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Winter Break in June / July 2025

Winter Break in June / July 2025

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Please note:

NO YOGA CLASSES from 16th June – 19th July 2025.

While I’m away, I will teach one Yoga class per week online. Some weeks it will be on Tuesday 6pm, others on Wednesday 5pm, Brisbane time. If you would like to join online, please send me an email to hathayogaipswich@gmail.com.

All the Yoga classes in-person and online will resume on Tuesday 22nd July 2025.

I have yoga classes recorded on video, that you can practise for yourself any time. Some of you have one or two of these videos, time to have a look in your digital library or an old email.

  • The Videos availabe are:
  • Hatha Yoga class 60 minutes
  • Senior’s Yoga class 60 minutes
  • 25 minutes short Hatha Yoga class, morning energiser or evening cool down.
  • 12 minutes Sun Salutations
  • 8 minutes Standing Sun Salutations
  • I can send them to you via dropbox or google drive.
  • The cost per video is $22 for the 60 minutes classes, $11 for the shorter practices. Once dowloaded on your end, you can watch and practise daily.

YOGA Classes 2025

YOGA Classes 2025

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Happy New Year 2025, our Yoga classes resume on Tuesday 14th January 2025.

YOGA 2025, all details below…… Contact Maria for any questions.

 Current Yoga class schedule

Raceview Scout Hall, 32 Taylor Street, Eastern Heights 4305

  • Tuesdays, 9:00am – 10:30am (90 minutes Hatha Yoga class)

Cameron Park, Scout Hall, Easton Street, Booval 4304 (this hall has air-con.)

  • Tuesdays, 6:00pm–7:30pm (90 minutes Hatha Yoga class)
  • Wednesdays, 5:00pm–6:30pm (90 minutes Hatha Yoga class)

Raceview Scout Hall, 32 Taylor Street, Eastern Heights 4305

Monthly Friday evening Meditation.

Our first Meditation for the year is already coming up, on Friday 17th January 2025 at 5pm – 6:30pm. You need to book for this session. Thank you, call or text Maria on 0423 477 725.

Satsang Meditation
Weekend Retreat end of August 2025.

Letting go of the Winter blues during an inspiring, motivating, & uplifting Yoga & Meditation weekend.

We’ll be surrounded by beautiful, peaceful nature. While being nourished with delicious, vegetarian meals.

This and more awaits you the Yoga & Meditation Weekend Retreat, Friday 29 – Sunday 31 of August 2025.

The Retreat is taking place a the Glasshouse Mountains Ecolodge.

Yoga Retreat September 2026

Yoga Retreat August 2024 spaces available

Yoga Retreat August 2024 spaces available

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A few more spaces are available for the upcoming Yoga & Meditation Retreat at the Glasshouse Mountains Ecolodge, Friday 23 – Sunday 25 of August 2024.

Immerse yourself in a Weekend of Yoga & Meditation surrounded by beautiful nature, towards the end of Winter to shake off the Winter blues.

Our program for the weekend looks like this:
Friday:
• 4pm yoga class (asana, pranayama)  
• 6pm Dinner  
• 7:30pm evening meditation   

Saturday:   
• 6am morning sunrise meditation   
• 7am yoga class  
• 8:30am breakfast 
• 10:30am Chakra & Aura talk  
• 12noon lunch 
• Afternoon activities , e.g. hike Mt Tibrogargan circuit, 
• 4pm hatha-yoga class (sun salutations, asana, pranayama) 
• 6:30pm Dinner 

Sunday:  
• 6am sunrise meditation and morning stretches 
• 7am yoga class 
• 9am Breakfast
The cost for the Retreat is $690.00 per person, this includes the whole yoga program, all the meals & accommodation in single or shared rooms, with private ensuite. https://hathayogaipswich.com.au/retreat/
Please contact me for any questions, or to book your space. https://hathayogaipswich.com.au/contact/
CHAKRA Introduction

CHAKRA Introduction

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The word Chakra means ‘wheel’. Chakras are energy vortices, or intersections where two or more nadis / meridians 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 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:

  1. 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
  2. Swadhishthana – located at the level of the uro-genital systems; prostatic plexus
  3. Manipura – located at the area of the navel; solar plexus
  4. Anahata – located at the level of the heart; cardiac plexus
  5. Vishuddha – located in the throat region near the thyroid and adam’s apple; laryngeal plexus
  6. Ajna – located in the space between the eyebrows; cavernous plexus
  7. Sahasrara – located at the top of the head; pineal gland

The six chakras are way-stations along the sushumna, to the final destination, the sahasrara chakra. They are of consciousness, with specific tones of awareness and bliss, as well as storage places for the subtle, vital energy. They have corresponding centres in the spinal cord and nerve plexuses of the gross physical body, with which they are closely related.

While these main chakras actually exist in the astral body corresponding to locations within the spine, it is hard to visualize and work with them in these locations. Therefore, we usually reference locations in the front of the body at the levels described above, and these locations have a direct effect on the actual chakra location within the spine.

Each chakra also has associated with it a corresponding number of nadis, a colour, a presiding deity and goddess, Sanskrit letters, a bija or seed mantra, and a presiding element or tanmatra.

From a Yoga perspective the Chakra system is part of Kundalini Yoga.

During the Yoga Retreat in August 2024, we’ll talk and discuss the Chakras, their functions, meanings, etc. in detail. https://hathayogaipswich.com.au/retreat/

NO YOGA classes in June 2024

NO YOGA classes in June 2024

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As many of you know already (I’ve been talking about it long enough 😉 during the month of June are no yoga classes.

I’m away from 3rd – 28th of June 2024. Visiting family in Switzerland, early Summer holiday and going on Retreat myself.

The last class in May is on Thursday morning 30/5/24 10am Senior’s Yoga.

On Friday 24th May 5pm we have a Meditation & Mantra class, please let me know if you would like to join.

In July all the Yoga classes resume on Tuesday 2/7/24.

Maria on Retreat in Switzerland, August 2022.
Yoga & Meditation Weekend, 16th – 18th August 2019.

Yoga & Meditation Weekend, 16th – 18th August 2019.

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Only a few more weeks until our Yoga & Meditation Retreat in Coolum Beach, on the Sunshine Coast, at the Luther Heights Youth Camp.

We still have spaces available in our small, focused group. If you feel inspired and called to immerse yourself into a weekend of traditional Hatha Yoga and Meditation, don’t hesitate to contact me for detailed information and to book.

email: hathayogaipswich@gmail.com

phone or text: 0423 477 725

Yoga & Meditation Weekend Retreat
Friday 16th – Sunday 18th of August 2019
at Luther Heights Youth Camp, in Coolum Beach, on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland

  • Experience, learn & practice traditional Hatha – Yoga, Meditation, Rituals and Kirtan (Mantra chanting).
  • Simple, basic, clean accommodation and amenities.
  • Delicious, vegetarian meals, that might inspire to try new recipes at home.
  • Spectacular ocean views, observing the sunrise.
  • Walks along the beach, or buswalk at Mount Coolum. If we are lucky we spot some migrating whales in the distance.
  • Release – Relax – Recharge.
  • Letting go of the Winter blues, to be ready for Spring.

The topic of the weekend retreat is based on the five points of Yoga, as taught by Swami Vishnu-Devananda:

  • 1) Proper Exercise (Asana) Proper exercise should be pleasant to the practitioner while beneficial to the body, mind and spiritual life.
  • 2) Proper Breathing (Pranayama) Proper breathing should be deep, slow and rhythmical. This increases vitality and mental clarity.
  • 3)Proper Relaxation (Savasana) By relaxing deeply all the muscles the Yogi can thoroughly rejuvenate his/her nervous system and attain a deep sense of inner peace.
  • 4)Proper Diet (Vegetarian) A lacto-vegetarian diet. This is an integral part of the Yogic lifestyle.
  • 5) Positive Thinking and Meditation(Dhyana) Here is the most important point of all, we become what we think. A positive outlook on life can be developed by learning and practicing the teachings of the philosophy of Vedanta. The mind will be brought under perfect control by regular practice of meditation.

During the weekend we practice these five points of yoga.

The retreat is suitable for beginners to learn about the basics of yoga and for more advanced yoga students to deepen their practice.

The cost for the weekend is $420.-
Included in this price are the complete yoga program, accommodation (Please bring your own linen) and vegetarian meals. A non-refundable deposit of $120 .- is required to reserve your space. The final payment is due one week before the Retreat.

Detailed information are on the website: https://hathayogaipswich.com.au/retreat/

or contact me directly via email and phone call.

email: hathayogaipswich@gmail.com

phone or text: 0423 477 725

I also have a pdf file (6 pages) with detailed information and photos.

Thank you for your interest and I look forward to hearing from you.

Prema Maria
OM OM OM

PS: Following some more photos from last year’s Retreat, September 2018.

  • Hatha Yoga with Maria Steiner
    Hatha Yoga with Maria Steiner
Yoga Retreat August 2019

Yoga Retreat August 2019

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So far this year, about once a week someone or two came back to a yoga class, who hasn’t been in class for a while/years. It’s interesting; often when people miss for a long period, they are almost embarrassed to come back to a yoga class. There is no need to be embarrassed to return to the yoga class after a long absence.  As I hear this excuse a lot, if you wan’t to come back to class come back, no questions asked.


The next excuse I hear from people not coming to a yoga class is: “I’m not flexible”.  Well that’s the purpose of yoga to become flexible and allow movement to your own ability. Improve and moving to your own level. 


The same counts for the Yoga Retreat, you can be a complete beginner to attend the 
Yoga & Meditation Weekend in August, Friday 16/8 – Sunday 18/8/2019.

  • We will return to the same venue as last year, Luther Heights Youth Camp in Coolum Beach. The accommodation is very simple, bunk beds, dorm style. But since we occupy only a third or quarter of the beds available, we can spread out nicely. There are separated niches to share with your friends & family. You need to bring your own linen. 
  • Toilets, showers are basic & clean.
  • The vegetarian meals are delicious, and a good variety.
  • Even good coffee (a luxury, not following traditional yoga ashram rules).
  • So rather than a luxury yoga Retreat, this is more a traditional Yoga & Meditation Camp, as they used to be, when Yoga first arrived in the West. Or more like a Yoga Ashram in India, where the focus is on the practice of yoga, rather than a luxury bed & spa. (which is very nice, but has it’s price). 
  • This allows me, to keep the price below $450
  • The cost the for whole weekend is $420 (including the yoga program, accommodation and meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner).
  • We are surrounded by beautiful, peaceful nature, trees and grounds. Views over the ocean and towards Mount Coolum.
  • Spectacular sunrise, to start the day with Sun Salutations and Meditation.
  • Short walk to the beach and Point Arkwright lookout. 
  • A good location and opportunity to immerse into the practice of Yoga. Dust of the winter blues, getting ready for Spring.
  • My friend Amrita Kamala will mostly likely join us again, to play the harmonium.
  • As a new activity this year, we might have a camp fire on Saturday evening. The Camp has the facility for this, but of course this will be weather permitting only. If no fire restrictions.
  • For the Retreat Weekend to go ahead, I need a minimum of 15 -18 bookings. 
  • Please let me know by 31 March 2019, if you are seriously interested to attend the Yoga & Meditation weekend.
  • As by then I can cancel the venue without any extra charges, and of course I would refund your deposit as well. Fingers crossed, that will not be the case. 

Please contact me for any questions and bookings. I can also send you a detailed pdf file by email , or you find all the important details by following this link:

https://hathayogaipswich.com.au/retreat/

Looking forward to hearing and seeing you,

Prema Maria

Sunrise Meditation, Retreat September 2018.

Retreat Review

Retreat Review

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Hatha Yoga Weekend September 2018

 

 

Yoga Retreat at Luther Heights, Coolum from 7th to 9th September 2018

I have never been to a yoga retreat and I was quite sceptical initially. A friend told me about it and I thought I will give it a go. It was a great decision! The teacher Maria Prema was great  – skilled and personable; I felt really comfortable with her.  The view was breath-taking and the food was delicious. Meeting like-minded people and doing yoga for the 3 days was wonderful. To do Surya Namaskar while watching the sun rise over the ocean was quite an amazing experience. On the whole, it was soul-enriching  and the retreat was a real treat for me!

Review by Thana.

 

 

Retreat page updated

Retreat page updated

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All the information for our Yoga & Meditation Weekend Retreat has been updated. 

The next retreat is in September 2018, Friday – Sunday, 7/9 – 9/9/18.

At Coolum Beach, on the beautiful Sunshine Coast, Queensland. 

Follow this link: https://hathayogaipswich.com.au/retreat/

Please contact me if you have any questions, concerns, need more information or would like to book your space.  https://hathayogaipswich.com.au/contact/

Thank You!!

Prema Maria 

Sunrise at Coolum Beach, November 2016
Sunrise at Coolum Beach, November 2016.

 

 

 

 

 

Yoga in 2016

Yoga in 2016

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This Year we continue with the regular yoga classes and timetable, at least as a start. I know some people would like different times and days. Though many loyal yoga students are happy with it and used to the well known times & days. It also works easiest with the locations/ scout halls the classes are taken. 

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Cleaned Yoga mats ready to go.

Here we go:

Cameron Park, Scout Hall, Easton Street, Booval

Tuesdays, 6pm – 7:30pm

Raceview Scout Hall, 32 Taylor Street, Eastern Heights  

Tuesdays, 9am – 10:30am  *) followed by meditation 10:30am -11am, if you wish to stay.
Wednesdays 9am – 10am  Seniors Yoga class  *) followed by meditation and discussion group
Thursdays, 5pm – 6:30pm
Thursdays, 7pm – 8:30pm

 

Plus the Hatha – Yoga class every Wednesday night 6:30pm – 8pm at the PCYC Ipswich.

 

Yoga & Meditation Weekend Retreat

This year I’m again organizing and teaching a Yoga Weekend at Gunnebah Retreat near Murwillumbah, NSW. 

26th – 28th August 2016 (Friday – Sunday).

I teach the whole yoga & meditation program. The delicious vegetarian meals are lovingly prepared by the Gunnebah Catering team, Vanessa from Tulsi Foods.

Early Spring is a good time to recharge your batteries, shed the winter blues and set new intentions. Get ready for the New Season with a weekend of intense yoga&meditation, surrounded by beautiful nature. We enjoy delicious vegetarian meals. You can look at it as a detox; having no meat, fish, alcohol, processed food and too much sugar for a whole weekend.  Join us, you will not regret it.  

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Bush walking at the Retreat with views to Mount Warning. Photo from August 2015.