23 Parker Street, Newmarket

Our Yoga on Parker studio was established in January, 2007 in a 1920s  hall previously used as the Norwegian Club. It was originally known as the Newmarket Oddfellows' Hall, being built by that organisation - a group akin to the Lions Club - and used for social dances and community events.  The space is airy and light with hardwood floors (tallow wood for dancing) and is abundantly suitable for yoga classes and workshops, including meditation and chanting.  Teachers at YOP have been influenced by a variety of yoga styles including Iyengar, Ashtanga, Bihar, Viniyoga, Scaravelli, Synergy, Svaroopa, and have diverse backgrounds including Dance and Movement, Social Work, Arts. Psychology, Physiotherapy, Journalism, Counselling, Lecturing and Martial Arts. We offer a range of class times to suit each individual; and our Class Pass allows the individual the freedom to move within the many classes at the Centre. "Yoga on Parker is a yoga centre inside a beautiful early 20th century hall with wonderful acoustics" and is used for many Musical  concerts and Kirtans.

HATHA YOGA is the practice of steadfastly balancing the opposing energies of the body - sun and moon, male and female, yin and yang, hot and cold, light and dark, right and left  - which makes it possible to yoke and unify these energies through asana (physical postures), pranayama (breath control), meditation, mudras (hand seals) and bandhas (energy locks).  Hatha Yoga activates and purifies the energy centres of the body, stilling the wanderings of the mind and creating equanimity and balance, perhaps even leading to Samadhi, or union with the Divine. Yogahcitta vritti nirodhah  - Yoga is that which stills the fluctuations of the mind.   It is the science of spiritual, mental and physical transformation.