It is now Autumn or Spring, depending on where you are in the world 🗺🍁🍂🍃 It is a beautiful time of the year. Don't forget to look up and let the beautiful big sky expand your universe. 🥰🌗🔮💖 Nicky West’s ongoing Yoga classes 🧘♀️ 🌳 IN-PERSON classes are held at Stonehurst Winery, 1840 Wollombi Road, in Cedar Creek, Hunter Valley * Tuesday 9.30am (Yoga/Meditation) * Thursday 6.00pm (Yoga/Meditation) 💻ONLINE CLASSES are held on Zoom and a recording is included with each class (if you can't make it live). * Tuesday 5.30pm-6.45pm (Yoga/Meditation) * Thursday 10.00am-11.15am (Yoga/Voice/Relaxation) Bookings are essential, all the details are on my website https://nickywest.com/classes. Any questions? Feel free to DM me. #yoga #meditation #huntervalley #cedarcreek #newseason #change #nickywest 
Ongoing Yoga Classes in the Hunter Valley ❤️ Do you want to know, heal and treat yourself better? Yoga can help manage your stress, manage back pain relief, connects you to a supportive community, yoga relaxes you, improves your flexibility and strength. helps you sleep better (even in Menopause! Phew to that). 😉 🛌 Meditation can ease anxiety, promotes emotional health, enhances self-awareness, lengthens attention span and may reduce age-related memory loss, can hopefully encourage loving kindness as that's what it's really all about! Nicky West’s Yoga classes 🧘♀️ 🌳 IN-PERSON classes are held at Stonehurst Winery, 1840 Wollombi Road, in Cedar Creek, Hunter Valley * Tuesday 9.30am (Yoga/Meditation) * Thursday 6.00pm (Yoga/Meditation) 💻ONLINE CLASSES are held on Zoom and a recording is included with each class (if you can't make it live). * Tuesday 5.30pm-6.45pm (Yoga/Meditation) * Thursday 10.00am-11.15am (Yoga/Voice/Relaxation) Bookings are essential, all the details are on my website https://nickywest.com/classes. Any questions? Feel free to DM me. 🌴 I want to acknowledge the beautiful yoga mat in this photo from @jarin_steet_. Jarin, who owns the business is a Wiradjuri woman born and raised in Sydney and has created a beautiful business that is evolving into some exciting places and spaces. I gifted the mat to myself for my 50th a couple of years ago, had my eye on it for a while, a few of my students purchased one as well, they are so worth it, like velvet to touch but sturdy, beautifully made, really high quality, feel gorgeous to practice on, best mat I've ever used and supports the original artists. Too many aboriginal artists aren't credited or compensated for their work and it matters! 🌿 The art on this mat called "Diversity" is by Joanne Cassady. Joanne works together with her husband Jacob on Mungalla Station on Jacob's traditional country in Far North Queensland. Many people come to work together at the station and "This artwork represents the people that come together on Mungalla Station". There is more info at https://jarinstreet.com.au. @stonehurstcedarcreek #huntervalley #wollombi #yoga #voiceconfidence #yogama 
Repost @sukhamukhayoga This month Sukha Mukha Yoga Bronte has a fantastic offering!⠀ FRIDAY 19TH FEB - SUNDAY 21ST FEB, 2021 Cultural Awareness - a Training for Yoga Teachers.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ This special and unique training deigned by Eve White and Katie Rose opens up two areas for investigation:⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 1) The Australian yoga teacher’s relationship to ‘Country’ and how we may all be more respectful of Indigenous Australia’s roots in our classes and offerings.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 2) The ongoing conversation about cultural appropriation in yoga in regard to Indian culture and yoga’s ‘roots’ in Eastern tradition.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Sign up here --> ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ https://www.sukhamukhayoga.com/solid-sound-connection⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #sukhamukhayoga #advancedteachertraining #sydneyyogateachertraining #yogateachertrainingsydney #onlineyogateachertraining #onlineeducation #yogalivestream #sydneyyoga #bondiyoga #bronteyoga #socialdistancing #distanceeducation #yogateachersonline #culturalawareness #sukhamukhayoga #sukhamukhateachertraining #advancedyogateachertraining #sydneyyoga #yogaaustralia #alwayswasalwayswillbe #aboriginalland #connectiontocountry #yoga #yogaaustralia #yogasydney #onlineyoga #onlineyogateachertraining 
Are you looking to try something new in 2021? Yoga can help manage your stress, improve your flexibility and strength. Nicky West’s Yoga classes 🧘♀️ The new in-person yoga is held at Stonehurst Winery, 1840 Wollombi Road, in Cedar Creek, Hunter Valley * Tuesday 9.30am * Thursday 6.00pm 💻🧘♀️ONLINE CLASSES are held on Zoom and a recording is included with each class (if you can't make it live). * Tuesday 5.30pm-6.45pm (Yoga/Meditation) * Thursday 10.00am-11.15am (Yoga/Voice/Relaxation) Bookings are essential, all the details are on my website https://nickywest.com/classes. Any questions? Feel free to DM me. 🧚♀️❤️ #huntervalley #relaxation #yoga #voiceconfidence #meditation @stonehurstcedarcreek 
🌿 Loving my new yoga venue and so do the students! Feeling the air, earth, sky and nature during yoga is where it's at! Hearing and experiencing that sweet rain smell is heaven (what a relief after last years fires 🔥) 🍀 It's a full sensual experience and great balance to my online classes which are still running as students are in many places from Queensland, Byron, Perth, UK, Central Coast and Sydney so it's a bit far to come in-person. 🌳 Here's a lovely comment from a student yesterday! 'You've helped me open my eyes more fully and to keep evolving into my true path. I love your classes and your narrative... just beautiful.' 🌻 🌴 The new in-person yoga is held at Stonehurst Winery, 1840 Wollombi Road, in Cedar Creek, Hunter Valley on Tuesday 9.30am and Thursday 6.00pm. 💻🧘♀️ONLINE CLASSES are held on Zoom and a recording is included with each class (if you can't make it live). * Tuesday 5.30pm-6.45pm (Yoga/Meditation) * Thursday 10.00am-11.15am (Yoga/Voice/Relaxation) Bookings are essential, all the details are on my website https://nickywest.com/classes. Any questions? Feel free to DM me. 🧚♀️❤️ 
Looking forward to this wonderful course starting tomorrow and created by my long-time voice mentor, @suzannesterlinglive. Exploring rituals, creating our own, connecting to all that is sacred within and around us. I've been working and training with Suzanne for about 7yrs now in both her Voice of Change program and Sacred Leadership training (co-ran with @gerriravynstanfield) This course she's created on Ritual draws from about 30 years in the field working with the elements and grass roots communities. It'll be magical, down to earth, inspiring, nourishing and from a facilitator with genuine experience! There is a link in my bio if you want to watch a free video event to learn more, there's a recording on the page when you sign up and details of the program. It starts on Tuesday if you're US based or Wednesday Australia time. #voiceofchange #ritual 
Thank you Olivia and Artists @blakbusiness for creating specific posts to share! There are details on @blakbusiness page for how to support their work in providing many valuable resources and information. 🧚♀️There are a few links in my bio to take further action and as always the work and conversations are ongoing in-person and online. 👉If you can't make it to a March on 26th January 2021 the Brisbane March is being live-streamed. 👉Yabun Festival is also being live-streamed this year. 👉There are conversations via zoom on Wed, Thurs & Frid at 1pm AEDT hosted by the Indigenous Law Centre in partnership with the Uluru Dialogue, engage directly with political and legal experts on the Interim Voice Report, led by Professor Megan Davis, Professor Sean Brennan, and Dr Dani Larkin. 🧚♀️ All the links above are in my bio. Stay cool and safe, gonna be another hot day! #alwayswasalwayswillbe #invasionday #survivalday 
@nadii_wellness original post and @amie_ritchie for sharing xo⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ There is hope and huge relief for so many ❤️ 🌈 celebrating and acknowledging the work continues inside and out ☝️✨😍⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #justice #faith #hope 
Original re-post @geraldinehakewill via @suzannesterlinglive⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Heavy heart losing the Notorious #RBG at this time or at any time. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ She's a legend and I remember watching a doco on a plane years ago about her life and being massively inspired by her character, story and all that she'd achieved, particularly for women's rights. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Her shoes will be very hard to fill in the US Supreme Court and I can only hope this happens AFTER the US election. As RBG said "When contemplated in its extreme, almost any power looks dangerous" ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ RIP Ruth Bader Ginsburg - you will be missed 💛 
It's been a while! Right now I"m in the Zone... Happy Face, loving this work! Recording lessons for my Voice Confidence group program just started, fully booked 🙌 the next one will be either Nov this year or Jan 2021 💜⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ It all starts with listening and I've been doing a lot of listening in to my own beliefs and to the powerful voices rising right now. This work is taking me back to some of my early influences. I just watched a Spike Lee interview, remembered first being blown away by the brilliant 'Do The Right Thing' 🤔 I need to watch that again... with the election in the US coming up, still soooo relevant. Here's to doing the right thing! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #voiceconfidence #huntervalley #listening #voiceofchange #voice #presence #truth #power #trust #selfbelief #collectivepower 
#Repost @desireeadaway with @get_repost ・・・ Desiree Adaway is brilliant, my wonderful mentor @tanyageisler introduced me to Desiree’s work a while back & I can’t wait to dive in more over July at The Adaway Group Rework workshops online. Exploring whiteness in workplaces and business, white dominant culture & building anti-racist skills. The link is in my bio and today is the last day to join so be quick! Words below and image from Desiree (just as pertinent here in Australia) What is settler colonialism? First, settler colonizers come to stay. Settlers intend to permanently occupy and assert sovereignty over indigenous lands. Settler colonialism is a distinct type of colonialism that functions through the replacement of indigenous populations with an invasive settler society. Settler colonialism “destroys to replace,” It is a structural system, not an event in history. In this sense, settler colonialism does not really ever “end”. It denies the existence of indigenous peoples and the legitimacy to claims to land It aims to vanish Indigenous peoples and replace them with settlers It’s logic of elimination requires the removal of Indigenous peoples of a territory, by any means necessary (homicide, child abduction, religious conversion, reprogramming (via missions or boarding schools), and myriad forms of assimilation; again “settler colonialism destroys to replace” (p. 388). It continues to dispossess Indigenous peoples It promotes white supremacy Anyone not Indigenous, living in a settler colonial situation is a settler. Therefore all non-Indigenous people living in what is today called the “U.S.” are settlers living on stolen land. Settlers do not all benefit equally from settler colonialism. Many people were brought to settler states as slaves, indentured servants, refugees, etc. Race and class largely prefigure which settlers benefit the most from usurped Indigenous homeland Settler colonialism is not just a vicious thing of the past, such as the gold rush, but exists as long as settlers are living on appropriated land and thus exists today.” Sources Tuck, E. (2013) Curriculum, replacement and settler futurity, Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 
#Repost @lena_west with @get_repost ・・ This will be amazing check it out it’s on today! free to sign up! Lena is a force of nature in her truth telling and presence and this documentary she’s produced is on today/tonight 2pm EST or 4am for Australia 🤪 thank you @tanyageisler for tagging me on this 🥰 DID SOMEONE SAY REPRESENTATION? . **UPDATE: To be clear: This is a virtual screening for a full-length, documentary film I produced. Not a summit, workshop or webinar.** . Create Through Crisis: Honoring the Black Creative, is the first in a trilogy of documentary films I am producing this year through my production company, CEO Rising® Studios. . One of the objectives of CEO Rising® is to increase media representation of Black and womxn entrepreneurs on large and small screens. Because true representation matters more than words on a page. I am committed to PERMANENTLY changing the landscape of entrepreneurship. And, as you know, I mean what I say. . We're having a public screening of the film on Juneteenth, Friday, June 19th @ 2pm, ET, and I'd love for all of you to be there. . The film features 14 brilliant creatives: @bethdianasmith @carltonjonescollection @eriq_troi @everickbrowndesign @fenoel Harry Allen @jomofurniture @foundpunkrva @haldeninteriors @leydenlewisdesignstudio @creativehunt @malene.barnett @stacijshelton @fraziershirleygeorge . Registration for the screening is required and free. You can do so here: http://CreateThroughCrisis.com . See you on Friday. Let's rise. .