Our Community 

Our values

At YogaBodyWorks we believe in the power of community. We're proud of the people who walk through our doors each day for the support they provide us and each other. In fact, we work hard to foster this sense of community because it is a source of inspiration for us too.

We believe in the transformative power of yoga but we don't take ourselves too seriously. Our teachers also work in schools, universities and city councils. They are students, artists and designers. We believe this diversity is one of our strengths because it allows us to speak from diverse perspectives and broad experience providing depth to our understanding of yoga.

Keeping it real

At YogaBodyWorks we make real the ethical and spiritual values that lie at the heart of yoga. We work hard to create a real sense of community. We're here to share the yoga journey with as many Novocastrians as we can. This is a philosophy that underpins our personal practice as well as our work here at the studio, fostering comaraderie and reducing competition (most of all with ourselves).

YogaBodyWorks in the local community

A powerful way of building community within our studio is to reach out to the wider community through fundraising and awareness-raising activities. Our intention is to assist those in need in the Newcastle community and further afield, and to help those already doing this in any way we can.

We:

  • Are proud sponsors of Surfest.
  • Raised over $2500 for the Bumi Sehat Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation providing free health services for pregnant women and children in Bali.
  • Sponsored two of our yogis who cycled from Vancouver to Seattle to raise money for the BC Cancer Research Foundation in Canada.
  • Sponsored one of our yogis who took part in the 50km Sydney Coast Trek Event to raise money for the Fred Hollows Foundation.
  • Provided high school students from Kurri Kurri and Toronto High Schools with free yoga classes.
  • Hosted weekly donation yoga classes at the studio, raising on average $300/month to donate to local charities.
  • Donated our time to CanTeen and other organistations we feel aligned with, teaching yoga classes and gifting memberships to the studio.
View fullsize We have a few signs up around the studio about this, but posting on social media as that is probably where the attention is! 😉 So, please leave your phones outside the studio, either in your car or in your locker. Unless you are an essential worker
View fullsize *** BACK FROM THIS WEDNESDAY, JULY 1st! *** Fitness Passport members can celebrate, as FP will resume from this Wednesday July 1st. As we continue following COVID-19 restrictions of only 20 people per class, booking online is ESSENTIAL! NO WALK INS.
View fullsize It’s back! Mums & Bubs Yoga is a fantastic way to look after yourself after the birth of your baby. Yoga helps create a balance between your body's physical needs and your emotional state. These classes focus on yoga postures specifically
View fullsize We’re always so excited to have Truth back to deliver his latest offerings, he is truly a wealth of knowledge. Dr. Truth Robinson is a Chinese medicine doctor and an acupuncturist as well as being a long time Yoga teacher for Power Living in Sy
View fullsize Tight shoulders? Want to progress in bound poses, or finally knock out that wheel pose? This nifty yin(ish) hold should work a treat, and touches your hips nicely too. If you can’t grab your fingers, use a strap, and if you can’t do shoe
View fullsize Within asana practice, initially we have to exert ourselves, because we are pushing against old habits and resistance, and forming new habits. Of the two aspects of asana, exertion of body and calming of mind, the mind is eventually more important. C
View fullsize We will continue to offer Live Online classes, with your favourite teachers live from our beautiful studio. Let’s stay connected! Book a class through Mindbody (sign up maximum 1 hour prior to the start of the class). Make sure you download th
View fullsize It’s good to be back! Online and in-studio timetable on our website.
View fullsize As with most of our events that were postponed, new dates have been announced for our prenatal YTT! Bliss Baby Yoga is internationally renowned for offering quality yoga teacher training courses in the specialist field of yoga for women, including Pr
View fullsize This one, late at night, when you’re just about to jump into bed, for 5-10 minutes. In the evening your fascia is more supple, your joints are lubricated and your muscles are warm, so this one should be perfect to calm things down.
View fullsize A super spicy quote to stoke that sense of practice again. Tapas in Yoga is one of the Niyamas. A practice that we can use to bring ourselves to a better and higher plane of consciousness. It means to burn away impurities, or that which hold you back
View fullsize Great news from the government today in that we can now have groups of 20, as long as we abide by the 4m2 rule. Thankfully we have a huge studio so we’re ready to go tomorrow. It’s a big day for us and a big day for the community in gener