Flow with Shell - Yoga and AcroYoga Classes in Bristol

28/07/2025

Handstand Foundation Course, Bristol

Early Bird available until 15th August!

Starting September 18th Unity Studios Bristol

Hello 👋 I'm Shell and I'll be running my next beginners handstand course this September.

The course is run over 6 weeks, designed to work from the ground up, building solid foundations and working towards handstand.

We will cover:

◇ Alignment
◇ Flexibility
◇ Specific strength
◇ Balance

Who is this course for?

◇ Those who want to learn to handstand 😎

◇ You can kick up the wall but find it hard to be consistent.

◇ You've been playing with handstands for a while, perhaps in a yoga class or another sport, but haven't done much foundational work.

◇ You'd like to add more flexibility, mobility amd handstand drills to your home practice.

◇ You'd like to find some routine and consistency to your practice.

◇ If you feel this could benefit you in any way!

Please reach out if you have any questions, and for full details and sign up follow this link:

Join Shell for 6 weeks of learning to handstand, starting from the ground up and building solid foundations for a life long practice!

20/12/2024

✨ Beginners Handstand Courses in Bristol ✨

6 awesome weeks with these wonderful, dedicated humans!

What a journey it's been!! It's such a privilege to witness the progress and wins throughout this handstand course. I am so pleased and proud of everyone's journey.

Thank you for the amazing feedback 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

'Michelle’s handstand course was amazing. She’s a fantastic instructor with a great vibe, always supportive and encouraging, and just a genuinely great person. Her tips and technique were spot on, and the small wins along the way kept us motivated. By the end, we were all getting into handstands in our own way. Highly recommend!'

We all had a great time and were sad for it to end!!

Next course March 2025! And we'll be back at the amazing .uk ♥️🙃

https://www.flowwithshell.com/events/2025/learn-to-handstand-complete-beginners-course-bristol-march

09/09/2024

4 spaces left on the October beginners course! Please reach out if you're unsure if this is for you!

www.flowwithshell.com/events

Improvers workshops monthly, also via the link above!

31/08/2024

Is this course for you?
October Beginners Handstand Course - is it for you?

This course is for:

◇ Those who want to learn to handstand 😎

◇ You can kick up the wall but find it hard to be consistent.

◇ You've been playing with handstands for a while, perhaps in a yoga class or another sport, but haven't done much foundational work.

◇ You'd like to add more flexibility, mobility and handstand drills to your home practice.

◇ You'd like to find some routine and consistency to your practice.

◇ If you feel this could benefit you in any way!

Throughout my handstand journey I always come back to foundations for refinement and consistency.

If you're unsure of any of the above or if this course is for you then please reach out directly!

23/06/2024

✨Trust the process✨

We've all got our least favourite asana, perhaps you'll agree? For whatever reason, physical, mental or energetic it can be challenging to stay in a shape.

Puppy pose was always one of those for me. It felt awkward, uncomfortable (sometimes painful) and far too much work for something that seemed like it was meant to be relaxing. It was actually yin yoga that helped me enjoy this asana more, finding variations that were manageable either with a bolster or opening one shoulder at a time.

And then one day, perhaps in a yoga class we try it again, and 'Whhhhhhaaaaattttt? Hey! This aint so bad!' We are bemused and joyful that it was once the worst possible thing that somebody could ask us to do.

Recently I've been focusing on some new handstand drills for opening the thoracic area, my handstand push is improving and my shoulders are getting stronger from lifting weights. Reasons among many I'm sure that puppy pose is now a shape that I enjoy and frequently use to relax and open my shoulders and upper back.

A reminder to not push what doesn't feel good, perhaps there's another path to the same destination. Perhaps we don't know what that path is yet, but what we do know what doesn't feel right.

Only we know what it feels like to be inside our body and yoga and movement is the most amazing tool to connect and sharpen our intuition towards what may and may not be serving us. Physically, mentally and energetically.

This month I've been focusing training around handstands for hand to hand, an acrobatic skill of doing a handstand on another pair of hands! Which basically means rewinding a lot and moving into shapes that are mentally challenging and unfamiliar.

It feels like it's been a hot minute since the last monthly handstand session and I can't wait to train with you next week!

30th June Handstands bookings via this link, 5 spaces left...

https://www.flowwithshell.com/events/june-handstand-workshop-bristol-hideout

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17/04/2024

I would LOVE you to join me on retreat this Summer! I come with chocolate tahini cookies and many other delicious treats 🤤

It feels pretty nuts that this is our 4th Summer retreat at the yurts, we've had such incredible and unique journeys with our community over the years and cannot wait to see what's in store for 2024!

I'll be in the kitchen! My happy place - serving food from my heart to yours, every dish an evolution and journey within itself.

The amazing Seanie Louise yoga will be teaching yoga for the weekend with some extra special workshops aimed to enlighten your inner wisdom and creativity - this year we have some art, which we are VERY excited to create together and capture the weekend on paper.

As always, we have an incredible special guest joining us on the Sunday evening to bathe us with her beautiful voice, giving space to decompress and digest the weekend, check out Mae Bird 🐦

We have hot tubs! Massage with Anzahata Yoga and Learn Botanics Herbal Medicine Clinic & Workshops and support from who's been retreating with us from day 1.

Hidden Valley Yurts & Lake House is where it's at! We loved this site last year - it holds us in such a unique tranquility, just 40minutes from Bristol, yet deeply submerged in nature, only accessible by foot or Mikes super cool buggy to drop us down with luggage!

We'll be at the yurts Friday 28th June - 1st July, there's lots more information via the Kutumba page Kutumba - Yoga Classes, Events, Retreats and via the Kutumba website.

www.kutumbaretreats.com/retreat

We are takings bookings now!

09/04/2024

Hello handstands! Its been a while!

Just checking I can still do one after a long week of various illnesses... 🥵

And a reminder I have a workshop this Thursday evening Yogasara CIC focused on learning to fall out of the handstand!

Well use spotters and the wall to learn to fall out and il be sharing drills that help consistency when kicking up to not overshoot and gain control on the entry.

4 spaces left!

If you fancy it follow this link! 🙌🏻
https://bookwhen.com/yogasara-workshops/e/ev-s87r-20240411181500

Ps. Also in love with this jazzy training hoodie, with intention for my acro videos to look more colourful 🤩

01/04/2024

✨ Join me on retreat this Summer! ✨

28th June - 1st July 2024

This will be my 4th Annual retreat with Seanie Louise yoga, visiting the Wye Valley for a blissful long weekend submerged in nature 🍃

Amongst a community of like minded souls who have chosen to retreat with you, we offer an exploration into self care and creativity through various yoga practices and workshops.

Seanie will be leading the yoga with support from one of our longest Kutumba family members and yoga teacher Matthew Areskog. I'll be in the kitchen cooking up a tantalising feast of heart warming Summer flavours filled love.

We have massage therapists on site for the weekend, the lovely Anz Anzahata Yoga and Claire Learn Botanics Herbal Medicine Clinic & Workshops

There's 2 communal hot tubs to relax and a plunge pool in the brook that runs through the site.

On the Sunday evening we close the retreat with an intimate concert from the incredible Mae Bird, offering space to soak up the weekend and integrate.

Accommodation:

Is in yurts and bell tents at the gorgeous Hidden Valley Yurts & Lake House, so submerged in nature that you'll be dropped off with your luggage on site in Mike's super cool buggy.

We are so looking forward to sharing this weekend and would love you to join us! We have a few spaces left.

You can visit our website below for more information and booking, and please DM if you have any questions!

Pricing is £495 or £445 community price if you need the support.

Warm Wishes,

Shell

https://www.kutumbaretreats.com/retreats

12/01/2024

✨️ Next Complete Beginners Workshop!✨️ 11th February Bendy Studio

If you're new to acro and curious then this is the workshop for you!

Or if you'd like to refine foundations and learn a new flow
Come along solo or in a pair... no partner, skill level or flexibility is required, come as you are!

I'll teach you the fundamentals of acro yoga and look at some foundational moves putting them into a flow.

Bookings on www.flowwithshell.com/events ✨️

Shell 🐚

26/12/2023

✨ January Improvers Workshops!

Handstand Improvers - 13th Jan The Hideout Bristol
https://www.flowwithshell.com/events/handstand-workshop-bristol-december-16-j82d9

Acro Yoga Improvers - 28th Jan Bendy Studio https://www.flowwithshell.com/events/2024/1/28-acro-yoga-improvers-bendy-studio-bristol

DM if you have any questions or are unsure of pre-reqs / your level.

Shell

21/11/2023

Join me on Friday mornings @ Yogasara CIC ✨

10.30 - 11.45am

Yin to Yang Flow

'A vibrant yin to yang flow class that aims to strengthen the connection to your inner world through asana, breath, sound and rest.

We'll practice 35minutes of yin to land, soften and gather energy, then wake up and move, strengthen and stretch. This classes aims to help build strong foundations, taking time with asana, adding depth. I encouraging you to move from the inside, listening to your body, as we move together in a playful dance of yang and yin.

We'll explore asana from a kramic approach, offering step by step guidance for you to take things to a place that feels good.'

Bookings through www.yogasara.co.uk ✨

25/10/2023

An abundant weekend of food, gratitude, community, nurture and love. Cooking for at her first Wild Women retreat ♥️ . Another wild ride of a weekend! Thank you for having me 🙏🏻

A roller coaster of rolling hills... such a beautiful drive through the Brecons to Snowdonia and arriving at in a blustery storm that felt refreshing and cosy.

I've always wanted to spend more time in the countryside but I'm not very good at picking myself up and taking lone adventures so when I started cooking on retreats I realised perhaps this was nature's way of helping me find confidence and dipping the toes into some adventure!

Cooking on retreat is incredibly hard work, (especially when you have high expectations of your food!), there's usually a hero's journey, this time it was wondering if everything I'd planned for dinner was actually going to get to the table on Saturday evening! (It did).

But that hard work is met with love, and as the guests settle into dinner, any little stresses dissolve into knowing so deeply that I'm doing what I was set out on this Earth to do 🖤

I've always thrived on the busyness of hospitality, with favourite parts of my career being crazy long days with Summer long queues out the door, organising weddings, Christmas parties, Mothers days and the harbourside festival. Making coffee on snowday . These days I hold in my heart and will never forget but my body has asked me to balance in recent years and I have to take the joy in the buzz in small doses as I learn a new normal.

The evolution of all the things I've put my attention to feels divine and I look forward to so many more cooking adventures over the next year. Next up its working Christmas 🧄🍋 Bring it on!