Australian Yoga Journal — January 2018

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limits regarding how much outside
infl uences should shape our future. If
deep-down you can’t deny being bitten
by the yoga bug, Pheely encourages
remaining unwavering in your stance.
“Everyone is going to have an
opinion. You are never going to get
people completely on board. The critical
step is understanding your dharma
(purpose). Not what you want to do as a
job, but your dharma. That takes effort
and honesty,” he says.
“Once you are crystal clear about your
life purpose, keep moving forward no
matter what people think. Tell them: ‘I
love you, I am grateful for your opinion
and am listening to you ... but this is my
path and I am rock-solid in that’.”
Reaching corporate crisis point is a
common catalyst for change –
professionally and personally. Listening
to your heart, taking that leap of faith
can create an empowering sense of
homecoming. As Parkinson inspires:
“My life of yoga is seamless. I don’t ‘go
to work’. I decided long ago not to ‘do’
yoga, but to ‘be’ yoga.”


THRIVE IN YOUR WORKPLACE
Throughout corporate chaos and yoga teaching (particularly combined), it is important to
maintain personal practice. “Often returning to the breath, gentle inversion or stimulating
movements, or sometimes stillness is all we need to recharge and regain clarity,” says
founder of Corporate Yoga Australia and former recruitment professional, Debby Lewis.

Lewis shares these restorative techniques:
Even breathing (sama vritti)

Chest-opener


  • Sit comfortably, close eyes and notice
    your body – relax areas of tension

  • Become aware of natural breath flow
    moving through your body

  • Inhale through nostrils for a count of
    four– notice breath moving through the
    throat, lungs and abdomen

  • Notice natural pause at completion of inhale

    • Exhale for a count of four – notice breath
      moving through abdomen, lungs, throat
      and nostrils

    • Notice natural pause at completion of
      exhale

    • Continue for several minutes

    • Note: increase or decrease count to your
      comfort, keeping inhale and exhale even




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  • Stand feet hip-width apart – lift through
    crown, careful not to over-arch lower-back

  • Interlace hands behind back and reach
    towards floor – feel upper spine and chest
    open (draw hands back to deepen)

    • Even breathing for three-to-five rounds

    • Repeat, hands clasped opposite way



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