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Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu
Iris Toren Yoga
About Iris
Connection and Compassion
Iris strives to inspire, challenge and empower, sharing the life-enhancing effects that yoga has to offer – a strong, flexibile, stable body ; a quiet, focused mind and a compassionate heart.
She considers her main strengths as a yoga teacher to be a nurturing style, sincere caring for the health and wellbeing of the student and a desire to positively influence others' lives the way that yoga has enriched hers.
Iris has over 25 years of practical yoga experience. She has completed advanced teacher training and is also a qualified yin yoga, restorative yoga and meditation teacher (having completed over 500 hours training) .
Iris is also a professional artist, vegan and animal rights advocate.
Classes
Hatha - livestream Tuesday 6:00pm
Ground and Connect
1 hour class incorporating pranayama breath work, meditation, philosophy, yoga postures (asanas) and relaxation
Yogalates - livestream Wednesday 1:00pm
Align, Stabilise, Strengthen, Stretch
1 hour class where the breath, mind and body coordinate to develop optimal postural alignment and core strength.
Yin / Yang - livestream Friday 6:30pm
A combination of Hatha and Yin
75 minute class that combines a Hatha component to strengthen, stabilise and develop flexibility followed by a Yin component to target the deeper, connective tissues
Restorative Yoga and Meditation - livestream TBA
Calm the nervous system
1 hour class combining restorative yoga postures with a variety of meditation techniques to deeply soothe the nervous system and cultivate clarity and gratitude.
Yin Yoga - livestream Sunday 10:00am
Go deep
1 hour class combining traditional Chinese medicine meridian theory with yoga postures to target connective tissue and to still the mind.
Yoga in the Park Saturday 9:15am
Connecting to Nature
75 min class in the park! Yoga in the park, connecting to our Mother Earth, in the shade of the gum trees, amidst the birds, in the fresh air is an absolutely glorious and uplifting experience.
Quote
Albert Einstein
"A human being is part of a whole, called by us the 'Universe' - a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts, and feelings, as something separated from the rest - a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty."