Approach

“The Heart of Empowered Practice”

Pure Nature Yoga is Awakening Resonance through Yoga, Mindfulness and Sound to Educate, Embody and Empower you. A unique synthesis of three main specialized areas integrated with knowledge of Tibetan Buddhism, Polyvagal Theory, the Elements of Nature, Spinal Movements, and Myofascial Release. This is what has formed the basis of Roni’s work, through her own self-exploration and teaching Yoga to thousands of modern day bodies, hearts and minds. The importance of ‘how’ you practice has become an essential inquiry for her over the years. Yoga has become way too linear and external in movement, compared to its original intent, a more breath-centred, relaxed internal experience.

The teaching draws from multiple disciplines of Hatha Yoga from the more meditative subtle energy practices to the more dynamic practices focused on the breath, mainly inspired by the teachings of the legendary Sri T. Krishnamacharya. Roni has studied with renowned masters such as A.G. Mohan, his wife Indra, and their son Ganesh since 2013, personal students of Sri T. Krishnamacharya for 18 years. The Mohan family are a rare and precious gem, and the leading authorities on Yoga Therapy and Ayurveda. In the last few years Roni’s studies have directed her towards the Himalayan Institute as an evolutionary force behind her teaching incorporating Tantric aspects. Other influences are Tias Little, Sarah Powers, Simon Borg-Olivier, and Uma Dinsmore-Tuli.

An ‘integrated’ Hatha Yoga practice of repetitive movements leading into static holds, vinyasa krama (intelligent sequencing), adaptations of postures, ratios of breath, bandha, mantra, bhavana, sound, self-inquiry, meditation and nervous system regulation practices. Taking a ‘function’ oriented approach over the textbook looking ‘form’ of asana, using breath as a powerful tool for restoring structural, functional and to shape the mind. We cultivate strong steady focus of the mind, in the postures and the principles of inner alignment through the breath, into a seamless moving meditation. Emphasis is placed on what is arising inside rather than getting the posture ‘right’ in a rigid way, to reveal the true essence of practice.

In soothing Yin Yoga and Myofascial Release sessions the elements and meridians (energy channels) from the Chinese Taoist system are utilized. This encourages healthy organ function and to harness internal energy. Roni works in a much more subtle way using breath, visualization, nervous system regulation techniques, mindful awareness, sound healing, as well as allowing very gentle sway movements before resting in stillness.