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Nuku Yoga, Fitzroy Surf Life Saving Club, 2d Beach Street, New Plymouth (2026)

11/06/2026

Some of you may have already heard about Phoebe’s devastating car accident earlier this week. In times like this, words don’t quite feel appropriate or enough. My heart breaks for Phoebe’s family and all of my love and prayers are with them, as I’m sure are all of yours 🤎

Phoebe is an adored member of the Nuku community who I am sure most of you will know from class 🤎

For the next two Saturdays, we will be dedicating our 8am class to Phoebe and her whānau 🤎

In place of the usual class exchange, we ask that you contribute what you’re able to Phoebe’s Give a Little page (link in below). If you cannot make the classes, your contribution still means the world 🤎

https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/to-raise-funds-to-support-phoebe-nolly-while-she

We will have as many mats available as we can but BYO mats will be welcomed 🙏🏽

Book online or drop in • The link to donate will be in the online booking and a QR code will be available in class for those wanting to donate that way

✨Bianca will be sharing her Hatha/ Vinyasa flow tomorrow Saturday June 13th
✨and I will be sharing our usual Vinyasa practice Saturday June 20th

We hope to see you there,
Sam 🤎

(We don’t normally take photos in class but Bianca took this beautiful picture of the sunset last week which Phoebe’s family have given their blessing to share 🤎)

27/05/2026

I’ve been waiting until I knew what to say to share a thank you and I still feel entirely lost for words so at full risk of sounding like a stuck record…

🤎🤎🤎🤎 THANK YOU
for the lovely emails and comments, for your excitement, for taking the time to offer your feedback, to the beautiful souls who have offered to help sew bolsters and contribute to the space, to the local teachers who have introduced themselves and would like to share an offering in this space, and to the very generous humans who have shared words of wisdom. E whakawhetai ana ahau 🤎🤎

My heart has been exploding reading your feedback, this genuinely is a bloody brilliant community! You asked for a space that honours and integrates te reo Māori and te ao Māori, a space that doesn’t take itself too seriously, a space where you come as you are and not to be seen.

It means the world to me to read what matters to you, what you value in a studio and a community space and to feel that your feedback echoes our intention. I couldn’t ask for more and I’m so excited for August 8th! 🌞🌞

((The feedback form is still live and I will keep it up for another week for anyone who didn’t get the chance yet to fill it in 🫶🏼))

19/05/2026

I’ve been sitting with a big decision over the last month. Nuku has been offered an opportunity to open a studio in town 🤎 Before reading any further, this opportunity would not exist without all of you. From the bottom of my heart THANK YOU- I am endlessly grateful.

This decision felt heavy for so many reasons. After letting all the nuance spin around in my head and ironing out the details with my business partner, it has landed as a resounding yes in my heart.

The studio will be a shared venture with Glenn McBeth- a local architectural designer and Iyengar yoga teacher. His architecture practice will share the space at 13 Brougham Street (opposite the library) and this arrangement is a lot of what makes this feel possible in a way that hopefully keeps yoga accessible.

The surf club classes will stay. I adore practising yoga by the ocean with all of you- Saturday mornings and Thursday afternoons aren’t going anywhere.

The studio vision is around 16 classes per week: early-morning heated vinyasa, beginner-friendly vinyasa, and a reo Māori koha class from me. Bianca bringing her Hatha and Glenn bringing his Iyengar classes. The rest is in planning mode- I’d love to welcome other teachers and movement modalities into the space.

On pricing- the surf club classes will stay at $15 and I would love your feedback on the proposed model (feedback form in bio):

$20 drop-in
$150/ 10-class pass (studio + surf club, 6 month expiry)
$75/month for 8 classes (cancel anytime)
$120/month unlimited (cancel anytime)

A big apprehension was around maintaining affordability. My commitment: a class will always cost less than one hour’s minimum wage. Right now that is $20. This is a living commitment that can shift if the cost of living demands. If the studio ever makes that impossible, everything goes back to the surf club. I want your yoga to feel affordable- I think about that through the lens of what I could afford myself.

I’d love your voice in the planning- link in bio for a short anonymous feedback form. Fill it out for a free class code (one month expiry)- a small thank you for helping shape what Nuku becomes. We are hoping to open August 8th 🤎

22/04/2026

[[ SATYA pt2. philosophy mirroring life ]]

Last month in class we were exploring new beginnings and as we delve deeper into satya (truthfulness) and I’m enjoying the cross over of these two ideas.
Satya is honestly meeting ourselves where we are but knowing that whereever that is, is always shifting.
Satya/ truthfulness is never a fixed destination: it is this constant flow of reciprocity- staying open to truth as it reveals itself.

Life is this constant and transient balance of endings and beginnings- satya allows us to strengthen our ability to observe and notice as they arise either as beginnings, endings or both.

Satya in action can sometimes be an act of knowing when to let go, knowing when something is ready to shift.

It is often easier to run towards new beginnings and can be harder to let go of endings.
Honest seeing often shows that the two coexist, sometimes we cannot have one without the other.

Our intuitive satya - inner knowing/ truthfulness - helps us observe and respond to lifes cues and opportunities. Helps us recognise where beginnings and endings lie and the action of satya is responding in alignment with that truthfulness.

This is my long winded way of sharing where yogic philosophy can mirror life- and where that mirroring has recently brought Nuku.
A new teacher, a new energy, a new voice.
New beginnings and endings all wrapping up into the sharing of new energy. 🌀🌀🌀

17/04/2026

🌺🌺🌺FRIDAY PHILOSOPHY CLUB

Satya (truthfulness) is the second of the five yamas (ethical guidelines) in Patanjali’s eight limbs of yoga. Satya guides us to think, speak, and act with integrity and alignment.

The word sat means “that which exists, that which is.” Satya, therefore, is seeing and communicating things as they actually are, not as we wish them to be.

In movement, this looks like honestly meeting our body where it is - letting go of expectation and moving with acknowledgement and respect for where our own body is. This can be empowering and challenging — socially, we are often driven to move with a sense of competition or maximum effort. Satya asks us to strip those layers back and move in alignment of where our body is. In yoga, this can look like practicing in away that looks different to those around you, staying in the first option given, choosing a shape that hasn’t been offered because you know it feels good in your body, or — my favourite — knowing when your voice is louder than the teachers. Movement lets us strengthen our connection to satya, the truth of our body, the truth of our experience - to strengthen our ability to listen and then act in alignment with that truth 🌀

13/04/2026

He pānui for Tuesday night Hatha 🌀🌀🌀

A few shifts in my life have brought about a change for the Tuesday night class. From April 21st, I will be at kura on Tuesday nights and sadly unable to teach. As with life, this has been an unexpected shift in an exciting direction.

My vision for Nuku is a welcoming, accessible community studio space. Until now that has been my voice only. What is so wonderful about studios is that they are not limited to one teacher’s interpretation of yoga. There is a beautiful diversity in the way different teachers share this practice, and this feels like the right time to bring that diversity into Nuku.

Which brings me to Bianca! Some of you may already recognise Bianca from class — she’s a regular student and a good friend of mine, and someone I entirely trust to share a beautiful yoga practice with you.

Originally from Italy, Bianca trained in Rishikesh and completed a 10-day silent meditation retreat in Nepal. She has taught in Morocco and Amsterdam, and now she’s here — sharing her practice with us in New Plymouth.

Bianca’s teaching is rooted in traditional Hatha yoga, inspired by the Sivananda tradition. Expect pranayama, sun salutations, classical āsana, and a structured, devotional practice designed to be returned to again and again. It is different to how I teach, and I am genuinely excited for you all to experience a different style of practice.

Tuesday evenings are in wonderful hands 🤎

Book as usual via the link in bio — please book ahead where you can while Bianca settles in.

09/04/2026

Over the next few months in class we’ll be exploring Patanjali’s eight limbs of yoga. These were written roughly 2000 years ago and set out a path for yoga. It is always interesting to learn that āsana (our physical practice) is only one of these eight limbs, and comes third!
Patanjali’s first limb or step is the five yamas — these are ethical guidelines for living in and interacting with the world.
AHIMSA is the first of these five yamas and is often translated as non-violence or non-harming towards others and towards ourselves. There are large and small, external and internal ways to understand this.
Physical practise is a really cool touchpoint for us to practise non-harming towards ourselves — learning that fine line between an uncomfortable edge and a productive one, practicing the wisdom of knowing when not to push through an edge.
In life this might look like slowing down, consolidating energy, knowing where your limit is and honouring that.
In class this week, we’re exploring the connection between ahimsa and manaakitanga. Both emphasise kindness, care and generosity towards others — and ahimsa extends that further, asking us to direct the same care towards ourselves.

07/04/2026

🌀🌀🌀APRIL @ RITUAL STUDIO
Thank you so much to everyone who came along to last month’s pop-up sessions!! The tasters gave us a feel for the space and the people showing up to it. Now we want to create something more consistent — a new offering for the core club community and more options to practice for the Nuku community!

A couple of updates worth noting: the casual class price is slightly less, and your Nuku class passes can now be used at ritual studio too!

[[APRIL SCHEDULE]] sundays 9–10am + mondays 10:30–11:30am: dynamic vinyasa @ core club, 2e darnell st, fitzroy
$17 casual | 10 class pass available — link to book in bio 🔗

30/03/2026

I’ve had so much fun trying a new style of teaching this month — deep diving into one pose, unpacking it and letting it inspire class for an entire month.

It feels like this gives space to let practice be practice. I often talk about abhyāsa — consistent, steady practice — and this deep dive into one pose really embodies that value of consistently returning to practice.

Over four weeks we start to notice our tīnana growing stronger, shapes becoming more familiar, and how week to week strength can ebb and flow. One month’s worth of practice doesn’t need to mean we can “do the pose” by the end — but it does mean we start to build a deeper understanding of how our tīnana creates and connects with shapes.

Ardha pincha mayurasana (dolphin pose) and pincha mayurasana (forearm stand) have made for such a strong focus this month — watching everyone continue to explore this pose and notice shifts in strength has been so special!

I’d love to hear your feedback on this style of practice and if there are any āsanas you’d like to have the spotlight for a month?

18/03/2026

Meet the lovely Eve who will be teaching class i tēnei Rāhoroi/ this Saturday March 21st 🤎

Expect your usual slow and strong Saturday vinyasa class with Eve’s own touch!
Book online as usual — to make things easier, please prepay online 🫶🏼

An update incoming re Saturday 28th — location change due to a wedding at Fitzroy SLSC and I’m on the hunt for an alternative spot! 🌞

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