Ella Yoga
Ashtanga
Primary & Secondary series
Ashtanga Vinyasa
Strength & stretch
Yin Yoga
What We Offer
Monday 5 pm Yin yoga
Friday 7 am Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga
At The Nook Mullumbimby
NSW Australia
Private classes
available upon request
About
I discovered yoga through movement itself. It’s been part of my life since childhood as a ballet and contemporary dancer. Over time, this love of movement evolved into a deep connection with yoga, leading me to India to complete my Ashtanga Vinyasa training, including the Secondary Series course in Mysore, Karnataka.
Since 2016, I’ve been sharing this practice through group classes, private sessions, and full yoga retreats, always learning and refining along the way.
My teaching blends the discipline of Ashtanga with creative, intuitive flow, encouraging you to move with awareness, strength, and grace.
In each class, I focus on alignment and mindful adjustments with care for every pose and every person, creating a space that feels both supportive and inspiring, where you can explore, breathe, and truly feel at home in your body
What is Ashtanga?
Ashtanga yoga was founded in India by K. Patthabi Jois in 1948, a student of Tirumalai Krishnamacharya.
Ashtanga is a dynamic form of classical Indian (hatha) yoga. Made up of six series or levels, with a fixed order of postures that flow (Vinyasa) from one to the next, for the same breath count, every time you practice.
A classic Ashtanga routine demands fitness, flexibility, and focus, which can create a calming, yet sweaty form of moving meditation and promote mental clarity and inner peace.
Ashtanga Yoga is the yoga of the Ashta (eight) Anga (limbs). It is the practice of Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayama, Pratyahara, Dharana, Dhyana, and Samadhi. It is taught through asana; Asana is a tool for the practitioner to dive into the deeper realms of its subsequent seven limbs.
Ashtanga practice is based on the Tristana method: Pranayama, Asana, and Dristhi, (gaze). The breathing technique is Ujjayi (breathing through the nose while tightening the throat).
The Primary series, or yoga chikitsa, is a healing practice. It is a practice meant to work on resetting the physical body so that the practitioner can begin to work at a deeper level by sitting in meditation, sitting for pranayama, or working with the body at deeper levels through the series that follow it.
The Second series, or Nadi Shodhana, is a sequence of poses designed to clear the nervous system and the energy channels of the subtle body.
The Second series practice includes deep backbends and hip openers that fires up the sympathetic nervous system with the goal of creating stress on the nerves in a safe space to learn to cope with it in a non-stressful space.
My yoga story
Hi,
My name is Ella,
Thank you for letting me share my yoga journey with you.
Since I can remember, I was always dancing everywhere, doing gymnastics, handstands, cartwheels, and more.
Movement has always been an integral part of my life.
When I stepped away from my professional dance career as a ballet and contemporary dancer, both my body and my soul kept urging me to seek a new path.
I am grateful that I found a way to bring peace and meaning back into my life when I was introduced to the world of yoga while staying in a yoga ashram in 2012.
In 2016, I began my professional journey as a certified yoga teacher, practicing and teaching classes, workshops, and retreats around the world, inspired by the Ashtanga Vinyasa tradition.
Yoga has become a part of who I am.
I can’t start or end my day without it.
I am passionate about sharing my practice and the knowledge it has given me,
and I warmly invite you to join me on this path
Namaste
Ella
