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Empowerment through yoga💪 I guide people to gain strength and flexibility, and reduce stress and anxiety through strong physical yoga😊 Classes and Workshops online and in Bideford,Barnstaple & Appledore. IN-PERSON CLASSES
Monday 10am - 11.30 at Alwington Village Hall, Fairy Cross, Bideford

Monday 5.45-6.45pm & 7-8pm at the River rooms Bideford Quay

Tuesday 7pm - 8.30 at Alwington Village Hall,

as above

Wednesday 10am - 11.30 at Alwington Village Hall, Fairy Cross

Thursday 1.30pm - 3pm at Alwington Village Hall, Fairy Cross

Thursday 6.30pm-8 at Orchard Vale School in Barnstaple

Monthly Ashtanga yoga workshops and Yoga and Mindfulness Workshop


ONLINE CLASSES
Monday-Friday 9-9.30am Online Morning class, with free optional meditation until 9.45 on Tue, Thur and Friday

Wednesday 6-7pm Online Gentle Yoga Class,
7.15-8.15pm Online Gentle Ashtanga

Monthly Online Ashtanga Workshop and Online Yoga and Mindfulness Workshop

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11/05/2026

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8 week yoga term is starting in Bideford, Barnstaple and Appledore from w/c 25th May. General level, everyone including ...
10/05/2026

8 week yoga term is starting in Bideford, Barnstaple and Appledore from w/c 25th May. General level, everyone including beginners are welcome.
Friendly and easy going class with expert instructions.

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Intermediate level yoga workshop in Bideford. I will take you through the Ashtanga primary series in this step-by-step t...
09/05/2026

Intermediate level yoga workshop in Bideford. I will take you through the Ashtanga primary series in this step-by-step taught class.
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Ashtanga Yoga Workshop
Saturday 23rd May at Alwington village hall
10am- 12
£15

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I didn’t expect a passport to feel so symbolic.In an ashram in India, I was told to leave it at reception during my stay...
06/05/2026

I didn’t expect a passport to feel so symbolic.

In an ashram in India, I was told to leave it at reception during my stay. A simple request. Routine, even. But my reaction was anything but.

I almost walked away.

Because for me, a passport has never just been a travel document. It’s something I’ve always kept close — especially living abroad for so many years, holding residency in one country while carrying the identity of another.

It represents security. Continuity. A sense of “I can always get back.”

So handing it over didn’t feel small. It felt like being asked to loosen my grip on something essential.

And yet, I stayed.

There was something about the moment — the journey to get there, the atmosphere of the ashram, the quiet authority of the request — that made me pause long enough to consider it differently.

So I left it.

Just for a day.

What I expected was unease, a low-level hum of worry in the background.

But instead, I felt strangely unburdened.

Lighter. Not in a dramatic, spiritual-revelation kind of way — just subtly freer, as if one invisible thread of tension had been released.

It made me realise how tightly we sometimes hold onto things without noticing. Not just objects, but the sense of control they give us.

And how different it can feel when we let go, even briefly.

Full story here:
Letting Go of My Passport in an Ashram in India

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Do you practice headstand at home? Do you want to make sure your technique is correct?Or are you wanting to try but don'...
05/05/2026

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I never thought something so small could feel so heavy.In an ashram in India, I was asked to leave my passport at the re...
04/05/2026

I never thought something so small could feel so heavy.

In an ashram in India, I was asked to leave my passport at the reception desk. It was a simple instruction, said without ceremony, in the middle of a busy check-in run by volunteers.

But my immediate reaction was anything but simple.

I almost walked away.

I’ve carried that passport everywhere for decades. It sits close to me whenever I travel — not just as a document, but as a kind of safety net. Proof of identity, residency, belonging. Something I never, ever part with.

And yet there I was, being asked to hand it over in a place I didn’t know, in a country where everything already felt unfamiliar and intense.

It surprised me how quickly discomfort rose up. Not loud panic — but a deep, quiet resistance. Like my whole system saying: no, this is not okay.

There were only two choices: comply or leave. And I genuinely considered leaving.

But something softened in that moment. Maybe it was the distance I had travelled. Maybe it was the stillness underneath the chaos of the desk. Or maybe I was simply too tired to hold onto my resistance.

So I left it.

Just for one day.

And what I expected to feel — anxiety, unease, vigilance — didn’t really show up.

Instead, something else did.

Lightness.

A subtle easing in my chest. A sense of not having to carry something so close all the time. Almost as if the weight I didn’t realise I was holding had been quietly set down for me.

When I picked it up the next day, nothing had changed on the outside. Same passport. Same journey. Same identity.

But something in me had shifted, just slightly.

The kind of shift you only notice afterwards.

I wrote the full story here:
Letting Go of My Passport in an Ashram in India
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Bideford

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Monday 10am - 11:30am
5:45pm - 8pm
Tuesday 9am - 9:30am
7pm - 8:30pm
Wednesday 9am - 11:30am
6pm - 8:15pm
Thursday 9am - 9:30am
Friday 9am - 9:30am
Saturday 10am - 12pm
Sunday 10am - 12pm

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