Yoga School


We are fast becoming the leading institution for Yoga education and the practice of Eastern philosophy in the West.

Devoted to the absolute freedom of mind. Practices to calm your nervous system, target your energetic body, activate your power, elevate your state and come back to the wholeness of your being. Yoga is not an exercise regime, it is a way of life.

TANTRIC HATHA HIMALAYAN KUNDALINI YIN RESTORATIVE YOGA NIDRA MEDITATION

TEACHERS

Holly Nehme

ZENDEN FOUNDER / TANTRIC HATHA

Holly is passionate about teaching and sharing yoga as a means of personal transformation. Her devotion to Tantra continually inspires her teaching practice and everyday interaction with life. Her classes are a deep dive into the energetics of asana, an informative journey through philosophy and are curated with the intent to balance and cultivate energy. Classes are dynamic,and endeavour to harmonise the forces of nature that contribute to imbalance. The intention here is to not only promote the health of the physical body but enrich the experience of life by means of energetic focus, harmony and a unified spirit.

Shakti Savita

HIMALAYAN KUNDALINI/ VEDIC ASTROLOGY

Shakti is a Master Teacher of the yogic sciences; Yoga, Meditation, Traditional Tantra, Kriya and Vedic Astrology. Shakti devotes her life to guiding individuals on the complete and integrated path to Self Realisation. Shakti has lived and trained across India, gaining a wealth of knowledge, as well as receiving initiation into Advanced Kriya Yoga by her teacher in the Himalayas. Shakti is based in Byron Bay, Australia, and facilitates globally, empowering groups and individuals to awaken their potential and live a life aligned with nature.

Leia

TANTRIC HATHA

Leia is a Yoga Teacher & Zenthai Shiatsu Therapist. Introduced to Yoga as a pre-teen by her father as a remedy for anxiety. It has since been a pillar of wellness in her daily life, and she is forever grateful to have been exposed to such a supportive practice as a young girl. Leias passion for teaching pours through her classes, along with her deep devotion to authenticity, acceptance and simplicity. Movement therapy, focussed intention, yogic philosophy, acceptance, embracing change & expressing joy are expressed fundamentally through Leias offerings and her interacts with life, and all the moments within it. Leia teaches tantric hatha and encourages her students to find a space to embody yourself exactly where you are, with encouragement towards your fullest self, in a container of calm presence through the wisdom of yoga. 

Julia

RESTORATIVE / NIDRA /

Julia is a Yoga teacher specialising in Yoga for Women and has a passion for cyclical health that is steeped in the roots of the feminine mysteries. Her classes orient around the womb and are taught as if Yoga was created by women, for women. Julia wants to bring awareness and acceptance to the beauty of the female body and the natural transformations that move women through life as well as teach and share practices that are based on the well-being of a woman’s physiology. 

Iyari

HIMALAYAN KUNDALINI / BHAKTI / YIN

Iyari is passionate about sharing the path of yoga as an integrated system for self realisation. She invites people into a deep space of self inquiry and heart connection, empowering one to evolve their practice beyond the mat. Her yogic journey has brought her to the feet of many acclaimed masters throughout India and the Americas. Particularly passionate about Yin Yoga, through the teachings and guidance of Paul Grilley, and is currently studying under Anand Mehrota the Himalayan Master of the Sattva yoga academy. 

Tom Wurcker

QI GONG

Tom has been practicing Qi gong for over 10 years, learning from various teachers around Australia. He loves to teach and is motivated by the healing experiences of his students through the cultivation of regular practice. Toms classes are for everyone, and are easy to learn. Classes feature a variety of Qi Gong practices and forms each week, allowing to deepen and connect further into your practice. His classes are a place where you can deepen your connection to yourself, your environment and allow yourself to drop into the flow state or Qi state. 

Juan

SIVANANDA HATHA

Juans offerings are seeded in his 19 years of dedicated practice of yoga and rooted in his extensive experience as a teacher. The knowledge of yoga has been passed on to him under the Gurukula system, or the direct teacher-student relationship under the lineage of Sivananda Yoga. He has had the opportunity to learn all aspects of yoga under the instruction of dedicated Swamis and monks in the tradition of Sivunanda yoga. His yoga classes are based on the traditional Sivananda teachings. A sequence structured and designed, to balance not only the physical body but the more subtle aspects of our being such as  our subtle energy, mind and our emotions. Through focus on breath and total surrender he takes you deep into the asana. The end result is a profound sense of physical and emotional wellbeing.

Dalia

HIMALAYAN KUNDALINI /

Dalia is a yoga and meditation teacher, vedic astrologer, ayurvedic practitioner, and vedic counsellor who has spent the last 10 years studying in the Himalayas under the guidance of her beloved masters and teachers. Her classes are an expression of the holistic approach to life addressing all aspects of the being. Her sincere connection and devotion to a life of yoga; the state of unity, is the foundation of her classes. Dalia specialises in Himalayan kundalini yoga, otherwise known as the lightning path. She is also offering dynamic breathwork sessions, amongst other holistic offerings at the Zenden. 

What’s on offer?

  • Tantric Hatha Classes are designed to harmonise the impacts of the internal and external environment. By incorporating a unique combination of breath work, asana (poses) and mantra, we energetically create a powerful, resillient physical, emotional, mental and energetic system. This practice encompasses energetically and physically activating poses, interwoven with deeply restorative practices.

  • Otherwise known as Himalayan breath work, we work with ancient kriya techniques to enliven and enhance a revolutionary response within the body. Practices are powerful combinations of mantra, breath work, and action. Coupled with intelligently sequenced Hatha yoga this practice is a powerful activation.

  • A passie floor based practice. Poses are held from 6 minutes or longer. Targeting the deep connective tissues of the body. Practice is deeply restorative for both mind and body.

  • A slow progresive style of yoga that emphasises passive floor based poses, and the use of props to completely support and facilitate a deeply relaxing and restorative expererience

  • Yoga nida is a form of Guided meditation. Other wise known as concious sleep, we are guided into the space between waking and dreaming. From here we are able to re-wire the brain, access higher states of awareness and tune our subconcious thought patterns

  • A breath work and fluid like movement practice.

Courses Trainings and Workshops

  • 150 hrs of Tantric Hatha preliminary teacher training. Enrolments open now! June17- July 21 / 2024

  • 150 hours of supplementary Hatha yoga teacher training. This course is designed for modern Vinyasa teachers, for the re-education and integration of key foundational Hatha yoga principles.

  • Our imfamous beginners course and extended course for any and every one wanting a in-depth and thorough introduction to their yoga practice.

( TWO WEEK INTRO )

Intro Offer

2 Weeks/ $65 

First time use only. Exclusive offer for Byron Shire & Tweed residents.

( SINGLE SESSIONS )

DROP - IN PRICE

$25 / 60 Minute Session
$28 / 90 Minute Session

Casual drop ins and one-time visitors.

( MEMBERSHIP )

$70 Fortnightly Payment

$35 Weekly / Unlimited Classes

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Includes 15% off all bodywork appointments and events At the Zenden. 8 week contract, Cancel & Hold anytime after.

( 5 CLASS PASS )

5 Classes / $110 

Cost effective for students wanting to drop in regularly without pressure of weekly attendance.

Valid for 2 months*.

( 10 CLASS PASS )

10 Classes/ $210 

Cost effective for students wanting to drop in regularly without pressure of weekly attendance.

Valid for 4 months*.

DAYLIGHT SAVINGS

$99 INTRO MONTH

Unlimited classes

Your first month at The Zenden / unlimited classes / one month only

*passes are activated from first use / booking.

Our teachers are devotees of lineage- based, thousand year old wisdom traditions