Ashtanga Yoga + Elements = Progress

A YEAR-AROUND Yoga Practice. One focus per term

Term 1: Earth

11 weeks | 19 January – 5 April

Build the foundation. Earn your strength. Feel steady again.

Earth is where everything begins. This term is about creating a solid, reliable foundation in your body, your practice, and your routine. We slow things down to build real strength, stability, and confidence so nothing feels forced or fragile.

You’ll work intelligently with strength, conditioning, endurance, and restoration to support long-term mobility, injury resilience, and nervous system steadiness. Repetition is intentional. Progress is earned. Depth comes from consistency, not pushing.

By the end of Earth Term, you’ll feel:

Stronger and more grounded in your body
More confident in familiar postures and transitions
Less reactive, more steady and organised
Clear on how to practise sustainably

Earth is for you if you want:

A calm, intelligent reset
To rebuild trust in your body
To feel supported, capable, and steady again

This is where longevity starts.

Term 2: Fire

10 weeks | 20 April – 28 June

Build intensity. Refine focus. Step into your power.

Fire is the term of energy, momentum, and transformation. This is where you harness the foundation of Earth and the adaptability of Water to build heat, focus, and purposeful intensity.

Practices are stronger, more dynamic, and mentally engaging. Fire teaches you how to stay steady while effort increases and how to channel intensity without burning out. This is not chaos or ego. This is an intelligent challenge.

By the end of Fire Term, you’ll feel:

Energised, capable, and strong
Mentally focused and motivated
More confident meeting challenge
Clear on your capacity and limits

Fire is for you if you want:

To feel powerful and alive in your body
To challenge yourself with support and structure
To build momentum without overwhelm

This is where effort becomes empowering.

Term 3: Water

10 weeks | 13 July – 20 September

Soften, adapt, and move with more ease.

Water is about fluidity, adaptability, and emotional resilience. After building strength and structure in Earth, Water invites you to soften unnecessary tension, explore range of motion, and move with greater freedom.

This term focuses on mobility, smooth transitions, nervous system flexibility, and learning how to respond rather than react. You’ll explore how strength and softness work together and how to stay connected even when things feel less predictable.

By the end of Water Term, you’ll feel:

More fluid and comfortable in your movement
Less rigid physically and mentally
Better able to adapt when life changes
More emotionally balanced and spacious

Water is for you if you want:

To feel less stuck or tight
To move with more ease and grace
A practice that supports emotional resilience

This is where strength learns how to flow.

Term 4: Air

11 weeks | 5 October – 20 December

Lighten the load. Find clarity. Integrate the work.

Air is about lightness, perspective, and integration. After the intensity of Fire, this term creates space to refine, simplify, and breathe. Movement feels more spacious, the mind clearer, and the practice more subtle.

Air helps you zoom out, reflect, and reconnect with why you practise in the first place. There’s less effort, more awareness, and a strong emphasis on breath, clarity, and nervous system balance.

By the end of Air Term, you’ll feel:

Lighter and less burdened
Clearer in your mind and choices
More connected to breath and awareness
Calm, present, and refreshed

Air is for you if you want:

Mental clarity and perspective
A sense of ease after effort
To integrate everything you’ve built

This is where the practice breathes.

A Healing Journey

We offer many different styles of yoga to suit individual preferences, but pay homage to our lineage as an Ashtanga Yoga studio. Allison, our principal teacher has been practicing Ashtanga yoga for 24 years, having studied at the Ashtanga Yoga Institute in Mysore India on several long term trips. She deeply revers Ashtanga as paramount to her healing from a serious car accident in her teens, and Ashtanga is the foundation of her extensive yoga knowledge.

Adapting the ashtanga yoga practice to suit her students’ varying needs and using her extensive yoga therapy knowledge, Allison noticed that by breaking down the fixed sequences into the four elements was a unique yet practical way to serve her students and help them progress safely. Ashtanga yoga by the elements was born and has been highly popular with members.

Experience Ashtanga: Dynamic Strength and Flexibility

Ashtanga Yoga is a dynamic style with an equal emphasis on strength as well as flexibility that’s designed to heat the body, so be prepared to sweat! Ashtanga offers set sequences of postures that, over time, allow the body to become supple and strong. The flowing nature of the practice becomes a moving meditation, calming the mind.

Beyond Ashtanga Yoga

To compliment the dynamic nature of the ashtanga yoga practice we offer restorative yoga, meditation and pranayama breathwork to bring balance and help with down regulation of the nervous system.

Progress, not Perfection, is our Philosophy

We are not about perfection but progress, and the only way we can progress is through practice. With classes seven days a week, and each school term focused on an elements (air, fire, water, and earth) we have created a holistic and inclusive program for curious yogis seeking balance within the challenge.

New to yoga?

If you’re a new student at Live and Breathe Yoga, we invite you to take advantage of our Reset Pass, where you can enjoy 28 days of unlimited classes! Dip your toes into our virtual, online studio, and roll out your mat in our central Townsville studio.

Membership or single class?

You can ‘pay as you go’ with a single class or you can join us for a term with a ten class pass. But the best value? And the real juice behind Live and Breathe Yoga? Our memberships.

Our timetable

Explore our diverse class schedule tailored to accommodate your preferences. Immerse yourself in the timeless practice of yoga, guided by our seasoned instructors who are attuned to the distinct needs of beginners.