The Uniting Awareness Center allows the full healing benefits of true authentic Yoga and Ayurveda practices. The custodian and visionary of the Center Channa Dassanayaka is now back teaching in Australia for 2021. A humble teacher who supports and generously shares a true authentic Yoga wisdom in every day life. Supporting the Northcote community since 2008 in Bastings Street Northcote , after 13 years in the space we needed to relocate and re build a new space. Here we are in our new Studio two blocks away.
After traveling the world for the past decade teaching retreats, supporting humanitarian projects and gathering a deep life understanding from around the world. Channa late 2019 found he was living with and managing a major heart disease, Channa required an emergency 5x heart artery Bypass operation to save his life. Since his long journey to recovery he has begun teaching and sharing the wisdom from the experience and healing journey. the experience of a deeper inner practice and heart felt healing has become a true Gift to share with others.
Dr Sam Dassanayaka from Sahanro Ayurveda , Dr Sam will be leading assessed consultations and treatments to assist with maintaining health and offering many healing benefits and Ayurvedic oils and natural medications and services. Authentic Yoga and Ayurveda promotes health and well being from healing the root cause of the illness. Regular practice will help you improve and gently strengthen poses, correct posture and positioning. All our classes allow for improved breathing methods , all classes are currently guided by Channa Dassanayaka only. We offer support tools for a greater awareness of life. A practice of true inner healing work is established throughout every Channa class.
All yoga principles are a great way to improve your mental and physical endurance in all yogic activities. After a run, or heavy workout, yoga will help your body relax while stretching, strengthening, and lengthening the muscles you were just working on. We are looking forward to offering the combined authentic service of Yoga and Meditation , partnered by Sahanro Ayurveda for treatments and consultations in the Burwood location throughout 2021.
Yoga not only helps improve your body, but also helps with mindfulness and meditation. It is important to take a break from daily life in order to focus on yourself and get clarity. Focusing on your breath during practice is key to staying in tune with your mind and body. Channa classes combine the true Yogic and meditation experience. For many years the welcoming community have been coming together to unite and support each other,
Uniting Awareness aims to Unite all beings from all walks of life around the world. Anyone can support a conscious community to make the inner Change as an individual. Externally life begins to change as a reflection , we look differently at the world around us.
Channa's 2021 April - May Message
As a community we are living and working together through many unknowns. Dassanayaka Yoga has chosen to team up with many community members over the years. to take the steps to enhance a full range of movements and treatment methods including diets, lifestyle practices, taking daily health considerations. We Support any client with a unique mind/ body support system to aid the disease through treatment and support for disease prevention.
Assistance and guidance from partnered centers and teams allows us to continue offering support from the wise and recommended partners of the Uniting Awareness center. Dr Sam from Sahanro Ayurveda currently leads the team from his Burwood center. Together we are tapping into the wisdom of this ancient system of the mind-body medicine to the modern yoga practitioner. This allows us to create a space and community of Doctors and healers, which is needed for special health concerns to assist day-to-day life and health management.
The aim : We encourage Dassanayaka Yoga students to spend our most precious time with the love ones and also create in their creativity into the world that we are evolving to."
We again have plans to gently re open for inhouse classes and private Yoga sessions in upcoming months - After Government Decisions in 2020 we have ensured we must safely and sustainably re-open the center. Private and Semi Private Classes will begin again very soon in the new Studio.
All the support along with sharing online classes and recordings with those in need is greatly appreciated. (We offered classes online free for all of the 2020 Covid Lock down to support the community throughout 2020.)
To Pre-book YOUR Dassanayaka Yoga Classes (ONLINE streamed class) see calendar below or for more information see Northcote centre page..
COVID SAFE Community Update
We can all help slow the spread of COVID-19 in Australia and our local community.
To protect others we as service must advise:
Please maintain and strengthen your immune System where possible.
Most importantly support and show compassion to one another.
As we prepare to Maintain a community offering , we are aiming for ongoing sustainability within a safe space. We aim for the community to attend with peace of Mind once again.
Vision For 2021 :
We have plans for upcoming months to open the Yoga and Meditation space. this will allow small to medium size classes. Private classes (Individual bookings with Channa) also available very soon in 2021.
Saturday and Sunday Classes being live streamed and recorded to continue while Channa recovers and maintains the true yogic practice of service and sustainably.
• Limited Yoga and meditation classes will be running until ONLINE until further notice. Mind-Body online Bookings remain the same, once booked you receive the log on details on the morning of the class starting via email and sms. In studio classes will resume soon in 2021.
•Sahanro Ayurveda is now taking bookings for private Treatment sessions and consultations with Dr Sampath Dassanayaka from his Center in Burwood Only, email Sam@sahanro.com.au to make an appointment or check availability directly with Dr Sam.
We are doing all we can to support and Unite the community.
We did all we could to maintain a safe space and Keep the center going throughout 2020-2021, we hope the community can do the same in Supporting local services and offerings our community shares.
After many years of hard work to get the center ready has been very Challenging, we as a community will stay united and when time permits we will re open and serve our purpose once again as a full time Yoga and Meditation Studio. Until then , we are looking forward to connecting online through the Yoga and Meditation classes.
Many wishes from Channa,
Dassanayaka Yoga
Uniting Awareness Northcote Center
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Follow the Journey over the past 3-4 Years of Center Construction and Community Vision for 2020 and Beyond. (Pre Covid 19 Pandemic)
Dassanayaka Yoga Northcote Soft Opening Update and information booklet October 2019
