Let me take you a few steps back to where I’m from, before you gasp for air reading my answer. I grew up in Indonesia, where poverty and wealth live side by side. My great grandparents housed a lot of kids so they could go to school and pursue their education, just because. The result of that is a grandma with the biggest heart. She continues to teach us to give, visit orphanages, and think of others before ourselves. What about my mother? Spoiler alert, exactly the same. So

Hope, empowerment, self-awareness and self-respect – our yoga practice has offered all of these gifts throughout our biggest life challenges. But Yogahood Australia‘s mission is to bring these benefits to at-risk and underserved communities by making yoga free and accessible to men, women and youth. Founder Madeleine La Ferla talks to PRAVAYAMA about what inspired her to create the non-profit outreach organisation, her passion for being of service and why the single most impo