Yoga with Gail

14/04/2026

12/04/2026

Starting tomorrow Monday 13th April Gt Bentley Methodist Church.

For the Soothing Stretch & Meditation bring a pillow and a blanket.

Pretty lights and essential oils to help you relax and get ready for your week ahead.

Hatha Yoga. Explore asanas for your body. There is no wrong way to practice yoga in your body.

WhatsApp or DM to book or find out more.

10/04/2026

In 1952, hysteria became a formal diagnosis in the DSM. Hysteria was a term for women who: had high anxiety, impulsivity, “dramatic of theatrical behavior” and “emotional outbursts.” Physical symptoms included sudden movements and sleep disturbances.

During Sigmund Freud’s era, women were brought into treatment by their husbands. Freud was the first to uncover these women had one common experience: childhood abuse.

What happened next would become one of the biggest coverups in psychology’s history.

Freud listened to hours to women’s stories of abuse and trauma. He believed them. Men, who were paying for treatment, were obviously not happy that their wives were exposing what went on in their childhood homes, and their marriages. Freud treated the wealthy class in Vienna, and there’s evidence that this connection created pressure for his silence. During this time he suddenly crafter a new narrative. That women created these false memories and stories based on their own fantasies.

Treatment for hysteria involved things I can’t share on Instagram. This only compounded trauma.

During this era, psychologists who were almost entirely male, failed to look at any root causes of hysteria. Decades of research were lost, and women’s lived experiences were denied immediately by the field claiming to treat them.

In 1980, hysteria was formally removed as a diagnosis. The same year, borderline personality disorder was created and entered in the DSM. 75% of people diagnosed are women. And once again, the label was a “personality disorder” instead of understanding that these were people experiencing PTSD.

In my early practice, I treated several people treated with borderline personality disorder. All were turned away from several therapists afraid to treat them. All experienced abuse, neglect, and complex trauma. Almost all were medicated (at high doses) during their teenage years. All most all had their reality denied by someone they loved. The stigma remains.

Imagine how many people we can help when we understand what post traumatic stress does to the mind, body, and soul. Imagine if we stopped calling people disordered, and started asking: “what happened to you?”

The Holistic Psychologist

09/04/2026

These are my new offerings for yoga classes.

DM, message or email to book or find out more.

I would love to practice with you and share the yoga journey ✨️ 🦋🌻

06/04/2026

A gentle slow and grounding Hatha yoga class where the focus is on exploring how movement and stillness feels in your body while practicing the forms/asanas.

It's not about being the perfect in the form but how it feels in your body.

🌻 Perfect for beginners or if you are returning to yoga after a break or for anyone that would like to slow it down

🌻 No hands on adjustments

🌻 We will slow down and make sun salutations accessible

🌻 Lots of props available

🌻 Accessible options and choice making that isn't hierarchical

🌻 Meditation and gentle breathing practices/pranayama

🌻 Theme will be the breath. The breath is always constant. It is always there to come home to

🌻 £11 drop in ... block booking discounts

🌻 Wear whatever you feel comfortable in

🌻 WhatsApp to book


-sensitive

30/03/2026

Trauma Sensitive Somatic Yoga Practice every Friday 10.30am .tree.room, Trinity Street, Colchester.

This is a gentle slow Hatha yoga class perfect for beginners or anyone who already has a strong practice or returning to yoga after a break.

To help you to reconnect with yourself...Slow is sometimes more.

Take time to unwind and 'be'.

To return to your centre.

To explore seated, standing and balancing asana/shapes for YOUR body.

Gentle pranayama and grounding to start and somatic guided meditation during savasana/resting and integrating your practice.

Everyone is welcome.

Wear whatever you feel comfortable in.

Message me to book or ask questions. 🌻

19/03/2026

I'm so pleased with my new copper neti pot.

My sinuses have been painful, my nose stuffy and bleeding from spending too long on planes and in airports with air conditioning. Then arriving home to Central heating!

No fresh air to breathe.

I use distilled water and sea salt. Just dissolve the salt into the water.

(You can use tap water but make sure to boil it for a good 5 mins. This is essential. I used to use tap water but it was pain waiting for it to cool down to use it)

Don't use table salt ... it will burn like crazy!

Solution ... so it tastes like your tears
Temperature... as warm as your skin

Translated roughly to 1 level tspn sea salt to 100ml water.

If you find your nasal passages become dry you can add a pinch of baking powder.

I prefer to use a neti pot rather than sq**rt a saline solution from the chemist up my nose.

It's perfect to rinse your nasal passages to make pranayama easier to practice.

Have you used a neti pot?

13/03/2026

It's been a stressful and challenging last two weeks; having our flights home cancelled twice and prices for flights increasing daily if you can find one.

I am booked in for flying home tomorrow so taking a last walk along this beautiful beach in Vietnam to collect my thoughts and connect with mother nature.

I have felt so grateful for my yoga practice, not just the physical asana but the pranayama and being able to find the stillness within and witness my thoughts.

Knowing that, like the ocean waves, thoughts and emotions surge and recede and nothing is permanent.

Looking forward to practicing with you all when I return.

I have 3 x new classes starting in Weeley and Great Bentley and of course my regular classes .tree.room

12/03/2026