From the docks in USA, sandy points of Bora Bora, under Fiji palms, New Caledonia islands, marinas and beaches of Australia Yoga has been a part of my sailing life …
Leanne Hembrow
We were in our usual yearly routine on the Gold Coast Australia, lifting our boat, at The Boat Works, preparing for sailing season, when life took a spin into the unusual. Names we are all familiar with now, corona virus, lock down & social distancing became the focus.
Living on board our vessels since December 2008, we choose to have a break away while maintenance chaos is complete & home is restored onboard. The developing health crisis now sees me semi-restricted to our rental property so I began to focus on my upcoming events, first being Women Who Sail Australia gathering on the bay, preparing classes for ‘Circle of Friendship’, advertising impending Yoga Retreat in Vanuatu and a brand new venture Yoga4Yachties Yoga Clothing.
Like many Business’ mine quickly changed, instead of receiving money, I was reimbursing funds, and cancelling Yoga Retreats in the planning. Grateful for my family & Sailing community Women Who Sail Australia & Women Who Sail NZ were quick to support me by way of purchasing my new Yoga Wear.
This is your Chakras working! Yoga with colour ‘Your meant to see it” Yoga4Yachties – Namaste Ocean Yoga ™ © 2013-2020
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I had a Free Facebook event planned to keep my sailing community on course after ‘ WWSA GOT 5' at Port Stephens Australia.
The challenge became a wonderful focus for me and thread to stay connected with my Sailing Community, offering the opportunity to share what I had been planning for my previous event ‘Practical ways to practice onboard your vessel.’ I felt like I had a purpose each day, teaching through virtual connection to many sailors and friends around the world. I offered Yoga, Meditation and “Let’s Talk Food,” as a Gut Health mentor, I invited chef Audrey to jump in to offer a few quick Gut Loving Recipes too, we hope to collaborate soon with a Yoga Retreat in Fiji.
I threw myself into this project, in the process it opened doors to my sailing community, extended my reach bringing my classes on board their vessels and homes. I grew in confidence with Facebook Live and Zoom Classes, introducing my community to different types of Yoga and ways of teaching, I reached out and re-kindled friendships I had made during yoga trainings, and brought a wonderful group of teachers together to share their love of Wellness, including Ebony, Jo, Nessa, Penny forever grateful and to Jill who is now collaborating with me, a regular guest teacher on Subscribed Sail Wellness offering Yin Yoga classes as well as Online classes available via my website & we all have plans to collaborate with Yoga Retreats together in the Pacific and as far as Italy.
My U-tube channel had a resurgence sharing a few videos for my extended yoga community, from the beach in New Caledonia to Zoom lesson in lock down.
2020 sees my life as a traveling Sail Wellness Yoga Teacher changed for now, but I’m not alone. I am grateful for my focus to keep sane during this crisis, I credit my passion, which I don’t often refer to as a business, but yes it is and it’s so important to me, I have thrown my heart and soul into Yoga4Yachties™ over the past decade.
A memory comes to mind in Fiji setting up under the shade of the swaying Palm Trees for a sunset class ...
I was often the only one, but I kept on going back to those Palm Trees until 1 by 1 students joined in …. each season I came back, each season classes grew and my students shared like sailor’s do along the cruisers grapevine, ‘There is someone teaching yoga on the grassed area just past the Island bar whispered on the wind’ and what I did to create this connection was born from passion & dedication, driven by love of Yoga to want to share this to my sailing & broader community.
I have adapted, focused and rolled my 21 day free Sail Wellness challenge into a Subscribed Sail Wellness group including 21 recorded Classes + 2 Live classes each month. Life is different without hugs and the energy from group classes but I am still feeling the love and connection through virtual engagement. I am also a guest teacher at The Yoga Revolution in the UK another Bliss Family connection.
I’m continuing to teach private & group Zoom online yoga session instead of sailing off to the pacific for now and of course will find ways to share cruising Australia. I’ve purchased slippers and finding what warm clothes I have onboard to keep this tropical yogi comfortable and adapting in this changing time.
I long to greet you all again old friends and welcome new into our community, as we merge into the pacific when borders allow, chasing summer from Australia with our Down Under ‘Go East Yacht Rally “ to New Caledonia along with new Pacific Puddle Jumper into Fiji and Vanuatu .
Love and Light to all the wonderful yoga teachers around the world, many I know and don’t, I could not be prouder to be a part of a network of beautiful souls who gave so much during and still with this world health crisis, from pure love to help all find some peace in their days.
Love and Light Leanne x
Connect with me via email yoga4yachties@gmail.com or via my website www.namasteoceanyoga.com I’m more than happy to find ways to connect with local & abroad sailing communites, record classes just for you, it’s all part of my service.
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