Soundmoves Yoga

23/04/2024

Hi Adelaide people.

For those that missed out on the recent Professional Development workshop it went so well that as usual I did not take any photos.

If anyone missed out and is interested I will run the next PD session "in-house" for the Australian Psychological Society.

It May 31 and runs all day at Jarmer's Kitchen! All details in the link...

12/04/2024

Ill be teaching two of my favourite Soundmoves classes back to back on Sunday April 21 Embody Hot Yoga Marion

Soundmoves Hot-Vinyasa at 4 pm and Restorative at 5:30 pm.

Here is a lovely testimonial from someone who attended last month. Thank you if you recognise your words!

"This was such a beautiful experience, my body went through so many phases! I left smiling and feeling so thankful to my self for booking in the class. Wonderful instructor, calm voice and took the time to explain all the phases and the purpose of each breath, movement and flow. Will definitely be working this into my routine!"

25/03/2024

Planning next Soundmoves TTC for December 2024. Morocco, Peru or Bali ??

19/03/2024

Yogis of Adelaide and curious what Soundmoves is? This sunday afternoon I deliver a double dose at Embody Hot Yoga Marion. Do drop-in ❤️

4pm - Soundmoves Hot Vinyasa
5:30pm - Soundmoves Restorative

✅ - This methods is constructed in loops and level and plays well with others, it can align creatively with any style.

✅ - Like Yoga intended, Soundmoves explores the ranges of energy native to human experience.

✅ - Ha and Tha viewed through the lenses of Tamas, Rajas and Satva.

✅ - Just breath! and go with the flow...

26/02/2024

April 06 - One Day workshop - Basket Range, South Australia

Skills Development: Resonant Frequency Breathing the Soundmoves Yoga way

Certification by Soundmoves Yoga and PD credit IAYT, Yoga Alliance and Yoga Australia.

For therapists, coaches, trainers and Yoga teachers.

Cost $220

Schedule: 9 am till 5 pm

9 am Class - Soundmoves Restorative

10 am tea and group meet

10:30 Skills session 1 - working with music to guide breath, body position

11:30 Theory Class - Polyvagal Theory

12:30 Lunch break 45 minutes

13:15 Class - Abdominal and Thoracic respiration and rhythm

14:00 Skill session 2 - Facilitating contact

15:00 Afternoon tea and chat

15:15 Theory Class - Resonant Frequency Breathing

16:15 Skill session 2 - Facilitating the 15 minute one to one practice

Facilitator - Noah Mckenna

Noah Mckenna is researcher at the University of Adelaide studying the impact of breathing exercises and vagal tone on autonomic health. His professional background includes twenty years as a Yoga therapist and teacher trainer based in India. The Soundmoves method takes music as a guide for pacing respiration and integrates various modalities into a seamless experience. As an instructor Noah has the gift of distilling essential information and conveying it with simplicity.

20/02/2024

Are you a yoga teacher in Australia who works with sound, with breath or with trance ? Ive been asked to run professional development for the SA Branch of the Australian Psychological Society and I would like to offer the same traning to the Yoga community.

In case you are not familiar with my work check out the soundmoves website or FB page. Basically my career extends over 30 years but these days I am a researcher at University of Adelaide where I study the impact of trance, breath, movement on heart-mind connectivity.

The next Soundmoves Day training happens Saturday, April 06 at a lovely private studio in Basket Range. Its $220 for a daytime training and certification is available for professional development via IAYT, Yoga Alliance and Yoga Australia. There is room for 18 participants.

Day Workshop:
This PD session looks at how the poly-vagal theory characterises discrete autonomic states through the
lens of heart-mind connections in the vagal systems. Poly-vagal theory takes a bottom up view that
considers consciousness an emergent property that is greatly influenced by physiological functions such
as breath rate and heart rate. Focussing in on the research into heart rate variability biofeedback we will
see how optimum breathing provides a gentle path towards emotional stability and interoceptive
sensitivity. It has been known for millenia that soft slow breathing helps to cultivate the "right kind of
attention". More recently mapping of vagal pathways has illuminated the therapeutic benefits of cardio-
respiratory stimulation.
Putting theory into practice the day is interspersed with skills development sessions where we learn to
orient to safe mode using the Soundmoves method. Noah Mckenna has decades of experience training
Yoga teachers to facilitate a deep and non-verbal experience for others.

Three Learning Outcomes::
1. Develop the ability to guide a person towards emotional stability using breath and
music.
2. Deepen the understanding of Poly-Vagal Theory
3. Understand how the vagal system connects body and mind.

Bio:
Noah Mckenna is researcher at the University of Adelaide studying the impact of breathing exercises and
vagal tone on autonomic health. His professional background includes twenty years as a Yoga therapist
and teacher trainer based in India. The Soundmoves method takes music as a guide for pacing respiration
and integrates various modalities into a seamless experience. As an instructor Noah has the gift of
distilling essential information and conveying it with simplicity.
More Info:
https://www.soundmoves.yoga

11/02/2024

Double up !

Soundmoved Hot Vinyasa - groove and flow with big fat heartbeats.

… then,

Soundmoves Restorative - slow it all the way down and smooth it out. Your mind that is !

Full spectrum Yoga

Our resident Soundmoves facilitator Noah McKenna is excited to show you more of his magic.

13/12/2023

End of the year christmas approaching - feels like the world is still on fire - me too (but in a good way). I want to give away a seat on my 200 Hr Soundmoves Yoga TTC for free. Just do this - type @ followed by highlight in the comments below. That is @ + highlight (no spaces!!).

Ill announce the winner on Dec 31 ☺️ much love people

Everyone

09/11/2023

Zoom classes every Tuesday and Thursday 7 am Adelaide time. Donations are appreciated but not required.

Donations are appreciated but not required. The aim is to make wellbeing accessible with regular weekly Yoga. Our Australian classes run via Zoom every Tuesday and Thursday at 7 am Adelaide time.

The Soundmoves approach to Yoga applies synchronised breathing to multiple styles of practice. Our yoga co-opts resonant frequency breathing to maximise heart rate variability. We offer certified Yoga Teacher Training Courses and Yoga Alliance and IAYT continuing education.

07/11/2023

Would you like to transform your mornings with Soundmoves Yoga ?

Starting November 14 I will be streaming 30 min Zoom classes at 7 am every Tuesday and Thursday Adelaide Time.

The intention that inspired Goodmornings is twofold. First I want to provide freely accessible Yoga therapy to anyone who feels the need and finds a benefit from regular practice. Second it is an opportunity for me to share the work I do as a Yoga Teacher and offering morning classes has long been my favourite way to start a day.

I’ll be saying a lot more about the Soundmoves method and what is involved in the classes over the next few weeks. For now though I want to share the link to register. Please feel free to share the details with anyone who likes starting the day with gentle breath-centred Yoga and meditation.

See link in Bio to register!

21/08/2023

Soundmoves Yoga puts resonant frequency breathing into Yoga practice. Noah has created sounds for breathing that synchronise with therapeutic movement. Soundmoves is a trance inducing slow-flow designed to switch on the neurological pathways for stress reduction by exercising vagal tone. The Soundmoves practice promotes heart-mind coherence with an implicit shift to the positive… its deep and its seriously fun.

Soundmoves Resonant Frequency Breathing (RFB) uses innovative technology and music therapy to provide the gold standard in self healing breath-work and meditation support for happiness and health. Answering the questions which speed to breath at which technique to use while breathing and how to employ the practice in daily life.

RFB Biofeedback is an emerging evidence based science which uses realtime cardiac monitoring to find the optimum pace of breathing. For every individual there is an ideal breath pace that creates a peak oscillation in Heart Rate. The importance of exercising the autonomic regulation of the Heart is massive. The majority of Vagal and Parasympathetic influence is to provide an almost instantaneous effect on the Hearts rhythm. In return the heart is very closely monitored and informs at a deep level emotional regulation and attentional abilities. The current of informations ascends through multiple levels from brain stem to limbic system to Higher Cortical regions. By creating sustained heart patterns a synchrony arises in multiple systems including not just states of being but also immune function, somatic tension and pain thresholds. This workshop will be set at a comfortable warm temperature to allow the muscles and body to feel relaxed.

Members price $25
Non members price $35
Limited spaces available

31/03/2023

Its been a few months since I returned to my hometown of Adelaide, Australia to study the Soundmoves Method with the support of the University of Adelaide, Faculty of Medicine.

Basically Im doing a PhD in pure research! No subjects and no exams. What brought me here was years of independent research into Heart Rate Variability, Vagal Tone, Biofeedback and of course Applied Yoga Therapy.

I find myself in an unusual situation because I am studying the potential for a new type of natural medicine. However this is nothing new ! Humans have been performing rhythmical, trance inducing breathing, vocalising and movement for longer than the record of documented history.

Before I ventured on this scientific journey the origin of Soundmoves was to choreograph resonant frequency breathing with the myriad techniques and methods of Yoga practice. Central to the formula was the production of music to define the time and captivate the attention.

Now that Ive settled into Adelaide Im’m really happy to announce that Soundmoves classes will begin ~ in the same place where my own Yoga journey began 34 years ago !

Classes will be held at Human.Kind Studios in the city on Halifax St. Mondays and Wednesdays from 8-9 am.

Everyone is welcome to try a class !