It never occurred to me — not until I heard her explain it — that the way we move, the way we approach a pose or a breath or a moment of difficulty in class, is also a way of looking inward. It’s a way of learning something about how to move through life.

Polly and Vera will cease trading as The Hervey Bay School of Yoga at the end of September 2026 and will trade under the business name of Woodgate Beach Yoga.

Troy Johnson will commence trading as Hervey Bay Yoga and will use the web domain that the school used for the last 14 years. www.herveybayyoga.com.au He will also use the same email: office@herveybayyoga.com.au He now has management of the school face book and instagram accounts. These changes are unfolding at the moment and you will hear more about it as new websites and timetables are launched.

Feeling deeply connected to myself

“Stopping” is initially experienced as “feeling” or being present to what is actually happening in the body. We grow spatial awareness and improved coordination – we can track actions and the effects, or the contributions that asana have in our nervous system.

Yoga permeates my whole life. Yoga isn’t just going to an exercise class once a week. In this life it is easy to get caught up in the everyday rush, worry, anxiety etc but I continue to learn to stop and feel “yoga”.

There is an energy about being in a room with others who share a passion and purpose. Have you ever felt tired and lacking in motivation but attended a class and then come out feeling calm and energised?

a significant portion of my excellent recovery was due to these Yoga sessions

‘Although I began with a search for something new, I arrived at the understanding of an ancient thing’ How do you thank Polly and Vera

I was committed to a determined “physical” yoga practice as I worked hard to become stronger and more flexible. I measured my “progress” by my

The stillness, the calmness that has entered my life due to taking up this practise fills me with joy every day. “Don’t let her up