16/12/2025
Tonight Luke teaches his last classes at Peak. The horizon has called and he and his love are heeding the call of adventure and discovery.
Some reflections from Luke on this bittersweet ending of an era:
“Teaching yoga is a strange gig. You can consistently see the same people for weeks, months, or even years, and then one day, just never see them again. It’s odd, because on the surface you don’t really know that person. I don’t know most studio members’ jobs, families, friends, birthdays or future aspirations. I don’t know the normal friend type of information.
But every time we’ve been together, we share an hour-long practice that is to some degree mentally, physically, spiritually challenging or enriching. And if you string enough of those together, I feel like you get to know someone, in some way.
It would be about five and a half years now since I’ve been a teacher at Peak Physique Underwood, and the studio, the world, and myself has changed a lot in that time. I’ve watched the studio grow, and the people inside too, including myself.
This was the place where I held my first workshop, and meditation sessions. The very first one being a trial by fire, where someone walks in and says, “I hate meditation” and plonks themselves down on a pillow. Luckily, things have improved from there. Even throughout all its changes and iterations, to me this has been a place of consistency where I can experiment with new things, as well as solidify my foundations. I hope it can continue to be that for everyone who attends as well.
This little overheated hole in the wall between the constantly changing coffee shop and consistently sketchy massage parlour has been a massively important chapter in my development as a person and as a teacher, and I couldn’t ask for a more gracious group of yogis and yoginis to have shared this time with. Thank you everyone, it has been a pleasure to be in some small way a part of your lives, and I wish you all the best for your yoga journey in the future. For now, we can conclude our practice together.
Namaste,
Luke”
