Interview with Simon Borg-Olivier
- Take a breath
- Mar 25, 2019
- 1 min read
Updated: Nov 5, 2023
In this episode of Take A Breath, we interview world renowned yoga teacher and physiotherapist, Simon Borg-Olivier. Simon’s accomplishments in his field include teaching yoga for over 30 years, founding Yoga Synergy in Sydney.
Reading this interview I was struck by Simon’s insistence that genuine strength arises from “moving without creating unnecessary tension” which reframes the usual conversation around physical practice as something closer to a relational dialogue between breath and intention. It made me think about how much of contemporary training still treats the body as a mechanical system rather than a responsive organism shaped by attention. I have seen discussions in circles that include New Assignment Help Australia where this idea of embodied intelligence is used as a lens for understanding how people learn under pressure. What interests me is how such a principle might operate in non-movement contexts for example collaborative research spaces where tension accumulates in more subtle ways. It…