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Sue
Hawkins' experience is based upon her own journey through Yoga. From
the high profile, fast paced life in Sydney as a TV Producer to her
life in Byron Bay now, she regularly runs Yoga Retreats
and Yoga Getaways in Byron Bay, Bali and Vietnam where you can experience
yoga, meditation, pranayama, chanting, Pilates, massage, Ayurvedic treatments and more.
Sue discovered yoga 25 years ago and has been teaching for 12 years. She studied Iyengar Yoga in
Sydney and completed a teacher training course at Yoga Arts in Byron
Bay in Astanga and Hatha yoga. She decided to further her studies and
travelled to India to study with BNS Iyengar in Mysore. Practicising
Astanga and deepening her understanding of the spiritual aspects of
yoga. This also involved a Mantra Initiation with a Vishnava Guru to
deepen her connection with spirit and to move her life path even deeper
in the direction of teaching Yoga and healing. Sue was given a spiritual name "Sudasi" - meaning Servant of God. Sue also
trained with Dharmavirsingh Mahida in Pune studying yogasana, Ayurveda
and yoga philosophy.
Yoga means 'union'. To practice yoga is to unite the body with the
mind and the mind with the soul. Yoga is more than putting the body
into 'interesting postures' (asanas) it is a combined journey into
learning how to use the breath (pranayama) to move deeper and open the
body, preparing for meditation and allowing time for deep relaxation
(yoga nidra).
"Yoga for me has been a life saver. When you are leading busy
stressful life there is no room for the soul to feel connected in any
way. You are on a treadmill blindly running from deadline to deadline.
There was not much connection with spirit or myself. Finally I came to
a point where I had all the money and material things around me but an
incredible feeling of emptiness and depression. I was dissatisfied at a
deep level. I decided to take up yoga again and from that day onward
have continued to integrate it into my daily life."
When you attend one of Sue’s "yoga health retreats", it’s an opportunity to reflect and re-evaluate your life from a different perspective. At times it is a journey to the heart of quiet and other times it’s an experience of freedom in a spontaneous expression of inner joy, or a sense of connectedness. Notg only do the retreats offer detoxing and healing treatments, but they encourage students to continue their yoga practice with a new vigor and inspiration while feeling relaxed, mentally refreshed and uplifted. The effects are often felt for weeks after the retreat has finished creating an opportunity for a life changing experience.
Namaste
Sue
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