Transform Your Inner Landscape:
3 Days, 3 Pathways with Nitya Mohan
Strength Through Mantra
Yoga, as we know, extends far beyond the physical postures we practice on the mat. It’s a holistic system designed to support every dimension of our wellbeing—body, breath, mind, and spirit.
This July, we’re honoured to welcome Nitya Mohan to the Northern Rivers to guide us through an immersive 3-day exploration of one of yoga’s most powerful yet often overlooked practices: the transformative use of mantras for building genuine inner strength and resilience.
If you’ve been seeking practical tools to navigate life’s challenges with greater steadiness, clarity, and emotional balance, this retreat offers exactly that—grounded in authentic tradition, deeply experiential, and immediately applicable to your daily life.
When:
24-26 July, 2026
9.00am - 5.00pm each day
Where:
Dirrawong Room
Ballina Surf Club, 65 Lighthouse Rd, Ballina NSW
Facilities:
The venue is located 10 minutes by car from Ballina/Byron Airport.
Situated on picturesque Lighthouse Beach and within walking distance of a range of accommodation options, cafes and restaurants.
Free Car Parking is available adjacent to Ballina Surf Club.
Price & Payment:
3 Days Combined:
A$825 payment in full
A$750 - Early Bird - available to the earlier of the first 10 to register or 30 May 2026 (payable in full). ALLOCATION EXHAUSTED
2 Days Combined:
A$595 payable in full.
Single Days:
Day 1, Day 2 or Day 3 can be attended separately at A$310 per day, payable in full.
Payment is accepted by bank transfer or credit card. Credit card payments are processed by Stripe, a recognised secure payment processing organisation. Stripe is responsible for collecting your payment details and sending the payment to our bank. Abhyasa Yoga does not keep credit details on file.
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Why Mantras? Why Now?
In our contemporary world, we’re constantly asked to be resilient, adaptable, strong. But where do we cultivate this inner resource when external demands feel overwhelming?
The ancient yogis understood something profound: true resilience isn’t built through force or resistance—it emerges naturally when we learn to work skilfully with the mind-body connection through sound, breath, and intention.
Mantras aren’t mystical incantations. They’re precise technologies—refined over thousands of years—that work at the intersection of physiology, psychology, and consciousness. When practiced correctly, they reshape our nervous system response patterns, clarify mental activity, and anchor us in a stable inner foundation that remains steady through life’s inevitable changes.
Who is this for?
All 3 sessions are suitable to practitioners of any age or background - from those new to Yoga, to Yoga Teachers and Yoga Therapists. No prior experience of mantras or musical experience is necessary.
Certification of hours completed will be provided (upon request) in order to register Continuing Professional Development (CPD) points.
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Meet Your Guide: Nitya Mohan
We are deeply honoured to welcome Nitya Mohan, whose rare combination of traditional training and decades of teaching experience, makes her uniquely qualified to guide this transformative work.
The facilitation of this new workshop in the Northern Rivers, Australia, will be the first on Nitya’s global tour.
Teacher Presence
Students consistently describe Nitya as skilled, experienced, and deeply compassionate. As an exceptional singer celebrated for the purity of her voice, when she guides you through a mantra, you don’t just hear it intellectually—you feel it resonate through your entire being.
Her teaching style is both rigorous and nurturing, precise and accessible—qualities that align beautifully with our approach at Abhyāsa Yoga.
Heritage & Training
Daughter of renowned yoga teachers A.G. Mohan and Indra Mohan, Nitya was trained in yoga from childhood—immersed in authentic practice and philosophy from her earliest years. This isn’t knowledge learned from books; it’s wisdom transmitted through direct lineage and lived experience.
Expertise & Qualifications
Graduate degree in Classical Indian music and ancient musical texts
Mastery of Vedic chanting and Sanskrit—not just intellectually but as living practices
Integration of Raja yoga and Hatha yoga with deep knowledge of traditional texts
Director of Svastha Yoga & Ayurveda teacher training programs in Singapore for over 25 years
Trained hundreds of teachers internationally across continents
Svastha Yoga & Ayuveda
Founded by A.G. Mohan and Indra Mohan, Svastha Yoga & Ayurveda offer training in Yoga, Yoga Therapy, mindfulness, mind and body well-being. Drawing on their extensive studies and practice from traditional sources, including being personal students of the legendary Yoga, Sri Krishnamachrya, A.G. Mohan and Indra Mohan have trained thousands of students and Yoga Teachers for over five decades.
Both Nitya Mohan and Dr Ganesh Mohan (son of A.G Mohan and Indra Mohan) have trained in Yoga from childhood, in addition to other related studies.
Dr Ganesh Mohan has trained in modern medicine and Ayureda and directs the Svastha Yoga Therapy and Teacher Training Programs together with other programs internationally.
What You’ll Experience Over Three Days
This is a deeply practical, experiential journey where you’ll learn and embody specific practices you can integrate into your life immediately.
A Stepped Approach to Building Resilience
Starting from the bottom up - to first feel stable and grounded in the body, it becomes much easier to work on inner resilience and strength and ultimately, strengthen self-determination.
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Feeling well in the body is the foundation for all transformation. The following techniques positively impact the nervous system.
Vinyasas integrated with prana mantras to cultivate physical and mental stability
Purification routines from ancient texts (aghamarshana suktam) to clear physical and energetic blockages in body and mind
3 vital nyasa practices to place awareness in different parts of the body
Asana as meditation, asana as a sacred offering, transform your relationship with movement from exercise to conscious practice
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Sound forms the subtler link between breath and mind. which is why pranayama is traditionally combined with mantra. Sound also has deeper impacts on our physiology in terms of both vibrational and bio-regulatory aspects.
Deepening mental steadiness (dharana): mantra for extended (dirgha) and subtle (sukshma) breathing
The three-step pathway of mantras in pranayama: vocal (uchaih), whispered (upamsu), and mental (manasikam)
Seats of agni, regions of pitch strengthen the outer and inner voice
Sound pitch harmonisation to balance your body’s bio-regulatory functions
Cultivating compassion and kindness with maitri pranayama
Overcoming the obstacles to wellbeing (klesha hinam)
Discover how different sounds and breath patterns change your internal state—knowledge which can be used any time to self-regulate.
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All thoughts are inner sounds. This knowledge provides a powerful and yet accessible platform for attention regulation and working with the mind. Psychological aspects of mantras include different affirmations and cultivation of beneficial emotions (bhavanas) that have powerful impacts on our emotional wellbeing.
River of the mind and related mantra bhavanas to clarify mental pathways(citta nadi bhavana)
Address deep-seated habits (samskaras) referencing ancient wisdom (Ramayana and aditya hrdayam)
Enunciation and intonation to foster mindfulness (pratyaveksha)
Sounds for inner peace (raga for sattva)
Affirmation techniques rooted in traditional teachings
Beyond positive thinking exercises—mantras are structured practices that work with the mind’s natural mechanics to create lasting change.
“These practices have become my anchor. I finally have tools that actually work when life gets overwhelming. The investment has paid for itself tenfold in reduced stress and greater clarity.”
18 hours of immersive teaching and practice with Nitya Mohan;
Course materials accompanying all sessions, including all mantras and Sanskrit terms. A soft copy will be emailed ahead of the workshop;
Access to the beautiful oceanfront venue;
Free parking adjacent to the venue; and
Morning tea and refreshments throughout the day.
What’s included:
Registrations are already rolling in!
If you’re feeling called to this work, we encourage you to register early. Your future self will thank you for taking this step toward deeper resilience and inner strength.
Space is intentionally restricted to ensure personalised attention and a deeply supportive learning environment. Nitya’s programs historically fill quickly.
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