Biography
Nicole Goodwin is co-director of
BodyMindLife Yoga in Surry Hills. Nicole’s passion
is for Vinyasa yoga, focusing on the integration of
breath and movement, awareness and alignment, strength
and flexibility, effort and ease. Her dynamic classes are
a combination of breath inspired movement and creative,
yet balanced and intelligent, sequencing that allows
individuals to experience greater ease and vitality. The
roots of Nicole’s teachings are expressed through
the creativity of her own personal style and her studies
of Yoga and Ayurveda, bodywork and energetic
healing. Nicole leads yoga retreats, and
teacher trainings in Australia and internationally, and
writes the Yoga column for Women’s Health
Magazine.
Conference Sessions
Fluid Power
– Awakening the Fluid Body through
Yoga
Saturday, 18 April /
11.00am-12.30pm
Fluid Power Yoga is a
conscious evolution of Vinyasa Yoga that allows us to
experience our fluid nature. It is well known that over
70% of our bodies are made of water, and honoring our
fluid body allows us to tap into the healing and
rejuvenating power of water. Through this practice you
will discover how the breath initiates and inspires all
movement, awakening creativity and spontaneity,
cultivating inner and outer strength. Fluid Power Yoga
allows us to experience a rhythmic and energetic approach
to yoga, transforming old paradigms of the mind, body and
movement. The practice integrates a way of moving that is
natural and liberating, allowing us greater mobility,
adaptability and spontaneous expression as we tap into
our fluidity.
The Art of Assisting: Pranic Alignment and
Hands-on Enhancement
Sunday, 19 April
/ 8.30am-12.00pm
As yoga teachers, we
often approach hands-on adjusting or assisting our
students with a view to moving them into the
“right” posture. In this way, most of
the energy comes from the outside, and essentially, we
are doing the work for them. With hands-on
enhancements, we acknowledge our students’ own
inner teacher, and the energy for the assist comes from
within the students’ own bodies. The student
is empowered by the teacher’s guidance to where
prana is excessive or deficient, and from that knowing
they can enhance their own posture creating a truthful
experience as they learn to work with their own energy
field. This workshop explores the flow of prana
(primary life force) within each yoga asana. We
will learn the underlying pranic alignment of yoga
postures based upon an integrated understanding of the
movements of prana (vayus, winds or movements of energy),
in order to create a “living” yoga practice,
rather than mechanical and theory-based
practice. By the end of this session, students
will take with them an inspired approach to yogic
movement and will be able to experience more grace and
ease in their own practice. Those who teach yoga
will have a new “toolkit” of techniques to
enhance the practice of their own students. This workshop
is aimed at yoga teachers, those preparing to teach, and
inspired students of the flow.