Little Yoga Studio

07/04/2026

If I had a pound for every time I used to say, ‘I’ll rest when I have finished’ or ‘I’m hoping things will slow down soon…’

I would have a very bulging bank account right now 🤣

Many of us wait for permission to pause. Dream of the moment when life feels a bit slower, to then allow ourselves to take a breather.

But the truth is that moment never comes. There isn’t a moment when someone says to you, ‘stop now.’

Yet in our productivity-prized culture, there is you. You can give yourself the permission you need to stop. To move, to breathe, to step outside.

To not make every day about squeezing the last ounce of productivity out.

Then practicing rest, on your terms, becomes an act of necessary rebellion ✌🏻

I offer regular, guided rest practices to help you rediscover how rest feels in your body. If you’re interested in finding out more, comment ‘REST REBEL’ below and I ll DM you upcoming offerings.

P.S. I firmly recommend resting with a pup on your lap.

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19/03/2026

FINAL CALL to rest with us this coming Sunday, March 22!

If you have been feeling the weight of it all this week, maybe feel like you have been pushing through with little or no time to stop and pause - then this is for you.

This Sunday join us for the ultimate slow-down. A 2.5 hour workshop dedicated to being guided into deep rest and relaxation.

Expect to lie down and explore gentle restorative yoga (perfect for beginners to the practice), guided breathwork and body scans. We will then finish our practice with the soothing vibrations of a gong bath.

Tea, brownies and community will be in full flow before you head home.

You don’t need any experience of yoga or sound journeys to join us. No fancy yoga leggings required. Instead, these workshops are for you if, like me, slowing down feels hard. Choosing yourself feels hard. Taking time for yourself is hard.

Rest Club
Sunday, March 22
at Reiki Space, near Halstead (30 minutes from Chelmsford).
2.30 - 5.00pm
Tea & brownies to finish.

Full details & booking: https://littleyogastudio.co.uk/product/sound-bath-yoga-retreat-essex/?mc_cid=5b613835f4

17/03/2026

I could add 1000 more reasons as to why rest feels so difficult, but I ran out of space.

It’s no wonder we all find it so hard to slow down. Or to even figure out a way to make space for it in our lives.

We tell ourselves what if we stop, we have to put something down - and maybe that means disappointing someone, or feeling like we have “failed” to achieve something.

So we reserve rest for when we collapse into bed at night, rather than sitting with the familiar feeling that we should be doing something.

Sitting with the discomfort of resting.

When I have been in periods of recovering from burnout, the smallest things helped me reintroduce rest as something safe in my body.

It might have been drinking a cup of tea without doomscrolling at the same time.

Asking myself what do I need today, rather than just crossing as much off the to do list as possible.

Exploring a gentle yoga pose, like legs up against the wall, for a few minutes.

Small, pockets of rest that helped rest to feel safe in my body again.

Rediscovering how rest feels in our bodies is something we explore in Rest Club. A monthly, guided mini retreat afternoon that focuses on helping us slow down.

If you’re curious about joining us, comment rest below & I ll send you details.

Rest Club | 2.5 hours of guided rest | Nr Halstead, CO9 Essex

13/03/2026

I slipped back into a familiar old habit recently.

The one that says, ‘it’s easier if you just do it all,’ and ‘you will feel too guilty if you do that thing for you.’

Old habits die hard and particularly, the ones that trigger your guilt about choosing time for you, over the time you give to others.

I noticed the spiral and the comfortable groove I had fallen into - the one where I put my needs to the bottom of the list.

This is one of the reasons I created Rest Club. It’s an afternoon dedicated to explore how it feels to not hold it all for a few hours.

Where we rest weary minds and bodies with supportive practices, like gentle yoga, EFT, breathwork and sound.

We let someone else hold us. Just a for a few hours.

It’s these smaller moments where we choose us, that add up to make all the difference.

My next Rest Club runs Sunday, March 22 at . A private studio near Halstead (30 mins from Chelmsford).

Check out details via the link in the bio. Or comment ‘REST’ and I’ll DM you the details.

09/03/2026

I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately - how often I keep going.

Saying yes to things. Pushing through the tiredness. When really what I need is a proper break.

It creeps up on me, these cycles of staying constantly busy. I’ll find myself squeezing every ounce of productivity out of the few hours I have.

Then catch myself rushing from one thing to the next.

And before I’ve realised what I’m doing, I feel it.

The tiredness, the tension in my shoulders. The fact my tolerance feels lower than usual. The quiet sense that I’ve been asking a lot of myself - and not always speaking kindly to myself about it either.

It reminds me that the real practice isn’t about doing less, as I can’t make the list disappear. Nor is it about curbing my ambitions either.

It’s about noticing when enough is enough.

Remembering that I don’t need to earn rest or a break, but it’s a part of my everyday.

So really it’s about listening. Not ignoring the signals my body gives me when it says enough for now.

You’ve done enough.

If this resonates with you, pop a 🙆🏼‍♀️ below. I’d love to hear from you. And if you can spare 10/15 minutes for a quick research call, about how overwhelm shows up for you and what would help you to feel more empowered in your everyday, pop me a DM.

03/03/2026

Monday evenings online with Yoga at the Mill.

Join us for a gentle flowing practice. Details of how to book below 👇🏻

🙏Mindful yoga flow with Nicola
🙏Mondays 8-9pm, live streamed from us to you

Perfect if you fancy a more energetic but still mindful late evening class, enjoyed from the comfort of your own home. Booking by way of a one, four or six-week class pass. More at:
ww.yogaatthemill.co.uk/schedule/live-streamed-classes-yoga #/

03/03/2026

I used to think the hardest thing I could was keep going.

Keep holding it all; not asking for support, thinking if I didn’t do it, then it wouldn’t get done properly.

But reminders like a recent tense weekend of parenting, show me that if I keep repressing the frustrations and the feelings of ‘I can’t keep holding all of this but I need to,’ then burnout isn’t far away.

Practices like EFT are one of the ways I remind myself - and my nervous system - that giving myself unhurried time and space to sit with what feels difficult, isn’t failure.

It doesn’t mean I have let down people that I love. Nor does it mean that I’m not strong enough to support my loved ones and myself.

It does remind me that swallowing feelings of frustration, resentment and anger is a vicious cycle.

That by processing, moving myself out of a stressful state, then everything is more manageable.

If you would like to explore EFT and the wonderful benefits of this practice, comment ‘TAP’ and I ll send you a free practice.