Kookaburra Yoga

15/06/2026

WINTER SOLSTICE EVE • Fire Ceremony • Solstice Meditation • Dinner • this Saturday 20 June 5-8pm.

The Winter Solstice marks the longest night and the turning point towards the return of light. Across cultures and traditions it has long been a time to gather around the fire, reflect on the path behind us, and welcome a new cycle.

This Saturday evening we gather at Kookaburra Yoga for meditation, mantra, sacred fire ceremony and community connection. Winter is truly beautiful here with the misty mornings, the smell of the forest after the rain, the crisp starlit nights.

As darkness settles early over Kookaburra Creek , we enjoy some non-alcoholic mulled wine, gather for our fire ceremony under the stars, share in meal of hearty vegetable soup and sourdough, set intentions for the season ahead, and enjoy conversation, community and cacao.

At the heart of our Solstice evening is the Pavamana, a beautiful Vedic peace prayer:
Asato Mā Sad Gamaya
Tamaso Mā Jyotir Gamaya
Mṛtyor Mā Amṛtam Gamaya

Lead me from the unreal to the Real.
From darkness to light.
From mortality to immortality.

Life moves quickly. Places where people can simply gather, connect and feel at home have become increasingly rare. This evening is an opportunity to pause, reflect and share in community.

Whether you come alone or with friends, you are warmly welcome.

Saturday 20 June • 5pm–8pm
Kookaburra Yoga, Bedfordale

• Meditation & Reflection
• Havan Fire Ceremony
• Mantra & Intention Setting
• Homemade Soup & Bread
• Non-Alcoholic Mulled Spiced Wine
• Cacao Around the Fire

$30–$50 Sliding Scale. Includes dinner.
Bookings: www.kookaburrayoga.com

12/06/2026

ROOTS OF YOGA TEACHER TRAINING
12 Months. 500 Hours. Perth + Online.
Commences 1 August 2026.

Roots of Yoga (previously Hatha Yoga Method) is a 12 month, 200-500hr Yoga and Meditation Teacher Training grounded in yoga practice, meditation, philosophy, inquiry, embodied learning and practical teaching experience.

This is a comprehensive and immersive training for dedicated practitioners seeking depth, confidence, clarity and a meaningful relationship with yoga as a living practice. Created by Mandy Knox of Kookaburra Yoga, and refined over many years, the training is both rigorous and supportive, offering a rich learning experience for students from a wide range of backgrounds and life stages.

While many graduates go on to teach, the training also welcomes those who wish to deepen their personal practice and understanding. Three levels of engagement are available, and students may participate in person, online via livestream, or through recordings and course materials available on our learning platform.

WHAT YOU WILL EXPLORE
• Yoga and meditation practice
• Haṭha Yoga, Rāja Yoga, Vedānta, mantra, philosophy, and contemplative traditions
• Breathwork, subtle body teachings and yogic living
• Anatomy, sequencing, class design, teaching skills and practical teaching experience
• Mentoring, reflection, inquiry and embodied integration

HELD AT KOOKABURRA YOGA
Located in the Perth Hills, the training takes place within our nature-based sanctuary which becomes a place of practice, study, friendship, challenge, reflection and growth throughout the year. Many students describe the experience as life-changing, bringing greater steadiness, confidence, perspective and connection with themselves, their practice and their lives.

🌟Youth and Diversity Scholarships and Work Exchange opportunities are available. Scholarship applications close 30 June 2026.

The training includes Monthly weekend modules, weekly practicums, residential retreat, dynamic anatomy, mentoring and more. In-person and online options.

For details and applications visit:
www.kookaburrayoga.com/yoga-meditation-teacher-training.html

09/06/2026

I've journeyed through another solar year and have reflected much this week on the many blessings in my life. As I move through this birthday week and look back across the past twelve months, one phrase continues to return to me, especially in challenging times: "My life is flooded with grace."

Rishikesh is a spiritual home in India for me, and a place I return to again and again. Quite few years ago we were at the ashram of the great sage and Vedic scholar Swami Dayananda in Rishikesh, India. He was very old and unwell and came in a wheelchair to meet the hundreds of people there that day.

I didn’t realise this would be one of the last public darshans he gave before he died. Swami could barely breathe unaided and his words were difficult to follow. He spoke little and all most was in Hindi. He paused for some time and then with absolute clarity said just this:

"My life is flooded with Grace. Guru Seva. Gayatri Japa."

As he spoke these words I could feel the grace and immense love flow through him to touch everyone in the room and I understood their meaning instantly. The depth and feeling behind his words was felt by all and there were many tears. He was sharing the secret to an extraordinary life: to live with an open heart, to serve with purpose and to consciously turn our attention toward the sacred.

Those words, have stayed with me ever since. At the time I understood them as a teaching about devotion, service and spiritual practice. This year I have come to understand them in another way as well.

Grace is easy to recognise when life unfolds according to our plans. The deeper invitation comes when life takes us into heartbreak, loss, disappointment and uncertainty whilst remaining open to the quiet gifts which continue to arrive each day, to remember that there are blessings even when life surprises us and gives us what we don't want.

As another solar year begins, my reflection is simple. Perhaps grace doesn't always appear in the form we expect. Sometimes it arrives as strength we didn't know we possessed. Sometimes as a difficult ending which creates space for a new beginning. Sometimes as the steady presence of those who love us. Sometimes as the wisdom which emerges after everything familiar falls away. Today I feel grateful for all of it.

Swami Dayananda's words spoke to my soul and even now they have the power to shift perspective and remind me how blessed I truly am.

May you too always remember, regardless of how good or difficult things may be, that your life is flooded with grace.

09/06/2026

A deep winter solstice retreat on Sunday 21st June at beautiful Kookaburra Creek in the Perth hills Armadale. This is also International Yoga Day! A quiet celebration of yoga, nature and the inner self with gentle accessible yoga, meditation, nature walk, sound healing and a sumptuous vegan morning tea and lunch. A few spaces still available: https://www.kookaburrayoga.com/sound_silence_stillness_retreat.html

04/06/2026

SOUND • SILENCE • STILLNESS
WINTER SOLSTICE DAY RETREAT

Sunday 21 June | Perth Hills

As the wheel of the year turns toward the Winter Solstice, we are invited to slow down, soften and return home to ourselves.

Join us for a nourishing day immersed in the healing practices of yoga, mantra, meditation and sacred sound. Held in the peaceful embrace of nature, this retreat offers a sanctuary from the busyness of daily life and an opportunity to align with the quieter rhythms of the season.

Together we will honour the stillness of winter, preparing body, mind and heart for a time of deeper rest, reflection and renewal.

🌿 HIGHLIGHTS

• Gentle hatha yoga
• Mantra meditation & sacred chanting
• Pranayama (yogic breathwork)
• Nature walk & meditation
• Sound healing journey
• Yoga nidra
• Delicious vegan morning tea & lunch

🌿 RHYTHM OF THE DAY

We begin with yoga, breathwork and mantra to awaken the body and settle the mind. Through meditation, sacred sound and time in nature, you’ll be guided into a deeper state of presence and inner stillness.

After a nourishing vegan lunch, surrender into a restorative Sound Healing Journey designed to calm the nervous system, release tension and prepare you for the restful season ahead.

SOUND • SILENCE • STILLNESS

Through sacred sound, meditation and moments of quiet reflection, we reconnect with the peace that exists beneath the noise of everyday life. As the body softens and the mind becomes still, winter’s invitation reveals itself: to rest, replenish and return to what truly matters.

🌿 VENUE

Kookaburra Creek is a beautiful sanctuary nestled amongst the trees in Bedfordale, Perth Hills, offering the perfect setting for contemplation, healing and rest.

🌿 DETAILS

• Sunday 21 June, 10am–4pm
• Vegan and gluten-free morning tea and lunch included

🌿 BOOKINGS
Advance bookings are essential and can be made on our website.
https://www.kookaburrayoga.com/sound_silence_stillness_retreat.html

28/05/2026

Something beautiful is blooming. As the rain settles in and winter begins in Perth, the camellias are in full magnificent bloom amongst the kitchen garden at Kookaburra, reminders that every season carries its own beauty.

Winter has its rhythm: fires lit in the early mornings, warm chai shared in community, quiet evenings, soft practices, and time to gather, reflect, rest and reconnect.

With a long weekend ahead and a Blue Moon in the sky, we would love to welcome you to Kookaburra this weekend.

SATURDAY • 10am-12pm
ROOTS OF YOGA INFORMATION SESSION
Free • Chai, cake & morning tea

A warm and welcoming morning to share chai, connection and hear more about the Roots of Yoga Teacher Training commencing this August.

Come whether curious about yoga, meditation, philosophy, teacher training, or simply for a cosy winter morning in community.

Bookings essential for catering, and you can also join via Zoom.

SATURDAY • 5pm-7pm
SOMA FULL MOON HEALING YOGA

Held beneath the Blue Moon, join Mandy for this month’s Soma explores śānti (peace), sthira (steadiness) and sukham (ease) through cacao, moon meditation, mantra, breathwork, somatic yoga, sacred sound healing and Yoga Nidra.

A deeply nourishing winter evening to soften, settle, and nurture inner peacefulness. Deeply restorative and inspirational. $30-$40.

SUNDAY • 5pm-6.20pm
FULL MOON YIN YOGA & SACRED SOUND

Inspired by pūrṇatā (fullness, wholeness, completeness), join Dani for Yin and Sacred Sound which offers long-held postures, stillness, sound, and rest, a beautiful winter practice for contentment, reflection and restoration. $20-$25.

Bookings via website. We would love to see you this long weekend. www.kookaburrayoga.com

27/05/2026

SOMA HEALING YOGA. This Saturday 30 May 5-7pm. Cacao, Moon Meditation, Breath, Mantra, Somatic Yoga, Sound Healing, Yoga Nidra.

You're invited to Kookaburra Yoga Sanctuary this Saturday evening for Soma Full Moon Healing Yoga in the rare beauty of the Blue Moon, the second full moon in May, an evening devoted to śānti (peace), sthira (steadiness) and sukham (ease, pleasantness).

Life moves in spirals. We circle back, though never to the same place, reaching back and bringing forwards the wisdom of the last moon and all past moons.

The nature of a spiral is curious in this way, we revisit familiar terrain, old intentions, quiet longings and qualities we wished to cultivate. Not all we bring forwards belongs in the present and we pause in the fullness of the moon cycle to see clearly what should be left behind. And then we come closer to peace, closer to clarity amidst uncertainty and closer to steadiness within the flux of life. The future unfolds in a continuum and understanding deepens gently along the way.

Our theme for Soma this month is śānti (peace), sthira (steadiness) and sukham (ease, pleasantness), an invitation to consciously choose peace, establish inner steadiness and cultivate an inner and outer world which feels calm, harmonious and nourishing to inhabit.

Together we will share in gentle healing yoga, mantra, breath, candlelight meditation, Yoga Nidra, sacred sound healing and moonlit stillness, an evening to pause, soften and return.

Kookaburra Yoga, Bedfordale. Saturday 30 May 5-7pm with Mandy. Cacao on arrival. Book online: https://www.kookaburrayoga.com/soma-yoga-healing-846856.html

25/05/2026

ROOTS OF YOGA TEACHER TRAINING.
12 Months. 500hrs. Perth + Online. Starts Aug.

FREE INFORMATION SESSION.
This Saturday 30 May 10am–12pm at Kookaburra Yoga, Bedfordale and Online via Zoom. All welcome to join. Includes a delicious morning tea.

Roots of Yoga (previously Hatha Yoga Method) is a 12 month, 500 hour Yoga Teacher Training grounded in yoga practice, meditation, philosophy, inquiry, embodied learning and practical teaching experience.

This is a comprehensive and immersive training for dedicated practitioners seeking depth, confidence, clarity and a meaningful relationship with yoga as a living practice. The program has been created by Mandy Knox, Director of Kookaburra Yoga, and refined over many years, making this is an incredibly deep, well resourced training which is both rigorous and sensitive to the needs of all attendees.

While many students go on to teach, the training also welcomes those who wish to deepen practice and understanding for personal growth and integration. There are 3 levels of engagement to suit your aims, and the training is offered instudio, via live-stream with videos and course content uploaded to our learning platform enabling participating in your own time.

WHAT YOU WILL EXPLORE
• Yoga and meditation practice
• Haṭha Yoga, Rāja Yoga, Vedānta, mantra, philosophy, and contemplative traditions
• Breathwork, subtle body teachings, and yogic living
• Anatomy, sequencing, class design, teaching skills, and real practice teaching
• Mentoring, reflection, inquiry, and embodied integration

A SANCTUARY FOR PRACTICE AND STUDY
Held at Kookaburra Yoga Sanctuary in Bedfordale, the training takes place within a nature-based sanctuary close to Perth which becomes a place of practice, study, friendship, challenge, reflection and growth across the year. Many students describe the training as life-changing, with increased steadiness, confidence, perspective, and deeper connection with themselves, their practice and life. Over time, yoga shifts from something we do on the mat to something we live.

ACCESSIBILITY AND COMMUNITY
We are committed to making yoga education more accessible through Youth and Diversity Scholarships, together with work exchange pathways which support affordability. Students join from different ages, backgrounds, professions and life stages. Some arrive intending to teach, while others come to deepen their yoga and meditation practice and understanding. All are welcomed into our thoughtful and supportive learning community.

A RARE OPPORTUNITY
It has been almost two years since we last offered the Teacher Training. Because of the depth of the training and the commitment involved, we offer it periodically, and it may be some time before the next intake becomes available. If teacher training has been sitting quietly in your heart, or if you feel ready to deepen practice in a meaningful and supported way, this may be the moment to explore what is possible.

JOIN US FOR THE FREE INFO SESSION
Come and spend the morning with us. Meet Mandy Knox, Director of Kookaburra Yoga, past graduates, explore the curriculum, ask questions, experience the sanctuary, and discover whether this training feels aligned for the next chapter of your practice. Book using link below.

* Saturday 30 May. 10am – 12pm
* Kookaburra Yoga Sanctuary, Bedfordale

ROOTS OF YOGA TEACHER TRAINING
Commences 1 Aug 26-1 Aug 27. Monthly modules. Weekly Practicums. Residential Retreat. In-person and Online Options. See our website for details, or reach out with questions or to apply.

https://www.kookaburrayoga.com/yoga-meditation-teacher-training.html

15/05/2026

We are honoured to be welcoming the inspirational Nitya Mohan back to Kookaburra Yoga Sanctuary from 27 to 29 November.

This year, Nitya launches her new program, Inner Strength and Resilience through Mantra, a three day workshop she is taking around the world, beginning in Ballina NSW in July and coming to completion in Perth, here at Kookaburra Yoga, in November.

Nitya was trained in yoga, music and Sanskrit from childhood. She holds a graduate degree in Classical Indian Music and is a master of Vedic chanting, ancient musical texts and Sanskrit. She is known internationally for her depth of knowledge, clarity as an educator, and the exceptional purity and beauty of her voice.

We share here a recent interview with Nitya, published by Yoga Australia, where she speaks about the potency and importance of mantra, voice, sound, emotion, intentionality, and the teachings she will offer during this workshop.

“śabda prapañcam (the world is sound). All thoughts are inner sounds. My world is my mind, and my mind is sound. To change my outer and inner world, I need to change my inner sounds. And this is what a mantra is.”

Bookings are now open for Perth in November. See our website to book for Perth: kookaburrayoga.com

See Svastha Yoga page for details on Nitya's dates around the world. And the Abhyasa Yoga Therapy page to book for NSW in July.

Svastha Yoga & Ayurveda Abhyasa Yoga Therapy Northern Rivers Yoga Australia

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