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Shared Foundations
For twenty four years, Mandy Knox and Robert Becker worked together to create and sustain Kookaburra Yoga Sanctuary as a place for yoga, meditation and contemplative life. That shared dedication shaped the foundations of the sanctuary, both physically and in spirit. Robert’s commitment to yoga and his role in envisioning and building the yoga shala remain part of the story of this place. The values of sincerity, simplicity and devotion to practice which informed those early years continue to live on through the teaching and community gathered here today. Custodianship and Lineage Mandy continues as custodian of Kookaburra Yoga Sanctuary. This role is held in relationship to lineage, land and community, and is expressed through teaching, mentoring and the careful holding of space. Custodianship here involves tending to the integrity of what is taught, honouring the teachers and traditions from which yoga arises, and supporting the conditions through which practice continues to unfold with steadiness and care. The yoga taught at Kookaburra is grounded in classical lineages and informed by decades of study and practice. These lineages shape not only what is taught, but how teaching is offered, with attentiveness to breath, individuality and the inner life of each student. Our Teachers The teachers at Kookaburra are long-term practitioners who have grown within this place over many years. All have completed in-depth teacher training programs here and continue to engage in study, practice and reflection. They also serve as mentors, supporting students and emerging teacher trainees through their own unfolding relationship with yoga. Teachers at Kookaburra share a common foundation rooted in lineage, philosophy and lived practice, while bringing their own sensitivity and experience to the classes they offer. They are guided by care for the individual and respect for the tradition which holds the work. Community as Continuity Community at Kookaburra is held through shared values, mutual respect and a willingness to practice with sincerity. It is supported by listening, steadiness and care for both place and people. People return to Kookaburra because relationships deepen here. With the self, and also with other seekers and practitioners on the path. This continuity allows yoga to be lived as part of daily life, shaped gradually through presence and commitment. A Living Transmission The people of Kookaburra form a living expression of the yoga taught here. Rooted in lineage, held within place and shaped through long-term relationship, this community continues to carry the tradition forward. Yoga is shared person to person, over time, within a sanctuary dedicated to continuity, integrity and the quiet unfolding of the path. |
"I didn't realise it at the time, but when I was initiated into yoga at the age of 20 it became my dharma, my life's work, to share the depth and beauty of yoga and help guide others along this beautiful, but bumpy path. I feel the grace of my teachers and of the sages is always with me." ~ Mandy
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“When by the flood of your tears
the inner and the outer have fused into one, you will find Her whom you sought with such anguish, nearer than the nearest, the very breath of life, the very core of every heart.” Anandamayi Ma |