Yoga for every body. Build strength, flexibility and balance. We are a specialist yoga studio located in the heart of the Adelaide Hills.
Unfold Yoga + Wellbeing was established in Mount Barker by Loretta Voivodich in 2012. Loretta has been teaching yoga in the Adelaide Hills for over 15 years and built up a firm following of students who have felt the real difference yoga can make to their physical and mental wellbeing. Unfold offers a full weekly program with yoga classes suitable for all students, from the absolute beginner, to the progressive, advanced practitioner. Yoga practice cultivates a healthy body and a calmer mind. Attending classes at our studio you will better understand what you are doing when you practice and why we practice. Learn the art, science, and philosophy of yoga with a teacher! With our team of certified Iyengar teachers you can be sure you will receive quality, expertise, and individualised attention. Teachers at Unfold are caring and professional and have many years of practice, study, and dedicated training behind them. Classes explore the sequencing and technique of Asana (posture) and Pranayama (breath work) to integrate strength and flexibility, moderate the breath, and cultivate steadiness of the body, mind, and spirit. We use props to: explore the various aspects of a posture; to give assistance in the case of injuries or other conditions; and for restorative work. We make individual adjustments and corrections to help students understand and develop their yoga practice. Philosophy and approach are integral to classes and the atmosphere and instruction offer a respectful silence, seriousness, and focused energy, as well as the joy of being in the moment, which brings spontaneity, heightened awareness and a humble and honest approach to your practice. The Iyengar teaching method is oriented towards gradual but steady progress, rather than towards quick and fleeting results. Each Iyengar yoga class is a unique sequence created to guide students through a safe and systematic progression. Through skilled instruction and practice, students learn to penetrate beyond the physical body to the inner kosas (layers) of mind, energy, and spirit thereby gaining vitality, clarity, and calm through the practice. Iyengar yoga can be practiced at all stages of life. The benefits are far-reaching and will assist the practitioner in every aspect of daily living. Our studio is a special place that exudes a sense of calm, joyfulness, hard work, and transformation. It is spacious with natural light, good ventilation and elevated views. The yoga studio is carpeted and adequately temperature controlled for both the winter and summer months. All yoga equipment (including mats) is supplied and parking is available on the adjacent streets.
17/11/2025
It was a special weekend attending the Iyengar Yoga Convention in Melbourne, reconnecting with the Australia wide community.
A brilliant event, with beautiful food, quiz night, senior teachers giving over their skillful teaching and imparting the richness of the Iyengar practice and traditions.
I am so grateful for this community, for the teachers and their decades long commitment to this craft and lineage. I am so grateful for the direct mentorship, the discussions, and the discipline to keep true to the practice. It’s an anchor and rudder to stay authentic, but then too a great journey to find our own creativity, challenges and growth within it.
I’m looking forward to sharing some of what I’ve taken in from my weekend involvement.
Enjoy Bernie’s presence over the next two weeks whilst I’m on a break and trip to Tassie.
03/11/2025
If you’ve ever wondered where the beautiful flowers in our studio come from! 🌼
Yoga is my first love, but my garden is definitely a close second 🪴
From the garden to the plate. The flavour and nutrients are optimal, you can really feel the difference.
10/10/2025
BEYOND ASANA: This Sunday with Berenice Franklin 🌞
Bernie is stepping in for Loretta this week and teaching her class ‘Journey Beyond Asana’ as a special treat.
In this class we will explore the other limbs of yoga through pranayama (breath work), and Bhakti (chanting), to come to a state of meditation.
Experience deeper energetic connection and inner alignment 🧘♀️
Visit our page for more info and to book your spot!
09/10/2025
Journey beyond the asana into the subtle limbs of yoga.
In this class we will focus on developing our capacity to experience the other limbs of yoga through, pranayama (breath work), and Bhakti (chanting), to come to a state of meditation.
An invitation to experience deeper energetic connection and inner alignment.
See you Level 1, 20 Gawler Street, Mount Barker this weekend.
All equipment, mats provided, or bring your own. All welcome.
Timetable this weekend
Saturday
8:30am General
10:15am Prenatal
Sunday
9am General
3:15pm Beyond Asana
4:45pm General/ Beginners
Go to link in bio to book your spot. Or dm for more info.
07/10/2025
Two weeks before our 6-week and 8-week Introductory courses begin!
Our last scheduled courses for this year.
Tuesday 21st October 8-week course
Sunday 26th October 6-week course
Enjoy a progressive and tailored course for new students to yoga, or for people who would like a refresher course.
🌼 In each class you’ll be guided through a sequence of postures, learning to stretch, strengthen and balance, with attention and awareness. You’ll be introduced to standing poses, seated poses and some inverted postures. The teacher will give instructions, demonstrations and adjustments to deepen your understanding of the pose, the practice, and yourself.
🌼 If you miss your weekly course class, you can make up that class at another session on our timetable.
🌼 You will learn how to progress with the poses, and be given ways of modifying them if needed.
🌼 Iyengar Yoga is a dynamic style of yoga that encourages your engagement in your practice. This course establishes a good foundation for students to go forward in their practice.
🌼 You will be amazed at what you achieve in this 8-week course. The course cultivates stability, steadiness, strength and confidence, harmony and ease, and increased freedom in body and mind.
Join us. Go to the link to register and book your spot! https://momence.com/u/unfold-yoga-+-wellbeing-mUTjny
07/10/2025
Two weeks before our 6-week Introductory course begins!
This is our last 6-week course for this year.
Sunday 26th October to Sunday 30th November.
Enjoy a progressive and tailored course for new students to yoga, or for people who would like a refresher course.
🌼 In each class you’ll be guided through a sequence of postures, learning to stretch, strengthen and balance, with attention and awareness. You’ll be introduced to standing poses, seated poses and some inverted postures. The teacher will give instructions, demonstrations and adjustments to deepen your understanding of the pose, the practice, and yourself.
🌼 If you miss your weekly course class, you can make up that class at another session on our timetable.
🌼 You will learn how to progress with the poses, and be given ways of modifying them if needed.
🌼 Iyengar Yoga is a dynamic style of yoga that encourages your engagement in your practice. This course establishes a good foundation for students to go forward in their practice.
🌼 You will be amazed at what you achieve in this 8-week course. The course cultivates stability, steadiness, strength and confidence, harmony and ease, and increased freedom in body and mind.
Meet Bernie, one of our incredible teachers at Unfold Yoga. Berenice has visited us from Melbourne to fill in for classes many times, and we are so grateful to have her in our community 🌸🧘♀️
Berenice began her personal practice in the NT with weekly classes in the foyer of the Nhulunbuy cinema at age 16. Over the years, she explored various yoga methods but found her true love in Iyengar Yoga.
Australia has so many incredible Senior Iyengar teachers and Berenice has worked with many of them. She started teacher training with Carole Baillargeon in 2003/4, and completed with Sue Everett and Peter Scott in 2016. Since then, her main influences have been Marina Jung and Mark Gibson. She also takes inspiration from James Hasemer and Stephanie Quirk. Berenice had the opportunity to study with both Geeta Iyengar and Prashant Iyengar at RIMYI. This experience profoundly influenced her practice and teaching style.
Today, Berenice’s personal practice is modified to manage the symptoms of arthritis. She truly embodies her belief in the healing power of yoga: “Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured.” - BKS Iyengar
Bernie’s teaching style is beloved by our students at Unfold Yoga, and we are thrilled to have her coming in to teach Level 1 & Level 2 classes in October.
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Unfold and source your inner calm, strength and peace.
Unfold Yoga delivers engaging and authentic practices in Hatha yoga, in the style of Iyengar. It is a method of yoga based on the classical yoga of Patanjali and modernised by BKS Iyengar. It builds strength, flexibility and balance, and develops the qualities for a happy, confident and healthy life. Practice is engaging, dynamic, and cultivates stillness of mind, also alignment through presence of awareness. This method has particularly serviced the community by making yoga accessible to all age groups and gender, with the assistance of props to maximise health benefits.
We invite you to walk the path of self-knowledge and happiness, and share this beautiful, dedicated yoga space and community, in the heart of Mount Barker, Adelaide Hills. Loretta and the teaching team at Unfold are a dedicated group of teachers, who are developed practitioners and engaged in continuing study and training. Unfolds gorgeous upstairs studio is a special place that exudes a sense of quiet calm, joyfulness, hard work and transformation.
Whether you are completely new to yoga or wishing to continue to deepen and develop your practice, we offer a range of classes from beginners to experienced, as well as specialised workshops with resident and visiting teachers.
We love our weekly specialised classes for children and teenagers and special weekend family yoga sessions. We welcome pregnant women to our general classes by offering suitable modifications and options, but please contact us first. Arranging a private individual session can be recommended as a starting point when restrictions or specific conditions need to be considered before entering a general class.
Yoga is a practice that will heighten your senses, nurture your core being and offer you a way to nourish your vital health, fitness and happiness.
When practiced on a regular weekly basis you will notice the difference in your day to day life, with improved posture, increased strength, greater mobility and balance, enhanced ability to cope with tension, and improved overall health.
Unfold Yoga + Wellbeing offers a caring environment with teachers who are developed practitioner's and engaged in continuing study and training. Our yoga teachers bring their knowledge to make the practice suitable, effective and relevant to each student. Our yoga studio is for all people. A broad range of classes and time slots. Weekend workshops, in yoga and meditation.
