Looking to move and explore your body? Or maybe connect with your breath to discover its inherent power to heal and move energy throughout the body? How about a relaxing meditation for developing full presence and awareness?
I offer a wide range of classes from mobility and yoga to qigong. Private and customised classes are also available, as are online classes, if this suits you better.
Weekly Class Schedule
| MONDAY | TIME & LOCATION |
|---|---|
| Yoga For Any Body | Chudleigh, Aunty Joy’s Studio - 9.00-10.30am |
| Qigong for Wellness | Private House in Chudleigh, Please RSVP - 5.15-6.15pm |
| TUESDAY | TIME & LOCATION |
| Rise and Shine Mobility | Deloraine, Deloraine House - 7.30-8.30am |
| Partner Yoga | Deloraine, The Kollective - 5.15-6.15pm |
| WEDNESDAY | TIME & LOCATION |
| Rise and Shine Yoga | Deloraine, Deloraine House - 7.45-8.45am |
| Qigong for Wellness | Deloraine, Deloraine House - 9.00-10.30am |
| Chair Yoga | Deloraine, Deloraine House - 11.45am-12.30pm |
| THURSDAY | TIME & LOCATION |
| Yoga For Any Body | Western Creek, Meander Valley Yoga - 10.30am-12.00pm |
| Yoga For Any Body | Riverside, The Healing Centre - 5.00-6.30pm |
All classes follow the standard school terms with breaks during the school holidays.
Prices & Discounts
| LOCATION | PRICE |
|---|---|
| Chudleigh | Yoga $15 and Qigong $10 |
| Deloraine House | $10 per class |
| Meander Valley Yoga | $20 casual visit, $150 upfront discount for 10-week term, $130 upfront concession for 10-week term |
| The Healing Centre | Yoga $15 |
Addresses
Aunty Joy’s Art Studio, 34 Sorell St, Chudleigh - Deloraine House, 112 Emu Bay Rd, Deloraine - Meander Valley Yoga, 798 Western Creek Rd, Western Creek - The Kollective, 37-39 Emu Bay Rd, Deloraine - The Healing Centre, 465 West Tamar Hwy, Riverside.
Qigong for Wellness
The Monday afternoon and Wednesday morning classes are a 60-minute introduction to Qigong.
Qigong is one of the branches of Traditional Chinese medicine. It’s a soft, gentle exercise that nurtures, builds, and maintains your vital energy. Keep your body and mind supple, flexible and agile from the inside out. The practices are simple and easy to learn and have subtle and profound results.
Along the way, learn about Traditional Chinese medicine and Daoist philosophy and how these practices maintain health and fitness. This class is for anyone, men and women, young and old. Come along and have fun!
Weekly sessions alternate between Zhan Zhuang or standing still meditation, Ba Duan Jin or the Eight Brocades sequence, Shi Er Duan Jin or the Twelve Brocades sequence, Meihua Quan Kung Fu practices and diverse Qigong exercises. Each session focuses on stimulating acupoints, strengthening the meridian system and balancing Yin-Yang energy. This is a wonderful way to start or end your day.
Yoga For Any Body
The Monday and Thursday classes are 90-minutes of traditional yoga and a powerful way to bring the body, breath and mind into balance. They are a complete practice with deep holds, slow flow and gentle recovery. The Asanas (poses) are followed by Pranayama (breathing exercises) and Yoga Nidra (deep active relaxation).
Chair Yoga
This Wednesday morning class is a 45-minute inclusive practice that builds physical and mental wellbeing.
The class is chair based for those with limitations or injuries or who cannot get up/down off the floor, but we do stand and use the chair and wall for support and balance as well.
Slowly build strength, mobility, flexibility and energy with a range of Yoga- and Qigong-based poses and stances. Bring a smile to your face and keep your motor humming.
Breathing exercises and seated relaxation and meditation nicely finish off each class. A lovely way to boost your day.
Partner Yoga
This 60-min Partner Yoga class is not only the opportunity to use another person’s bodyweight to gently move you deeper into a pose, but it is also the building of trust, intuitive communication, body awareness and strength through vulnerability.
Partner yoga is perfect for the householder, whose life is not one of a solitary yogi, but one of strengthening social connections, intimacy and relationships.
Practice some nice poses together and finish off with breathing and deep active relaxation.
This class is perfect for couples, friends, and parents / kids. Come along with your chosen partner to the class, and bring a sense of play and humour. :)
Rise and Shine Yoga
Start the day with a smile. This Wednesday morning 60-minute yoga class gets your body, mind and breath ready for the day ahead.
We’ll move through a few warmup poses, get flowing with a few rounds of Salute to the Sun or Salute to the Moon, focus on poses for a particular part of the body (hips, knees, legs, shoulders, core, neck and spine) and finish it off with nourishing breathwork and a relaxing and inspiring meditation.
Perfect for beginners and experienced yogis alike.
Rise and Shine Mobility
Our bodies were made to move. But not all movement is the same.
This 60-minute Tuesday morning class is about moving with balance - balance of mind, body and breath; balance of Yin and Yang energies. With balance, it’s possible to maintain long term fitness.
This class is a foundational class, mastering the basics. About exploring what your body can do, feeling comfortable with where it is, being patient and forgiving with its progress, and having fun in the process.
If you would like to know what your body can do in a gentle, safe and supportive environment, then this class is for you.
Build strength, agility and flexibility with a mix of natural movement, bodyweight exercises, fascial fitness and Kung Fu principles. Kettlebells will be added over time.
Breathwork is an important aspect of this class, and we always finish with short meditation and relaxation.
Open Class
An Open class is based on the Mysore style of yoga concept - (see brief description below).
Yoga was originally taught in a one-on-one setting. However, when yoga reached the West and there was an explosion of interest among practitioners, group settings became the norm - mostly as a way of easily training students in large groups and quickly certifying instructors.
An Open class stays true to the traditional way of learning yoga, where the practitioner follows their own routine, under the watchful and supportive eye of a teacher, rather than following the teacher and practicing the same routine within a group.
The modern standardised approach to yoga has failed to address the individual and the key concept of ‘yoga fitting the student’ rather than the ‘student fitting the yoga’.
In an Open class, a plan is specifically tailored to your body, personality, and goals, and the classroom becomes a safe place to come and practice at your own pace, in the presence of others, and receive instruction, support and feedback from an instructor.
Even if you don’t wish you practice yoga, you can come along and practice qigong, bodyweight or mobility routines. So long as it is related to one of the classes I offer.
For an open class to go ahead, a minimum of 3 persons is required.
The Mysore Style of Yoga was developed by Pattabhi Jois and is a traditional way of teaching. In the case of Jois, he taught Ashtanga yoga to students in Mysore. As Ashtanga follows a set sequence of poses, each student could practice at their own pace, and receive feedback, support and correction from Jois.
Private Yoga & Qigong Classes
Would you like a private one-on-one class in either Health & Wellness Qigong, Traditional Yoga or Mobility? You are most welcome to have one in the privacy of your home or come to Meander Valley Yoga in beautiful Western Creek.
One-on-one private sessions are designed specifically for your body, practised together with you, to achieve the results you’re seeking.
If you’re intending to do the Open Yoga, then please book in for your private session first so I can design a plan for you.
Please contact me for further information.
Online Yoga & Qigong Classes
Thanks to the internet, no matter where you are, I can teach Yoga and/or Qigong. Would you like an class for yourself or a group of friends/family? Contact me and let’s make it possible.
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Contact 0448 381 306 to make a booking. I’m available on WhatsApp, Signal and Telegram.