A Chat with Dr Swami Shankardev Saraswati
Dr. Swami Shankardev Saraswati is a western medical doctor, Yoga Acharya (authority), Yoga Therapist, psychotherapist, author, teacher, and Jyotish astrologer. At our upcoming retreat, Good Yoga Day, attendees will be treated to a lecture and practice session with Dr. Saraswati which is guaranteed to be a treat.
In the lead up to the retreat, Nikki Briscoe, Yoga For Good’s resident yogi and marketing guru, sat down for a chat with him and he most certainly didn’t disappoint. Check out the fascinating conversation below:
To find out more about Dr. Swami Shankardev Saraswati, you can visit his website Big Shakti.
Community yoga classes
We are passionate about sharing the joy of practising yoga and offering you an opportunity to connect with your true self on a regular basis.
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Free
Tuesday 3rd June 2025 - 12:00nn to 1:00pm
Leah Cooper - Winter Water element Kidney Meridian Class
Online Yoga Community Class Link
Meeting ID: 837 8021 3576
Passcode: 546998
This class uses Japanese yoga therapy to tune into the kidney energy, support the spine, and help regulate the nervous system. With exercises to squeeze into the kidneys, we bring tone and support the organ’s function, helping to release stagnation. Followed by kidney meridian stretches, energy is able to flow more freely, helping to achieve a deeper sense of peace and calm as a result. Try this class to reduce symptoms associated with stress and to improve sleep.
Leah Cooper is an accredited Level 3 Yoga Teacher (Yoga Australia) who brings her passion for health and healing to the mat. She teaches meridian-based yoga therapy and owns The Centre of Ki, a yoga and wellbeing business based in South Australia. She enjoys sharing her health and wellbeing knowledge and experience with others via her YouTube channel and podcast, The Wellbeing Room.
Free
14th July - 12:00nn to 1:00pm
Gemma Perry - Autumn Metal element Lung Meridian Class
Online Yoga Community Class Link
Meeting ID: 812 3780 7403
Passcode: 872606
This Yoga for Good Community class includes gentle movement and meditative sound techniques. You’ll be guided through simple movement and breathing practices to prepare the body and mind for meditation, followed by a sound meditation (including vocalisation and visualisation).
Dr. Gemma Perry, PhD, is a yoga teacher and researcher specialising in mantra meditation. Gemma completed her Honours, Master’s and PhD on the psychology of chanting at Macquarie University, and continues her research at Bond University, Australia. She aims to establish mantra and chanting as practices recognised by health practitioners, scientists, educators and industry to promote psychosocial wellbeing and peace and reach our full human potential.
Testimonials
Our sole mission is to create opportunities to do good for others through yoga.
And we’re making an impact.
A huge thank you to the Yoga For Good Foundation...
…for their incredible contribution to our Life Now Yoga and meditation programs!
This generous donation will mean we can buy new yoga equipment, run a new yoga class in Broome, and enhance our meditation program for cancer patients and their primary carers.
Cancer Council Western AustraliaSending out gratitude to the Yoga for Good Foundation.
Their grant is enabling me to offer FREE trauma informed therapeutic movement and relaxation to frontline mental health and social services staff in Bega.
Participants are really valuing the time out for themselves and experiencing integrated poly vagal theory. And I get to be in a teaching space, yay!
PremKranti CounsellingThe generous grant we've been awarded from the Yoga For Good Foundation...
…allows us to reach more underserved and vulnerable community groups who can benefit from a trauma-informed yoga and embodied mindfulness practice at zero cost to the participants.
Some of the community groups we’ll be serving in the current months include 000 Foundation, Men’s Walk and Talk and WAGEC.
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