Claire Ferry Yoga

24/03/2026

21/03/2026

In the blue haze somewhere over there is Eagle's Rock retreat centre where I'll be in a month's time!

Can't promise the weather will be like this.

Can promise gorgeous space, peace and quiet, yoga for you, healthy food and time in nature 😊

Booking is via Martina and Stuart's website, see link in stories and on their bio.

Only 3 places remaining.

15/03/2026

11/03/2026

A few forward folds, again having read the instructions from into a voicemail that I could then listen to for timings. Was feeling wobbly that day so didn't bind in ardha baddha padmottanasana - practice changes daily as we know!

I felt a bit rusty in the hamstrings and upper back after lots of sitting and driving recently (and I can see that in the video), so I had to move slowly, repeat often and feel the body's feedback. My head's been busy too, so the forward folding element was a balm for my brain, even without head support.

Thanks yoga. I love practice.



Padahastasana
Uttanasana
Urdhva prasarita ekapadasana
Ardha baddha padmottanasana
Garudasana

05/03/2026

Delighted to be back at The Falls Women's Centre after several years! Enjoying a little chair based yoga with these women and it's all good craic 😊

03/03/2026

Challenging myself after inspiration from class.

I just love that I am able to learn from and practice with dedicated teachers like Julie and Debbie, who in their turn impart teachings from the family based at the Institute in Pune.

It means my practice always feels like a community effort.

And I in turn practice so I stay forever a beginner, learning at my edge, and find little gems to share with students even if I'm teaching a more accessible pose.

Think of the lift of the hips in or - all linked!

Thank you thank you community and gratitude gratitude for the SUNSHINE 🌞 which came through the windows today ☀️

02/03/2026

Full of the joys of exploratory yoga practice after a teachers' class with the crew at - my set up for ekapada viparita dandasana 😊

How's your practice? It's a question I ask in this month's newsletter...link in stories and comments...with update on my classes, workshops and retreats.

02/03/2026

Take A Pause - my newsletter is out with updates on classes and workshops - https://mailchi.mp/cd8424a7a079/hows-your-yoga-practice-going

Ongoing classes
Potential timetable changes
Workshops & a spring weekend retreat
And a poem :)

17/02/2026

Part two: bharadvajasana 1&2 with some playing about with head direction, arm holding, hip leveling etc then heading towards salamba sarvangasana where I tried out two different blanket stacks but definitely preferred second one. In savasana I decided to use the blankets to create 'banks' for the 'river' of my hips and legs = comforting and limits external rotation which brings more peace to adductors and iliopsoas.

You too can practice at ! Open practice on Tuesday and Thursday mornings - see Maitri website.

16/02/2026

I've a dodgy hip - well, imbalance really. First noticed when I was still at primary school by my mum who was the lollipop lady and, when watching me walk towards her on my way to school, saw that I swing my right leg out a bit. As she also does, so some of this is probably genetic and / or early learned gait patterns. Had some investigations but nothing identified. I've always felt it in my yoga practice since my teens, but thankfully my awareness has probably helped it not develop any further. I am right-handed though, do tend to sit on the sofa the same way, and definitely have a bit of a right hip hike and compensatory twist to the left. I'm absolutely sure typing on my phone doesn't help (as I'm doing now!) Now and again it bothers me, and these are some of the poses I do to help it. My adductors and iliopsoas get tight, also a catch in my QLs and then my abductors and glutes get switched off so I need to wake them up again to find balance front / back, inside / outside.

Part 2 to follow!

12/02/2026

✨Why do people come to yoga? To help a sore shoulder or back, to stretch, to move and breathe.

✨Why do people stay with yoga? Usually because they find some inner peace, as if all their layers are being smoothed out and brought into contact with each other - body, mind, breath, spirit - thereby developing resilience both on the mat and off.

😊This is my own experience, and it's what students tell me too.

👉🏽The Iyengar method of yoga is uniquely suited to help people with whatever they bring in their body and mind - anxiety, neurodiversity, physical impairments - with well (and long-time) qualified instructors drawing on decades of teaching experience and peer support & community as well as millennia of human wisdom in the yoga texts.

Interested? Come along! Or do contact me if you've any questions.