Events

Dynamic Yoga

– With Simone –

>> Early morning 6 week series
>> Mondays 6.30-7.45am
>> Monday 4 November – Monday 16 December

Get the edge on your working week and sharpen up for summer, with a 6-week dynamic practice led by Simone Ellis. We’ll meet early Monday mornings and work fluidly, at pace, through a range of asana including standing poses, backbends, arm balances and inversions. At the end of each session, you’ll feel lighter, stronger, more alive and infinitely more spacious, ready to embrace the week ahead.  By the end of the series, you’ll have challenged yourself, deepened your practice and shifted some paradigms and boundaries. Some yoga experience is required. If you have injuries or constraints, they may be accommodated but please reach out to discuss before signing up. Looking forward!

Cost: $125 for the 6 week series. Purchase Series pass here
Or come casually for $26 a class, or use your class pass. Purchase single class pass here.

Backbend Practice Series:

– With Peta –
>> Friday 15, 21, 29, Nov, and 6, 13, 20 Dec
>> 6.45-8.15am

Backbends are a vital part of our practice. They tone, strengthen and mobilise the spine, and create space in the chest and front body. This improves breathing, circulation and digestion. Overall, backbends keep the body supple and bring energy, vitality and lightness. They lift the spirits. But they can present a challenge, especially if done irregularly. They need to be practiced on a regular basis ..not just once a month during backbend week.

Peta will lead a 6 week early morning backbend practice series in November and December. The focus will be on warming the body up in the key areas required to move into backbends…the arms and shoulders, the legs and pelvis, and from there the spine.

Peta will be on the mat with you, doing and calling the poses.  Suitable for General level (L2) students, and students who have been regularly attending Mixed level classes (L1/2) for at least 6 months. 

Cost: $120 for 6 week series enrolment (strongly recommended). Purchase a series pass here.

To attend casually, go to our online timetable and select ‘Backbend Practice’ on the day of your choice. Purchase a single class pass, or use your class pass.

New Year Summer Morning Intensive

– With Suzi –
Fri 10, Sat 11 and Sun 12 Jan: 8.30 -10.30am each day

A new year heralds in an opportunity to manifest more compassion, unity and health into life. This can be experienced in working with yoga to re-establish good habits and maybe even create some new ones! To love life, and all it’s nuance, internal and external, is always the goal for us as humans.    

This intensive will help to build more strength, stamina, mental clarity, flexibility and most importantly sensitivity – all the hallmarks of a yoga practice. Students will need to have minimum 6-12 months of current Iyengar yoga experience and be familiar with inversions or their alternatives.

Cost: $155 full Intensive | $55 single session (minimum 2 days attendance is required). 

Book here

Back Care Series

– With Tracey –
Sunday 2 Feb – Sunday 9 March: 4-5.30pm 

This six-week series is designed to enhance spinal awareness and teach techniques to re-create space in the spine and strengthen, align, release, support and stabilise the spine during postures. Students will work intelligently to their own level in order to expand self awareness and deepen their practice within this framework. Suitable for students with common back issues or those looking to avoid back issues. 

Cost of 6 week series: $130. Buy Series Pass and Book Here
OR attend casually: Purchase a single class pass or use your class pass 

North Avoca Beach Retreat

28 November to 30 November
– With Tracey –

This small retreat for a maximum of 6 people is at North Avoca beach. The location is very special. You will be staying in a beach house with direct access to the sands of North Avoca beach and a 180 degree view of the ocean. North Avoca is only 90 minutes drive from Sydney. Suitable for all levels of Iyengar yoga practitioners.

Details

>>Thursday 28 Nov: 2pm arrival, welcome, 4pm – 5.30pm Yoga, 7pm dinner
>>Friday 29 Nov: 8-8.30am Pranayama, 8.30-10am Yoga, 10.15am breakfast, free time, 1pm lunch, free time, 4.30-6pm Yoga; 7pm dinner
>>Saturday 30 Nov: 8-8.30am Pranayama, 8.30-10am Yoga, 10.15am breakfast, free time, 1.30pm lunch, 2.30pm farewell circle, free time (until your chosen departure time, up until 4.30pm)

Free time ideas:
Walking, swimming, reading, drawing, shmoozing, catch up on sleep💤
The beach is patrolled 9am-5pm and, even if you’re not usually a swimmer, you may decide to give it a
go!

Pre-bookings required for:
Massage and other therapies available at North Avoca Holistic Wellbeing (02 4384 3205). Book at least one month in advance to assure a spot. Reflexology – with Central Coast’s renowned reflexologist, Ruchira Spong (0422 381 171)

What to bring:
Comfortable clothes for yoga and leisure, jumper, raincoat, swimmers, walking shoes/sneakers, towels, sun hat, sun cream, toiletries.Your own personal yoga mat is recommended (please advise if you will need to borrow a mat)Any yoga props you may have. There will be some props available for you to use.

Costs

For 2 days accomodation, all meals and yoga classes:
>> $790 per person sharing
>> $935 per person private room
>> $965 per person private room with ensuite bathroom

Early Bird by 27th September 2024
>>$695 per person sharing
>> $785 per person private room (one only)
>> $815 per person private room with ensuite bathroom (one only)

Prices quoted are inclusive of gst.

How to book: Contact tpkessler@gmail.com