Group Work
Therapeutic and meditative group classes • Vedic chanting groups •Yoga retreats • Events
Deb offers small, personalised group classes on-line with Zoom.
Each class has a different focus: strengthening, therapeutic, meditative, Vedic Chant or Meditation.
Small classes with professional, personal care; please call or email to discuss.
Ongoing Group Classes
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MEDITATIVE YOGA (Zoom on-line class)
Tuesdays, 6:00 - 7:15 PM
Classes will resume when advised.
Cost: 7-week term $140
Casual: $25 per class
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WINTER BANDHA & PRĀNĀYĀMA CLASSES (WILLIAMSTOWN)
4 classes: Sunday 27 July and 3, 10, 17 August
Time: 2:00 - 4:00 PM
Ignite your fire, regulating your breath and nourish your spirit
Hosted by Deb Robertson
Location: The Healing Garden, 1/139 Nelson Place, Williamstown
Workshops & Retreats
I have facilitated many yoga retreats over the years, at Ontos in East Gippsland, Hummingbird Eco Retreat on the Mornington Peninsula and more recently at Surf Coast Cabins in Airey’s Inlet. I have also collaborated with other teachers to offer a holistic experience to my students, including:
‘Drawing Breath: Yoga and Drawing Practice’ with Ann Howie
‘Yoga and Meditation’ with Vyvyan Mishra
‘Sutra Studies and Writing’ with Clara Brack
My retreats usually cater for up to 10–12 participants and usually run from a Friday afternoon to lunchtime on Sunday. The comfortable accommodation is either a shared cabin with a room of one’s own or a twin share, while the nourishing meals are vegetarian with wholesome snacks available throughout the day.
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Upcoming Workshops & Retreats
Upcoming events will be posted below.
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Mantra Immersion: the transformative power of sound Melbourne Cup Day
These classes are offered on Zoom. They are open to all levels of experience and to all faiths or personal belief systems - these ancient sounds do not discriminate
Practices will be guided, simple yet profound.
Cost: $20 per session or 4 sessions $68, please email or call to book your spot.
9 – 9.50 am
Offer peace and gratitude to Bhūmi Devi, the goddess as Mother Earth, sustaining and supporting all life on this beautiful planet we share. She symbolises stability, boundless fortitude and compassion. Receive BhūSūktam, her full chant.
10 – 10.50
Movement with Bhū Mantra,
11 – 11.55
Introduction to theory and concepts of Samantrika-Dhyanam, Vedic Meditation practice with Mantra Samantrika-Dhyanam practice, meditation with mantra-japa
12 – 12.50
Group Chanting – both chant groups will come together though only I will be heard. Students are welcome to join as they feel - or simply relax and receive the healing benefits
Opening Prayers offering thanks to or teachers who have preserved and passed down the teachings of the Veda-s through sound, through oral recitation
Gāyatrī-mantra, Sūryanamasskṛtya-mantraḥ, Candranamaskṛtya-mantraḥ, honouring the sun and the moon.
Āyur-mantraḥ, Mantrapuṣpam, Ārogya and Laghunyāsaḥ for healing.
Bhū for healing the earth and the forgiveness chant
‘Chanting uplifts and supports me, it buoys me. No matter what may be going on inside or outside myself
As soon as I begin chanting my internal distractions drop away and my mind concentres on making the right sounds, whether in my role as teacher, or student, or doing my practice. Even this drops away when I settle, its as though these ancient sounds move through me.
Deb is a qualified yoga teacher, Y Therapist and Vedic Chant teacher and continues her Vedic Chant studies with Menaka Desikachar on Zoom
Autumn Equinox Yoga Practice
NOTE: class full, capped at 6 participants for COVID-19 precautions
ThinkFocusAct,
COST: $50; $44 health care card
LOCATION: Challis Street, Newport
Booking essential, maximum 11 students
“Having not drawn much since school, other than the odd doodle, I was a little hesitant about ‘drawing classes’ while on a yoga retreat. But I was delighted at how much pleasure can be derived from collecting flowers, leaves and twigs, learning some basic drawing skills and then concentrating for an hour or two on trying to reproduce them in pencil and charcoal. Ann Howie is a patient and thoughtful teacher, and under her tuition the practice of drawing was quite meditative – a perfect complement to Deb’s yoga sessions.”