HalcyonYoga

What we teach

Three classes. Taught properly, on time, in a room with fourteen mats.

Studios that offer twelve formats are usually good at two of them. We would rather run three and have every teacher on the schedule genuinely fluent in all three.

Bars of sunlight across a quiet interior
A practitioner in a slow seated side bend, taken at breath's pace

Vinyasa, unhurried

Slow Flow

  • 60 minutes
  • All levels
  • $22 drop-in

Most vinyasa classes move faster than most bodies want to. Slow Flow is the correction: a full standing sequence, but at the speed your breath actually runs.

You will move through a recognisable vinyasa arc — a warm start on the floor, sun salutations, a standing sequence, a few balances, and a long close. What is different is the pacing. We hold the shapes for five breaths instead of one. We cut the pose count roughly in half so there is room to do that.

There are no jump-backs and no jump-throughs. Stepping is the default, and stepping is not a modification here — it is how the class is taught. If you want to jump, nobody will stop you.

The last twelve minutes are floor work and savasana. Teachers are asked to protect that ending; a Slow Flow that runs long into savasana is a Slow Flow taught wrong.

Come to this if

  • You want the shape of a flow class without the pace of one
  • You are returning after time away and want a full practice that will not punish you
  • You practise elsewhere and want a slower day in the week
Bring
Nothing. Mats, blocks, straps and blankets are here.
Intensity
Moderate

Taught by Inés Halloran, Dominic Arya and Farrah Oyelaran.

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Folded woven blankets stacked on a shelf

Held and restorative

Grounded

  • 75 minutes
  • All levels
  • $22 drop-in

Seventy-five minutes, and you will not see more than a dozen shapes in it. Grounded is where the props come out and the clock slows down.

The first half is active but held — a small number of standing and seated postures, each carried for two to four minutes with blocks and bolsters doing the work your muscles would otherwise do. The point is not effort. The point is staying long enough that something lets go.

The second half is fully restorative. Supported reclining shapes, legs up the wall, a blanket over you, and a teacher moving quietly through the room adjusting props rather than bodies.

This is the class people come to on the worst week of their month. It is also, quietly, the hardest one to stay awake in, and nobody minds if you do not.

Come to this if

  • You are tired in a way that more exercise will not fix
  • You have an injury or a flare-up and need a practice that works around it
  • You want to learn what props are actually for
Bring
Warm socks and a layer. The room runs cool on purpose.
Intensity
Gentle

Taught by Inés Halloran, Margit Lund and Farrah Oyelaran.

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Traditional, 6am

Morning Practice

  • 60 minutes
  • Intermediate
  • $22 drop-in

The oldest class on our schedule and the one that fills first. It runs at six in the morning, six days a week, in the order the practice has always been taught: breath, then movement, then sitting.

Ten minutes of pranayama to open — mostly nadi shodhana and a simple ratio breath, taught plainly and without ceremony. Then thirty-five minutes of asana following a set sequence that changes only twice a year, so you can actually learn it. Then ten minutes seated.

Because the sequence repeats, this class rewards attendance in a way a varied class cannot. Regulars know it by heart inside a month and stop thinking about what comes next, which is the entire point.

It is marked intermediate not because the shapes are advanced but because the pace assumes you already know them. If you are new, come to Slow Flow for a few weeks first; the sequence will make far more sense.

Come to this if

  • You want a practice you can memorise and go deeper into
  • You would rather practise before the day starts than after it has beaten you
  • You have practised before and want less instruction, not more
Bring
Yourself, and preferably an empty stomach.
Intensity
Committed

Taught by Dominic Arya, Margit Lund and Wren Abadi.

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Every class, always

What is true of all three.

Fourteen mats

The cap is structural, not aspirational. When the fourteenth place goes, booking closes.

Starts on the minute

Doors open thirty minutes early. Class begins when it says it does, and the door stays unlocked.

Props included

Mats, blocks, straps, bolsters and wool blankets. Nothing to buy, nothing to remember.

A real savasana

Never trimmed for time. If the class runs long, the sequence gets shorter — not the ending.

Practicalities

Questions about class

Which class should I start with?

Slow Flow, almost always. It moves enough to feel like a full practice but slowly enough that nobody gets left behind, and it's the format with the most places on the schedule.

If you are tired rather than stiff, start with Grounded instead.

Can I come to Morning Practice as a beginner?

You can, but we'd rather you didn't for the first month. It's marked intermediate because the pace assumes you already know the shapes — there is very little instruction once the sequence starts.

Two or three weeks of Slow Flow first and it will make far more sense.

Do teachers touch you?

Only with consent, asked at the start of every class and asked again in the moment. There is a card by the door you can place at the top of your mat if you'd rather not be adjusted at all, and no teacher will ask you why.

What if I have an injury?

Tell the teacher before class — thirty seconds is usually enough. If it's something longer-running, Margit Lund runs free fifteen-minute consults on Thursday mornings; email us and we'll book you in.

How late can I book?

9pm the night before for drop-ins. Members can book up to seven days ahead and cancel free until 9pm.

What happens if I'm late?

Come in anyway — the door is unlocked and nobody will look up. We'd rather you did ten minutes than none. The only exception is Morning Practice, where the pranayama section is genuinely hard to join partway through.

No commitment

Try any of the three. The first one is free.

Book a place, turn up, and see whether the room suits you before you spend anything.

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