a yoga studio — melbourne — breathe, then move

still point.

Still Point is a small Melbourne studio for three things done well — Vinyasa, Restorative yoga, and a Beginners’ course for the rest of us. One room, a weekly rhythm, and teachers who keep time by the breath.

The quiet practice room at Still Point before class, warm light across an empty floor
the room, before the hour

the week, below

The Week

IVinyasa — moveIIRestorative — restIIIBeginners’ course — begin

the weekly timetable — all classes one hour, melbourne time
DayTimePracticeTeacher
Monday7.00IVinyasaMara
18.30IIRestorativeJune
Tuesday12.15IVinyasaMara
18.00IIIBeginners’ coursePeter
Wednesday7.00IVinyasaMara
18.30IIRestorativeJune
Thursday12.15IVinyasaMara
18.30IIRestorativeJune
Friday7.00IVinyasaMara
17.30IIRestorativeJune
Saturday9.00IVinyasaMara
10.45IIIBeginners’ coursePeter
Sunday9.30IIRestorativeJune
16.00IIRestorativeJune

Mats, bolsters and blankets wait in the room — arrive a little early; we begin on time. The Beginners’ course runs in four-week chapters, Tuesday evenings and Saturday mornings; write to us and we will hold you a place in the next one.

The Practice

Vinyasa is the moving half of the week: sequences led by the breath, unhurried but warm, building heat the way a stove builds it — gradually, then all at once. The morning classes lean bright and steady; the midday class is built to return you to the day rather than take you out of it. You will not be asked to perform. You will be asked to pay attention.

Restorative is the still half. Bolsters, blankets, low light and long holds — poses you settle into the way you settle into an armchair, and stay. Nothing to achieve and nowhere to be; the nervous system does the work while you practise the rare skill of letting it. People arrive tired and leave taller.

The Beginners’ course is the door in: four weeks, the same evening each week, the small vocabulary of yoga learned properly — how to stand, how to fold, how to breathe on purpose. No experience assumed, no flexibility required; stiffness is not a barrier here, it is material. Most of our regulars began exactly where you are.

The Teachers

Mara Ellery “Breath first. The pose follows.” vinyasa · mornings & midday June Okafor “Stillness is a skill. We practise it.” restorative · evenings Peter Whitlam “Everyone starts somewhere. Start here, where you are.” beginners’ course · tue & sat

The Room

One room, and that is the point. Timber underfoot, low warm light, props within arm’s reach and nothing on the walls asking for your attention. We keep it the way you keep a good tool: clean, warm, ready.

Inside Still Point: the practice space with mats and soft natural light
the room, mid-morning
A practice in progress at the studio, unhurried and quiet
the work, as it happens

An hour here comes back to you later — as sleep, as patience, as breath that arrives before the reply does.

Visit, or write first

Still Point is in Melbourne. Classes run to the weekly timetable above; the rest is conversation. Write to us about a class, the course, or simply where to begin — we read everything, and we reply, unhurried.

still point — melbourne doors open a quarter-hour before class