Yoga Fundamentals. Saturday 31 Jan, 2-4.30pm. Simone Litchfield (EYS) teaches the fundamentals of yoga, using Yoga Synergy Methods. Suitable for Beginners & people seeking to improve their physical, philosophical & meditative yoga practice.
Saturday 7 Feb, 2pm - 5pm. Fascial Maneuvers Workshop. Human Garage certified coach Simon McDonald, offers an inspiring & empowering workshop. Relieve pain, stress & tension and reprogram body, mind & energy.
Sundays once a month, 11.30am-4.30pm. In preparation for Childbirth, attend Melbourne Midwife's Childbirth Education. Jo Terry offers a relaxed and informative group session for birth partners. Click for available dates.
Extended Practice. Delve deeper into your practice and explore a greater range of postures (incl. inversions) and pranayama.
Sunday 22 Feb 11am-12noon. Anthony Artmann’s DRONE SOUND MEDITATION uses synthesizers to create a deeply immersive and transformative experience. By blending various electronic tones and textures, Artmann crafts a continuous soundscape that encourages deep relaxation and heightened awareness.
Vocal Balance is a yogic approach to voice, singing and verbalisation. For those who use their voices for teaching, public speaking and who wish to have a tool kit for vocal health.
Sound Bath. A journey through tones, harmonies and rhythms, with Kate offering a soundscape.
Tuesdays & Thursdays. Book a treatment with Sonja McDonald at Ergo Yoga Space. Click image for more information.
Sunday 1 March, 11am - 4pm. Collaborative workshop with Ceramicist Elnaz Nourizadeh & Yoga Teacher Simone Litchfield. Using yoga & clay we explore form & connection creating an abstract figurative sculpture.
Introduction to Ayurveda - 8 week course. Thursdays or Saturdays commencing 5th Feb. Dr (Ayu) Manjot Garcha teaches 8 sessions designed to help you create balance, vitality, and clarity in your modern life, with applied understanding of Traditional Indian Medicine.
Workshops, treatments and more…
The Merri Yogi - FREE
Returns in Spring, 3rd Sunday of month, 9.30am - 10.30am
SEPT 21 - OCT 19 - NOV 16 - DEC 21 - JAN 18 - FEB 15 - MAR 15
Ergo Yoga Space offering the community a free monthly yoga practice at the Merri Creek, Edna Grove, Coburg East (Big tree by Joe’s Market Garden).
An inclusive practice for all abilities and ages to promote your well being. BYO mat and water bottle. All are welcome.
Yoga Fundamentals Workshop
Saturday 31 January, 2pm - 4.30pm
Simone Litchfield (EYS) will take you through the fundamentals of yoga using Yoga Synergy Methods. Learn how YSM are informed by the essence of yoga, anatomy and physiology and can be used in all styles of yoga and physical practice. Entwining mindfulness, posture, breath, sensation, movement, sound and meditation, to realise homeostasis for your well being. Asanas (postures) are taught progressively - simple and focused to more complex options where safe to do so. Beginners and experienced practitioners are welcome.
Active Birth Class - for partners
Sunday 1 February, 10.30am-12.30pm & 1.30pm-3.30pm
Hands on Birth Preparation with Melbourne Midwife Jo Terry & Simone Litchfield (EYS). Join us for a practical movement-based workshop designed to give you and your birth partner the confidence, skills and tools to support an active and empowered labour.
Includes: Rebozo, Birth sling, Fit ball for pelvic mobility, optimal Positioning for the birth, TENS machine, Yoga to reduce tension and build stamina/strength, Breath-work. Suitable for all birth plans and stages of pregnancy.
Upcoming dates: 22 March, 12 April.
Extended Open Practice
Thursdays from 5th Feb, 6.30-8.30am
This Vinyasa extended practice with Simone Litchfield, will warm and energise, so your body becomes ready to workshop some advanced asana including inversions and arm balances and pranayama. Warming up with a flow and then we will deconstruct some postures and look at adjustments for individuals. Suitable for experienced physical practitioners. Some complex and less complex alternative postures will be offered.
Discounts: with 10 class pass = 2x classes
Any Queries email: simone@ergoyogaspace.com.au
Introduction to Ayurveda
From 5 February, Thursdays 7-8.30pm or Saturdays 2-3.30pm
Dr (Ayu) Manjot Garcha will guide you on an an 8-week journey into the ancient science of Ayurveda. These sessions are designed to help you create balance, vitality, and clarity in your modern life and to provide knowledge and applied understanding of Traditional Indian Medicine.
Each week includes practical tools, reflection prompts and easy rituals that gently shift your life toward alignment and wellbeing. Whether you are new to Ayurveda or looking to deepen your understanding, this program offers a supportive space to learn, explore and transform.
Select Thursday or Saturday when booking and this will register you for all 8 sessions.
Fascial Manoeuvers Workshop
Saturday 7 February, 2pm - 5pm
Simon McDonald of Vibin High is a long time yogi and a Certified Coach with Human Garage Fascial Maneuvers. What is Fascia?
Fascia is the most intelligent organ or system in the body – it is more than just connective tissue. It holds and integrates the muscles, bones, tendons, ligaments & organs, forming a continuous adaptable network throughout the body.
Everything in the body sits within the fascia, and when we work with it, we can reset naturally to relieve pain, stress & tension and reprogram body, mind & energy.
Poses are suitable and can be adapted for all bodies. No prior physical experience required.
DRONE SOUND MEDITATION
Sunday 22 Feb, 11am - 12pm
Anthony Artmann’s drone sound meditation uses synthesizers to create a deeply immersive and transformative experience. By blending various electronic tones and textures, Artmann crafts a continuous soundscape that encourages deep relaxation and heightened awareness.
Chairs and yoga props are available for your comfort in this still or moving meditation. 10 class pass inclusive.
Yoga & Sculpture Workshop
Sunday 1 March, 11am - 4pm
Yoga and Sculpture is a collaborative workshop with Ceramicist Elnaz Nourizadeh & Yoga Teacher Simone Litchfield. We use yoga and clay to ‘connect' and explore form, culminating with the creation of your own abstract figurative sculpture.
Sculptures will be glazed and fired for you after the workshop.
No prior skills required, however experience also welcome.
Vocal Balance Workshops
Tuesdays 24 February - 25 March, 6 -7pm
VOCAL BALANCE - Activate your singing and vocal connection - through mindful voice practice. Connecting body, speech and mind.
This 6 week series of classes draws on mindfulness techniques, body awareness and voice activation - empowering each participant to enter at their own pace.
Working from the ground up - Emma works at a gentle pace - to build confidence, familiarise each person with their own unique voice and strengthen speaking, singing and vocalising - for day to day life, work and natural expression that is needed for each of us to connect internally and externally. This workshop is a must for those that use their voices for teaching, public speaking and those that wish to have a tool kit for vocal health.
Vocal Balance is a yogic approach to voice, singing and verbalisation.
SOUND BATH
Sunday tbc, 4.30pm - 5.30pm
Kate creates a beautiful soundscape using Tibetan singing bowls, voice, tar drum and wind gong to provide a journey from releasing to grounding, as you rest and allow the sounds to restore and nourish your being.
Childbirth Education for Partners
Click link for available dates, 11.30am - 4.30pm
MELBOURNE MIDWIFE teaches relaxed and informative childbirth education on a Sunday afternoon.
Joanne Terry - Mother, Midwife (Bmid), Childbirth Education Specialist and Lactation Consultant, IBLCE qualified.
Jo will guide you through normal labour and birth, pain management, optimal positioning, breastfeeding and settling a baby. She will discuss some common interventions and how to make decisions that are right for you and your baby. Meet others who are having babies in a face to face, fun, calm environment.
Provider number available for health insurance rebates.