Yoga Day Sydney 2025: Full Schedule

5 different classes + 2 meditations all day in ONE day - YOGA DAY

9:00am PDT

Chant Your Heart Open

Sunday June 22, 2025 9:00am - 9:30am PDT

Still the mind and open your heart through the resonant power of your own unique sound. Be guided to drop inwards through some simple guided vocal sounds before we expand and open our hearts and energy system with uplifting, guided mantra chanting (kīrtan) with tips on how to engage with the full resonance of the Sanskrit sounds.

Uplifting, fun, joyous!

Speakers

Siddhi Shakti

Founder, Soul Light

Siddhi Shakti is an inspired chant and mantra meditation leader, sacred musician and sound and energy healer. She channels the power of sacred sound to awaken greater connection with Self. Siddhi's sessions help clear energetic baggage enabling more inner peace, empowerment and authenticity. A... Read More →

Sunday June 22, 2025 9:00am - 9:30am PDT
Lecture Auditorium

Chanting, Music

Audience All levels

9:45am PDT

Face Yoga

Sunday June 22, 2025 9:45am - 10:15am PDT

Lecture Auditorium

Would you love to improve your skin tone and facial musculature naturally? Want to give yourself a natural face lift?

Join Leah for a fun and simple Face Yoga practice where you’ll learn easy exercises to activate your facial muscles, helping to tone and relax your face. You’ll feel the difference instantly—your face may even feel a little tingly!

Leah will guide you through different aspects of her personal face yoga routine, focusing on different areas of the face including the forehead, cheeks, eyes, jaw and neck. You’ll learn how easily these exercises can be added to your daily self-care ritual.

With 8 years of almost daily practice, Leah knows firsthand how these exercises can help you feel more comfortable in your own skin, bringing a boost of joy and confidence to your day. She’s excited to share this natural, feel-good practice with you!

Come along and let’s have some fun while giving your face the love it deserves!

Speakers

Leah Cooper

Founder, The Centre of Ki

Originally from the northern beaches of Sydney, Leah now calls the Barossa Valley home. Leah is a Senior Yoga Teacher, accredited with Yoga Australia, and has been teaching for over 15 years. Her yoga practice began back in 1996 at the Ryoho Yoga school in Manly where, in 2007, she... Read More →

Sunday June 22, 2025 9:45am - 10:15am PDT
Lecture Auditorium

Face Yoga, Wellness Talk

Audience All levels

10:30am PDT

Ayurveda for Invincible Immunity

Sunday June 22, 2025 10:30am - 11:00am PDT

Lecture Auditorium

As a dedicated yoga practitioner or Yoga teacher, you strive for balance and health, but stress, poor diet, and environmental toxins can weaken your immunity, leaving you vulnerable to disease and fatigue.

Ayurveda, the science of health and longevity, offers simple yet powerful tools to restore balance, boost immunity, and enhance overall well-being.

In 30 minutes, you'll discover the causes of low immunity and Ayurvedic practices to boost immunity.
Your immunity is the foundation of your health and vitality. Don’t wait until you’re feeling run down - join me learn how to strengthen your immunity and create confidence and lasting vitality!

Speakers

Caroline Robertson

Naturopath Ayurveda

Caroline Robertson is an Ayurveda expert and accomplished writer. With over 30 years of experience in natural health, Caroline holds certification in Ayurveda, Naturopathy, Homoeopathy, Botanical Medicine, and Remedial Massage. Her extensive training in Ayurveda, which she pursued... Read More →

Sunday June 22, 2025 10:30am - 11:00am PDT
Lecture Auditorium

Ayurveda, Immunity

Audience All levels

11:15am PDT

Food as Medicine

Sunday June 22, 2025 11:15am - 11:45am PDT

Lecture Auditorium

Learn all about the super healing foods you've probably never heard of like amazake, umeboshi, kuzu as well as the benefits of seaweeds, miso soups, tamari and shoyu and how to use them properly for maximum health benefits.

Speakers

Janie Larmour

Founder, Zen Ki Yoga

Janie has 31 years of experience in health, fitness and training clients with 26 of those years teaching yoga, clocking up over 16,000 hours of teaching group classes, over 45,000 hours working with private clients, over 2,800 hours of formal study, more than that of self-study and... Read More →

Sunday June 22, 2025 11:15am - 11:45am PDT
Lecture Auditorium

Wellness Talk, Macrobiotics

Audience All levels

12:00pm PDT

The Principles of Yoga Therapy for Mental Wellness

Sunday June 22, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm PDT

Lecture Auditorium

The Principles of Yoga Therapy for Mental Wellness - Ancient Wisdom for Modern Minds

This lecture will explore how four of India's profound philosophical systems—Samkhya, Vedanta, Yoga, and Tantra—combine to create a comprehensive framework for mental health transformation that addresses consciousness, the mind, emotions, and the physical body.
At the heart of this approach is Samkhya's map of existence through the three gunas (sattva, rajas, and tamas), which when integrated with Vedanta's understanding of the subtle body, Patanjali's practical yoga techniques, and Tantra's energetic methods, offers powerful tools for healing the mind holistically.
There will be a strong focus on Samkhya as a map (a yantra) that can be used to understand how mental and emotional suffering arises and how to address this suffering to create mental health, emotional resilience, and an enlightened mind.
By synthesising these ancient wisdom traditions with contemporary psychological approaches, we will examine how this integrated methodology creates a more complete therapeutic model that treats not just symptoms but initiates transformative healing that cultivates lasting mental wellbeing.
Real patient examples demonstrate how these principles translate into practice, showing how techniques like meditation, chakra work, and pranayama have helped individuals with conditions ranging from anxiety and depression to more complex emotional regulation issues, guiding them toward greater self-awareness and resilience.

Speakers

Dr Swami Shankardev Saraswati

(MB,BS (Syd), M.Sc (UNSW), Dip Medical Hypnosis, Grad Cert Mental health, Yoga Acharya), Big Shakti

Dr. Swami Shankardev Saraswati is a Western medical doctor, Yoga Acharya (authority), Yoga Therapist, Psychotherapist, Author, Teacher, and Jyotish Astrologer.He combines Western mind-body medicine, including medicine, herbs, and supplements, with the profound wisdom of Eastern systems... Read More →

Sunday June 22, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm PDT
Lecture Auditorium

Wellness Talk, Yoga Therapy

Audience All levels

1:30pm PDT

Hypnoga

Sunday June 22, 2025 1:30pm - 2:15pm PDT

Lecture Auditorium

This session will lead students to an Inner Revelation for Outer Transformation.

First, we move to generate energy. We lengthen and strengthen the body and raise the heart rate, circulating fresh blood throughout. Then we slow it down and allow the body to rest and integrate the benefits of the physical practice.

Next, as the body melts into the earth feeling rejuvenated and completely relaxed, we embark on a journey utilising the benefits of hypnosis to empower the mind at a conscious and unconscious level.

But that’s not all! In this session, we learn easy and practical skills to live a successful life with fun and fulfilling relationships. We create the perfect setting to easily engage the body, empower the mind in order to rest the body and rest the mind to become receptive to the benefits of guided hypnotherapy.

Speakers

Heidi Stenschke

Founder, Hypnoga

There’s a heavy daily influence from the world around us, on who we should be, how our lives should look and what we should be doing. And, it can be hard to hear or tap into our own inherent wisdom, when the world’s distractions are so loud.This is why Heidi founded Hypnoga®.Heidi... Read More →

Sunday June 22, 2025 1:30pm - 2:15pm PDT
Lecture Auditorium

Hypnoga

Audience All levels

2:30pm PDT

The Eternal Mind: Scientific Insights into Yoga and Meditation's Impact on Physical and Emotional Well-Being

Sunday June 22, 2025 2:30pm - 3:15pm PDT

Lecture Auditorium

In this talk, we'll delve into the scientific understanding of meditation, uncovering how it reshapes our brain and enhances our mental and physical well-being.

We will explore how integrating mindful awareness and gratitude into our daily lives can cultivate inner peace, empowerment, and happiness.

The session will culminate in a short guided meditation integrated with simple breathwork to invite mindfulness, intention, and self-inquiry into your life.

Speakers

Tharusha Jayasena

Founder, Mantra Skin

Tharusha Jayasena PhDWith a professional background in medical research spanning over 15 years, I've dedicated my career to exploring brain aging and dementia. Yet, alongside my scientific endeavors, I've always felt a profound resonance with the timeless wisdom of Eastern spirituality... Read More →

Sunday June 22, 2025 2:30pm - 3:15pm PDT
Lecture Auditorium

Wellness Talk, Mental Health

Audience All levels

3:30pm PDT

Age Well with Dru Ayurveda

Sunday June 22, 2025 3:30pm - 4:00pm PDT

Lecture Auditorium

Ayurveda gives us the tools to understand our unique constitution and to identify the cause of dis-ease in our body, heart and mind.

Discover why Ayurveda is becoming one of the fastest growing health modalities in Australia.

In this highly motivational session, learn easily applicable daily approaches to diet, lifestyle, yoga, herbs and therapies to rebalance health issues, increase energy, restore vitality and bring a sense of nourished calm to life.

Take home a few key practices, easily to implement into your life, that will make a profound difference to your health and wellbeing and keep you vibrantly young into the future.

Speakers

Mouli MacKenzie

Co-Founder of Dru Ayurveda, Dru Ayurveda

Mouli is one of Dru’s international tutors, a co-founder of Dru Ayurveda in Australia and continuing her studies in Ayurveda with Dr Vasant Lad and Indu Aurora. Mouli brings 20 years of yogic experience to support people to create a balanced approach to health and wellbeing. Mouli... Read More →

Sunday June 22, 2025 3:30pm - 4:00pm PDT
Lecture Auditorium

Dru Yoga, Ayurveda

Audience All levels

4:15pm PDT

TBA

Sunday June 22, 2025 4:15pm - 4:45pm PDT

Lecture Auditorium

Sunday June 22, 2025 4:15pm - 4:45pm PDT
Lecture Auditorium

Yoga Day Sydney 2025