Simon Borg Olivier and Bianca Machliss have been friends and business partners since 1989, and established Yoga Synergy in the sincere hope of bringing more yoga to more people in a safe and nurturing environment.

The aim of every practice at Yoga Synergy is to enhance one’s life by nurturing and generating the internal fire and life force that keeps us alive. We welcome you to Yoga Synergy and look forward to meeting you.

ABOUT YOGA SYNERGY

Yoga Synergy is a dynamic style of Hatha Yoga, devised by the directors, who are both qualified physiotherapists, Simon Borg-Olivier MSc BAppSc (Physiotherapy) & Bianca Machliss BSc BAppSc (Physiotherapy). The style represents a synthesis between Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga, Iyengar Yoga, Tibetan yoga and modern medical science. The Hatha Yoga taught at Yoga Synergy is derived from the work of Professor T. Krishnamacharya. Sri Krishnamacharya, who died in 1989 at the age of 101, was the teacher of three of the most influential yoga masters alive today. These yoga masters are Sri B.K.S. Iyengar (author of “Light on Yoga”); Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, who teaches Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga and, Sri T.K.V. Desikachar (author of “The Heart of Yoga”).

Yoga Synergy style of yoga is an Ashtanga based Vinyasa flow-style meditative practice, linking postures with the breath while maintaining an awareness of anatomical and physiological alignment, and allowing students to progress with guidance at their own pace.

Yoga Synergy style is a dynamic moving meditation, that improves cardiovascular fitness, strength and flexibility in a safe and nuturing environment.

All the teachers who work at Yoga Synergy have been trained personally by Bianca and Simon, and follow the same program of teaching throughout the schools, as outlined by Bianca and Simon on a weekly basis.

Yoga Synergy was established in Newtown in 1984, and then in Bondi Junction in 1997.

HOW THE YOGA SYNERGY STYLE OF YOGA IS TAUGHT

There are 5 Yoga Synergy sequences (Earth, Water, Fire, Air & Ether) that are each taught over a 9 week period throughout both schools , in both casual attendance open classes and pre-booked courses at varying levels. By coming regularly and learning the sequence, students will develop their own practice that can be done safely and independently.

See "Class Levels & Courses" for times and levels of classes.

Design of each of the 5 sequences takes into consideration the time of the year, the level of the group being taught, and that each posture must have a simple version and more complex version that the practitioner can choose to attempt with the level of intensity that practitioner desires. In each class there is meditation, pranayama (breathing exercises) and relaxation. A sequence sheet of the postures in each sequence is available to assist students in their own practice.

By regularly attending Synergy Style Yoga Classes, the student is able to learn a yoga sequence
enough to do self-practice and yet still be stimulated every 9 weeks by a new set of postures and exercises. Yoga Synergy is a team of professional teachers, trained personally by Bianca and Simon, with years of experience teaching the Synergy style of yoga.

At Yoga Synergy, we aim to teach our students to work intelligently with their bodies, and to use the practice of yoga to enhance their lives, to bring energy and vitality, and to work at the level appropriate to their needs on each particular day, developing a responsive rather than an automated practice.

In it's full advanced form the synergy-style yoga is as challenging and dynamic as any of the traditional yoga styles can get and in it's simplest and easiest form, it is as gentle and soft as one may need or desire – it is up to the individual how hard one works in a Yoga Synergy style class.

Generally we do not encourage attendance at the higher level courses (Morning, Intermediate & Advanced) until you have had some experience and understanding of this unique style through attendance at either Beginner courses or Open classes, no matter what your experience of yoga is elsewhere.

If you are not sure of what level is appropriate for you, please don't hesitate to contact us via email (yoga@yogasynergy.com) or telephone (+61 2 9389 7399).

YOGA SYNERGY CLASS COSTS

To attend open classes casually cost is $17/$15 concession or unemployed (card must be shown)

We have a membership system that is designed to make class attendance easier and cheaper. Yoga Synergy Membership (SEE ABOUT MEMBERSHIP) costs $27 for one year, and as a member class prices are reduced to:

• $15 for the first class of the week
  
• $12 for the second class you attend in the week
  
• $10 for every class thereafter in that week (Mon-Sun)
  

When you are attending a Yoga Synergy Course you must become a member in order to receive the discount rate we offer for joining a course.

Course costs are $135 for 9 week (attendance X1/week day or evening courses) and $243 for 9 week (attendance X2/week morning courses).

YOGA SYNERGY CHANT

The chant's text (pdf)

The chant (mp3)

ABOUT YOGA

Yoga is for everyone. The only prerequisite is being able to breathe. Even difficult looking postures have very simple variations that anyone can do. You don't have to be flexible or strong to do yoga. Yoga teaches you how to enjoy living in the present moment. A natural by-product of doing yoga over a period of time is that one becomes flexible, strong, fit and healthy.

Yoga gives you energy and vitality. It corrects your posture, cures disease, clears the mind, reduces stress, can be done anywhere, does not require any expensive equipment and it makes you feel good by bringing you in touch with yourself

Yoga has a recorded history of at least five thousand years. Hatha yoga involves the physical aspect of this ancient Indian science.

Some of the by-products of practicing Hatha yoga that are condusive to good health include:

• aerobic conditioning,
  
• isometric and isotonic muscle strengthening,
  
• stretching exercises and postures (asanas),
  
• relaxation,
  
• breath control,
  
• concentration, and
  
• meditation.
  

Yoga is literally a holistic system. The word 'yoga' means union, joining, or to link together an one whole. Feuerstein, (1996) describes the yoga approach as simplifying one's consciousness and energy to the point where we no longer experience any inner conflict and are able to live in harmony with the world. Hatha yoga is a physical method which uses the breath to link the various parts of the body and the mind and to allow them to behave as one functional unit. In practice, some, or all, of the elements of Hatha yoga listed above, may be performed concurrently, bringing the practitioner into the present moment and a meditative state.