The Way of Nature

Seasonal Yoga, Pranayama
& the Five Elements

With Senior Yoga Teacher Yolande Hyde

Weaving life with yoga, philosophy, mythology, nature and the cycles of the cosmos. Welcome fellow traveller

Seasonal Yoga is a profound practice that reconnects us to stability, peace, and trust by aligning us with the cycles of nature. Its ancient Taoist roots revive, uplift, and transform us in the places where we have become separated from truth and empty of purpose. Fostering and reinforcing a profound connection to the wild world around us, inviting acceptance, peace, and a higher perspective in challenging and changing times.

I invite you to dive in and explore life in alignment through yoga asana, pranayama, and deeply layered teachings, all that is The Way of Nature.

Seasonal Yoga | Pranayama | Spiritual Learnings

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Yoga & Taoist philosophy in the season of Late Summer and the Element of EARTH

The Metal Element

  • The Autumn season catches tis fall from Summer to Winter, FIRE to WATER. In this powerful transformative phase, we align with the scythe and the spirit of harvest, decrease, discernment and letting go.

    We seek purity through sifting, sorting and creating space in all aspects of our being.

    Led by the Lung and Large Intestine channels and their faculties, METAL seeks a return to balance between what we take in and what we let go.

    Metal is the impulse to discern value and find meaning in lifes processes with particular importance placed on our ability to let go and the grieving process that inevitably follows.

    Balanced Metal reveals a
    commitment to quality, sensitivity to the surroundings, clarity and discernment, inner strength and Self-discipline, vigilance and precision, higher, more philosophical perspective, and the
    urge to align with life purposefully and meaningfully.

With gratitude for the Earth under my feet and with thanks to all Elders, past and present.
To yours, to mine, to the custodians of the Yuin, & Jeringer Country (South Coast NSW) and the great waters of Booderee (Jervis Bay) that support and inspire my work.
To the land, the sea, the green world, and all its creatures, seen and unseen, may we each be known.

Online Seasonal Yoga
and Breathwork Packages

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Advanced Pranayama | 3 part Series
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Advanced Pranayama | 3 part Series
$33.00
Seasonal Yoga Practice Package | Summer
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Seasonal Yoga Practice Package | Summer
$55.00
Seasonal Yoga Practice Package | Autumn
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Seasonal Yoga Practice Package | Autumn
$33.00
Seasonal Yoga Practice Package | Spring
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Seasonal Yoga Practice Package | Spring
$55.00

Storytelling with Nature
and the Five Elements

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Death, divorce and Autumn.
Death, divorce and Autumn.
Late Autumn Nourishment
Late Autumn Nourishment
Samhain & the Five Element Theory
Samhain & the Five Element Theory
An axe in the forest
An axe in the forest

  • Last week, I did the Winter Intensive live with Yolande and it had a profound effect on me during, and after the 5 day Intensive practice. I felt it gave me a renewed energy and a sense of grounding. The breath work through guided pranayama daily practice made me appreciate the importance of maintaining the strength in my lung chambers. I highly recommend any class with Yolande, particularly if you are in need of resetting your mind and body connection.

    - CR Mona Vale

  • I absolutely love Yolandes intensives. There is a little bit of everything; pranayama, meditation and movement. She is such a knowledgeable and experienced practitioner. The language she uses through the practice connects you to your mind, body and external environment on a whole new level. Can’t wait for Spring.

    - LV Mona Vale

  • It always wonderful to share space with Yolande. Having the full body to open up to Spirit guidance with a humility we rarely see . Her gifts and understanding are deep & multilayered and we are blessed to have one of such guidance & talent.

    — SF Bayview

  • I love the way my life flows when I spend just 2 mornings a week with a class focused on rediscovering breath - the mind remembers it's a back up singer and I feel grounded by the experience. Yolande brings an ancient gift to the craziness of 2022 life. Thank you

    — TO Avalon

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View fullsize Some thoughts and musings on all things death-defying ☠️🍂through the lens of the Elements and with a little help from some mythological archetypes. Open now for your spirited interpretations, your inspiration, and your own deep discourse. Find the
View fullsize Wisdoms from the long clock this week on the Way of Nature 🦗🤎🍁🍂 “ ….. and so they named 72 seasonal variations as land rose and fell, awakened and bloomed, and returned to its deep to rest and reinvent. According to these poetic cal
View fullsize Autumn arrived on the heels of the eclipse. Suddenly the night brought rain and wind, and the leaves, green red and gold fall onto the roof and the ground below. These nights, Im closing the windows against the cold, and the cat, perched on the bed
View fullsize I haven’t posted much of late, i think because Ive been thick in the spin and reshaping of it all, every time I go to post it feels inconsequential - and slightly narcissistic if Im honest. Time feels weird, glitching and witching as seasons
View fullsize I am delighted to be offering a few extra classes this week to support your graceful navigation through the choppy waters of the times. This is one week in which going deeper is essential medicine, and the sanctuary of practice the space in which to
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View fullsize Can you hear the grinding gears of alignment in the skies above your head and the earth under your feet? There are no more observations to be made through comparisons between our inner and outer worlds ….. everything from here on in comes from
View fullsize As the Marbon frequency lifts in resonance we are each called to the friction and hum of nature …. Surrounded in its crisp, tight air, and low-lit gold I am delighted to open that doorway with you and share an Autumn Equinox ritual that only
View fullsize A couple of friends, a dog, a beach and a yoga mat. Shifting the gears, lifting the frequency, digging yourself out of the hollow happens accidentally among tiny moments of silliness and simplicity (when we were supposed to be doing serious photogr
View fullsize Nature is what we are here to be - not vertical and seperate with shoes on and the air con on high. Wild nature is the resonance of a non linear and varied landscape aching for us to return. Not only is it a mother with open arms, but it is also
View fullsize The breath has been our link to the mysteries of the cosmos for as long as we have had it in our chests. Every meditation, shamanic journey, visualisation or ritual has begun with the breath since the beginning of time. Not hard breathing, like we