Dru Yoga UK

10/03/2026

Retreat to Eryri - Snowdonia for a nurturing Easter retreat of rest, meditation and walking.

We are planning the most gorgeous restorative yoga, yoga nidra and gentle walks to help you reset your nervous system and connect with a wonderful group of like-minded people.

Bring a friend for half price with every full price booking when you share a double or twin room. Use code: meditationbringafriend50

06/03/2026

If you need to energise your practice and are considering starting the Meditation mastery course, then join us for a FREE guided practice and time to meet some of the tutors and ask your questions. Sunday 7pm - book your spot here:

If you’re curious about our Meditation Mastery course, this session offers a grounded, practical way to explore whether it’s the right path for you.

05/03/2026

🌟Join us on Friday evening for an evening of meditation, mantra and storytelling, dedicated to world peace.

🌟We can often feel helpless in the face of conflicts around the world, but yoga teaches us that we are more powerful than we think.

🌟Peacemakers through history have used the power of intention and connection to bring peace, the power of empowered compassion to make a difference.

🌟Together we’ll explore how to become part of the answer by building a shared field of peace.

🌟We’ll look at practical ways to manifest peace, recognising that it is far more than the absence of war.

🌟Book your place now and we will see vou there!

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04/03/2026

Spring is arriving here in Eryri – Snowdonia.
The first signs are already appearing in the valley: lighter evenings, fresh green on the hills, and that unmistakable sense that the season is turning.

At Hafan Ogwen, this is one of the most beautiful times of year to retreat. The mountains begin to wake up, the rivers run clear from the winter rains, and the air carries that bright spring energy that makes you want to breathe more deeply and slow down.

We still have a few places left on our April and May retreats.

These weekends are a chance to step out of the rush of daily life and spend time walking in extraordinary scenery, enjoying nourishing food, meditation, yoga, inspiring masterclasses, and the warmth of good company.

And for the final spaces, we’re offering a special Bring a Friend – Half Price place.

So if someone comes to mind – a friend, partner, or family member who could use a weekend to recharge – this is the perfect moment to come together.

Reserve your place now while the final spaces remain.

👉 https://druyoga.com/retreats

We would love to welcome you to North Wales this spring.

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01/03/2026

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus –
Happy St David’s Day. ✨💛✨

Here at Hafan Ogwen (Snowdonia Mountain Lodge), in Eryri, we’re deeply proud of our Welsh heritage — even though many of us come from countries as varied as New Zealand and Belgium.

Living here makes us very aware that Cymru is a unique country, with its own language, history, and culture, and we do our best to honour that.

Some of us are Welsh speakers; some of us are learning.

Yesterday I took a photo of the daffodils just beginning to open — a small sign of the season turning, and a reminder of how closely life here follows the land. To live within a community shaped by poetry and song, and by love for place, is part of what makes coming on retreat here feel so special.

On this day, may you listen for the music in the air.
May you feel hiraeth — that deep, tender longing for belonging and home.

And if this year brings you on a retreat to Wales, we’d love to welcome you with poetry and song until something in you remembers this beautiful land.

Cymru am byth!

Gyda chariad 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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28/02/2026

Last call for tomorrow's free Meditation workshop with Nanna and Pauline! Get fresh ideas for your meditation practice, to help you focus and calm the mind despite the digital noise!

A free practical taster exploring how Dru Meditation rebuilds focus and steadiness in a world of screens, noise, and constant demand.

19/02/2026

Earworms, Mantras — and Making the Mind Your Friend

On my walk this morning I noticed something.

That old song What’s up? was playing on repeat in my head. No radio. No headphones. Just shuffle play in my mind.

My meditation teacher once said that the mind is like an old iPod — it records everything. And then, when we relax, it goes onto shuffle. Random memories. Old conversations. Worries. Fantasies. Songs.

Most of it isn’t what we would consciously choose.

And that’s where mantra comes in.

This morning, I was walking with my mala, repeating a mantra. Each time my mind drifted back to the song, I gently brought it back. Not fighting the mind. Just training it.

Meditation isn’t about stopping thoughts.
It’s about making the mind your friend.

On the Meditation Mastery course (starting 28 March), we work with these ancient tools of breath and mantra to help the mind settle into something steady — something deeper than the shuffle.

Over time, you begin to feel it:
• a place of safety inside
• less reactivity
• more presence
• a steadier nervous system
• clarity in the middle of life

If you’re feeling the pull to strengthen your practice, now is the time.

✨ Early bird rate ends 1 March

If you’re unsure, join me for the free online meditation event on 1 March — where we’ll explore keeping the mind focused in an age of digital overwhelm.

This is about mastery.
Not control — but friendship with your own mind.

And that changes everything.

18/02/2026

✨ Today is a rare moment of alignment across many spiritual traditions.

🖤 Ash Wednesday — Observed today in the Christian calendar, this day begins Lent, a 40-day period of reflection, soulful honesty, and spiritual renewal leading up to Easter. Many Christians wear ashes on their foreheads in the shape of a cross, a reminder of humility and compassion as they prepare for deeper inner work.

🧧 Chinese New Year / Lunar New Year — Celebrations are underway as communities mark the start of the Year of the Fire Horse, a time associated with courage, energy and new beginnings in many East and Southeast Asian cultures. Festivities often include family meals, lion dances, fireworks and wishes for prosperity and health in the year ahead.

🌕 Losar — Tibetan Buddhist New Year — Today also marks Losar, the first day of the year in the Tibetan calendar and the start of the Fifteen Days of Miracles, a period considered especially powerful for spiritual practice and merit-making. Families clean homes, light lamps, and gather to mark a fresh cycle of life with blessings and shared meals.

🌙 Ramadan moon sighting — While the exact start of Ramadan varies regionally, the sacred month of fasting for Muslims is beginning now in parts of the world — marked by the sighting of the new crescent moon and the intention to embark on a month of prayer, fasting from dawn to sunset, charity, and community care.

🌱 Hindu lunar observance of Chandra Darshan — In the Hindu calendar, today is noted as Chandra Darshan — the first sighting of the moon after Amavasya — considered spiritually uplifting and auspicious for new beginnings, inner calm and renewed commitment.

In essence, today invites a similar intention:

👉 Pause to reflect.
👉 Be open to renewal.
👉 Reach out to neighbours with kindness, acceptance and curiosity.

Different languages, different symbols — yet many traditions converge around heart-centred beginnings and shared humanity. May today be a reminder that, no matter our path, we are navigating life together — across cultures, beliefs and borders — with compassion as our shared guide.

Om shanti 🙏🏼

11/02/2026

🌍 108 Days of Walking for Peace

Tonight, at 9:30pm UK time, a group of Buddhist monks conclude their 108-day walking pilgrimage as they reach Washington, D.C.

The monks began their journey in Texas in late October. Since then, they have walked more than 2,300 miles across towns, cities and countryside — relying on simple hospitality, offering blessings, and meeting people along the way.

They describe their walk as a prayer in motion — a discipline of mindfulness, non-violence and compassion carried step by step.

Walking like this is demanding. It requires physical stamina, but also inner steadiness. Each day begins the same way: robe, bowl, breath, step.

For many of us in Dru, this resonates deeply. Peace walks have long been part of our own history — walking through communities, across cities and countryside, sometimes in silence, sometimes in shared reflection. To embody peace. To make visible the values we practise on the mat: non-violence, courage, unity, service.

We have seen how walking changes something — not only in the places we pass through, but in ourselves.

In Dru we often speak of walking our talk.
Meditation does not stay on the mat.
It becomes step, posture, tone of voice, and how we respond when challenged.

108 days.
2,300 miles.
One continuous intention.

As the monks sit in meditation tonight, may we sit with them and reflect:

How do we align thought, word and action?
How might we continue the walk for peace in our own way?

The pilgrimage reaches Washington.
The deeper walk continues in us.

Peace in action.

30/01/2026

A student winces in class…
and suddenly you’re in that horrible teacher moment:

Do I adjust?
Do I caution?
Do I say nothing?

Back pain is one of the most common — and misunderstood — challenges in yoga teaching.

And here’s the shift many teachers don’t get told early enough:

For a lot of students, more effort… more bracing… more instruction…
actually creates more pain.

Because pain isn’t always structural.
It’s shaped by fear, tension, stress, and a nervous system that doesn’t feel safe.

That’s why we teach a different approach — one that helps people:
✅ move within their own boundaries
✅ break “holding patterns” before they build into spasm
✅ keep movement dynamic enough to reduce fear (but never forceful)
✅ use breath with movement to rebuild trust in the body

In other words:
it’s not about perfect form — it’s about helping people move safely again.

Free 90-Minute Experiential Workshop for Yoga Teachers

Saturday 31 January 2026 | 10.30am – 12pm | Online

Led by .coppens , this upbeat, myth-busting workshop shares the research-backed, trauma-informed approach behind the Postgrad Back Care & Mental Wellbeing course.

In 90 minutes you’ll:
– experience soothing myofascial movement techniques
– feel your own back release tension you didn’t even know you were holding
– discover why “trying harder” can backfire
– learn simple, safe ways to include students with back pain
– leave feeling clearer and more confident in how you teach

✨ Free to attend
🎓 1 CPD point for DPN members
📩 Replay included even if you can’t make it live

Reserve your free place now 👇

27/01/2026

Earlybird places are still available!

Yoga. Meditation. Nature. Space to reset.

This summer, give yourself time that actually changes how you feel.

🎟️ Earlybird process on all retreats

👉 druyoga.com/retreats (link in comments)

Save your place.

Your future self will thank you.