Travel

Many yogis are wanderers, often looking to deepen their experiences of the world and expose themselves to different cultures and ideas. Whether exploring in your home country or overseas, packing a yogic mindset (and a compact travel mat) are valuable tools to equip you for the nomadic yoga journey ahead.

There’s something quite liberating about packing your bags, jumping on a plane and arriving in a new country. As it seems, travel can also serve as a way to be more body positive as it helps you love and accept your body — just the way it is.

Discover the mystic and beauty of the untamed pockets of wilderness along the south-western tip of Tasmania near Port Davey.

On a recent trip to Japan, we discover “yutori”, a Japanese concept that loosely translates to “spaciousness”. Despite having a total population of 126.8 million people, we learn how and where to find yutori.

They are Far North Queensland’s most incongruous neighbours: tourists, sea changers and land developers chasing a slice of tropical paradise versus the world’s most at-risk ratite — the flamboyant, flightless and very much endangered southern cassowary.

Following the footsteps of Italy’s patron saint St Francis, six people set off on a 60km walk through the undulating Chiasco Valley region with its small farms, forests, rivers and fields of poppies.

Kuching is Malaysia’s most beautiful riverside town offering escapes to beaches, wildlife and tantalising cuisine.

We explore Western Australia’s last pockets of true wilderness and a chance to re-wild: to reconnect and reclaim a sense of solace in the southwest.

In Chitwan, Nepal’s “heart of the jungle”, the greater one-horned rhinoceros is making a remarkable comeback. We explore the world’s most important rhino refuge.

An escape to the Austrian Alps is a sure-fire way to disconnect from your everyday life and reconnect with nature, with the lush mountains acting as a buffer against the outside world.

Big Bend National Park is wonderfully wild. We explore the natural beauty of the Texan region through stargazing, trail walking and kayaking, among other cultural delights and folklore.

From managing grief and finding your purpose to expanding your mind and connecting to your soul, life lessons come in spades walking the 800km Camino de Santiago.