French classes at POP UP YOGA STUDIO!! Yes that's right! Did you want to brush up on your conversational french and meet some of your neighbours with a fun four week intensive course?

Starting on 28th April 2013, the lovely Sabine will be holding a 1.5h class on Sunday afternoons from 4:00pm - 5:30pm for students with some general knowledge of french already but who might be feeling a bit rusty or haven't spoken it in many years (like me, so don't be shy!).

$50 for the course, please book by emailing studio[at]popupyogastudio.com

Classes dates (Sundays):

28th April, 5th May, 12th May, 19th May

POP UP YOGA STUDIO is offering a lunchtime meditation class and an early morning yoga class as part of the free public program put together by Here Studio and Visionary Design Development in their EMOTIONAL SHELTER Cat, a design prototype for a community-built shelter that will be constructed at Federation Square in May 2013 as part of the Emergency Shelter Exhibition.

Visit Here Studio's facebook event page for more information, and check back here closer to the date for details about POP UP STUDIO event times and booking procedures.

Introducing West Melbourne’s first yoga venue – POP UP YOGA STUDIO. Our spring/summer - and now into autumn - residency will take place in the downstairs shopfront of 355 Victoria Street, a building that had been vacant for a number of years. Weekly classes will be held at this charming little space while the owners finalise their renovation plans (scheduled for 2013), making use of an otherwise unused space and bringing some life and much needed love back to the north facing red brick heritage building.

Please visit the timetable section of the website for up to date information about courses and classes held at the studio.

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LOCATION: FEDERATION SQUARE, MELBOURNE

Have you had the chance to take in the architecture that surrounds you at Federation Square with a stillness in your mind and a sense of openness to your physical body? Have you spent an hour discovering a space in relation to your own sense of self in that present moment? Have you celebrated how the built forms of the site and the space in between can become a map for our imagination, dreams, and desires?

POP UP YOGA STUDIO in conjunction with the Victorian Chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects proudly presented a weekend morning yoga class as part of Melbourne Architecture Annual to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Federation Square.

The class focused on components that makes up the architecture of Federation Square, designed to facilitate a unique understanding of the space as a result of participation and interaction. In a play between one’s internal landscape and their external environment, intimate pockets around the site could been seen as moments in space and time where a mediation between ourselves and the world takes place. Through conscious movement of our bodies in connection with the breath, POP UP YOGA STUDIO explored how the practice of yoga could provide a different way to experience our surroundings.

1. 7:00am – 8:15am: TWENTY & SIX ESPRESSO

     LOCATION: 594 Queensberry Street, North Melbourne

2. 10:00am – 11:15am: ELECTRON WORKSHOP

     LOCATION: 31 Arden Street, North Melbourne

3. 11:30am – 12:15pm: YOGA FOR KIDS IN THE PARK

     LOCATION: Eades Place Playground, Chetwynd Street &  

     King Street, West Melbourne

4. 2:00pm – 3:15pm: POP UP YOGA STUDIO

     LOCATION: 355 Victoria Street, West Melbourne

POP UP YOGA STUDIO collaborated with The Centre and a number of local businesses to offer public classes throughout the day in some unusual settings around the neighbourhood. Read on for a description of the classes, and keep in touch - we would definitely like to hold more pop up yoga classes like these in the future!

The day starts in the back garden of Twenty & Six Espresso on Queensberry Street with an early morning class set amongst red bricks, cobblestones, lush flowerbeds and creeping vines. Wake up your senses with an energizing yoga practice in the dappled morning light – and then follow it up with one of the delicious breakfast options in the cafe afterwards!

If weekends mean sleep-ins, the late morning class at Electron Workshop on Arden Street might be more tempting. Let the high ceilings, exposed beams, and polished concrete floor of the beautifully renovated warehouse - that functions as a shared office workspace during the week - inspire and relax you while moving through a flowing yoga practice.

Bring the kids to yoga in the park at Eades Place Reserve, the triangular pocket of greenery and play equipment between Chetwynd and King Streets in West Melbourne. This 45 minute session for little yogis (5-7 year olds, or thereabouts) will incorporate stories, games and poses in a supportive, playful, and fun environment - providing a refreshing breather for parents and children from the festivities on Errol Street.

The day ends at POP UP YOGA STUDIO with an afternoon class to mark the opening of the spring/summer residency in a previously vacant building on Victoria Street.

We have taken over the downstairs shopfront until the owners finalise their renovations plans and now run a number of weekly classes from the space.