and Jack Wiseman | 12-17 July 2026
“What begins as physicality, a struggle of bodily limitations, can evolve with an ignited breath and heartfelt intention. With effort, discipline, concentration, the energy shifts and changes the way we experience ourselves and others. It affects our moods, our behaviour, our relationships and our sense of self.
With each breath we shed the weight of collected conditioning and limitation. Slowly disentangling from internal dramas that create impulsive or unwanted reactions and behaviours. Breaking the patterns that cycle to the same outcomes and discontent. And ultimately revealing the natural self by the incremental removal of all that obscures it.
It is mindful repetition of practice that permits the depth and potency required to promote this healing and transformation”
The Sunday workshops can be booked individually or together.
This special Sunday workshop is designed for students of any yoga background who feel drawn to breath work, chanting, stillness, or simply exploring a deeper layer of practice. It is intentionally not connected to Ashtanga, and offers a welcoming space for anyone curious about the combined power of movement, breath, sound and quietude.
“Meditation can’t be forced. It’s a little like sleep. You can’t make sleep happen. However you can create a conducive environment to increase the likelihood. Working from breath through simple sound resonance into peace- provoking mantra sets the stage for silliness to steal you away. Bringing with it healing , harmony, connection and joy.”
Workshop Content Includes: • Steps toward stillness • Movement and breath regulation • Vocal discipline and guidelines for chanting • Shanti, Vedic and Japa mantras • Heart singing • Deep rest • Space for conversation and reflection
Together we will weave a tapestry of mood altering practices, that provoke, promote and inspire unbounded potential, exposing the knowledge of the Universal within the individual.
Mysore | All mornings start with quiet reflection and development of the breath.
The week will conclude with a conducted (led) class.
Please note:
Dena’s Mysore practice is suitable for established Ashtanga practitioners and those newer to the method but you must have some experience of the Mysore room. Start your Mysore journey with us today, every Monday, Wednesday and Friday 7-9am.
You are unable join the Mon-Fri classes without having attended the Sunday workshops.
Ashtanga yoga offers a therapeutic methodology designed to promote healing on many levels.
It is a curriculum that involves freeing and strengthening the body, breath, and mind, through repetition and gradual augmentation of specific practices.
Each person moves through a prescribed series of breath synchronized movements in the form of classical asana at an individual pace.
The practitioner and their practice evolve symbiotically.
The practices progress from the cultivation of physical mobility and stability in asana to the enhancement of the breath capacity through pranayama. Continued concentration evolves into meditative states establishing a settled, more open, connected sense of self.
What begins with great effort over time finds ease, like a song well practiced will reveal and express the union of musician and instrument.
Even simple practice can produce moments of internal harmony.
Yoga does not promise a life without hardship, sorrow, or pain.
But it gives us tools to keep the mind steady through success and failure.
Dena has been studying and practicing traditional Ashtanga yoga for over 40 years. She is a devoted long term student of the late Sri K.Pattabhi Jois.
She remains committed, deeply inspired and continuously amazed by the vast healing potential of this life changing practice. Her holistic approach looks beyond external form to inspire a passion for self-discovery and reflection.
Jack has been practicing and teaching in the tradition for the past 30 years.
His approach is uncomplicated and accessible to all. He supports Dena both in and out of the classroom.
Their love for each other, family and community shines through the teachings creating a nurturing environment where ever on the globe they may be.
Life is full and sweet.
Garland of Prana and Mantra: Pranayama and Chanting
Open to all practitioners (no Ashtanga experience required)
Dena has been studying and practicing traditional Ashtanga yoga for over 40 years.
She is a devoted long term student of the late Sri K.Pattabhi Jois.
She remains committed, deeply inspired and continuously amazed by the vast healing potential of this life changing practice.
Dena has a disciplined, yet lyrical style of teaching. Her holistic approach looks beyond external form to inspire a passion for self-discovery and reflection.
Jack was introduced to yoga by his older sister when he was in his early twenties. He took classes and workshops at various Satyananda Ashrams around Australia before returning to the north coast in 1991 where he began the practice of Ashtanga Yoga and met his future wife Dena.
Jack first went to Mysore in 1995 and recalls spending three months in daily fear of Baddha Konasana. That first trip coincided with the celebration of Pattabhi Jois’s 80th birthday. He has since returned a dozen times.
Jack teaches classes in Byron Bay, Australia and supports his wife Dena both inside and outside of the yoga room. Together they have built their handcrafted home and co-parent their children Zoli and Izac.
Many years of carpentry and farm work contributed to a stiff body. Jack believes that his personal experience of working through his structural restrictions have given him the understanding and ability to be patient and helpful when working with others.
Yoga also allows Jack to indulge in his penchant for wearing loud yoga shorts, many of them carrying the label, “made with love by grandma “
Join Jock for an Italian Yoga Retreat in the sunshine as we return to the Tuscan/Umbrian border. Nestled in the beautiful hilltop village of Lippiano with views over the surrounding countryside, this Italian Yoga Retreat 2026 is designed to relax, restore and recharge you.
Ashtanga Mysore Yoga (self Practice) is the traditional way yoga was taught to people. Think of it as a 1-2-1 but in a group environment. This differs from the standard led (guided) classes that we are familiar with in the west. The Mysore (self-practice) method requires that the practitioner learn each series in turn and practice at their own pace.
Teaching yoga is what we love and it is both a unique privilege and a huge responsibility. Becoming an inspirational teacher requires humility, integrity, experience and a commitment to practice and personal growth.
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