Events

Spring Intensive

With Suzi

Friday 12-Sunday 14 September

Details:
>> Friday 12 September: 6.00-7.30pm
>> Saturday 13 September: 7.30-9.30am
>> Saturday 13 September: 3.30-5.30pm
>> Sunday 14 September: 9.00-11.00am
>> Cost: $140

This intensive over 4 sessions will focus on the foundations of a rounded yoga practice – including active asana, restorative practice and pranayama. In Iyengar Yoga the practise of this combination promotes balance of strength and suppleness.

People can develop preferences in yoga. For instance some love backbends, others shy away from them. But, there is a need to work in all facets of asana, for yoga to come into full bloom. Not by force, but by surrendering ourselves to untapped possibilities. Then, bit by bit, more longevity can be established in the mind-body connection.

Attending these intensives are people who have practised for years and who want to refresh and refine what’s already been instilled in them, and those who are relatively new to Iyengar Yoga and full of enthusiasm! When we get together as a group, we see and feel a collective energy that is unique to the workings of an intensive and the inspiration this creates. It is here that we play the edges of practice individually and collectively and spring is an ideal and wonderful time for this.

Attendance: The intensive is suitable for General* and Experienced Level students (*at least 2 years regular yoga). Enrolment is for all four sessions. Partial attendance is not an option. 

Note: There will be no regular 8am Saturday and 9.30am Sunday classes on this intensive weekend. Come to the intensive if you can, OR get your weekend yoga fix at the Saturday 9.45-11.00am class.

Knees in View

A special four-week series
with Stephanie Quirk

Not Really the Bee’s Knee’s !?!
How can I sit on the floor in Virasana?
A great benefit in all aspects of life comes because we begin a yoga practice. The practice of the asanas brings an embodied experience of contentment and sense of completion. But some poses we try to learn bring us the uncomfortable truth of limitation. Yoga requires a balance of actions and responses, stability as well as pliability and malleability. It is in yoga postures that many of us will encounter a limitation with our knees.
As Mr Ratan Shah of Pune once said ‘Yoga isn’t a race, it’s an obstacle course’ !

This mini-series on the knees is a learning opportunity for both teacher and student to find ways to move forward with intelligent understanding of the asana and the solutions to the limitation at the same time. The series will work through all the categories of asanas commonly practiced. It is not a therapy treatment but an explorative course where the focus is on the necessary interaction we must have with our own embodied state, or our students’ limitations.

Target Audience
Suitable for those with at least 3 months Iyengar yoga experience.
This series will be very helpful even if you have perfectly healthy knees that you want to keep strong and happy as you move into more challenging poses, or if you have knee restrictions, limitations, or weakness that you wish to improve. 
It is also very suitable for teachers seeking to improve their ability to assist students with their knees. 

This series is not suitable in acute situations when the knee is newly or seriously injured or in a very deteriorated state requiring a therapy session. If you are unclear about your suitability, please contact us for advice before registering.

Details
>> Dates: Saturday: 8, 15, and 22 November, and 6 December (no class on Saturday 29 November)
>> Time: 2.00-3.30pm
>> Cost: $115 for 4 week series, or $32 for casual attendance
>> At this stage the series is available in person only, in the Redfern Yoga Space studio. Online attendance may be possible if there is sufficient demand. Please contact us if this is you. 

About Stephanie Quirk: 
Stephanie has extensive knowledge of yoga and yoga therapy derived from 20 years in Pune, practicing, studying and assisting in therapy classes with BKS Iyengar. Read more about Stephanie here. 

Bowral Retreat

With Peta

>> Thursday 11 – Sunday 14 September 2025

The Bowral retreat is on again in 2025. We will visit in early spring when the tulips are opening up and the weeping cherries blossoming. 

Bowral is an easy 90-minute drive from Sydney. We will stay 3 nights at ‘Sage Manor’. Sage is a very pleasant property, with a pretty established garden, outdoor eating areas, a beautiful light-filled yoga room and delicious food. It is set in 3 acres of land, at the base of Mount Gibraltar, overlooking Bowral township. There are very pretty walks round about, and a (community) swimming pool down the road. You can check out Sage Manor here: https://www.sagemanorbowral.com.au/.

Our Sage accommodation will be supplemented by a large and comfortable Airbnb property just across the road. This way everyone who wants a single room can have one. Twin share is also possible.

Suitable for those with some experience of Iyengar yoga. Numbers are limited, so book soon to secure your place.

Details
Arrive by 3pm Thursday 11 September, ready for a 4pm restorative yoga class.
Depart Sunday 14 September at 12pm, after morning yoga and brunch

Each day there will be a morning and afternoon yoga class, 7.45-10am and 4-5.30pm. The yoga program will include a short period of meditation each morning, asana and pranayama, with restorative practice each afternoon.

All meals will be provided by Sage Manor. They will be largely, but not solely, vegetarian. There will be a healthy morning fruit juice before class, midday brunch and an evening meal, as well as beverages and snacks available through the day.

There will be plenty of free time each afternoon to do as you wish, whether that’s lying on your bed resting, snuggling up with a book, exploring the Sage Manor gardens and its surrounds, or visiting some of Bowral’s charming attractions and shopping street. Massages can be arranged either at Sage Manor or in Bowral (not included in the retreat price).

Costs
The full price for 3 nights single room accommodation, all meals, and yoga, is $1230 per person (incl GST). If you choose a twin share room, the price per person is $1140 (incl GST).
A non-refundable deposit of $200 is required to secure your spot. This is due with your booking.
Final payment is required 6 weeks before the retreat start date ie by Thursday 31 July. Once this final payment due date has passed, cancellations will only be refunded if we can fill your space. We will make every effort to do this.

>> Book retreat, and pay $200 deposit HERE.

>> Remainder payable for single room $1030. Due by by 31 July. Payable by bank transfer. Contact Peta at [email protected] for bank details.

>> Remainder payable for shared room $940. Due by by 31 July. Payable by bank transfer. Contact Peta at [email protected] for bank details.

If you have any queries email Peta here or call 0411888494.

Bali Retreat in Ubud

With Suzi Chin Silicz

>> October 25 – November 2, 2025.

‘The Bali retreat, now in it’s 9th year, is one that I think yogis often return to because it has a good balance between yoga practice, taking a break and enjoying being in Bali. 

Early each morning we practice in the cool shala overlooking tropical gardens whilst the jungle beyond wakes up. It is a truly beautiful and healing atmosphere with yoga as our primary agenda. 

Later in the afternoon we gather for restorative time to complete the day’s yoga story.

I extend a warm invitation to you all, come and join us this year.’ 

– Suzi Chin Silicz

For more information and to register see here