Upcoming events:
Knees in View: with Stephanie Quirk, 4 week series on Saturdays in November/December
From the Ground Up, Workshop 4: with Stephanie Quirk, Sat 29 November, 2-5pm
Christmas party: Restore, tea and cake. Sunday December 14, 3.30-5.15pm
New Year Intensive: with Suzi Chin, 9, 10 and 11 January. 8.00-10.00am each day
Build your practice: Learning through repetition: with Peta, 26-30 January, 7.00am-8.30 each day
Regeneration: Free Iyengar Classes for Young Adults: with Tracey and Simone: 11 & 18 Jan; and 1 & 8 Feb
Bowral Retreat: Thurs 24 – Mon 28 Sept, 2026. Now open for booking
To read more about Stephanie click here
Knees in View
A special four-week series
Saturdays In November/December
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
>> Available in studio or online.
>> Recordings available for 4 weeks after end of series
>> Cost: $115 for 4 week series, or $32 for casual attendance
BOOK Here: for series
BOOK Here: for single class
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.
Christmas get together
Come and celebrate our yoga community at Christmas time.
Enjoy a 60 minute restore session, followed by tea and cake.*
>> Sunday 14 December
>> 3.30-5.15pm
>> Free event, but please let us know if you are coming by clicking here
*If you are able to bring a plate please let us know at [email protected]
Build Your Practice:
Learning through Repetition
With Peta
>> Monday 26 to Friday 30 January
>> 7.00-8.30am each day
Work through the same balanced practice each day for 5 consecutive days. Feel the deep sensitivity, energetic connection and insight that comes with continuity of practice. Build a practice foundation that will support you into the coming year. For students with some Iyengar Yoga experience.
For maximum benefit come to all 5 classes. Or, come casually to a many classes as you can.
Series price for all 5 classes: $100. Book for series here.
Single class: $26 or use your regular class pass
Regeneration:
Iyengar Yoga for Young Adults
With Tracey and Simone
>> 4 free classes on Sundays
>> Jan 18, Jan 25, Feb 1, and Feb 8
>> 4.00-5.00pm
In January and February, people between the ages of 18 and 30 are invited to try Iyengar yoga, at free classes specially for them. Iyengar yoga is for every body. You don’t have to be flexible or experienced. You can have any level of yoga experience, some or none. Perhaps you are a sports person dealing with muscle stiffness and/or seeking to prevent sports related injuries; or a computer worker with tight shoulders; or a soft-jointed person needing more stability and strength? Or perhaps you are feeling the stress of modern life and seeking greater emotional and mental stability. Or maybe you simply want to move, explore your body and feel alive. Whatever your story, Iyengar yoga will be good for you. It builds flexibility, strength, stability, balance, mental clarity and a great sense of well being.
We invite you to bring your young body and youthful energy to one or all of these free classes, and experience a style of yoga that meets you where you are at, and can sustain you for life! The classes are free! All you need to do is register for the class so we know you are coming.
BOOK YOUR CLASS OR CLASSES HERE (Scroll down the timetable to the date you want, find the class and register. There is no charge)
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Bowral Retreat 2026
With Peta Keaney
>> Thursday 24 – Monday 28 September 2026
The Bowral springtime retreat at beautiful Sage Manor is on again in 2026.
This time we will meet a little later in September, when the mornings are a little warmer, and we will have one extra day together.
The retreat will start with yoga on Thursday afternoon and finish after morning yoga and brunch on Monday.
Over this generous long weekend you can fine tune your yoga practice, get plenty of rest, and enjoy the beauty of the highlands in spring. And it’s only 90 minutes drive from Sydney…so easy.
Once again, Kylie and Jason will be our hosts providing us with delicious early morning juices, brunches, afternoon treats and dinners.
Single or twin share rooms are available. Bathrooms are shared between the rooms.
Price per person for 4 nights accomodation (single or twin share room), all meals and 2 sessions of yoga per day is: $1600 (includes GST).
Spaces are limited so please book early to secure your place. You can do this by paying a non-refundable deposit of $250 by end-January 2026. Email Peta at [email protected] for deposit payment details.