OKE Yoga

15/11/2021

11/11/2021

We are back (kinda)…

We are both in a bit of a transition phase of life right now, as many of us are, with coming out of lockdown business, work commitments and just life overall.
Therefore, over the next 2-3 weeks we will run a few sporadic and spontaneous classes. Then unfortunately we will be out of town for a little while.
The timetable for next week will be as follows (15th-21st Nov):

Wednesday 7:30am - Ruby
Wednesday 6:30pm - Jo
Thursday 6:30pm - Jo
Saturday 8am - Ruby

Classes will be posted here each week! There won’t be a booking system at the moment but if you can send us a little message to let us know you’ll be there that would be great!

Pay as you feel & please BYO mat for the time being!

We know things can get lost on social media so if you’d like to receive email/text message updates please let us know and we’ll be sure to let you know :)

Please be aware we are only allowed to teach the fully vaccinated.
Nevertheless we respect all choices and if you would like to access yoga online we recommend Melissa Shermanna who is another local yoga practitioner offering zoom classes Monday evenings. You can find her at

We all know the deal by now so we hope to see ya soon and can’t wait to practice together again X

Ruby & Jo X

28/08/2021

Nature appreciation

20/08/2021

We’ve wanted to make a post of a homage to India for quite sometime now.
But we keep getting stuck in discussion of the country boarders we have today and how different they were when yoga originated.
That’s another conversation completely…

So, instead we want to share with you our respects to the ancient lands on which Yoga was born, it’s varied and vast and sometimes hard to pin point.

We pay our respects to the land, the people, the cultures, the philosophies, the teachers and lineage holders of which the practice of Yoga came from that allows us the share it with you all today.

If this inspires any curiosity, we encourage you to do some research into the lands and timeline surrounding India and bordering countries.

Ruby & Jo X

13/08/2021

ATTENTION KIDS ages 5-6!!
I have a few spots available for my Kids Creative Movement and Acrobatics class. These run on a Monday at 4pm for 45 minutes at $15.
We have a bit of fun and learn to use our bodies in irregular ways which is perfect timing as we are growing up. We learn shapes with our bodies, stretch, we use our muscles and learn to handstand, roll and cartwheel! Call me (Jo) 0435195236.

13/08/2021

ATTENTION KIDS ages 5-6🚨🤸
I have a few spots available for my Kids Creative Movement and Acrobatics class. These run on a Monday at 4pm for 45 minutes at $15.
We have a bit of fun and learn to use our bodies in irregular ways which is perfect timing as we are growing up. We learn shapes with our bodies, stretch, we use our muscles and learn to handstand, roll and cartwheel! Call me (Jo) 0435195236.

10/08/2021

Have you ever wondered about yoga beyond the mat?
A good place to start is the 8 limbs of yoga, according to the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali.
Yama
Niyama
Asana
Pranayama
Pratyahara
Dharana
Dhyana
Samadhi

06/08/2021

We would like to welcome to the team, who will be holding Sound Meditations every second week after our Yin classes held by .
This is a chance to sink into oneself and be carried by the sweet essence and sound of Mia’s beautiful singing voice and crystal singing bowls. She creates the sounds from her intuition and presence making each session unique to the moment in time.
For now we will be closed due to the lockdowns. We will keep you informed when we are allowed to open back up. Hopefully in the near future!

You can check out our other classes here: okestudio.com.au/classes

Jo X

27/07/2021

YAY, we’re back in business!

Sorry we lied to you in the previous post, on that note Satya (which can loosely be translated to Truth) is the 2nd Yama (moral discipline) according to the eight limbs of Yoga, from Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra. We like incorporate truthfulness not only into our speech but also thoughts and actions towards others and ourselves! I invite you to take a moment to reflect how Satya shows up in your life on a day to day basis - this in itself is a way you can incorporate Yoga into your life when you can’t pop in to see us at OKE Studio.

Anyway, to get back on track, we’ll be opening (again lol) from Saturday 31st of July for an early morning flow at 8am and back to our normal schedule from next week! We are super excited to get moving and breathing together again!

We have a limited capacity of 20 per class for the time being, so please try to book online prior to the class you plan on attending. (Not that we have ever reached 20, well now that’s a goal!) It’ll be a great help to make sure we can run things smoothly and as easeful as possible as we try to start running a business in this crazy time 😋

‘Pay as you feel’ is still on and you can pay either online by entering in your desired amount or in studio with either cash or card.

Thats all the news for now! Stay tuned for upcoming events and fun things to look forward too

We are so grateful for of your support! We miss you and hope to see all your beautiful faces very soon ☺️

Ruby & Jo X

26/07/2021

OKE Yoga closed this week due to covid. Fingers crossed we can open up next week! Stay tuned. In the mean time, keep hydrated.

24/07/2021

Good morning sweet humans!
Firstly, thank you for being here, it really does mean the world to us.

I’d like to introduce to you all (if you haven’t met already). Jo is an acrobat, creative mover, yoga practitioner, business lady, crazy adventurer and puppy mumma (to sweet boy Dizzy). She is my unofficial business partner and my offical spicy samosa sister.

I’d like to share with you all a story of night at the Herd (if you know you know) about 4ish years ago. We hadn’t seen each other since primary school but for some crazy wild reason we decided that we would travel to India together… soon. Two months later we were on a plane to Goa with no idea at all what we would do when we got there. Long story short we ended up travelling for months and trekking our way through the himalayans, partying at crazy Goan parties, being stuck on the side of mountains after a casual avalanche and spending an unimaginable amount of hours drinking chai and watching life go by!
To say if we haven’t bumped into each other that evening my life would have turned out very differently is a big understatement.

I can promise you that in Jo’s classes you are sure to have a laugh, learn something new and leave feeling warm, welcomed and part of the community she is so inspired to create within OKE!

Come in and meet Jo (and me too for that matter), you won’t regret it!

Love,
Ruby
X

21/07/2021

Stop, take a breath.
Close your eyes… Bring your awareness to your breath.
You can use your breath as the object of your meditation.
Inhale. Exhale.
Breathing affects how we feel, but we can also use it to change how we feel.
Life force, breath control. Pranayama
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21/07/2021

Stop, take a breath.
Close your eyes… Bring your awareness to your breath.
You can use your breath as the object of your meditation.
Inhale. Exhale.
Breathing affects how we feel, but we can also use it to change how we feel.
Life force, breath control. Pranayama.
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15/07/2021

Moving with Intention - The mind should be just ahead of the movement. Unity of internal and external should be essential with intention as the commander of all our movements 🙏🧘🏻🤸 -Art by

09/07/2021

Why a studio? What are you doing at OKE and why?
Here is my answer in this moment. Ask me in the next and it will probably be different again.

I needed a space to move. (Other than my own home) and with people too...
I wanted a space for exploration with body movement. A place that invites this ‘feeling’ which I get. In a warm space, with a limber body, this freeing feeling allows my body to just move, without judgement of myself. Like a meditation.
I feel authentic, where at some stages in my life I have been too self conscious of how I would be perceived, to not want to ‘show off’ which led to holding back. None of that here 😌

Through yoga, creative acrobatics and movement classes that aim to be accessible to everyone, I intend to invite people in, to share the space and prompt the exploration of body movement. To ‘feel’ through our bodies and move with authenticity and with simplicity of minimal equipment. Weather for creativity, health, or mindfulness or even to just to have a play.

We have many venues around town that are more fixated with other art liberations such as music or visual art. I needed the space, where it is to move at its core. And I had birdies in my ears that the town needed it too.

Most of all, colaboration.
I envision this space as a creative hub where artists of all sorts can jam, improvise and play together. Music, movement, dance, visual art. A place where each art form can practice together. An atmosphere of creativity!

To end that ramble off, welcome, come play, say hello, or send us a private message if this is something you would love to be around!

Jo X

04/07/2021

Here is us… being our Yin and Yang selves!

Just popping on here to let you know our schedule for this week! Still ‘Pay as you feel’ BUT maybe not for much longer so make sure to pop down and say helllllllo this week!

July 4th-11th
Monday
7am Flow - Ruby

Tuesday
5:30pm Yin - Ruby

Wednesday
7am Flow - Ruby
9:15am Flow - Ruby
5pm Creative movement & acro - Jo
6:30pm Flow - Jo

Thursday
7am Hatha - Ruby
5pm Flow - Jo
6:15 Open Studio - Come and jam, play, roll around, practice your art! An open space for you to enjoy in whatever way you feel!

Saturday
8am Flow

Let us know you'll be joining us or learn a little more about the classes here: www.okestudio.com.au/classes

If you have any questions please feel free to message, email or phone us!

See you at the studio!
Ruby & Jo
X

30/06/2021

29/06/2021

UPDATE!
Classes are back!

For the next two weeks we will be running on a ‘Pay as you feel’ system. If Covid has got you a bit prickly pear you can pay a little less, if you want to help us out and pay it forward you can pay a little more!
We hope that in these chaos times we live in this helps you out and makes our classes and offerings more accessible to you all!

Click here to check our timetable and book your next class: www.okestudio.com.au/classes

We really hope to see you on the mat soon!

Ruby & Jo
X

29/06/2021

We would like to acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land we move, teach and practice takes place, the Wurundjeri peoples of the Kulin Nations.
We pay our respects to Wurundjeri Elders past, present and emerging. Sovereignty has never been ceded. It always was and always will be, Aboriginal land.