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Forever Active Yoga Bridport, The Royal British Legion Hall, Bridport (2026)

05/01/2026

Are you setting intentions for the New Year?

Are you looking for an activity that will help you with your physical and mental wellbeing?

Yoga is for everyone, you don't need to be strong or flexible, this will happen through practice - why not give it a try?

Message me or email to reserve a spot on either my Wednesday or Friday morning classes 9:30 - 11:00. I look forward to hearing from you.

Email: foreveractiveyoga@gmail.com
Web: foreveractiveyoga.co.uk

30/11/2025

During the Autumn term we have revisited the Yamas and the Niyamas, the first two limbs of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras and probably the most important aspects of Yoga philosophy to consider.

They deal with human behaviours both towards ourselves and how we live harmoniously together in family groups and society generally.

The Yamas and Niyamas are more than concepts, they are a way of life. It’s learning to let go, to trust, to believe, and to soften into the natural rhythm of being.

03/07/2025

NEW! Chair Yoga

I have been teaching Chair Yoga to the Stepping Out Group every few weeks for the last four years and I have been asked a number of times recently if it's something I could teach on a weekly basis. So I decided to go ahead and offer a weekly Chair Yoga class on a Wednesday morning 11:30 - 12:30.

The Chair Yoga I teach adapts traditional yoga poses to ensure that they are accessible for those who might find a full yoga class challenging, particularly if getting up and down from the floor is becoming more difficult.

The type of yoga I teach is Hatha Yoga which is more than just a physical exercise, it is a holistic practice encompassing the mind, body and spirit.

Each 60 minute class follows a theme from one of the classical yoga texts. Using this as a base you will gradually prepare your body so that you can achieve the best peak posture on any given day. The practice ends with a guided meditation or relaxation related to the theme of the class.

Everyone is encouraged to listen to their own body, to do only what is possible on any given day, and to overcome the need to judge or compare.

The benefits are far-reaching, and a regular Chair Yoga practice will:
- improve the strength, balance and flexibility of your body
- improve posture
- reduce stress and anxiety
- bring stillness to your mind
- and make you feel wonderful!

The cost per class is £10.00 and the venue is the British Legion Hall in Victoria Grove.

If you are interested in joining us or have any questions, please email me at:
foreveractiveyoga@gmail.com

24/06/2025

Welcome to Summer! And what a summer it has been so far ☀️
During this term we will be investigating the topic of attachments, these are elements in our lives where we hold onto behaviours, attitudes and actions that no longer serve us, that may restrict and control us.

Through our Yoga practice we will attempt to recognise what these are and to question if they are still valid. It could be something as simple as a long-held conviction that learning a new language is not within your skillset. The first step is to recognise this and then to challenge it, is that belief holding you back? Is it true? This process can be applied to all parts of our lives; everyday actions, relationships, employment, likes and dislikes.

The concepts of attachment and non-attachment are mentioned several times in The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, a seminal yoga text. The sutras maintain that attachment is neither good nor bad. However, the sutras also say that attachment can lead to suffering, to being unhappy.

The essence of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras can be summarised in a few simple lines. It observes that our inherent nature is one of peace and contentment, however when we start to misidentify with the transient parts of ourselves, such as our possessions, our bodies, or our thoughts, we lose touch with that peace and experience frustration and pain.

Yogis believe that there is a calm, peaceful, and pure awareness residing deep within all beings. With our Yoga practice we start to work towards our inner self to achieve that contentment.

That’s a lofty objective I know; over the next few weeks we will be exploring ways in which to work towards this goal.

I hope you can join me.

Om Shanti 🙏

02/01/2025

During the Spring term of 2025, during our weekly Yoga practice we will be revisiting the Koshas, the five layers of being.

There are many cultures and religions throughout the ages, that believe that we are much more than flesh and bone, that there may be multiple layers or dimensions to our existence that are interconnected and that we have a consciousness that does not die when the body ends but that this consciousness becomes part of a greater whole. This process is named many things. In Yoga it is often referred to as enlightenment or bliss, a state where we reach our inner self.

The Taittiriya Upanishad introduces the concept of the self or consciousness being covered by five ‘sheaths”, all of which are interconnected and part of the whole. These layers have come to be known as the Panchamaya Koshas.

In Sanskrit, the ancient language of Yoga:
Pancha means five
Maya translates as appearance, illusion or more accurate for the purpose of this essay translates as “consists of”
Kosha translates as a sheath, or covering or layer

The five Koshas are described in the Taittiriya Upanishad (although the names do not appear) as:

· the physical sheath (Annamaya Kosha)
· the energetic sheath (Pranamaya Kosha)
· the mental sheath (Manamaya Kosha)
· the wisdom/ego sheath (Vijnanamaya Kosha)
· the bliss sheath (Adnandamaya Kosha)

These sheaths become progressively more subtle from the gross physical body to the subtlest energy bliss state, and are interconnected to each other.

Over the next few weeks we will be taking a look at each Kosha in turn, turning our attention inward towards our inner self and finding the stillness that this brings us.

Join me at the Royal British legion Hall in Victoria Grove, Bridport on either a Wednesday or Friday morning from 9:30 - 11:00.

Email me at foreveractiveyoga@gmail.com

09/05/2024

We are moving on to a new topic this week. Building on our observances from the subtle body which we looked at during the Spring term, we will be studying how the sun and moon can also affect our bodies and minds.

The term Hatha relates directly to this. "Ha" refers to the warming, active energy of the sun, "tha" refers to the cooling, calming elements of the moon.

Hatha Yoga seeks to unify these apparently opposing elements, creating harmony and balance in our lives.

I teach on Wednesday and Friday mornings from 9:30 – 11:00 at the Glow Collective studio in Bridport, which is a beautiful space in which to practice. The Wednesday class is more suitable for beginners and improvers, we proceed at a gentle pace. The Friday class is more challenging.

However, it is not important what level you are, everyone works within their own capabilities and I always offer modifications. I encourage everyone to listen to their own bodies and only do what is possible for them on any given day.

So why not give it a try? Contact me at:

foreveractiveyoga@gmail.com

I look forward to meeting you soon!

28/01/2024

Over the last couple of years we have focused on specific Yoga teachings in our weekly practice. We have delved into the Koshas, the Chakras, Pranayama, Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras, Mudras, Bandhas……. the list goes on.

During the Spring term of 2024 we are going to investigate how these concepts work together when we practice Yoga and the resulting effect on mind, body and soul.

In my classes I encourage everyone to have an awareness of the effect that the practice of Yoga has on our physical and mental states, to be kind to ourselves and to accept and honour who we are, as we are.

I teach on a Wednesday and Friday morning at the Glow Collective studio in Bridport and I would love it if you could join me.

I load my class sequences to my website under the resources tab, feel free to use these to help you incorporate Yoga into your daily lives:

https://www.foreveractiveyoga.co.uk/

I hope to see you soon.

Om shanti

🙏

08/09/2023

Patanjalis Yoga Sutras

This Autumn we will be using the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali as our theme and taking snippets of wisdom from it as the basis of each class.

Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras were written in Sanskrit around the 3rd Century BCE. There are 196 sutras divided into 4 chapters known as 'pada' - this translates as 'at the foot of' - the way that Yoga was originally taught, at the foot of a master.

The goal of Yoga is self-realisation and the sutras describe how this can be achieved.

Chapter 1 identifies what the thought processes are and the need to control both the mind and the ego.

The first four sutras of Patanjali outline the key purpose of Yoga, and the remainder of the sutras provide a practical manual that guides the student to becoming aware of their deeper self.

1.1 Atha yoga-anushasanam
Atha means “now’ - the sutras begin with this word, it is now we start, not sometime in the future, in our lives right now
Yoga-anushasanam – is the instruction of Yoga
Now begins the instruction of Yoga – it is a very direct statement – we need to start practicing now

1.2 Yogas citta vritti nirodah
This is Patanjali’s goal of Yoga. To break this down:

- Yoga means union, to join
- Citta relates to the sum total of the mind
- Vritti refers to the thoughts that continually come into the mind
- Nirodah means stopping, restraining

This verse simply states the purpose of Yoga is that to achieve union of the Self, it is necessary to control the thought waves in the mind.

1.3 Then the Seer (Self) abides in its own nature
When the mind is quiet, as in 1.2, we become who we really are.

1.4 Otherwise the Seer (Self) identifies with our thoughts
When the mind is not quiet, there are still thought waves (vrittis) and our self identifies with these thoughts and we become what we think we are. The real self is then hidden behind these thoughts.

You may say, and how is this relevant to my life?
In a world that constantly bombards us with words, sounds and images from multiple source all of the time, it is difficult to disengage from the constant stimulus and find out who we really are. Following the message of the Yoga Sutras teaches us how to block out the things we do not need and do not serve us, and allow stillness to enter our lives where we can see who we truly are.

Come along and see for yourself!
Om Shanti
Dawn
🙏

11/08/2023

Satya (truthfulness/honesty) is the second of the Yamas of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras.

🌍 The Yamas and Niyamas provide ways in which we can not only build a better relationship with the world around us, but with ourselves too… and if we can’t be honest with ourselves first, we cannot really be honest in any other part of life.

🧘🏻‍♀️ Our yoga practice is here to serve our body, mind and spirit, not to harm our joints and ligaments – so each time we get on the mat it’s important to have complete honesty with what we actually need in that very moment.

🤸‍♀️ Practising yoga with Satya in mind can be very similar to applying the first Yama Ahimsa to our physical practice (we worked with Ahimsa last week). Do you sometimes ignore discomfort or pain to push your body to get into a challenging pose? It’s this dishonesty with ourselves that can sometimes cause actual pain 🤸‍♀️

🧘🏻‍♀️ One very simple way of observing truth in our practice is by paying closer attention to the breath. The breath is such an important factor in our yoga practice, but one of the most important aspects is that it tells us when to back off…. If the breath is strained or shallow, it’s likely that the body isn’t happy with what it’s being asked to do. Honesty requires listening to the breath in every moment and working with it.

🥰 This week we will work with both Satya (honesty) and Ahimsa (love and kindness) in our practice on Sunday morning.

Park Yoga is for everyone so whatever your age, ability or experience come along on Sunday and witness the benefits to your body and mind. And bring a friend…🌷

Om Shanti 🙏
Dawn

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