New Year’s Day 108 Sun Salutations: Connect to Inner Power & Collective Energy

Date: Thursday, January 1, 2026
Time: 9:30am-11:30am. Please arrive 5-10 minutes early so we can start on time
Location: Village Yoga and Pilates - 21 South Coolum Rd, Coolum Beach, Queensland, Australia
Investment: Members $50, Non-Members $55

Begin anew in 2026 with Hang as she gently guides you through a transformative practice of 108 Sun Salutations. Yes! 108! A number steeped in meaning across traditions, representing wholeness, unity, and the cycles of life. A fitting way to step into a new year with intention, strength, and spacious possibility. Together, we’ll breathe and move as one organism with each salute as a reminder of resilience, each breath a return to presence. Feel your inner power rise, supported by the collective field of energy that forms when many hearts move together with purpose. What better, or delightfully wild, way to welcome a fresh beginning?

After completing our journey through the 108, Hang will guide us through a slow, generous cooling sequence to soothe body and mind, and a deeply restoring savasana, allowing all your effort to settle like a gum leaf on the earth.

No previous experience with yoga or Sun Salutations is required. Modifications will be offered, growth welcomed, and the magic behind the number 108 will be shared along the way.

Come as you are. Leave renewed.

What to bring:

• A friend

• Yoga mat

• Water bottle

• Hand towel – for yummy eye massage at the end

• An open heart

Let’s step into 2026 together with courage, connection, and the power of 108.

Introduction to Qi Gong Workshop: Cultivate Calm, Energy & Presence

Date: Sunday, January 18, 2026
Time: 9:30am-11:30am. Please arrive 5-10 minutes early so we can start on time
Location: Village Yoga and Pilates - 21 South Coolum Rd, Coolum Beach, Queensland, Australia
Investment: Members $65, Non-Members $70

Qi Gong is a 4,000-year-old Chinese wellness practice rooted in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Gentle, meditative, and flowing, it combines movement, breath, and awareness to balance energy, calm the mind, and strengthen the body. Best of all, it can be practiced sitting or standing, anytime of the day, from 10 to 45 minutes.

In this workshop, you’ll learn:

1. Simple warm-ups to awaken the body, clear energetic blockages, and boost circulation.

2. A flowing Qi Gong sequence to coordinate breath and movement, bringing calm and vitality.

This workshop is perfect for daily practice, upon waking up, before yoga, gym sessions, presentations, or between Netflix episodes.

All levels are welcome - children 11+ encouraged to join.

What to bring:

• An open mind and a big heart

• Yoga mat

• A water bottle

• Notebook & pen

Yoga Anatomy & Alignment Workshop: Safety, Anatomy, and Honouring the Uniqueness of the Body

Date: Sunday, February 8, 2026
Time: 9:30am-12:30pm. Please arrive 5-10 minutes early so we can start on time.
Location: Village Yoga and Pilates - 21 South Coolum Rd, Coolum Beach, Queensland, Australia
Investment: Members $80, Non-Members $85

A workshop inspired by the teachings of Hang's favourite yoga anatomy teachers:  where understanding replaces assumption, and safety comes from awareness.

This workshop is for beginners, long-time practitioners, and teachers alike. Rather than aiming for the perfect shape, we’ll explore how every body expresses yoga postures differently. When we understand our bones, joints, and the natural limits of our own structure, practice becomes safer, more personal, and deeply liberating.

We’ll take a slow, investigative look at Sun Salutations and other foundational postures. This is not to mould the body into a standard ideal, but to observe how alignment changes according to bone variation, joint capacity, muscle engagement, and breath. With knowledge and curiosity, practice becomes less about performing poses and more about feeling them from the inside.

You’ll walk away with clarity, confidence, and practical tools to prevent injury, honour your edges, and move with the natural intelligence of your own body.

We’ll explore:

• Major joints in yoga:  how they move and how they don’t

• Anatomy in real bodies: muscles, tension, compression & sensation

• Bone proportion + orientation: why your pose will never look exactly like anyone else’s

• Skillful alignment that adapts to your structure, not the other way around

• Injury prevention through awareness, not force

• Breath as the guide:  gentle, intelligent, and steady through vinyasa

What to bring

• An open heart and a beginner’s mind

• A yoga mat

• Water bottle & nut-free snacks

• Questions about your body

All levels of practitioners welcome

About the Facilitator, Hang Nhan

Hang and her life partner, Sarah Martin, are the founders of saigon om - a small, heart-centred school devoted to wellbeing, presence, and returning home to oneself. Their offerings unfold in many forms: yoga and mindfulness teacher training, Qi Gong teacher training, Reiki and Hawaiian Lomi Lomi massage, and retreats where people gather to breathe, listen deeply, and reconnect with what matters.

Both Sarah and Hang walk the path of mindfulness in the tradition of Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh. His teachings continue to guide their steps, and they return often to Plum Village monasteries around the world to sit quietly, bow to the moment, and nourish the practice that lives in their work. Traveling lightly across Australia, Southeast Asia, and Canada, their intention is always the same: to help people come back to their breath, to their bodies, and to the gentle miracle of being alive.

Hang's personal journey with movement began over 20 years ago in mixed martial arts and fitness. Injuries along the way opened the door to yoga, Qi Gong, Yang Tai Chi, and the deeper study of alignment, biomechanics, anatomy, and mindful movement. She trained in Canada and southern China in the Lohan (Shaolin) system, cultivating vital energy, health, and martial skill. Her teaching blends TCM-based Qi Gong, martial arts, various styles of yoga, massage, Reiki, and mindfulness - all rooted in presence. Known for her inclusive, lively, and grounded teaching style, Hang brings warmth and clarity to every class. For over a decade, she has shared her practice in workshops, retreats, and trainings around the world. She is also a Reiki master, trained in Traditional Chinese Medicine acupressure and Thai massage, and the author of Self-Defense for Women.

Through all her offerings, Hang invites students to connect with their bodies, their breath, and their own inner wisdom - on and off the mat.