Celebrating Ten Years of Yoga at SBS

Bridget Ikin, former General Manager of SBS Independent, was the one who got yoga rolling in May 1997. She contacted Eve Grzybowski from Simply Yoga in Crows Nest about teaching a lunchtime class. Part of the legacy that Bridget left when she eventually retired from SBS was a well-established culture of yoga.

Even though the first course was only a six-week trial, yoga became firmly entrenched.

After that first course, the new SBS yoga students were asking for a second lunchtime class, and eventually two more.

People who attended regularly reported the classes helped with stress levels and that they “were nicer to each other” when returning to work after attending a class.

Several of the SBS yoga students over the years went on to train as yoga teachers in their own right.

In November 2004, word came down from management that the conference room, which had housed the classes for so long, was needed exclusively for corporate meetings and trainings. A solution was found. Yoga now shares the space used by the SBS Youth Orchestra. The room was carpeted and painted, and provided with reverse cycle air conditioners.

This big space has plenty of room for storing the yoga equipment and up to 10 to 15 people can participate in a class.