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Serena Dell Yoga, Camberley (2025)

18/07/2025

Two photos: Blake on his first day of junior school, and today his last. One marks the beginning of a world he would come to know intimately; the other, a quiet goodbye to it.

This transition is significant. Not just for parents and teachers, but most of all for the children who often don’t have the language to name what’s happening, but feel it viscerally.

All week, when asked how he felt about the end, Blake shrugged: “I couldn’t care less.” A response that read more like defence than indifference.

Then this morning, it shifted. “I don’t want you to come,” he said, with an edge of something more activated. His body showed signs of anxiety. He didn’t say much more, but I didn’t need him to. This wasn’t about me though the projection briefly tried to land there.

I didn’t correct it. I didn’t make it about how I felt. I named internally what was happening: loss, change, overwhelm , not just cognitive, but deeply embodied.

Because this school has been his world. The structure. The rhythm. The relationships. He’s spent more time here than anywhere else over the past few years. It makes perfect sense that the goodbye would come out sideways.

Not all endings look like tears. Some look like disconnection. Irritability. Distance. Sarcasm. Silence.

Whatever form it took for your child today it may well have been a defence against something much more tender underneath.

Thank you to the school for being the container for these early years. You mattered.

Forever proud of our boy x

15/07/2025

I know it’s tempting to label someone who hurt us. Especially someone who appeared warm, attentive, and emotionally available… only to vanish, turn cold, or behave in ways that felt manipulative or wounding. But not every man who disappointed you was a narcissist. That word is everywhere now — often used where it doesn’t belong.

Yes, narcissism exists. Pathologically so, in a very small percentage of people-around 1%. But the epidemic isn’t narcissism… it’s emotional immaturity. Disconnection. Avoidance. And unresolved wounds playing out in connection.

What’s more likely is this:
He was lonely. Or h***y. Or seeking comfort in the body of someone who made him feel momentarily whole.
He told you what he thought you wanted to hear and maybe even believed it himself in that moment.
He wanted to want to settle down…
But couldn’t meet himself, let alone meet you.

Psychodynamically, we call this a defended position, when someone is relating from a place of fear, not freedom.
And spiritually, it’s a soul still stumbling in the dark, not because they are evil… but because they are unequipped.

This doesn’t mean your pain isn’t valid.
It doesn’t mean what happened was okay.
But it does invite us to shift the narrative from “he’s a monster” to “he was operating from a wounded place, and I deserve more than that.”

Blame creates separation.
Discernment creates growth.

You are allowed to name the harm without simplifying the story.
And you’re allowed to walk away, not because he was a narcissist,
but because your heart no longer wants to be fed by scraps.

✨

12/07/2025

Ouch, this one stings.
But before you turn away… breathe. This is an invitation, not an accusation.

Our thoughts create our reality and they do it fast.
Faster than we realise.
Every belief, every inner whisper, becomes a lens through which we see the world… and if that lens is contaminated by old pain, fear, or unworthiness, then what we see will be distorted. Poisoned, even.

And the body?
The body is always listening.
Every single cell is tuned to the frequency of your inner dialogue.
So if your mind keeps replaying the worst… your body will believe it’s true.
It will prepare for danger.
It will shut down joy.

But the opposite is also true.
Change your thoughts, soften your lens and your reality will shift.
It has to. That’s how energy works.
You’re the spellcaster of your own experience.

This is the moment to ask:
✨ What story am I telling myself on loop?
✨ Who taught me to believe that struggle was safer than peace?

We don’t get what we want.
We get what we are available for.
And what we’re available for is shaped by the stories we tell, the energy we carry, and the boundaries we honour.

If you keep attracting pain, maybe it’s time to ask:
🌀 Where am I unconsciously loyal to struggle?

You’re not to blame.
But you are in charge now.

10/07/2025

That surge of shame… the panic in your chest… the quiet belief that you’re too much, or not enough.
They feel real but that doesn’t mean they’re true.

Feelings are data, not destiny. They speak in the language of the body and the past, old wounds, unmet needs, protective patterns. They rise up to be felt, not blindly followed.

This isn’t about dismissing emotion. It’s about learning to hold what arises with curiosity instead of certainty.

🌀 What if you could feel everything without believing everything?

Let the body speak. Let the breath soothe. Let your wise self decide what stays, and what softens.

09/07/2025

We dress it up with language that sounds wise…
“I’m just waiting for the right time”…
“When the stars align”…
“If it’s meant to be, it will be…”

But often… what we’re really doing… is avoiding the discomfort of beginning.

Starting something meaningful is rarely comfortable…
It asks for your presence… your effort… your YES…
before certainty shows up.

🌊 Moses didn’t wait for proof… he walked into the sea…
and only then did it part.

🚀 Neil Armstrong didn’t wait for a rocket to appear…
they built one, then climbed in.

🧱 Michelangelo didn’t wait for perfect marble…
he chiseled David from a flawed block that others rejected.

Stop waiting for the moment to feel perfect…
Be the one who moves… even with shaky hands and a nervous heart.

Because this is how change begins…
Not in fate… but in choice.

Say yes. Start scared. Begin anyway.

02/07/2025

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Truth Bomb 💣

Yoga doesn’t ask you to be pure, polished or perfect before you show up. You can be out of shape, struggling with addiction, smoking, reactive, or simply carrying the weight of being human…

And still be welcome on the mat.

There’s a story—perhaps apocryphal, but true in spirit, of a well-known yogi, likely Yogi Bhajan, speaking to a group of Hollywood celebrities who were hesitant to begin yoga. One drank heavily, one smoked constantly, one was known for their temper. They all told him the same thing. “ I really want to try Yoga, I know how helpful it would be for me but I struggle with addiction, I am not a calm person, I lie to everyone, including myself…. “

He replied, “You can come to yoga exactly as you are. I just can’t promise that you’ll still be those things after” ….

That’s the invitation. Not to change before you arrive… but to arrive, and allow change to unfold.

Yoga doesn’t judge.
But it might transform.
You ready?

26/06/2025

Truth bomb…
Finding ‘true love’ isn’t about someone else completing you…
It’s about the deep, sometimes uncomfortable journey of returning to yourself.
The more you accept your whole self, the mess, the magic, the missing pieces…the more love becomes a mirror, not a rescue.

You’re not waiting to be chosen…
You’re remembering you’ve always been worthy.

22/06/2025

Because mothers give all year round…

This retreat is an invitation… not just for mothers, but for anyone who longs to be mothered, held, and restored.

Perhaps it’s a gift for your own mother…
Or for your partner, the quiet anchor of your family…
Maybe it’s for someone navigating the longing to become a mother…
Or simply someone who carries others so often they forget to care for themselves…

This luxurious Cotswolds retreat, held over Mother’s Day weekend 2026, is a gift that says: I see you. You matter. You deserve to rest…

Long gone are the days of petrol station flowers and supermarket cards…
This is a gift that truly lands. That soothes the soul. That replenishes the one who is always giving…

✨ Yoga, nourishing food, sound healing, country walks, deep rest
✨ A lovingly held space to just be…

Book now and spread the cost gently over time.
Message me if you’d like to book, gift this experience, or ask anything at all…

22/06/2025

Truth Bomb 💥
Some yoga teachers don’t really know what yoga is…

If you’ve ever left a class feeling more disconnected than grounded, more judged than held, more sweaty than spacious… you’re not alone.

Yoga is not just a workout. It’s a practice of presence… of inner listening… of remembering who you are beneath the noise.

Have you ever had an experience in a yoga class that left you questioning what yoga even is?
✨ I’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments.

19/06/2025

What you tended to yesterday… becomes what nourishes you today.
Growth takes time. Fermentation. Patience.
And sometimes, a little fizz.

You may not always see the transformation as it happens…
But it’s happening. Quietly. Consistently.
In the background of your becoming.

Keep showing up for the parts of you you’re still learning to trust.
Like kefir, healing happens when you give it warmth, space… and time.

19/06/2025

This week only… the water calls.
Because the weather is perfect… and this is an experience best felt under open skies and sunlight.

You are invited to surrender into a floating sound bath… held by water, sound, and the presence of something ancient.
The 38-inch symphonic gong will ripple through every cell… vibrating you into stillness.
The crystal bowls will clear what you’ve been carrying… tuning you to peace.
The pool becomes more than water… it becomes a vessel for healing.

You may arrive full… full of thought, tension, questions, emotion.
You may not even know what you need.

But you may leave…
Lighter.
Clearer.
Softer around the edges.
Rested in a way that goes beyond sleep.
More connected to yourself… and to something that has no words.

After the bath, you’ll be nourished with fruit and matcha… invited to linger, chat or simply be. No pressure. No rush.

This is your space… your time.
Just for this week… if it’s calling, come.

DM to book… limited spaces available.

04/03/2025

“The washing machine man is coming

I have an opticians appointment

I have to go to the dentist

My great aunt is arriving at the airport

I was out last night

I have a migraine

I have a meeting

A client needed me”

Vs rational reasons to not come

I am away on holiday

I don’t want to come

I have a poorly child

I am on jury service

I tried several times to rearrange my docs appointment but it’s not possible

My children are in a school play

My dependant needs me and I am full enough not to become dependant by going (this is a big one)

There is a family Emegency that won’t be better tended to after Yoga.

There are probably more that i haven’t mentioned-you see the point is, either you prioritise your self care or you don’t and whilst there is always grey area your body is always listening and rewarding you with more of the same.

Choosing self care is how you keep yourself full enough to be there for others so if framing it this way allows you take the time vs feeling selfish and unworthy then this is your cue to self talk your way into self care.

I have been there, giving till I am empty and then not of service to anyone-anyone.

Caring for yourself is the most generous thing you can offer your loved ones. A reluctance to do so often says more about our internal struggles than it does about the needs of those around us. This can be a difficult truth to accept, but when it lands, it changes everything.

Yoga doesn’t change the world around it but it does change the way we see it ❤️

Sending love and white light to all those stumble across this 🙏

Serena Dell Yoga

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