Online Classes
Students attending Online classes are actually taught by the teacher. The teacher has a large TV screen in the studio and they can see you, talk to you, listen to you, watch and suggest adjustments appropriate to your individual yoga practice.
Students comment that they are surprised how much the teacher sees.
Urban Grace streams classes live via Zoom that is fully integrated with our Punchpass booking system.
When you book, you receive a confirmation email with a link to the online class. Another reminder email with the same link is sent before the class starts.
The Zoom app will download the first time you use it. You do not need a Zoom account.
You will need a smart device - computer, laptop, tablet or phone - that you set up so its camera can see you while you are sitting and standing on your mat.
*Set up your mat sideways about 3 or 4 metres from the camera. When Zoom starts, line up one side of your mat along the bottom edge of the zoom screen.
You will need:
- Yoga mat
- Rolled up towel
- Strap or belt (or exercise band or man’s tie or a piece of rope etc)
- 2 blocks
- A couple of folded blankets or beach towels and/or bolsters or firm cushions.
Position your mat with the long side facing the camera if you can. The short sides of the mat are on each side of the camera frame.
In-Studio Classes
Class size is strictly limited to allow a generous distance between students.
*** Please bring your own mat and a towel or sarong to cover studio bolsters and blankets when you use them. ***
Urban Grace studio space is small enough to ensure you get personal attention.
Book in to each class before you attend. Classes can be cancelled up to 3 hours before they start. SMS if you need to reschedule inside that time window.
- Open Classes are for everyone who has practiced yoga before. Classes are tailored to the students attending the class, and you are encouraged to practice at your own pace.
- Back Care sessions are for anyone wishing to learn techniques to relieve back pain by strengthening and stabilising their core. Yoga and pilates equipment is used to practice supportive and therapeutic sequences. Practiced regularly, many students find these classes help them gain freedom in their neck, shoulders, middle back, lower back and hips. You will learn exercises that you can confidently practice at home. These classes are popular so book early to reserve a space.
- Level 1/Beginners classes are for students who have not done yoga before or who wish to practice at a more moderate pace. All the basic yoga poses are taught and the class size is limited so you get personalised attention. As well as actual Beginners, the students who attend Level 1/Beginners classes may be returning to yoga after a break, after childbirth, recovering from injury or illness or they may be older, or stiffer, or they feel like practicing at a gentler pace.
- Practice Programs are for experienced students who want to develop a regular home practice. Sometimes the teacher practices with the group and calls the poses but does not offer teaching points. Most weeks, students follow a program of yoga asanas set by the teacher. Students gain insight and maturity by listening to their own internal instructions and practicing without too much input.
- Restorative Yoga classes are sequenced to provide the body with supported yoga poses that rest and renew the body and the nervous system. Props such as bolsters, blankets, blocks and belts are used.
- Yin Yoga classes hold the poses for longer timings so the body can release and soften.
- Adaptive Yoga is offered for people with brain and spinal injuries. At the moment the studio is not wheelchair accessible so Adaptive Yoga is only offered as private classes or in your home, rehab or support facility.