Yoga Day 2026: Full Schedule

9:00am AEST

Awaken Your Practice: Mudras, Symbolism & Yogic Archetypes

Sunday May 31, 2026 9:00am - 9:30am AEST

Discover how mudras, sacred symbolism and archetypal energy can transform your yoga into a living, meaningful experience. Inspired by Garuda, the great eagle of yogic tradition, this session invites you to embody clarity, perspective and inner strength.
Leave with practical ways to deepen your connection to your practice and your higher Self.

Speakers

Janavi Scharbow

Dru Yoga Australia

For almost 30 years, Janavi Scharbow has been devoted to sharing the heart of Dru Yoga and Meditation as a senior international teacher and mentor. Passionate about helping people reconnect with their authentic selves, her teaching is grounded in both deep spiritual wisdom and real-life... Read More →

Sunday May 31, 2026 9:00am - 9:30am AEST
Lecture Auditorium

Dru Yoga, Mudras

All Levels all levels

10:00am AEST

Dru Yoga Dance- A fusion of dance moves & yoga to music

Sunday May 31, 2026 10:00am - 10:45am AEST

Great Hall

Dru Dance is a fusion of dance moves and yoga choreographed to music. It's fun, energetic and focuses on dynamic and flowing movement to create both strength and suppleness.
In this class you will be introduced to the beauty and grace of movement to music and the yogic archetype that underpins the sacred flow of one of Dru's signature creations.

Speakers

Joanna Bencke

Dru Yoga Australia

Joanna is a long‑time Dru Yoga teacher, teacher trainer and lover of movement, music and embodied wellbeing. Drawn to the connection between body, mind and spirit from a young age, she first studied nutrition and psychology at university before travelling the world and eventually... Read More →

Sunday May 31, 2026 10:00am - 10:45am AEST
Great Hall

Dru Yoga, Dance

All Levels all levels

11:00am AEST

Awaken Your Inner Light: a Dru yoga journey through story & koshas

Sunday May 31, 2026 11:00am - 11:45am AEST

The Bliss Room

Inspired by Suzanna's children’s yoga picture book Deer-lightful, this experiential session weaves storytelling with Dru Yoga’s foundational Energy Block Release sequence (EBR1).
Guided through the language of the koshas, participants will journey layer by layer — from body and breath to awareness, inner wisdom and sweet connection.
This is an invitation to rediscover the light within through movement, imagination and deep presence.

Speakers

Suzanna Thell

Yoga teacher and trainer, Dru Yoga Australia

With a background as a school teacher, Suzanna became curious about how yoga, breathwork and meditation could support the wellbeing of children. This passion led her to establish a business, The Yoga Garden, through which Suzanna shared yoga with thousands of young people over the... Read More →

Sunday May 31, 2026 11:00am - 11:45am AEST
The Bliss Room

Dru Yoga, Children's yoga

All Levels all levels

11:00am AEST

Be like a Tree – Yoga Creativity with the Tree Pose

Sunday May 31, 2026 11:00am - 11:45am AEST

The Lotus Room

Moira will facilitate a beautiful Yoga For Good class with Yoga Creativity, combining Hatha and DRU yoga sequences, with modifications demonstrated to suit all participants.
You will be guided through breathing practice for presence and activations to awaken the mind, body, and spirit. Explore Asana sequences with the qualities of the Tree pose. Visualisations to inspire creativity and transformation tools to make the change you seek. Explore nature symbols with a relaxing journaling experience, connecting hands and heart.
These practices open up the creative flow and the creative aspects of consciousness with joy, a blissful sense of lightness, and fun.

Speakers

Moira Gordon

Founding Director, Yoga For Good Foundation

Moira is a founding Director of Yoga for Good Foundation (YFG) and an experienced Yoga teacher, Artist, and businesswoman. YFG supports yoga practice in the wider community; we offer Grants to yoga teachers and organisations to bring benefits to people with specific needs, who may... Read More →

Sunday May 31, 2026 11:00am - 11:45am AEST
The Lotus Room

Dru Yoga, Hatha

All Levels all levels

Yoga Day 2026

9:00am AEST

Janavi Scharbow

10:00am AEST

Joanna Bencke

11:00am AEST

Suzanna Thell

11:00am AEST

Moira Gordon

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