Teachers
The teachers who carry the scene, each profiled in their own words, with where and when they teach.
Alessia Frisina
India, motherhood, and the turn toward softness.
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Zoe Kanat
Rest is medicine for the modern world.
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Emma Strembickyj
From a dancer at war with her own body to teaching from wholeness.
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Janita Doelken
A weaver of modalities, her practice come to rest in Yin.
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Rayne Watkin
Osteopath of two decades, teacher of rest. Yin and Nidra, paired.
Read the profile →Studios
The rooms where it happens, studio by studio, with their teachers, timetables, and stories.
Conversations
The podcast →Alessia Frisina, her story
Rishikesh, Beijing, two pregnancies, and the turn from strong to soft.
Journal
Less is More, inside Melbourne’s Yin teacher trainings
Yin classes across the city now fill, waitlist and multiply. Four teachers, two trainings, and one question underneath: how is a practice this quiet passed on properly?
Why Yoga in Melbourne exists
A studio-agnostic publication for a scene that has never had one, and an invitation to the people who make it.
Events & Workshops
What's on across the city, workshops, gatherings and one-off classes from the teachers and studios we feature.
Winter Resonance, Sound & Slow Flow
Warrior One
Community Coffee & Chats
Warrior One
Break it Down. Build it Up.
Foundational strength with Emma Strembickyj, from refining chaturanga to crow, headstand and forearm balance.
Breathwork for Nervous System Regulation
Warrior One
Yin, Poetry & Cello with Franks
Warrior One
Sound Bath with IKSRE
Warrior One
Yintention Day Retreat
A day of Yin, intentional touch and stillness with Alessia Frisina and Janita Doelken, with a gentle walk, a reflection circle and lunch by Bloom Kitchen.
Retreats
Where the practice goes further, retreats near and far, led by the teachers and studios we feature.
Warrior One, Thailand
Warrior One's annual retreat in Thailand, a week of practice, food and community away from the Melbourne winter.
Within, Sri Lanka
Retreats with Melbourne teachers, Within takes the practice to the coast of Sri Lanka for a week of yoga, rest and travel.
Yoga + Surf, Sri Lanka
Grass Roots heads to Sri Lanka with Polly Schaverien and Kellee Lewis, six days of yoga, surf and slow mornings.
Deep Rest Retreat
Five nights beachside with Massage Yoga, slow practice, Qigong, Yoga Nidra and daily Massoga sessions, led by a Melbourne teacher of deep rest.
Yintention Day Retreat
A day retreat with Alessia Frisina and Janita Doelken, Yin, intentional touch, a gentle walk and a reflection circle, from ten in the morning until six.
Teacher Training
Where to study next, trainings and immersions from the teachers and studios we feature.
The Yin Path
A 30-hour Yin Yoga teacher training, co-led by Alessia Frisina and Janita Doelken. Last year's intake graduated fifteen.
200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training
Warrior One's flagship Yoga Australia accredited certification, running across weekends.
Yin Yoga Teacher Training
A 25-hour immersion in the art of Yin, weaving myofascial release and the anatomy of the long hold.