Yoga classes focusing on what each person needs, with caring pose options for all bodies.
Group classes, 1 to 1 sessions, corporate wellbeing and events, plus regular relaxing yoga nidras
17/03/2026
The next new (Pink) moon is just around the corner, and brings promises of creativity and new ideas, as we head towards the Spring Equinox or Ostara. What are the plans and thoughts that you've had in the darker quieter times, that can really start coming to fruition in the next few weeks? Are there friends to reconnect with, creative activities to explore? Use this New Moon on 19th to give yourself some time to reflect and go inward, to take a few breaths to consider the hopes and dreams that came over the winter months. Set yourself up to re-emerge with fresh energy for the Equinox, when the Oak King will rise to power again. In my most recent blog (essentialyoga.uk) I look at Sphinx pose - a grounding but forward looking pose - perfectly suited to this point in the Wheel of the Year. We may even take this pose in class on Wednesday at 6pm - or would that be too coincidental? 😄
10/03/2026
Please note/remember that there is no yoga class at 6pm this Wednesday 11th at Calstock Hall. Back as normal next Wednesday 18th at 6pm. Email louise@essentialyoga.uk for any queries.
Maybe check out the blogs for ideas to keep you moving in the meantime 😄
02/03/2026
Signs of the Spring and some glimpses of sunshine tell us we are heading towards the Equinox. It's Full Moon on 3rd March, so a good time to explore positive energy, while still keeping a foot on the ground, and easing towards finding balance. Take a look at the Full Moon Yoga blog at www.essentialyoga.uk/post/yoga-for-the-moon-phases-three-legged-dog-pose for lots of inspiration and options.
16/02/2026
Are you feeling all internally focused with the damp weather and the New Moon? Or are you ready to reach out for the rare glimpses of sunshine as we head onwards towards Spring? Try a Thread the Needle pose to help find calm and balance. Link to pose blog in the comments 😊 Or if you're in Cornwall come and join us at Calstock on Wednesday 🤗
31/01/2026
Wow - what a day coming up tomorrow. Full moon and the cross-quarter day of Imbolc. I'll be celebrating by running a unique event in Calstock with written meditation/mantra, plus yin yoga and a special intention-focused yoga nidra for Imbolc beginnings. If you can't make that though, do treat yourself with a read through of the newest Full Moon Yoga pose blog at essentialyoga.uk.
Imbolc blessings to you all 💜🌿💜
27/01/2026
Last chance to get booked in for the Imbolc yoga special on Sunday 1st Feb at 4.30pm at Calstock Village Hall. Just a few places left now. This time there's a written meditation activity as well as yummy stretchy yin yoga poses followed by blissful rest in the sleep of the yogis. All welcome - no experience needed. Book via essentialyoga.uk website or email louise@essentialyoga.uk. Link with full details in comment below.
21/01/2026
Yoga at Calstock Hall - Wednesday 6-7.15pm every week. Tonight we'll be taking our time over our physical poses and our breath and exploring the path to stilling the mind. Why not join us? Returners and newcomers all welcome, including beginners. Bring a mat - message/email me for info: louise@essentialyoga.uk
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19/01/2026
How was the New Moon for you yesterday? Did you find some time for yourself. to move gently and to reflect? The thoughtful cat-cow yoga movements can help us connect with our body, our mind and our breath. Great for any time of the month. Read all about it on my https://www.essentialyoga.uk/post/yoga-for-the-moon-phases-cat-and-cow-poses blog post.
12/01/2026
Intention, Yoga & Nidra - Repetition, Relaxation and Rejuvenation
Sunday 1st Feb 4.30pm - 6.30pm
Imbolc marks the beginning of the return of life to the land. The dark days are behind us and we really start to see signs of rebirth; the green shoots of the spring crocuses and daffodils poking through, buds on the trees starting to open. Another Spring and Summer are ahead. Where are we going with our path this year? To explore we have a special event of 3 yogic practices:
Likhita Japa is a practice for spiritual, mental and emotional wellness, involving repeatedly writing mantras as a form of meditation or devotional action. This practice helps with concentration and is a lesser known but simple and effective method of meditation. Additionally you create a beautiful design to take away with you. In this workshop, we will also consider how this might be used with sankalpa/intention in order to set us up for the year to come.
The relaxing yoga practice will involve longer held physical poses with plenty of use of props to support the body. There will be personally tailored options, and gently moving counter poses between the longer held poses. This style of yin yoga fosters a calm energy and allows the fascia (connective tissues wrapping our organs and muscles) to release.
Yoga nidra, on the other hand, is not a physical movement practice; participants find a comfortable place to rest - again props are always encouraged to help you find stillness - then we allow the body to completely rest while the mind follows the full nidra technique into an effortless and restorative state of complete "non-doing".
These 3 practices together will help us explore our soul's purpose, and encourage a deep relaxation of not only the body, with deep release found in the stretches, but also a deep rest for the mind, as it is led through the layers of consciousness to a state of bliss.
Email louise@essentialyoga.uk for details and to book
03/01/2026
What a lovely comment in email today - read the blog on their website or mine, but do enjoy the gorgeous full wolf supermoon tonight - stunning
02/01/2026
It appears the pictures I intended for yesterday's post only made it to FB not Insta - so here's an extra post to make up for it
01/01/2026
Today we welcome in the calendar year 2026. What will you welcome in to your world this year? I'll be moving and breathing, dreaming and creating - and trying to share as much of that as possible with those around me.
As we head to another Full Moon on 3rd Jan there's a new yoga pose blog available on the website at www.essentialyoga.uk/blog so find some inspiration to look at things from a different perspective there.
Also a quick reminder to book your place on the special event for Imbolc - taking a creative look at intention/sankalpa/mantra as well as gently moving and finding the bliss of yogic sleep. Places are filling up fast, so book yours at www.essentialyoga.uk/events-workshops
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Having danced since aged 2, and still dancing today, I moved over time to include more and more yoga in my movement practice; it’s not only great for the body but also brings massive mental and spiritual benefits.
I’ve always been driven to seek new knowledge, and share that understanding with others so it was kind of inevitable I became a fully qualified yoga teacher. So building on that solid basis and decades(!) of experience of different movement forms, I aim to help others find the all-round well-being that yoga can provide; Strength, stamina, the ability to be still, and, yes, in due course, increased flexibility. Yoga bring benefits to everyone, and can be practiced by every body, regardless of size, shape, age, gender or fitness.
With a focus on good alignment, careful transitions, and a linkage to how each person feels at any given time, Essential Yoga classes provide a thoughtful path to physical, mental and spiritual well-being. I particularly follow the natural seasons and rhythms of the wheel of the year, and classes are designed to work with the varying needs and feelings those changing seasons bring.
My classes are friendly and empowering with a welcome for all. I aim to create a relaxed, learning atmosphere, where each person can take their practice to the level they wish, and to provide a mix of energising and relaxing asanas/poses and pranyamas/breathing. I also like to bring some explanation of phrases, terms, physiology, concepts, philosophy etc into the classes to aid understanding of the “why” of yoga.
Classes use gentle music to suit the level and focus of the class. Mats and props are provided at classes taught at Space To Move in Plymouth, but if you wish to bring your own that is great.
Please wear clothes which are comfortable and that you can easily move and stretch in.
I also offer 'One to One' yoga sessions for all levels, either as one-off classes or as a series to help develop your own practice.
I am fully qualified and insured, and a registered teacher with the professional yoga body, Yoga Alliance.
