by Chris Cook
Promptly at 6pm on Friday, August 19, 2016, twelve people commenced the recent Yantra Yoga course in Sydney for the first time in over a year. Organized by the Sydney Dzogchen Community, the Open Level Course covered the complete Preliminaries, two Pranayamas and the first two series of Yantras. The intensive was delivered by Oni McKinstry and assisted by Thuy Nguyen, leaving all attendees capable of performing a complete practice by the end of the three days. 
This objective was reinforced with the sale of Yantra Yoga books and DVDs, and the opportunity for newcomers to continue learning with weekly led practices.
Thanks goes to the Sydney Gakyil for supporting the course and advertising, and to Jilli for preparing the delicious soup, which sold well to attendees on Saturday.
With so many attendees saying they would like to come to the weekly practice, we hope we are seeing a resurgence of interest in Yantra Yoga practice to coincide with Thuy being presented to Rinpoche and becoming a fully recognized Level 1 Yantra Yoga Instructor in November at Dzamling Gar.
