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Two women practice Dru Yoga, partner assisted Dancer posture on the roof of a car park in Peckham.

Yoga in unusual spaces in Peckham

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NEWS FLASH

Saturday morning classes will now be held in the ballroom of the Peckham Liberal Club. For more photos of this amazing Peckham gem, which still has its original interior, please visit this Flickr set. For more information about the campaign to ensure the future of the Liberal Club please visit Peckham Vision’s Facebook page. More information to follow soon.

Saturdays 10 – 11 am from 16 November
24 Elm Grove, SE15 5DE ‎
£9 per class

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Photo: Film Fixer on Flickr

Where are you going to practice yoga this winter? How about an auditorium made of straw and concrete, tucked into a hidden corner of the multi-storey car park in Peckham? Or a grade II listed Art Deco ballroom in London’s first co-operatively run pub?

The Auditorium

Following the success of Rooftop Yoga on the top floor of the Peckham multi-storey car park this summer I am now launching a winter venue to rival the summer’s. Designed by Paloma Gormley and Lettice Drake, the round auditorium, tucked into a corner on level 8 of the concrete multi-storey car park, is made entirely of straw bales and is lit with a soft orange glow and festoon lighting - you are unlikely to find another yoga venue like it!

Maintaining the slow and fully instructed yoga style taught up on the roof, I pair the yoga with lively activations to music that ranges from 90s dance tunes to 80s Hip Hop to Rock and Roll. Flowing sequences and postures are practiced to the more soothing sounds of Boards of Canada, Miles Davis, Alice Coltrane and Brian Eno.

Saturdays 10 – 11 am from 9 November
Please arrive no later than 9.55 am
The Auditorium, Level 8, Peckham multi-storey car park, 95a Rye Lane, SE15 4ST
£9 per class
Advance booking and payment is essential*

The Ivy House

Or if you prefer a little glamour in your yoga venue you can try my new early morning classes in another unusual space in Peckham - the Art Deco ballroom at The Ivy House pub in Nunhead.

The Ivy House is London’s first co-operatively run pub, and was saved from developers by the local community earlier this year. The pub which has seen the likes of Joe Strummer and Ian Dury regularly grace the stage is now owned by 371 shareholders and is a grade II listed building.

The coffee machine will be on for post-class takeaways so get up early and get down to the pub!

Thursdays 7 – 8 am and 9.30 – 10.30 am from 7 November
The Ivy House, 40 Stuart Road, SE15 3BE
£9 per class


Peckham discount card – £30 for four classes (valid for six weeks and can be used at all Peckham classes). Please ask at class or email me to arrange payment.

*Please note that this venue has no heating or toilet facilities. You are advised to wear layers and come ready and prepared to start the class. The nearest toilet is in McDonald’s on Rye Lane. Level 8 is accessed through the gate at the far end of Level 6 and this gate is locked promptly at 10am. If you are late I am sorry but you will not be able to gain access to The Auditorium. Please see Things You Need to Know for more details about my terms and conditions of attendance and payment.

People practicing Dru Yoga in Peckham, south east London

Free yoga in Peckham

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Presented by Pocket Places Peckham and Lucyoga

Wednesday 4 September
7am, 8am and 9am

Holly Grove Park, Peckham
(Next to Peckham Rye Station, behind Rye Lane McDonald’s)

30 minute FREE outdoor yoga sessions. Mats will be provided so you just need to turn up and take part. Dru Yoga is suitable for all abilities, shapes and sizes and you can even wear your normal clothes.

Why #PocketPlaces?

Pocket Places Peckham is a project set up by Sustrans to put unused pockets of land around Rye Lane in Peckham to community use. When I saw this project tweeting I knew I wanted to get involved. It’s aims and ideas align closely to art projects I have undertaken in the past and I still have a real passion for working in what I term ‘orphaned’ spaces - areas of land or buildings that are not exactly abandoned but have lost their sense of community ownership.

Since starting the Rooftop Yoga classes on the top floor of the Peckham Multi-Story Carpark I have become very aware as to how unusual, and special, practicing yoga in an open, urban space is. However a class that costs £9 is not accessible to everyone, and being up high on the roof means we are a bit removed from day-to-day life down on Rye Lane.

Street level yoga

So the scene was set to undertake what Hannah from Pocket Places is calling a ‘provocation’ - trying out alternative ways of using the spaces. Utilising one of the six zones identified during the Pocket Places consultation period I’ll be taking my yoga mats down to street level and offering free yoga classes to whoever wishes to take part.

I am hoping that this will give people who otherwise would not not have thought to try yoga an opportunity to do so. If you are a yoga aficionado then I hope you’ll come along too, to try something new.

Additionally yoga is not something you see round the back of McDonald’s everyday of the week, so this is going to be something a bit different for Rye Lane. I hope that people will stop by and ask about what we are doing and why, and see that this mindful, peaceful practice has a place in the heart of our community.

If you would like to join us then just bring yourself to the small park next to Peckham Rye Station either at 7, 8 or 9am. The sessions will last 30 minutes and I will provide mats (you can bring your own if you wish).