Johanna Yoga & Natural Movement

14/09/2025

🍁Standing Poses: Strength & Balance🍁

Standing poses are the foundation of most yoga practices. While they may look simple, they carry profound benefits for both body and mind.

1. Building Strength & Stability
Standing asanas activate major muscle groups:

Legs & Glutes - Strong quads, hamstrings, calves, and glutes support healthy joints and posture.

Core Muscles - Engaged abdominals protect the spine and improve balance.

Hips & Shoulders - Open and lengthen to improve mobility while reducing stiffness.

Over time, this strengthens the entire musculoskeletal system, improving posture and alignment in daily life.

2. Balance & Focus
When you practice poses like Tree or Warrior III, you train the body to steady itself and the mind to stay present. Balance poses sharpen concentration, patience, and resilience - skills that ripple into everyday challenges.

3. Grounding & Relaxation
Grounding poses (like Mountain or Warrior II) connect you to the earth, creating stability and confidence.

✨ Together, these postures create a beautiful balance: strength with softness, grounding with lightness, and focus with calm.

Next time you roll out your mat remember - every standing pose is an opportunity to ground, rise tall, and breathe peace into your body. 💚

14/09/2025

Heading to uni or know someone who is? My fabulous friend Tanya has shared some really useful guidance on handling change and challenge 👇

I pleased to share my first piece written for on how to manage anxiety. Let me know if you find it helpful and share your ways of dealing with anxiety and stress.

https://www.buzzmag.co.uk/overcoming-autumnal-anxiety-feature/

07/09/2025

Is anyone else missing those beautiful summer days we’ve just had? As the seasons shift and the weather changes, it feels like the perfect time to come back to a regular yoga practice.

✨ I'm really looking forward to my next set of classes at The Torch Theatre! ✨

Yoga offers so many benefits, from improved posture and reduced stress to better sleep and a greater sense of balance and clarity in everyday life. Over the next half term, we’ll be exploring grounding breathwork, energising standing postures, and calming longer-held stretches to help us move through the season feeling steady, strong, and centred.

🌿 Breathing exercises - We’ll begin with focused breathwork to help calm the nervous system, improve concentration, and bring more awareness into the present moment.

🌿 Grounding, energising standing postures - These poses strengthen and stabilise the body, build resilience, and boost circulation. Standing postures also help develop focus and a sense of being steady and grounded.

🌿 Relaxing, calming longer-held stretches - To finish, we’ll ease into slower stretches that release tension, support flexibility, and invite deep relaxation.

This class is currently full, but there is a waitlist available. If you’d like to join, please add your name below (or email jo@johannapaxton.com) and I’ll let you know if a space becomes available.

03/09/2025

🍂 Autumn Yoga at The Torch 🍂

✨ Two places left ✨

As the seasons shift and the days become cooler, autumn invites us to slow down, ground ourselves, and nurture our bodies. In this term’s classes, we’ll focus on grounding postures, calming breathwork, and gentle sequences that help us reconnect and restore.

It’s a beautiful time to give yourself the space to move mindfully, release tension, and support your wellbeing as we transition into the quieter months of the year.

🧘 Wednesdays, 6:15pm – 7:15pm
17th September – 22nd October 2025
At The Torch

Whether you’re joining us for the full course or dropping in, all are welcome.

✨ Come and enjoy some time just for you – calming, grounding, and nourishing.

30/08/2025

✨September Shift: Balance, Breath & New Beginnings✨

I hope you’ve had a wonderful summer. We’ve certainly been lucky with the weather, and I can definitely feel the seasonal shift beginning!

September is the perfect time to re-centre, breathe deeply, and return to balance, both on and off the mat. Yoga offers us the tools to ground the body, calm the mind, and steady our energy as we ease into a new season.

I’m also really excited to share a few updates:

🍃I’ve started re-training in massage therapy, something I’ve been wanting to return to for a long time. I hope to start offering treatments in the coming months and will keep you posted.

🍃 A new class in Broad Haven will be starting this September, more details below!

🍃 I am introducing more flexible pricing options, to help make classes more accessible for everyone.

Lastly, a heartfelt note to say I won’t be running the online class this half term due to schedule commitments. It’s been such a joy to hold that space since lockdown, and I’ll really miss our weekly connection. Thank you to everyone who has been part of that journey, I hope we can practise together again soon, whether in person or online 💚

Please email: jo@johannapaxton.com for booking.

25/08/2025

We're Back at The Torch Theatre! ✨

After a fantastic summer break, I'm excited to return to teaching and I can’t wait to see you again!

🗓 Starting: Wednesday 17th September 2025
🕡 Time: 6:15 PM – 7:15 PM
📍 Location: The Torch Theatre

Join us every Wednesday from 17th September to 22nd October 2025 for a class that helps you build strength, confidence, and resilience in a supportive and welcoming space.

Whether you're a complete beginner or simply looking to reset and reconnect, this class is designed to:
✅ Reduce stress
✅ Improve body awareness
✅ Help you move with ease and confidence

Payment:

£51 for 6 weeks
£36 for 4 weeks

Plus, enjoy a 10% Friends & Family discount!

Ready to join? Book your spot today by emailing jo@johannapaxton.com

05/07/2025

Light Moves. Deep Roots. Summer Yoga. - https://mailchi.mp/64690e5bfb0d/light-moves-deep-roots-summer-yoga

02/06/2025

I have a few places left for yoga at The Torch starting this week.

The Junction at the Torch is the perfect cosy private space for trying yoga for the first time.

Classes are relaxed and informal.

Wednesday 4th June -25th June 2025
£39

Bring a buddy with a 10% friends and family incentive 💕

Email jo@johannapaxton.com for questions and booking.

30/05/2025

I have three places available for the next half term of yoga at The Torch ✨

Wednesday 6.15-7.15pm
4th - 25th June 2025
£39 4wks

Classes are relaxed, informal and 'The Junction' at The Torch is the perfect cosy space for first timers 🙌

Email: jo@johannapaxton.com for booking and queries.

28/05/2025

Online Yoga this June ❤️

Yoga in your own home via zoom.

Thursdays

18:00 – 19:00

5th June – 26th June 2025

4 weeks £32

Recordings only £26

Drop-in £10

Email jo@johannapaxton.com for link and booking.

28/05/2025

Unwind and reset with us at the Torch Theatre ✨ Wednesday 4th June 2025 for the next block of weekly yoga classes.

Join us for the perfect mix of energising standing poses and balances. Relax and release tension with twists, forward folds and breath work.

Email jo@johannapaxton.com for booking and info.

22/05/2025

Beach Yoga! is postponed this week due to rain forecast for Saturday morning. I did think of putting on a Sunday morning session instead but it is going to be too windy this week.

Instead watch this space for session dates over the next few weeks 💙