Building a Warrior’s Heart
Join us for the entire weekend 20 – 22 February or book workshops individually.
Building a Warrior’s Heart series calls on us to cultivate the traits of the true Warrior, Courage & Compassion. We need to leave everything we have ever learned at the door & open our mind & heart only to the present moment, inviting the ceremonial music & smudging ritual to cleanse our emotional wounds & stir up our highest spiritual possibilities. The yoga sequences are designed to release old pain & breathe fresh aliveness into our Heart. This series strongly focuses on backbends, inversions & arm balances.
FRIDAY, 6:00pm – 8:30pm, “Luminous Core” (Includes hand balances)
SATURDAY, 10:00am – 12:30pm, “Inversions & Arm Balances”
SATURDAY, 2:30pm – 5:00pm, “Romance your Spirit with Ceremony & Music” This class is 50% yoga asana and 50% ceremony and music.
SUNDAY, 10:00am – 12:30pm, “Building a Warrior’s Heart” (backbend class)
Ana & Jose’s workshops are far more than just your average yoga classes, they are Sacred Ceremonies, reconnecting Yogis to Spirit & restoring enthusiasm for Life.
Spots are limited, booking essential. Open for all levels.
Date: 20 - 22 February 2026
Single Workshop $115, All 4 Workshops $420 (member discounts available)
Manly Studio
Ana Forrest
Ana Forrest is an inspiration and has been changing people’s lives for over 45 years. She is an internationally-recognised pioneer in yoga and emotional healing. She is the Creatrix of Forrest Yoga, a mystic, visionary, philanthropist, author, and Medicine Woman. Ana crafted Forrest Yoga while working through healing from her own life’s traumas – abuse and addictions, the helplessness around the addictions, and the ongoing suffering from chronic injuries & illnesses. The process of healing herself inspired her to teach others about what really works to heal themselves physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually.
Jose Calarco
Jose Calarco joined forces with Ana in 2014 and brings a long history of shamanism and healing into Forrest Yoga events. Jose’s experience as a musician, medicine man & Director of Descendance Aboriginal dance theatre spans more than 30 years. Jose has incorporated ceremony, music, dance, ancient healing techniques, veganism and First Nation Philosophies into Forrest Yoga, helping students move from the ordinary to the extraordinary.
“The practice of yoga works at a physical, mental and emotional level & may be rewarding and challenging. We invite you to take care and participate to a level that you feel most comfortable.”