Our Yoga

Citta Flow classes are grounded in traditional Hatha yoga practices, focusing on breath, mindful movement and relaxation. The intention is to keep the practice simple, accessible and supportive for all students.

To maintain consistency across the studio, teachers keep classes within the framework of classical yoga teachings and avoid introducing practices or concepts from other traditions.

This includes avoiding:

  • Sound bowls, chimes, gongs or drumming

  • Energy healing practices

  • Discussions of meridians, Taoist concepts or other non-yogic systems

  • Practices taken from other movement traditions

  • Highly mystical or esoteric language that may feel confusing or inaccessible for students

Our focus remains on:

  • Yoga postures (asana)

  • Breath techniques (pranayama)

  • Relaxation and nervous system regulation

  • Clear, practical guidance that students can understand and apply

This approach helps ensure students experience a calm, grounded and consistent style of yoga, regardless of which teacher is leading the class.

Lineage and Transmission

The teaching at Citta Flow draws from the Living Peace Yoga approach and the Svastha Yoga & Ayurveda system, both of which are deeply rooted in the lineage of T. Krishnamacharya (often called "Father of Modern Yoga). From this foundation, yoga is understood as adaptable, intelligent, and responsive to the individual rather than defined by fixed form.

Our Studio Leadership & Influences

  • Bronika Carter is currently training in Yoga Therapy with Svastha Yoga, Dr. Ganesh Mohan and the Mohan family, continuing a direct connection to Krishnamacharya’s therapeutic teachings. Her training informs a teaching approach at Citta Flow that is highly structured, anatomically safe, and accessible—creating a steady environment where students can practice progressively and with total confidence.

  • Ginny Clarke’s (Living Peace Yoga) teaching integrates the breadth of yoga practice — including movement, breathwork, meditation, and philosophy — with a strong emphasis on education, self-responsibility, and embodied awareness. Her approach is influenced by studies with Simon Borg-Olivier (Yoga Synergy) and further studies in Yoga Therapy with Dr. Ganesh Mohan. Her emphasis is on helping students develop clarity, mobility, and a more intimate relationship with their own experience.

  • Greg Clarke, Hanuman Das ( Living Peace Yoga) brings the meditative and philosophical dimension of the practice. Hanuman Das is a devotee Neem Karoli Baba (Maharaji), and he was led to him by his teacher, Ram Dass whose practical and truthful sharing of his experiences has and still does inspire him today. Yoga is approached as a path of remembering — a return to clarity, compassion, and inner steadiness. Hanuman Dass has also written and published two books Omservations and Peaceman.

Together, these influences shape how yoga is taught at Citta Flow — with an emphasis on simplicity, awareness, and sustainable practice.

What Happens in a Class

Classes at Citta Flow are grounded in Hatha Yoga and guided by the breath.

Teaching is structured and progressive, offering a clear and supportive framework that allows students to build familiarity and confidence over time. Movement is offered with care and attention, supporting strength, mobility, and ease without overwhelm.

A class may include:


• guided movement and postures
• breath awareness and simple pranayama
• sustained or gently progressive postures
• moments of stillness or guided rest
• space for quiet awareness or reflection

Classes vary in pace from Gentle Hatha, to General Hatha Restorative and Hatha Flow, but consistently prioritise presence, accessibility, and nervous system support. Options are always offered so students can practise in a way that suits their body, energy, and stage of life.

A Balanced and Responsive Practice

Alongside classical Hatha Yoga, Citta Flow offers complementary practices including Hatha Flow (Hatha Vinyasa) and Restorative Yoga.

These practices support both movement and stillness — working with strength, mobility, and breath in Hatha Flow, and deep rest, nervous system regulation, and recovery in Restorative Yoga.

Rather than being treated as separate or unrelated styles, these practices are understood as part of a cohesive approach to yoga — offering different ways to access steadiness, awareness, and balance depending on what the body and mind need.

This breadth reflects an understanding that yoga must remain responsive to the individual, while staying rooted in continuity, simplicity, and care.

The Eight Limbs of Yoga

Yoga at Citta Flow is informed by the classical framework of the Eight Limbs of Yoga, as described in the Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali. This framework offers a complete path of practice — one that extends beyond physical movement into how we live, relate, and develop awareness in everyday life.

Rather than being separate steps, the eight limbs are understood as interconnected aspects of a holistic practice that supports steadiness of body, clarity of mind, and depth of attention.

They include:

• Yama (ethical foundations) — principles for how we relate to others, including non-harming, honesty, non-stealing, moderation, and non-attachment
• Niyama (personal observances) — inner practices that support wellbeing, including cleanliness, contentment, discipline, self-study, and surrender
• Asana (posture) — the physical practice of yoga, supporting strength, stability, ease, and presence in the body
• Pranayama (breath regulation) — practices that refine awareness of breath and support balance of energy and the nervous system
• Pratyahara (withdrawal of the senses) — gently turning attention inward, reducing distraction and external stimulation
• Dharana (concentration) — developing steady, one-pointed focus
• Dhyana (meditation) — sustained, continuous awareness without interruption
• Samadhi (integration or absorption) — a state of deep clarity, ease, and unity where the sense of separation softens

In practice, these limbs are not taught as theory alone. They are gradually woven into the experience of class — through breath-led movement, mindful attention, and moments of stillness.

Ethical awareness informs how yoga is shared. Breath guides movement. Focus is developed gently over time. Rest and stillness are approached with care and support.

Yoga is understood as more than physical practice — it is a way of cultivating awareness in the body, clarity in the mind, and steadiness in how we meet life.

Yoga in Relationship with Life and Nature

Practice at Citta Flow is influenced by an awareness of rhythm, environment, and natural cycles.

While not location-dependent, yoga is understood as something that supports reconnection — with the body, with breath, and with a wider sense of belonging within life itself.

Yoga becomes a way of returning to relationship: with self, with others, and with the present moment. This supports balance, resilience, and inner steadiness over time.

In the spirit of reconciliation, Citta Flow acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia. We recognise their continuing connection to land, sea and community and we pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

Our Teaching Culture

Teaching at Citta Flow is grounded in clarity, consistency, and care.

Bronika’s training informs a teaching approach that is structured, accessible, and steady — creating a space where students can practise safely, progressively, and with confidence.

Yoga is offered as a sustainable and supportive practice — one that meets the demands of modern life, while gently guiding students back to presence, awareness, and inner steadiness.