LaiLin Yoga

18/06/2026

❄️ Your Time to Rest ❄️
A preview of this Sunday’s Winter Solstice Community Yoga class.
Chair, mat, or both.
Rest. Reflect. Replenish.
👉 See the event for details.

14/06/2026

💫 MOVEMENT ✨

After a physically and emotionally draining week, I really didn’t want to do anything today—just hide away. But what I really needed was to move.

So I chose a gentle “Sunday Chill” flow from 🎹 Classic Flow 🎻 .

What I love about the Classic Flow sessions is that they’re podcasts guided by voice instead of videos.

As a very visual person, that might sound surprising. But instead of worrying about how a posture looked, I could focus on listening.

Listening to the instructions … to my body … to what I need … and losing myself in the accompanying classical music.

There were plenty of adaptations and props today, and a few moments where I found myself wondering how the flow might be adapted to a chair-based practice.

It probably didn’t look exactly as it was envisioned. But that’s the beauty of a spoken class. It was my practice.

I spend a lot of time encouraging the participants in my classes to adapt practices to suit their body, their energy and their circumstances. Today I took my own advice.

By the end, I felt more mobile, more settled and more like myself.

Sometimes yoga isn’t about achieving a particular shape.

Sometimes it’s simply about giving yourself what you need. 💕

❄️ As we approach the Winter Solstice, I’m finding myself asking a simple question:

What do I need today?

This time, the answer was movement.

What about you?

Next Sunday’s Community Yoga class will explore the practice of deep rest. Perhaps that’s what you need.
🔗 Details and bookings: lailinyoga.com.au/lly-events/community

[Video: Timelapse of Debbie practising a gentle yoga flow using props and making adaptions as needed.]

11/06/2026

Like many people, I've lived with back problems for many years, so I'm always interested in learning ways to help manage them.

I've been curious about Dru Yoga's Healthy Back Programme for some time, and my friend Morag is running a six-week programme comprising a taster session followed by a five-week course. Unfortunately, I can't commit to this round, but I'm hoping to join a future programme.

The programme begins with a taster session, so you can try it before deciding whether to continue. If you decide to enrol in the five-week course, the cost of the taster is credited towards the course fee.

The first taster session is tonight (sorry for the late notice!), but there's another opportunity to attend next week.

See Morag's event for details and booking information.

🌿 Exciting News! 🌿

I'm delighted to be partnering with Juliana from Keystone Chiropractic & Yoga to bring the Healthy Back Program to her Epping studio.

I want to give Juliana a special shout-out for her genuine commitment to supporting her clients' long-term wellbeing. Rather than simply focusing on treatment, she is passionate about empowering people with the knowledge, movement skills, and confidence they need to take care of their own backs.

The Healthy Back Program is designed to help people improve flexibility, build strength, move with greater confidence, and learn practical strategies to manage and prevent recurring back pain.

With this program, participants may find they need fewer chiropractic visits over time as they learn healthier movement patterns and develop the strength and awareness to better support their own backs.

That takes a practitioner who truly puts their clients first. Thank you, Juliana, for creating opportunities like this for your community. 🙏

If you've been living with ongoing or recurring back pain and would like to learn a gentle, evidence-based approach to caring for your back, I'd love to hear from you.

Morag Morrish Contact me here: https://www.beingmore.com.au/contact-us

📅 18th June Healthy Back Program Taster
📍 at Keystone Chiropractic & Yoga Studio, Epping
📩 Bookings :
https://events.humanitix.com/the-healthy-back-program2026

07/06/2026

Reminder: There are no classes tomorrow (Monday 8 June) due to the King's Birthday Public Holiday
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05/06/2026

😮 Practising My Way 🤕

A few weeks ago I badly sprained my left wrist.

Fortunately, I’m right-handed, but it’s surprising how much I rely on my left hand.

Simple things like releasing the handbrake, moving the car in and out of Park, opening jars and lifting heavier items suddenly became much more difficult. And my doctor said because we use our hands a lot, wrists take longer to heal. I still haven’t got back full strength or mobility.

So that has meant making changes to my yoga and fitness practice.

Here’s what I’ve been doing:

• Coming down to forearms and knees (often with a block or bolster because I don’t enjoy being that low!). As my wrist strength has improved, I’ve been coming onto my knuckles for some postures or pushing up through my fingers.

• Choosing lighter weights or resistance bands, or nothing at all.

• Choosing variations that are kinder to my wrists (eg. wall pushups or chest presses with a resistance band).

• Asking for help when I need it.

• Wearing a wrist brace or bandage for a bit of support (and also a reminder to go slow).

The wrist is gradually improving, although I managed to aggravate it again at squash when I instinctively put my hand out to stop myself running into a wall. So it seems like it’ll be a while before my wrist feels right again. 😅

✨ It’s been a good reminder that yoga meets us where we are.

Practising yoga YOUR way might mean choosing a different variation, using a tool, asking for help, or simply being patient.

Your practice doesn’t have to stop.

Sometimes it just needs to adapt.

17/05/2026

GOING SLOW 🌿

Lately my practice has become quieter.

With the colder weather and some recent emotional upheaval, I’ve found myself drawn to slower, more mindful movement: gentle spirals, soft side bends, returning again and again to stillness and the breath.

Just to breathe.
To step out of my thoughts for a while.
To soften and let go of what’s been building in my body.

Building the inner fire isn’t always about intensity.
Sometimes it’s about creating warmth, care, and steadiness within ourselves. ✨

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Community Class: Building the Inner Fire

🗓️ Sunday 24 May, 4-5:15 AEST
📍 Epping, NSW & Online
💛 Pay what you wish
🪑 Practise from chair, mat, or both

👉 See more and book: lailinyoga.com.au/lly-events/community

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Music: “Glimmers” by Jason Lesser

[Video: Debbie doing gentle qi gong and yoga practices]

26/04/2026

Reminder: There are no classes tomorrow because of the public holiday.

If you'd like to practise at home, here is the last class fo the April Break:

👉 "Soothe the Nervous System"
https://youtu.be/uDaMUDnyWz0

All classes resume from Tuesday 28 April.

See you online or in-person, on the mat or in the chair. 😊

Stay Home and ... Soothe the Nervous System