Classes at Newcastle Yoga
Use the filters below to find the classes at your level.
Beginners: select “Essentials” or “Foundations”
Beneath this live timetable you’ll find more information about the different classes.
Class Schedule
Class Information
Classes that are Right for You
Foundations (for Beginners)
Class Length:
- 1 hour
Suitable for people who are:
- Absolute beginners
- developing stability and confidence
- new to Iyengar Yoga
- returning to yoga after a break.
Attendance options:
- Courses with unlimited attendance. Sign up for the term. Commit to progress your skill, understanding & confidence.
Contact reception for late enrolment and pro-rated discount. - Casual attendance
Course information:
- Progresses sequentially, week by week introducing students to elementary concepts and asanas (yoga postures).
- Includes basic standing poses, seated poses, twists, backbends and preparations for shoulder-balance.
- Includes relaxation.
Developing
Class Length:
- 1 hour & 15 mins
Suitable for:
- For those who have completed 10-weeks Introduction to Iyengar Yoga or the equivalent.
- For those wishing to establish a consistent and progressive approach to Yoga.
- Follows on from the Foundations Course.
Attendance options:
- Ongoing Classes – Join at any time
- Casual attendance
- 3 Membership package options are available for regular attendance at one, two or three classes per week.
Course information:
- Consolidates and develops introductory level themes and asanas.
- Consolidates standing, forward bending, back-bending, twisting & restorative poses, and introduces some new, more complex and dynamic poses.
- Consolidates Shoulder-balance and introduces preparation for other inverted poses including head-balance.
- Alternating Asana-group emphasis by terms helps to establish proficiency.
- Relaxation and basic breath work.
- Continue for 12-24 Months minimum.
Experienced
Class Length:
- 1 hour & 30 mins
Suitable for:
- Experienced students
- A minimum of 24 months Iyengar Yoga experience preferred.
- Please check with your teacher before attending for the first time to confirm if this level is appropriate for you.
- Become prepared in Developing classes first.
Attendance options
- Memberships
- Casual
Course information:
- Introduces & consolidates more complex and dynamic standing postures, forward/ back bends and twists.
- Establishes head-balance with variations and alternatives explored.
- Alternating asana-group emphasis by terms to establish proficiency.
- Thematic, with longer timings, balances and Inversions.
- Pranayama and Restorative sequences
Led Practice
Led Practice Sessions
Practice Length:
- 75minutes – Developing
- 90minutes – Experienced
- 105minutes – Experienced Sundays
Suitable for:
- Students attending matching classes regularly (only)
- Focusing on familiar asanas from class
Attendance options:
- Speak to your teacher before attending
Course information:
- This is not a class.
Specialist Classes
Inclusive Yoga
Iyengar Yoga is an inclusive method, and people with injuries or disabilities are often able to participate in regular classes, modifying poses and/or working with supports when required.
There are two inclusive yoga courses available for those whom the general classes are not ideal.
- Inclusive – for people with injuries or disabilities
- Inclusive for low vision or blindness.
Class Length:
- 1 hour
- There are two 5-week courses per term. One session per week.
Suitable for:
- People with specific injuries, medical conditions or disabilities that would otherwise pose as a barrier to participation in yoga courses at Newcastle Yoga. Some participants use their self-managed NDIS funding to pay for these sessions.
Attendance options:
- Enrolment in the 5-week course. No casual attendance. (pro-rata pricing is applied for late joining).
- Attendance in a 1-hour private assessment to determine the most appropriate approach is preferred for those with injuries and disabilities. Please contact reception to arrange a suitable time
Course information:
Iyengar yoga is a practice that recognises the complexity and interdependence of mind and body, and can be of great benefit to both. This is true for all people, regardless of age, health, fitness or experience.
Students in this 5-week program learn and become familiar with adapted poses from the Introductory Course syllabus. Sequences and modifications can be written up for reference in home practice and future classes.
Students may proceed to the Introductory Program or re-enrol in the Inclusive Yoga Course for further consolidation after completion of this course. Students continue to work with their adapted poses as long as required.
Our aim is to enable access for all.
Smaller student numbers in these classes enable students to develop and learn at their own pace in a supportive environment, which allows more individual time with the teacher.
Yoga is an ancient mind-body practice that can have a profound effect upon one’s experience of being. Iyengar yoga integrates highly defined actions in the body and mental observations in real-time. These actions, called asanas are based upon postural alignments and are therefore well suited to people with physical injuries and medical conditions.
The aim of a yoga practice is not to improve at doing yoga poses.
The aim of a yoga practice is to develop skills in self-study so that over time one can learn to let go of unhelpful or harmful beliefs that prevent us from experiencing our connection with all things. Yoga means union. Whilst the practices are often beneficial physically and can alleviate certain conditions that have arisen out of postural imbalances, our model is not a therapeutic one. The aim of our Bridging Course is to provide a pathway into the course syllabus. Students learn modifications and adaptations for poses that are covered in the Introductory courses.
Intensives
Class Length:
Can vary, but as a guide:
- Introduction To Yoga: 1 hour & 15 minutes
- Intro/Level 1: 1 hour & 30 minutes
- Level 2/3: 2 hours
- Pranayama/Restorative 1 hour
Suitable for:
- Attendance at your level.
- Students wanting an immersive experience with several consecutive days of yoga.
Attendance options:
- Bookings essential.
- Usual format is 5 consecutive days, at the same time each day.
- Option for keen students to attend extra classes later in the day.
Course information:
Follow a thread of asana and philosophy, travelling a little further each day.
Experience daily Yoga and enjoy the positive effects of regular yoga in your life.
Teacher Training
Teacher training is conducted by senior Iyengar teacher Amanda Hood as a 3 year apprenticeship. It entail 300 hours of training and 100 hours of assisting in accordance with Iyengar Yoga Australia requirements.
Trainees must have an established practice in the Iyengar Yoga method. If you are considering applying to commence an apprenticeship please discuss with Amanda after attending a class with her.
Private Bookings
Private Classes
Practice Length:
- 60 minutes – (30 & 45 minute sessions are also available under certain circumstances – please contact reception for more details)
Suitable for:
- individuals & groups
- Current students who are experiencing issues in class, or unable to attend due to injuries or medical conditions.
- New students with medical issues, injuries or disabilities considering the most suitable entry program at Newcastle Yoga.
- Individuals who are interested in practicing yoga, but are unable to join into our regular programs.
- A private class is a prerequisite for those considering joining the Inclusive Program.
Attendance options:
- Please contact reception to discuss and arrange a time before purchasing a private session pass.
Class information:
A private class registration should be completed and returned prior to first attendance. The teacher and student work together as a team to come up with the best variations of asanas for safe progression.
Workplace Yoga
Practice Length:
- Negotiable
Suitable for:
- Any workplace or school wanting to initiate a wellbeing program on site, or at our fully equipped school in Georgetown.
- Lunchtime of after-hours yoga on site.
Attendance options:
- Ongoing, with enrolment in 5 or 10 week courses.
- One off, or a short series session.
Course information:
Our teachers will come to you, or a suitable time can be arranged to attend Newcastle Yoga in Georgetown
Please contact reception to discuss details.
Group Bookings
Practice Length:
- Negotiable
Suitable for:
- Schools /clubs / businesses /organisations.
- Any groups interested in learning Yoga privately.
- Organisations involved with groups with special needs.
- Sporting Clubs.
- Community groups.
- Lunchtime Yoga.
Attendance options:
- Ongoing, with enrolment in 5 or 10 week courses.
- One off, or a short series session.
Course information:
Please contact reception to discuss details.
Adjusting
Hands on ‘adjustments’ are an important aspect of Iyengar Yoga instruction.
Our teachers use physical touch on occasions as an effective aid to complement verbal instruction and visual demonstration. New beginners are given space to settle in and are seldom adjusted.
Consent
Please let your teacher know or email us if you have questions or are not comfortable with being adjusted. We are happy to discuss and will of course respect your concerns.
Being Adjusted
Your teacher will give you an adjustment if they estimate you have the capacity to experience or understand more whilst in an asana. It is not a “correction’ and doesn’t indicate that what you are doing is incorrect.
Touch helps to focus attention or bring clarity to an action where words or a demonstration might not. For example if a teacher presses you on the trapezius it can help to feel tension in the neck, as opposed to thinking about the tension there if you hear an explanation. It can be a very effective aid to learning via direct experience.