Expansive Experiencing

Transformational experiences through the journey of Yoga, Sound & Ceremony.

Guiding the curious to step into Higher States of Consciousness via yoga, meditation, pranayama & kriya.
We offer classes, events, workshops & retreats and yoga teacher trainings.

FREE Embodied Wisdom for Women Workshop

Wednesday 18 November 2020
8pm – 9:30pm (QLD)

A nourishing deep dive into the Self with guided yoga, pranayama, kriya and meditation practices
that will leave you feeling expansive and embodied. This will give you a delicious taste of what to expect
if you choose to join us for teacher training next year.

What’s On this Summer…

November
Saturday 14th (Shakti Rising)
Saturday 21st (Summer Women’s Retreat)

December
Sunday 6th (Summer Nights Series)
Saturday 12th (Shakti Rising)

January
Saturday 16th (Summer Nights Series)

February
Saturday 13th (Summer Night Series)

The Divine Woman – Starts February
350 HR Women’s Yoga Teacher Training
(includes a 200hr pathway)

higherstatesofyoga

➿Individual needs of women➿ 〰️Individual n

➿Individual needs of women➿
〰️Individual needs of students who are women〰️

Even in yoga there can be moments of generalization. A blanketed approach to practice that sees many feeling broken or unworthy.

We understand the need for parameters and generalized safety standards, but we also appreciate the greater need for teachers to be shown how to see each student as individual, with unique bodies, experienced and needs.

Menstruation is a great example of this. 🌹 The general consensus is no inversions and a gentler, restorative style of practice is best. And that may be beneficial for some women, but not for others. Through the lens of TCM, during menstruation the body is releasing & detoxifying....and so gentle movement (not restorative) is encouraged to facilitate that release.

Teachers who are able to draw knowledge from a number of modalities, understand how to see each student as individual, with individual needs (even in a class setting), and be equipped with the skills to digest the latest research in women’s health and able to apply that to a yoga setting will be able to offer their students a hugely beneficial form of practice that will directly affect their wellbeing.

We are really passionate about supporting women first in their own practice and then into their journey as teachers if they choose.
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We are fast approaching the close of our early bird special for the 350HR Women’s Yoga Teacher Training.
Limited spaces available.
We start Feb 2021.
Details via the link in our bio.

♥️ Kate & Andy

To create a space for women to gather, share in pr

To create a space for women to gather, share in practice, and attune to their inner greatness is the greatest blessing that has been bestowed upon me on this yogic path.

📷 Captured at our season women’s retreat yesterday ➿ Sink into Summer. So many new and familiar faces to welcome into community.

〰️ I am Divine Love 〰️ It’s so easy to

〰️ I am Divine Love 〰️

It’s so easy to google a mantra, look up its English translation, copy and paste it to your insta account & boom post done 💥
But did you know that often the literal translation of Sanskrit is often misinterpreted? And that the actual meaning is much much deeper than a few words.

Each mantra carries its own vibration. Its own state of consciousness. And when we chant or work with a particular mantra we are tapping into that vibration. It’s a partnership. Elevating our awareness to sit in a state of openness to receive.

Aham Prema....it’s literal translation is I AM LOVE ♥️ but when we explore this mantra we realize it’s meaning is far vaster. Three words will never give the full expression of its vibration.
This is a mantra I have been collaborating with for 11 months. A daily practice. One hand to Heart, one hand to Womb.

It’s vibration awakening my heart space. An invitation for more love, more kindness and compassion to flood in and flow the river nadi between Womb and Heart.
A deep reminder that we are LOVE. Love is the essence of our Being. We can never be without love because that is who we are.

What’s your experience with Mantra? Have you used Aham Prema in your practice....share with me in the comments your interpretation 🤩

♥️ Kate

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I feel so blessed to be able to share these teachings with you in 2021 via our 350HR Women’s Yoga Teacher Training. A deep dive into the feminine through embodied practice. Last chance to register for tonight’s Embodied Wisdom for Women workshop. 8pm QLD. Details via the link in our bio. Hope to see you there.

〰️350HR Women’s YTT〰️ You’re invited t

〰️350HR Women’s YTT〰️
You’re invited to join us for a free Embodied Wisdom for Women workshop and info for our upcoming 350HR Women’s Yoga Teacher Training in 2021.

Embodied Wisdom for Women
Tomorrow Wed 18 Nov
8pm (QLD)
Online via Zoom
Limited spaces. RSVP via link in our bio.

Join Kate @katepayneyoga & Andy @yogawithandyb for this special workshop that will see you take a deep dive into the Self with guided yoga, pranayama, kriya and meditation practices that will leave you feeling expansive and embodied. This will give you a delicious taste of what to expect if you choose to join us for our 350HR Women’s Yoga teacher training next year.

Register your spot via the link in our bio. Hope to see you there!

🖤 Kate & Andy

I love living regional. 🌴⠀ Growing up in Melb

I love living regional. 🌴⠀
Growing up in Melbourne and spending the first 34 yrs of my life there I became accustomed to hours spent in traffic & endless months of unpredictable weather. ☀️🌤🌦☁️☃️⠀
But that aside, what was incredible was ease of access to amazing yoga studios, teachers and in particular trainings. When I moved to Townsville 4 yrs ago I struggled to keep my professional development as a teacher up. 🥴⠀
It was harder to get to trainings because it meant a flight (often back to Melbourne), Brisbane or Sydney. But what I was really craving was opportunity for development closer to home. And I wasn’t alone. Many other Yoga Teachers in this same local area felt the same. ⠀
It’s one of the reasons I’ve been so passionate about running teacher trainings in Townsville and why I’m excited to present our 350HR Women’s YTT for 2021. 🤗 Not only to present yoga in a way I know empowers women’s individual health (& who doesn’t benefit from that), but to bring informative, experiential, community focused, cost effective, accessible teacher training to this local area. 🙌🏼🤩⠀
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If you’ve been thinking about completing a yoga teacher training to deepen your own personal practice but one that also offers you a specialization, and equips you with the skills to teach if you want to, then be sure to jump online with Andy @yogawithandyb & I next Wednesday 18 Nov at 8pm (QLD) for our free Embodied Wisdom for Women workshop where we will guide you through divine feminine practice and speak about our upcoming 350HR Women’s Yoga Teacher Training starting in Feb 2021. Limited spaces. RSVP via the link in our bio. ⠀
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Kate 🖤⠀
@katepayneyoga

Meet Kate...⠀ You may know Kate @katepayneyoga a

Meet Kate...⠀
You may know Kate @katepayneyoga as the co-founder of Higher States Of Yoga, but perhaps not so much about her journey through the wellness space. Kate is a qualified Yoga & Pilates Teacher, Trainer and Yoga & Remedial Massage Therapist, and has spent the last decade specialising in the area of women’s health. ⠀
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Kate and I first met during our study of Yoga Therapy in 2014 🤗 and it was connection at first sight. 😍 What I had found was a kindred spirit who shared my passion for working with women in a holistic way and a deep desire make it accessible for all. 🙌🏼⠀
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Led by her own experiences, Kate’s professional path often paralleled her personal journey, starting with the high risk pregnancy & emergency birth of her first child. This and our journey together into motherhood inspired the creation of YogaMamas @yoga_mamas , a platform to support women from birth, baby & beyond through yoga. This quickly evolved into a thriving community, exploring all areas of women’s health.⠀
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Kate’s move from Melbourne to sunny Townsville with her family (now 2 bubbly babes!) sparked her desire to expand into teacher trainings. She co-founded Higher States of Yoga with her husband, sharing their love for body work with their decades of experience in sound + yoga. They now offer workshops, retreats & teacher trainings in Yin & Myofascial Release. ⠀
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Kate lives with a passion that is both inspiring and contagious. Her teaching comes from a place of authenticity, she lives and breathes what she shares which is what makes her offering so real. You won’t get text book yoga, you’ll get a learning that is rich with personal experience.⠀
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Together we are really excited to be offering something that has been close to our heart for a long time and now the time is right!. Our 350 HR Women’s Yoga Teacher Training in 2021 is intended to be a transformational experience, diving deep into the wisdom of a women’s body. We’d love you to join us on this journey.⠀
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Andy ♥️⠀
@yogawithandyb

☀️ Sink into Summer ☀️ Ayurvedic Women’s

☀️ Sink into Summer ☀️
Ayurvedic Women’s Urban Retreat
Sat 21 Nov
1 - 4pm
Townsville
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Join us for our intimate seasonal women’s retreat where we capture the essence of the season through yoga practices for women.

Awakening the prana shakti via guided womb yoga, kundalini kriya, pranayama & meditation we’ll sink into nourishing and deeply introspective practice together.

If you’re feeling tired after what has been a massive 2020, this will be the perfect opportunity to ground back into Self as we head towards the holiday period.

Details and to book via the link in our bio. Limited spaces. DM for any questions.

FREE Embodied Wisdom for Women workshop 🌻 〰

FREE Embodied Wisdom
for Women workshop 🌻

〰️You’re Invited〰️
Wednesday 18 Nov
8pm (QLD)
Online via Zoom
Limited spaces. RSVP via link in our bio.

Join Kate @katepayneyoga & Andy @yogawithandyb for this special workshop that will see you take a deep dive into the Self with guided yoga, pranayama, kriya and meditation practices that will leave you feeling expansive and embodied. This will give you a delicious taste of what to expect if you choose to join us for our 350HR Women’s Yoga teacher training next year.

Register your spot via the link in our bio. Hope to see you there!

🖤 Kate & Andy

Meet Andy... This incredible woman is Andy. @yog

Meet Andy...

This incredible woman is Andy. @yogawithandyb She’s a mama to 3, a qualified yoga teacher & therapist specialising in pre & postnatal yoga and somatic movement therapy. Andy is a Senior Registered Teacher with Yoga Australia, cofounder of YogaMamas @yoga_mamas and Director of Makai Yoga Collective on the Surf Coast, Victoria. @makaiyogacollective

She has a natural gift for creating supportive learning environments that feel incredibly heartfelt and welcoming, transformative and fun, dedicated to offering a fresh, honest & explorative approach to yoga for women’s health.

I first met this divine soul 7 1/2 years ago whilst studying Yoga Therapy together. By chance we ended up in the same intake. At the time her first child had just turned 1. Within the year I would be pregnant with my first and she would be pregnant with her 2nd. Fast track almost 8 years later and we have a tribe of kids who on the daily fueling our passion for working with women in a holistic way.

Our first collab together was Yoga Mamas @yoga_mamas, a gorgeous biz which began as a platform for mothers to practice yoga amidst the chaos of Mum life and morphed into a community of women wanting support across all stages of their lifecycle.

We are again teaming up to create our 350 HR Women’s Yoga Teacher Training in 2021 and Andy will join me as Lead Teacher, Trainer and Mentor. I’m excited to share more of Andy with our HSY community as we move towards kick off date of Feb 2021.
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FREE Embodied Wisdom for Women Workshop
Wednesday 18 November 2020
8pm - 9:30pm (QLD)

What to Expect:
A nourishing deep dive into the Self with guided yoga, pranayama, kriya and meditation practices that will leave you feeling expansive and embodied. This will give you a delicious taste of what to expect if you choose to join us for teacher training next year.

Register via the link in our bio. Limited spaces.
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Kate 🖤 @katepayneyoga

〰️ Awaken the Spirit 〰️ I love exploring n

〰️ Awaken the Spirit 〰️
I love exploring new diffuser blends based around my practice. This week I wanted to anchor into a sense of transcendence, whilst also feeling grounded. Have been diffusing this all week, day and night. One drop of each.
🍋 Lemon
🌲 Siberian Fir
💧 Peppermint
🌱 Bergamot

🖤 Kate

🎶 Summer Nights Series 🌅 〰️3 months - 3

🎶 Summer Nights Series 🌅
〰️3 months - 3 Sound & Yoga Events〰️

We’ll be making the most of the North QLD summer nights with a Summer Nights Yoga & Sound series.

Gather together as we step into expanded States of consciousness through yoga practices including Kriya, Pranayama, Meditation & Kirtan.

More details and to book coming later this week! 🖤

The teachings of yoga are not static which is why

The teachings of yoga are not static which is why we see so many variations and interpretations of it. In the west and certainly in more recent times we’ve seen yoga narrowed into the physical postures. And whilst this is one aspect, it’s not yoga if it doesn’t carrying the awareness alongside of it. As one of my teachers would often say, it’s just stretching, not yoga.
Yoga is a state of consciousness. We use the postures as a container for an experience of deeper awareness of the Self.
It’s important to choose a style of yoga that gives you this sense of Self.

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In our 350hr Women’s Yoga Teacher Training we experience yoga through a therapeutic lens. Our asanas stem from Hatha meaning there is deep emphasis on the linking of breath and movement within the pose and Womb Yoga which focuses less on posture and more on Kriya & Pranayama.
Both aspects offering the individual a container for a deeper experience of themselves.

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Expressions of Interest & Applications are now open for the 350HR Women’s Yoga Teacher Training in Townsville (starts Feb 2021) or Melbourne (starts May 2021).
Details via our website, link in bio or DM and we’ll email you an info pack and start the discussion.

Lead trainers @katepayneyoga @yogawithandyb supported by @taryn_gaudin @stephaniewilliamsyoga

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