Teaching people how to connect with themselves and build conscious awareness.
Welcome to Sadhana Yoga
It’s pronounced “Sardth - ana”. Sadhana is a Sanskrit word that means Daily Spiritual Practice.
Daily spiritual practice can be anything you do daily to connect with yourself. Either through movement, yoga asana, meditation, pranayama (breath-work), tarot, prayer or affirmations. It’s the YOU time where you get to know your inner workings of who you really are and what you stand for.
The time you create to ponder the big overarching questions.
Who am I? Why am I here? Where will I go after this life?
“By teaching people to create their own unique Sadhana (daily spiritual practice), you will feel empowered to live a life with more confidence and grace.”
My name is Sharmila and this is my WHY.
Growing up in a Hindu household meant that Yoga was a part of every day life. The prayer room where mum decorated her shrine with Ma Kali, Lord Ganesh, Lord Shiva, Durga Ma and Lord Krishna was where we’d pray every day, right before dinner was served (very clever Mum!).
Mum also had a picture of Jesus, and Buddha because she has a love for religion and deep faith in the higher power.
Witnessing her practice many limbs of Yoga as a child made absolutely no sense to me then! In fact, growing up as an immigrant’s child in a western society meant that I rejected the culture & heritage as much as possible. I tried to make myself more “Australian”, more “Anglo”, more “White-skinned”. But my identity crisis was the very thing that led me back Yoga. To my roots.
In my early 20’s I became a Yoga Asana practitioner and completed my 200hr Teacher Training in 2019 at BodyMindLife. My meditation journey started when I was 24, when my therapist suggested it would help me with my depression and anxiety. 7 years later, I became a practitioner of Vedic meditation at Bondi Meditation Centre.
Yoga Asana & Meditation has helped me heal my trauma, anxiety and depression.
If I knew that Yoga would be my chosen path when I was watching mum practice Kapala Bhati (a pranayama technique), I probably would have lived life differently!
Alas! All things happen for a reason. Here I am a Yoga and Meditation Teacher wanting to do my part and make a small difference in the world.
I welcome you to this space and honour your presence.
Namaste,
Sharmila
“When I was young, I looked outward to find myself. As I age, I look inward to find who I always was. I’ve never looked back.
— Sharmila