Beginners Yoga
Would you like to start an Iyengar yoga practice? Our beginners yoga classes are held in the Ponsonby Community Centre and are close to Ponsonby, Herne Bay and Grey Lynn. These classes will help you to learn the basics of Iyengar yoga, such as what is dog pose.
They will also teach you how to practice yoga effectively. Once you have a foundation practice established, you will be able to join our general yoga classes and have the confidence to practice at home.
General Yoga
Do you have a strong yoga practice but want to learn more about Iyengar yoga? Our general yoga classes are held in the Ponsonby Community Centre and are suitable for students with a committed practice.
These classes are popular because regular attendance gives you the ability to develop a sound practice method, which, in turn, will help you to establish a daily home practice.
Pregnancy Yoga
Looking for a pregnancy yoga class convenient to Ponsonby, Herne Bay and Grey Lynn? Suzi Carson offers one of Auckland's most well-established pregnancy yoga courses (it began in 1998). She is passionate about teaching pregnant women the benefits of yoga and helping them have the most successful birth experience.
Online Classes
Looking to practice more Iyengar yoga but can’t make it into the Ponsonby Community Centre? Our online yoga classes take place six days a week – some morning classes, some evening class. Held via Zoom, they are designed to help you establish a daily Iyengar yoga practice at home. These online Iyengar yoga classes also support you to regularly connect in with other committed students from all over New Zealand and around the world.
Recordings available: Thurs 09h30 Beg/Gen class with Suzi, Fri 07h00 Led practice with Suzi
Led Practice
A dynamic, invigorating practice, the Friday morning online is our weekly intensive. Following the tradition of the Iyengar family in Pune, India, the led practice takes place at dawn. Students work towards more advanced asanas while learning how to develop their own practice, including understanding how to use yoga equipment to accommodate where they are at. Suzi leads the practice - guided by well-established Iyengar yoga practice manual, Dona Holleman. Students are invited to use the manual and follow along.
Self Practice
Early Saturday mornings are a chance for yoga students with an established practice to come together in the Ponsonby Community Centre and do their own self practice. The class gives students a chance develop their own practice. They have the freedom to put together sequences, explore asanas individually, work with repetition and use yoga equipment to investigate and explore the asanas in more depth.
Suzi and her teachers are in the Ponsonby yoga studio, doing their own self practice, and are available to offer guidance. Coffee afterwards on Ponsonby Road is a lovely way to conclude the session and a chance to catch up with the wider Four Winds Yoga community.
Iyengar Yoga - Certified Teacher Development
Suzi has been teaching since 1991 and has offered teacher training in Iyengar Yoga at her Ponsonby studio since 2002. She is a certified Iyengar yoga teacher who is passionate about training teachers and helping them become certified Iyengar yoga teachers also.
The training program is intense and demands your commitment, not all students will become teachers but the skills you learn will deepen your practice and understanding of yoga. We welcome all your enquiries and questions.
Workshops/ Retreats
Want to deepen your practice and understanding of Iyengar yoga? Suzi Carson offers regular yoga workshops and retreats for students and teachers, both in New Zealand and abroad. The workshops take place across weekends in New Zealand. The overseas yoga retreats are usually five – six days. Some of the places Suzi travels to teach include Kerikeri, Palmerston North, Taupo, Wānaka and Rarotonga.