Conference Program

See below the full conference program. 
For a description about each session or biography of the presenter, please click on the session title.

Day 1 - Friday, 17 April 2009

7.30am-9.00am

Registration
Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre

9.00am-10.30am

For the Love of Yoga
Keynote Presentation

10.30am-11.00am

Break

11.00am-12.30pm

Open to Grace: How to Deepen Your Practice
Marc St Pierre

Yoga from the heart… for the Heart (advanced personal practice)
Mark Whitwell

Essential breathing techniques in asana, pranayama and relaxation
Michael de Manincor 

Fluid Power – Awakening the Fluid Body through Yoga
Nicole Goodwin

 TBC

 

12.30pm-1.30pm

Lunch & Yoga 09 Exhibition

1.30pm-3.00pm

Pure Vinyasa Flying Format - Comprehensive Jumping Principles & Warrior Pose Arm Balances 
Duncan Wong
Half Day Workshop


Advanced Practice - Breath, Asana and Bandha
Marck Whitwell
Half Day Workshop

 

 

Power Yoga by Power Living – Defy Gravity and Awaken your Spine!
Duncan Peak

Techniques to take Athletes Beyond Fitness
Fiona Leard

Beyond Asana - the Next Steps... Mark Breadner
Lecture

 

3.00pm-3.30pm

Break

3.30pm-5.00pm

Workshop as above

Workshop as above

Devotion: All You've got to Give
Marc St Pierre

Stilling and cleansing body, breath and mind in dynamic meditation with YogaSynergy
Simon Borg-Oliver

 

5.00pm-6.00pm

Yoga 09 Exhibition

 

Day 2 - Saturday, 18 April 2009

7.30am-9.00am

Registration

8.00am-9.00am

Morning Pranayama and Meditation

9.00am-10.30am

Yoga as a Path to Holistic Wellbeing
Professor Marc Cohen
 and John Ogilvie
Keynote Presentation

10.30am-11.00am

Break

11.00am-12.30pm

Budo Yoga Flow - Universal Human Stance Performance & the Vinyasa Connection
Duncan Wong

 

Super Flow Surf Yoga
Eoin Finn

Asana as inquiry not achievement
Mark O'Brien

 

Awaken the Inner Child and Discover your Strength
Alex Stone

Oriental Healing Techniques to take your Asana Further
Janie Larmour

 Your Chakras - Power Centres of the Mind
Andrew Wells
Lecture 

12.30pm-2.00pm

Lunch & Yoga 09 Exhibition

2.00pm-3.30pm

Advancing your Yoga - The Four Principles of Successful Yoga and 'Life'
Mark Whitwell
Half Day Workshop

Hand Balances and Backbends: Freedom is Yours!
Marc St Pierre
Half Day Workshop

Dynamic Vinyasa Purna Yoga
John Ogilvie

Liberate your Practice, Liberate your Life
Joy Winkler

Energising, Strengthening and Calming the Body with YogaSynergy
Simon Borg-Olivier

The essence and principles of higher yoga and yoga therapy
Dr Swami Shankardev Saraswati
Lecture

3.30pm-4.00pm

Break

4.00pm-5.30pm

Workshop as above

Workshop as above

Yogic Arts - Warrior Flow: Make My Spirit Strong
Duncan Wong

A Spirit Awakening
Patty Kikos

Yin Yoga:  Insights into a Practice of Rejuvenation and Restoration
Melanie McLaughlin

Beyond the Physical Practice
Duncan Peak
Lecture

6.00pm-7.30pm

‘Yoga & Me’ Documentary Launch
Bayside Terrace, Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre

  

Day 3 - Sunday, 19 April 2009


7.00am-9.00am

Registration

8.00am-9.00am

Morning Pranayama and Meditation

9.00am-10.30am

Hips and Twists: Opening the Lower Back the Key to Joy!
Marc St Pierre
Half Day Workshop

The Art of Assisting: Pranic Alignment and Hands-On Enhancement
Nicole Goodwin
Half Day Workshop

The Principles of Yoga according to Krishnamacharya.. the Teacher of our teachers
Mark Whitwell

Power Yoga by Power Living - Power in Presence
Duncan Peak

So You Want to be a Yoga Teacher?
John Ogilvie
Lecture

 

10.30am-11.00am

Break

11.00am-12.30pm

Workshop as above

Workshop as above

Dynamic Rejuvenation and Relaxation with YogaSynergy
Simon Borg-Olivier


 Find Your Joy (Stop Trying so Hard, and Just Enjoy!)
Joy Winkler

Thai Yoga Massage Taster
Heather Agnew

Yoga Research
Prof Marc Cohen
Lecture

12.30pm-2.00pm

Lunch & Yoga 09 Exhibition

2.00pm-3.30pm

Full Contact Adjustment Clinic - Warrior Stances and Massage Applications for Superior Asana Adjustment Structure Comprehension
Duncan Wong
Half Day Workshop

Power Yoga - Align the Spine, Awaken Your Inner Power
Duncan Peak
Half Day Workshop

 

Lightness on Yoga… Yoga for Happiness
Eoin Finn

 

Asana, Pranayama, Meditation and Life, a Seamless Process
Mark Whitwell

 

 The World Yoga Survey - surveying a wider union in yoga
Stephen Penman
Lecture

 

 

3.30pm-4.00pm

Break

4.00pm-5.30pm

Workshop as above

Workshop as above

Patinisagga (the art of letting go in asana practice)
Kim White

Take Your Yoga Practice to Another Level with Dru Yoga
Andrew Wells

Tantra and The Anusara Yoga Path
Marc St Pierre
Lecture

 



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