Why go on a Yoga Retreat?

You might have heard about a Yoga retreat and wondered if it is for you.   Perhaps you are not sure whether it would be too spartan? You are thinking ‘Will I have to start the day at 5am?’ And ‘Will the place have decent amenities?’ And worse, you are wondering whether you will have

Yoga in Mount Waverley

Why are there pictures of Hindu deities on the wall at the yoga studio? It freaks me a bit!

The word Yoga means Union, or Unitary Consciousness. Yogis recognize that we are all expressions of the one unitary consciousness. This is a non-dualist view.(as distinct from the view that God or Self is separate, which is a dualist view). Shiva is one of the representations of the one universal consciousness. A physical representation of