Prasanna Chitta Yoga

08/09/2026

A few years ago we went through everything we say in a session and changed most of it.
"Now do this" became "if you'd like, you might try". "Close your eyes" became "you can close your eyes or soften your gaze — whichever suits". "Push a little further" went entirely. "Let me adjust you" became a question, asked every single time, with no as an equally good answer.
It sounds small. It isn't. The difference between an instruction and an invitation is the difference between a room where things happen TO you and a room where you decide. For anyone who has had that choice taken away at some point — which is a great many people, quietly — that difference is the whole thing.
It also made us better teachers for everyone else. Turns out nobody much likes being told what to do with their own body. 🌿

07/09/2026

Choice, Not Instruction: What Trauma-Informed Yoga Actually Means

Trauma-informed yoga isn't a style of yoga — it's a way of teaching. What it means in practice, and how we apply it at our Darch studio in Perth's northern suburbs....

Trauma-informed yoga isn’t a style of yoga — it’s a way of teaching. What it means in practice, and how we apply it at our Darch studio in Perth’s northern suburbs.

06/09/2026

Most grounding practices tell you to close your eyes. Here's one that doesn't.
If closing your eyes feels like too much — and for plenty of people it does — try this instead. Sitting wherever you are:
• 1. Let your eyes move slowly around the room. Don't hunt for anything.
• 2. Notice four or five things you can see. A door. A window. The colour of the wall.
• 3. Feel where your body meets the chair, and where your feet meet the floor.
• 4. One slow breath out. That's enough.
This is called orienting, and it's a standard part of trauma-informed practice. It works with your eyes open because sometimes eyes open is what you need. If a class has ever asked you to close your eyes and you didn't want to — you weren't doing it wrong. 🌿

03/09/2026

Spring's here, the windows are open, and there's room in the studio.
If you've been curious about yoga therapy but haven't found the moment, this is a good stretch of the year to start — lighter mornings, warmer evenings, and a bit more energy to spend on yourself than winter allowed.
Our Darch studio is small on purpose: eight mats, unhurried, and one-to-one sessions built around your body and whatever you're managing. No experience needed. No flexibility required. We work alongside your GP and any specialists, never around them.
Start with a free 15-minute call — no obligation, just a conversation about whether we're the right fit. Link in the first comment. 🌿

01/09/2026

Almost every person who comes to us learns a breath practice before they learn a single pose.
That's not a modern wellness trend — it's the older part of the tradition. In the lineage we trained in, breath sits at the centre of the practice, not as a warm-up for the physical work but as the thing the physical work is preparing you for. Both of us came up through the Sri Sri School of Yoga, and that ordering was never presented as optional.
There's a practical reason too. A pose needs a mat, a bit of space and a body that's willing on the day. A breath practice needs none of those things. It comes with you to the car park, the waiting room, the difficult meeting. For someone managing a health condition, that portability is often worth more than flexibility.
So we start there. Tradition and practicality pointing the same direction — which, in our experience, is usually a sign you're on solid ground. 🌿

30/08/2026

Here's a test you can do right now, sitting where you are.
Put one hand on your chest and one on your lower ribs. Breathe normally for a few breaths and notice which hand moves more.
If it's the top hand, you're breathing high — which most of us do, especially when we're busy. It's not dangerous, but it's less efficient, and it quietly tells the nervous system that something's up.
To shift it:
• 1. Let your shoulders drop and your jaw soften.
• 2. Breathe in gently and aim the breath at the bottom hand — think wide, not big.
• 3. Let the exhale be a little longer and completely unforced.
• 4. Six rounds. That's it.
Two minutes, no equipment, works at a desk. Which hand moved more for you? 🌿

27/08/2026

An invitation, with no pressure attached.
If this winter has been a heavy one, and you've been meaning to start something gentle but haven't had it in you — that's a very normal place to be, and it's a fine place to start from.
Our Darch studio is small on purpose: eight mats, quiet, unhurried. One-to-one yoga therapy sessions are built around what you can actually manage, and they work alongside whatever care you already have in place. No experience needed. No flexibility required. No expectation that you arrive feeling better than you do.
The first step is just a conversation — a free 15-minute call, and you can decide from there. Link in the first comment. 🌿

25/08/2026

Something we think is worth saying plainly: there's a lot we don't do.
We don't diagnose. We don't treat depression or anxiety. We're not psychologists, and we don't pretend the things we teach can replace therapy or medication for anyone who needs them.
What we do is narrower, and we think that's a strength. We teach breath, movement and rest — practices with a long tradition behind them and a growing evidence base — to people who are already getting the care they need and want something gentle to do in the spaces between. We take a full history. We work within whatever your doctor has advised. And if someone comes to us who needs more than we can offer, we say so and point them back to their GP.
Knowing the edges of your scope isn't a limitation. It's part of the care. 🌿

23/08/2026

On the days when everything feels like too much, the smallest practice is the right one.
Try this, sitting in any chair:
• 1. Put both feet flat on the floor. Feel the whole sole, heel to toe.
• 2. Let your hands rest heavy in your lap.
• 3. Breathe out a little longer than you breathe in. Six rounds.
• 4. That's it. That's the whole practice.
This isn't a fix, and it isn't meant to be. It's a way of reminding a tired nervous system where the ground is. Two minutes, no mat, no changing your clothes. Some days that's the achievable thing, and the achievable thing is worth doing.

20/08/2026

If you live with IBS-type digestive trouble or migraine, you already know the drill: manage the triggers, mind the sleep, watch the stress. Your GP and specialists lead that care — and yoga therapy can work quietly alongside it. In one-to-one sessions we build a short, personalised practice around calming breath, gentle movement and proper rest — the things that support a settled nervous system. No heroics, no headstands, no promises of cures — just steady, evidence-informed support that fits your week.
If that sounds like the kind of help you’ve been looking for, the first conversation is free — a 15-minute discovery call, no obligation. Link in the first comment.