 11th of January 2021.
Even over the Holiday Season take some time out for yourself to go into stillness, take some deep breaths, calm down, meditate. Spend quiet moments in nature to ground yourself and recharge.
All the Yoga classes resume on Tuesday 12th of January 2021, as follows:
Thursdays, 6:30pm – 8:00pm (90 minutes Hatha Yoga class
These days and times are our classes for January 2021 (except Tuesday 26/1/21 Australia Day – public holiday).
If you can’t make it to the Scout Halls, you can join any of these classes online via Zoom. One thing we take with us from 2020 into 2021… is Zoom Yoga.
As of February there will be a change to the Thursday classes. I will give you the details, closer to the date.
Plus I will most likely offer a few additional Yoga days & times. Extra Zoom classes, and possibly a weekly meditation class. However we’ll start the New Year slow and steady.
Poinciana tree at Raceview Scout Hall, December 2020.
Hatha Yoga Ipswich 