30 days on and off the mat

An online course to spark a personal (r)evolution; a call to action to bring yoga into every corner of your life.
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In the history of the world, there has never been a better time to pursue a personal (r)evolution. With my help, deepen your connection to your yoga to make it a practice for life and everyone benefits. So JIGGY-UP!

Greater awareness = better choices = outcomes that feel good.

Yoga practice is your vehicle for greater awareness and connection. We have an opportunity to witness our habits and our moods so we can then shift them. We are invited to accept ourselves and our bodies on the mat and from this deepening personal relationship, our experience of life shifts towards more ease and appreciation. Yoga is far more than a physical experience. The postures are only part of the more encompassing quest for self-discovery.

Olivia has a wonderful balance of intuition, wisdom, humour and dedication. Doing yoga with Olivia feels like coming home.
Kate Page

The first obstacle is to get on the mat more often…

If you’re feeling the call to do yoga more regularly but find it hard to get on the mat, you’re not alone. This course is designed to motivate and inspire (hence the name) so that you will WANT to get on the mat in pursuit of pleasure, play and peace.

I wanted to let you know just how much I love your classes. They are really invigorating and heartfelt and I always feel great afterwards despite a fairly incessant struggle with anxiety and depression. Thank you very much!
Thembi

JIGGY-UP your Practice includes five sessions shot in the Daintree Rainforest in North Queensland, Australia

Each session focuses on a different quality – strength, calm, connection, love and acceptance. The practices are all complete within 30 minutes so it doesn’t munch into your time or place huge expectations on what ‘good’ home practice is. For me, good yoga practice is bringing full heart and attention into everything worth doing. Simple as that.

Listening to the wisdom of the body.
The yoga sessions focus on developing a deep connection to the body-mind. We work with feelings like a colour palette, creating deliberately and noticing what each feeling quality brings to the moment. Your body always seeks to align with a natural state of wellbeing, but sometimes thoughts get in the way. When we drop into a feeling, kinesthetic space, thoughts quieten and we can better listen to inner impulses and the wisdom of the body. Self-awareness leads to right thought and action.
Your words are turning into thoughts and feelings and I feel like they are almost alive around me. I feel blessed to have met you and be experiencing this new way of looking and thinking about the world. It is all so relevant… it is like magic.
Ebony Bott

These are general level practices. Some yoga experience is recommended. Also if you have injuries, please get in touch with your doctor before doing these classes.

JIGGY-UP your Practice 30-day online course includes:
Five 30-minute general level practices – the practices are designed to meet you where you are. Each video explores a different theme and feeling sensation in the body; strength, love, acceptance, calm and connection (a meditation and breathing practice). These practices are like templates, after a while you may want to add in your own variations or follow the charts provided. All videos are downloadable or can be streamed on your computer.
30 days of insight and inspiration to your inbox – The 30 days are divided into five modules based on the themes in the videos. The daily emails contain inspiration for your practice, yoga philosophy and practical suggestions for taking your yoga off the mat and into your life.
10 technical tutorials – if you’d like some extra help on alignment, these videos go into detail to make sure you’re aligning your body optimally.
Drawn charts of the practices – sometimes I’ll suggest you work without me and use the charts. Sometimes you might want to. You can also add in additional poses if you feel so inspired!
A weekly video from me with the wise ‘Miss Vish Vami’ addressing each theme and related obstacle to practice

What does it cost?

An entire month to JIGGY-UP your practice with me costs $97. There is also an opportunity to upgrade if you’d like some private coaching time with me. For $220 you get the course plus two private sessions offered over Skype. This is your chance to blast through obstacles that are holding you back from living fully. You can also use them to refine your yoga practice.

Your passion for yoga is plain to see by your intricate descriptions of each pose and clear understanding of posture/muscles/alignment/joints AND your ability to see hope and goodness in every day.
Yesim
I am currently taking my yoga teachers training course and I wanted to say that you were a big inspiration to me to do so. I absolutely love your teaching style and what it brought into my life. I want to share that with others now as well. Not only did I experience the most improvement in my physical practice, but you really taught me how to connect to it all. I truly hope I can be as wonderful a teacher to others as you have been to me.
Jen Wende

What are the benefits?
Aside from all the medical reasons that are well documented all over the internet, you’ll begin to feel better in your body, more accepting of where you’re at in your life and you’ll begin to open up to all the good in your world each day. When you feel good you begin to attract more good simply because that’s where you’re focused. Your relationships will shift as you nurture deep appreciation for yourself and the people in your life. You become clearer, more impassioned to design a life that aligns with a heart-felt purpose, more willing to flow with what life’s presenting…in other words more at ease. And who couldn’t use a bit more ease?
 

Sign up to Jiggy-Up your Practice!

IMPORTANT: once you have paid, PayPal will redirect you to the course registration page to complete the process.

Option 1: An entire month of guidance and inspiration!
Cost: $97
 

Option 2: Add on two coaching sessions with me – these are Skype sessions where we address an area of your life where you feel stuck either on or off the mat. You can also substitute these for private yoga sessions.
Cost: $220
 

 

FAQ’s for Jiggy-Up your Practice!

How does it all work?
Once you have registered, you’ll be directed to an email sign up form. Just before the course begins you’ll be sent login details for a members page on the Courageous Yogi site. On the members page you’ll find the videos to download or stream. I recommend downloading the videos so you’re not relying on the internet connection. Once you get the videos they’re yours to keep. Every day for 30 days you’ll get an email from me with an intention or inspiration for your practice and your day. From there, you can choose to either work with the videos or with the charts of the practices. There is also a suggestion for taking your yoga off the mat that day. This is great if you decide that practicing every day on the mat is not feasible for you.

How hard are the yoga videos?
The yoga videos are general level which means they are not for absolute beginners but are suitable for people with some experience. In the videos, I offer variations for poses so there are options to suit your ability.

What if I have questions or need technical help?
You can email me any time. In fact I welcome questions and will address them in the course and on my CY Facebook page.

What if I lose focus because it’s online?
At the beginning of the course I’ll help you set an intention that is manageable. From there you’ll get daily inspiration plus a weekly video from me about the various obstacles that may be coming up. So even though the ball’s in your court, I’m confident that the content I send you will keep you motivated for the month. The other thing I recommend is have a friend who also does it so you can check in and encourage each other on.

Will this take over my life?
It depends on you? The short answer is no. You get to decide how you want to practice as I offer both on the mat and off the mat ways of practicing yoga for the day. Journalling is recommended but not essential. This is all about listening to what you need. If you want it to be your main focus for 30 days then it can be, if you want to just have a taster every morning, then that’s exactly what you’ll get!

If I purchase the coaching/private lessons, can I do the private lessons with you in person rather than on Skype?
If you live in Melbourne, Australia, yes!

If you have further questions, send me an email at info@courageousyogi.com

Meet Olivia
One part creative nut and writer, one part life coach and one huge part yoga teacher. I am devoted to bringing more artfulness, expression and courage into the world and I see yoga as a wonderful vehicle to teach the skills necessary to do this. It’s so easy to fall into a trap of self-doubt and fear that we lose sight of our soulful purpose – to shine brightly exactly as we are. So I believe in listening deeply, owning authentically and sharing all that we are into the world as a service to others. To really know our essence and to give generously from that place is our greatest gift to the planet.


I did my first teacher training in New York in 2005 in Hatha Vinyasa and is now a teacher of the Anusara Method. More artistically; I’m a geeked-out, heart driven, yoga-teaching psychonaut; an enthusiastic explorer of the body/mind and a dedicated student.